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How video marketers boost “ROA” by socializing business narratives

by | Jan 8, 2018 | Marketing, Public Relations

Marketers are increasingly moving from broadcast advertising to social content to attract consumer attention in the melee of today’s media landscape. It’s a complex migration in both the medium and the message. In an attention economy, it’s not enough to merely win attention. In order to generate results, businesses must maintain and nurture hard-won attention through genuine engagement and persistent media creation. This requirement has given rise to a new marketing metric aptly coined Return on Attention (ROA).

The magnitude of this shift is evident in a new report by smart video editing application Magisto, which finds that nearly half (46 percent) of marketers regard organic social engagement as the best assessment of campaign efficacy, compared to a mere 28 percent who say they still depend on advertising recall.

“Attention has become the only real currency today and customers offering that attention expect real value in exchange,” said Oren Boiman, CEO of Magisto, in a news release. “The critical nuance is that it’s not just a shift in the channel, but also in the voice, cadence and structure of communication. Today, the goal isn’t stamping out a company’s brand message but rather contributing to the social narrative with the goal of ‘belonging.’ Modern marketers are using social content, and video in particular, as a way of being part of a 24/7 conversation.”

How video marketers boost “ROA” by socializing business narratives

The survey report, the second in Magisto’s Video Payday series, examines the details of the booming $135 billion video marketing industry, where and how that money is being spent, and which video strategies are proving most effective.

The heart of the report’s findings show how companies are using social video to scale authenticity, provide value, and deliver ROA.

How video marketers boost “ROA” by socializing business narratives

“Social is no longer a channel but rather the definition of today’s media. It’s a mode of socializing through the creation and sharing of massive amounts of content,” said Reid Genauer, CMO at Magisto, in the release. “The ultimate takeaway from this data is that businesses are quickly learning how to use video creation as a strategy to thoughtfully socialize their message as opposed to broadcasting it with brute force.”

Download the report here.

How video marketers boost “ROA” by socializing business narratives

Magisto surveyed 545 marketing decision makers in the U.S. at small, medium and large businesses from July to August 2017.

Richard Carufel
Richard Carufel is editor of Bulldog Reporter and the Daily ’Dog, one of the web’s leading sources of PR and marketing communications news and opinions. He has been reporting on the PR and communications industry for over 17 years, and has interviewed hundreds of journalists and PR industry leaders. Reach him at richard.carufel@bulldogreporter.com; @BulldogReporter

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