The project VIDEMARKETING.UA was created by the MARK BRAUS MEDIA media division of MARK BRAUS to monetize the services and technologies we developed. We will tell your story. Initially, services were created for internal use. We enthusiastically embraced the idea of ​​using video to promote B2B consulting services. For these purposes, the company has created a division of Mark Braus Media. It seemed that the project would be simple and very effective, we were waiting for quick and impressive business results. Instead, they were involved in a very expensive project with almost zero results. Not wanting to put up with the situation, we only stepped up efforts. When you hear everywhere that video is our future, you unwittingly begin to blame yourself for failures, and not this wonderful way of communication. It turned out to be a real trap from which it was difficult to get out. For ten years, we learned all about the production of video, and learned a lot. We shot animated videos and training videos in a professional studio, distributed it to our target audience, but this brought the opposite result. Having received some knowledge, our clients refused our services. This is the effect of Dunning-Kruger - when a self-confident idea arises from the receipt of superficial knowledge about the subject that everything is simple and clear. We didn’t just lose our customers, we left them in a state that was detrimental to their projects. They made unsuccessful decisions, and at the same time, were unable to realize their mistakes due to the low level of their qualifications. As a result, we abandoned video marketing consulting services and began to hold seminars again. But this did not stop us for long. We began to offer the production of video "takeaway" as a public service, because the noise around the "omnipotence of the marketing video" did not subside. After several successful and several unsuccessful communication projects with excellent video inside, we realized that video content is only part of a complex system. The most expensive, but not self-sufficient.
Based on our experience, we created VIDEMARKETING.UA as a service for creating and maintaining a communication channel. We have maintained and developed our media division. But MARK BRAUS MEDIA no longer offers the production of video "takeaway", we produce it only for VIDEMARKETING.UA and some of our own projects. Now we understand how everything works and know how to achieve success. Ten years later, we can say with confidence:

We believe that for such a service as ours, it would be wise to share experiences and warn those who wish. To tell about the problems we faced ourselves, instead of promising to “make happy” with video marketing of everyone. We do not offer a “silver bullet” for any business. We offer our experience to those to whom Video Marketing can bring significant benefits.

Of course, not every organization is ready to show itself to consumers. Sometimes it seems that it is better to hide your imperfections from the world or even to hide the real advantages from prying eyes in order to avoid trouble. It is difficult to disagree with this, but it is worth noting that visual interaction with consumers does not require full exposure. Consumers are not interested in corporate secrets. Consumers are interested in proposals and the ability of organizations to meet their needs. As well as faces of the organization, this is what customers want to see. People who represent the organization, and create its added value. Sometimes they want to see themselves or more experienced consumers.
Excellent - this is suitable for video marketing! People move and even sounding. This distinguishes them, for example, from real estate.

Whether they are employees who transform the physical world, or customers who interact with the organization and its products - the person is the center of everything. The human figure on our logo reflects this. We are convinced that the presentation of people in the context of their active work is best suited for marketing video.
People can not only be active in the material world, but also generate meanings. Knowledge or services are sometimes invisible, but they really exist. The video provides features for explaining complex content not available for photos or texts. Miraculously materializes the invisible, showing it in the form of animated images.
If an organization has bright people and ideas, it already has something to show. People and ideas are exactly what distinguishes an organization from competitors who quickly replicate successful products and services. People and ideas is something that is constantly changing and therefore does not annoy the viewers.

Below we provide a matrix illustrating our view on the possibilities for video marketing in some sectors and activities. We plan with time to adjust and supplement it.

Since the modern world is ruled by television, you have to create your own media if you are claiming to influence people.
Here we are talking not about some TV technologies or their own cloud servers. You can order video production. You can "park" content on YouTube, or on social networks. We are talking about the fact that success requires its own "button". Your internet TV. Its a "window into the world". In what world looks at the organization. That isolated place in the information ocean, where the organization is present, and no one prevents it from communicating with consumers. It's like staying on a satellite, or getting a license for air or cable broadcasting. It works, and this is the best opportunity to be visible.

Fortunately, we understand how to build such an "Internet TV". There are several ways that are largely dependent on the content that will be broadcast. If an organization does not have its own media resource, it can be created quickly and efficiently. We can say that the option (B) is available for organizations of any scale.

At the first stage, the content that will be broadcast is projected. This stage involves conducting studies that show which video formats will be most effective for the project. Scripts are written, locations are selected and performers are determined, graphics are created. Team training and rehearsal. Shooting test videos and pilot series. In the second stage, we create a "TV". And in the third stage, we are conducting a pilot campaign to attract an audience.

What content will be broadcast to the audience is determined at the design stage of the content. Of course, besides planning what will be shown to the audience, the frequency of the broadcast and the level of material are determined. Congruence and budget are two variables that define the framework and allow you to create a balance. The congruence of business perception is the correspondence of the level of communication with the consumer to the level of the product, service, and infrastructure. Low quality of communications does not allow to adequately present the existing business in the market. High-quality communications, not corresponding to reality, provokes excessive customer expectations. Ensuring congruence affects whether it is permissible to produce the video by the efforts of the company itself, or we will offer to produce video in our studio, or we will recommend using high-budget production.

We, as a rule, suggest using at least three different formats for filling the created channel. This allows corporate broadcasting to give some imaginary volume, to create an attractive variety. Provide the required frequency of publications at optimal cost. The use of mix content enables organizations to dilute customized professional content with their own videos without losing congruence. Below we give for illustration some examples produced by our studio formats.

In addition to VIDEOMARKETING, we have created two more media services NEWSROOM and PROMO BOOKLET, allowing the organization to form its own information field and fill it with content. Although each service is autonomous and can be used by itself, sharing services is most effective. Each of the three services performs a different function, and together they provide the necessary “three touches” with the audience. These are outsourcing services that enable an organization to carry out its core business, rather than build up its media infrastructure and competencies for a marketing project that does not imply monetization of a media product. At the same time, an organization can immediately operate with professional content congruent to its level. You can get acquainted with the services in more detail on their sites by clicking on the links. If necessary, an integrated media program can be created that can be built as a combination of several services.

The first part is the cost of creating a communication channel - we call this the Initialization of the project. Initialization is funded in stages. First, a budget for research and planning is allocated, then test production is funded, as well as the creation of a pilot series of content, the amount of such funding is determined at the planning stage. In addition, at the stage of project initiation, the creation of media and the campaign for the primary audience engagement are funded.

After bringing the channel into a state of readiness for use, everyday scheduled work begins. The budget is spent on video production, media management and audience engagement. Taking into account the annual cycle in the business sphere, as a rule, an annual budget is formed.