Video testimonial and advertisement to Promote your company values at the moment of relevance Using Google + and Youtube

posted Aug 20, 2011, 10:00 AM by David Khorram ? [ updated Jun 26, 2017, 1:30 PM by Blog Poster ]

Why video?testimonial?is the best way to promote your?company?values ? and how can you?promote your values at the moment of relevance ? ??(Be there and display your values, when and where customers are looking for you?)

Video testimonials might be the best way to tell the world about the quality of your staff and business with the lowest cost.

We?research the video testimonial concept ?and its effect on clients and customers . We also tried to find why it works and how to produce them using Google?business?solutions?and tools.?

Our Goals are to :?

1- produce real, natural and factual video?testimonials and interview with?ease
2- develop high quality video?content ?from desk top using Google business solution and tools which?guarantee?lowest call ( do more with less ) .?
3-train our staff to produce video?content on weekly bases????to develop?
4- develop ?Customer Centric Content which ?could lead to :

Making the experience about the customer and how they interact with the business can lead to a long standing relationship
Interviewing the client or customer/member about how they use your (a business’) products or service to their benefit. Their interview could really be a testimonial in the form of re-purposed content for the company’s blog.
Create business Stories!

5-?Embed above video content in to our website, emails, blog, social media, citations, directories, press releases to?deliver?highest value?contents in shortest amount of time.

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Our research:?

Watching a few commercials on TV, you can see majority of them are video?testimonials which are empowered and produces ?using the persuasion?techniques??( If you are not?familiar?with the?principals of?persuasion??, you can?find two?power point?presentations iattached to this blog ? or watch these videos ?).?

The??principals ?have been described in ?details ?by?Dr. Robert B. Cialdin? in his book??"The Psychology of Persuasion (Collins Business Essentials) ?. this is ?a must read book and it covers?six "weapons of influence":

Reciprocity?- People tend to return a favor, thus the pervasiveness of?free samples?in marketing. You open a door for some one , naturally ?the open the next door for you . ? In his conferences, he often uses the example of?Ethiopia?providing thousands of dollars in humanitarian aid to?Mexico?just after the 1985 earthquake, despite Ethiopia suffering from a crippling famine and civil war at the time. Ethiopia had been reciprocating for the diplomatic support Mexico provided when Italy invaded Ethiopia in 1935. The?good cop/bad cop?strategy is also based on this principle.
Commitment and Consistency?- If people commit, orally or in writing, to an idea or goal, they are more likely to honor that commitment because of establishing that idea or goal as being congruent with their self image. Even if the original incentive or motivation is removed after they have already agreed, they will continue to honor the agreement. For example, in car sales, suddenly raising the price at the last moment works because the buyer has already decided to buy. Cialdini notes Chinese brainwashing on American?prisoners of war?to rewrite their self image and gain automatic unenforced compliance. Seecognitive dissonance.
Social Proof?- People will do things that they see other people are doing. For example, in one experiment, one or more confederates would look up into the sky; bystanders would then look up into the sky to see what they were seeing. At one point this experiment aborted, as so many people were looking up that they stopped traffic. See?conformity, and the?Asch conformity experiments.
Authority?- People will tend to obey authority figures, even if they are asked to perform objectionable acts. Cialdini cites incidents such as the?Milgram experiments?in the early 1960s and the?My Lai massacre.
Liking?- People are easily persuaded by other people that they like. Cialdini cites the marketing of?Tupperware?in what might now be called?viral marketing. People were more likely to buy if they liked the person selling it to them. Some of the many biases favoring more attractive people are discussed. See?physical attractiveness stereotype.
Scarcity?- Perceived scarcity will generate?demand. For example, saying offers are available for a "limited time only" encourages sales.

? ? ? ? ? ?More about?Dr. Robert B. Cialdin?

Deployment : Through our research , ?we gained ?the?knowledge, ?logic and?principals?used to produce high quality?testimonials? the following steps ( tools and?Techniques )??is?method?we used?to develop your Video testimonials ?:?

Step #1 - Video?testimonial /?advertise??can?establish?and deployed by using the ?above six (6) ?principals as guide line ( structure ) ?. You can watch few video testimonials on Youtube and get ?a better idea.

Step #2 - Develop a script ?that is focused on your values ,?remember your product and service features? are 2nd to?their? benefites?and?advantages.?keep?it simple.
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Step #3- Watch this video ?and get?familiar?with Google + ?and hangout

Step #4- If you do not have a Gmail account , apply for one . This is the?gateway?to get to Google products and services . You can also get info or register about Google + ?by clicking on Google + project?. or you can?contact innovaglobal ??and we can get?you?enrolled .

Step #5- Once you have your Google + account , you can invite your friend and?associates . You can ?also open up another Gmail account and call it " interview ?studio " or ?your company name studio ( I.e innovaglobal studio ). You can use this?for clients and customer that do not have Google + yet?? .?

Using this new portal ( Google + hangout ) and ? your Google + , you ?can conduct ?and produce video testimonial.s . ( This is a good way to ?introduce them to Google's benefits , including Google + ?- ?Reciprocity?)?

Step #6- Run ?test ?and?interviewing few of your office staff to make sure you know how Google + hangout ?works ?and?prepare?the introduction and questions you may want to ask from your clients and customers.?Commitment and Consistency?

Step #7 -To start, ?introduce yourself and your?client. Make sure you mention name and title -Authority???( 10 second )?

Step #8- Describe the product ?or ?project ?size, ?client's?goals and ?their??achievements -?Commitment and Consistency? ( watch?Charlie?Rose ) ( 30 second )

Step #9 -?Prepare ?your interview?questions ? and ask them?one at the time.??Commitment and Consistency and?Social Proof??. Following are?The six questions you need to ask to get a powerful testimonial? ?, ?5 Tips for Getting Testimonials to Build Referrals? and?7 Tips to a Perfect Customer Testimonial for Your Service Company
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Product?
testimonial??questions :

What was the obstacle that would have prevented you from buying this product?
What did you find as a result of buying this product?
What specific feature did you like most about this product?
What would be three other benefits about this product?
Would you recommend this product? If so, why?
Is there anything you’d like to add?

??Service testimonial ?questions:?

What type of service did Company XYZ provide to you?
Was the service done in a timely fashion
Would you recommend the service to a friend
On a scale of 1-10, 10 being the highest, how was the customer service?
The?best thing?about _____ services was: ____________________.
The?reason?I selected ______ to be my ______ service provider was _______.
I would?recommend _______ ‘s services to a friend who needed this service?because_________.
At the end of the project?I felt____________________________________.

Step #10?- Schedule ?your interview ahead of time , make sure you offer ?what ever is necessary and that the?interview?is done in ?your ?client's convenient time ?. Google products and services are all cloud base thus location, time and access is?flexible.

Step #11 - ??Video?Testimonial? :?Use your Google + ?portal ?and ?conduct your interview using Google + hangout .

Step #12?- Screen recording : At the same time record? your Google+ hangout PC screen ?. You can use?screen's audio and video recording / capturing software such as?http://business.screenr.com/pricing/?(?the lite version ?)??or?CamStudio??. We welcome your comments on other ?screen recording software ?which are?easier, ?better and?less expressive?to use. ( send your comments?and feed backs )?

Step #13?- If it is needed ?and you want to edit your video, use video editor .We highly recommend - Youtube video editor ?( ???Youtube video editor ,?or from Google market place???Stupeflix Studio?( video1 , Video2), you can also access Chrome extension and chrome web store and down load?CamStudio

Step #14?- up load your video to You tube and ?if want add?annotations and hyper link to your website lead catching page??. Following sample is not done by Google + hangout but ?has?annotation?and screen hyperlink.?

Step #15?- SEO your Youtube video for your Keywords and key phrases .?

Step #16?-??Embed and promote??your video testimonial?content? in your email?signature?area , blog , Google + , ?Facebook,?twitter, website .

Clearly, we are producing more?videos?within next few months . Originally, ?we decided to ?produce videos to better tell our story to our clients and prospective clients. What we probably underestimated was the power that the videos have had on building enthusiasm and a new sense of purpose within our own organization! First few ?projects, that turn out to be ?‘game changers’ for our ?sales and marketing perspective.

We will emabrk on producing videos using ?Google+ & ?hangout?, Youtube and Google Apps?Video?and Sites ( internet and ?intranet ) in the following areas and report our success in this blog. Videos will be based on :?