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Create explainer videos to propel engagement, sales

4 visual trends to use in content right now | Create explainer videos to propel engagement, sales | 4 ways to create original content that resonates
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August 27, 2020
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4 visual trends to use in content right now
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Sue Cahaly outlines four image trends in content marketing to help marketers connect with audiences during the pandemic. The article offers advice on the visual themes of sustainability, "honest imperfection," "wonder, wander, and wellness," and "tech and togetherness."
Full Story: The Content Standard (8/26) 
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Research indicates that the majority of people believe product or service explainer videos play a role in making a buying decision, writes Osama Khabab. He offers tips for creating a compelling explainer video and urges executives to focus first "on building a personal connection with the audience."
Full Story: Business 2 Community (8/26) 
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MediaMonks' Eric Shamlin suggests four ways marketers can create original content that stands out and fosters trust, including engaging with audiences on topics trending in popular culture and choosing the right format and platform for storytelling. Entertain, be relevant and be useful, he advises.
Full Story: Ad Age (tiered subscription model) (8/26) 
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Forward-thinking marketers who want to maximize their digital efforts as the economy begins to reopen should consider long-term strategies such as predictive analytics to revise sales estimates, reevaluating marketing strategies to serve current consumer needs and using advanced chatbots to enhance the customer experience, writes HGS' Andrew Kokes. Brands have "an opportunity to evolve by creating a digital experience that pairs a customer service mentality with the tools and technologies customers need," he writes.
Full Story: Forbes (8/26) 
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Translation touted HBO's "Lovecraft Country" with branded kits sent to influencers that featured show-inspired items created by Black-owned businesses. "Our goal was to share our kit and subsequent screening experience with influencers, who among other characteristics, are blerds (Black nerds) and are passionate about Black storytelling," says Jackie Gagne of HBO's parent company WarnerMedia.
Full Story: Adweek (tiered subscription model) (8/26) 
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Mobile ad exchange Kargo is acquiring adtech firm Rhombus and plans to integrate its social article embed technology into its exchange and rename the offering Social Canvas. The technology enables brands to embed tweets or Instagram posts into content with targeting capabilities across 19 social platforms with programmatic advertising capabilities.
Full Story: AdExchanger (8/26) 
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Facebook says it won't try to collect Apple users' identifier for advertisers data, which will be restricted in the forthcoming iOS 14, and warns businesses that the move "may render Audience Network so ineffective ... that it may not make sense to offer it on iOS 14 in the future," according to a company blog post. Facebook says that while its own advertising will be less affected, it is working on alternate monetization products and encouraging businesses to create ad accounts for app-install ad campaigns for Apple iOS 14 users.
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Seeking out visual communications trends and following the data can help your brand exude empathy, display awareness, and promote trust at a time when audiences are longing for understanding.
Sue Cahaly, writing for The Content Standard
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