There are so many amazing things that you can do with online video once you have the video assets.  We read about trends, new ideas and examples everyday here on the Video Commerce Consortium and at ReelSEO, and everyday I get excited about what business are doing with their video strategies.  There are also tons of great articles with convincing ROI figures from online video but there are still literally hundreds of e-commerce sites stagnant in their development of a video strategy.  I’m sure there are probably thousands of reasons for this from budget constraints, timing, and lack…

Previously, I talked with user experience web expert Paul Bryan on the importance for retail and eCommerce professionals on implementing user experience, aka “UX” best practices in their online video program. This time I showcase with Paul what is perhaps the very first Product Video Usability checklist that all businesses can and should learn from, including the UX industry itself.

This past week I got the chance to check out the baseball flick, Money Ball. Brad Pitt stars as the Oakland A’s General Manager, Billy Beane, whom creates a winning team out of an “island of misfit toys.” The movie begins with the A’s losing their biggest stars, Jason Giambi and Johnny Damon, to free agency.  Beane is forced to fill their vacancies with a budget that is a fraction of their worth. The scouts begin discussing the possibilities, analyzing everything from batting average to looks.  But Beane is hesitant about their old school ways.  Frustrated he addresses the team’s situation, “What’s the problem?”…

In this post, I will review my interview with user experience expert Paul Bryan about the importance of implementing user experience, or “UX” strategies and tools around product videos. In this first of two parts, Paul helps explain the role of a UX Specialist for conversion-centric product videos for retail and e-commerce businesses.

In this post, I’ll outline cost savings possible to achieve by using a video commerce platform. (In Part I, I explained what a video commerce platform was, Part II outlined primary revenue drivers, Part III the revenue calculations).

In my own view, I generally don’t believe that cost savings are the most compelling reason to select a video commerce platform compared to either an online video platform or even a content delivery network. That’s because video commerce platforms live “upstack” from these other two types of technologies and primarily exist to create new results…

In a transformed business environment where social activity is given it’s own currency and value, retailers and e-commerce businesses today are understanding better that properly measuring the performance of a video campaigns requires more than just the single ratio of money to deem if it has been successful return on its investment. The Social Return on Investment, or “SROI,” is a relatively new value system that is helping companies better understand value goals that have been often overlooked before, and video is ripe with data for helping us achieve that.

The use of shoppable videos, the technology that allows viewers to engage directly with contextually relevant product info during video play, is now rapidly expanding, with brands like Target, Roots, Ralph Lauren, EBags and many others rolling out campaigns using the innovative shopping tool.

Advances in online video technology are clearly the primary driver behind the recent shoppable video growth spurt, but another encouraging factor is the growing recognition among marketers that a compelling story—the pulsing heartbeat of a company—is a required element of brand presentation today.

It used to be that brand-oriented video campaigns on television or online…

In our continued series on psychology and online video, I delve into the relatively new field of behavioral economics with Dan Ariely, Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics at Duke University and author of the book, Predictably Irrational. I also present my own theory on its special connection with online video, and some tips which online video marketers and eCommerce specialists can benefit from the empirical research findings in Dan’s book.

In my earlier “Psychology of Online Video” article, I featured behavior science experts explaining how online video influences our shopping habits by setting off our brains and triggering consumer purchases.  Here I delve further into behavior studies with online video and explore the connection between “neuromarketing” and online video: and learn where brain science, marketing, online video, and eCommerce all meet!

Most businesses wouldn’t argue with the statement that video helps drive consumer engagement. It’s what the video content should consist of that usually sparks the debates. Just what exactly are consumers supposed to be engaging with in these videos? Well, to get right down to the ROI, we must first ask what it is that the business is selling… Products or services?

Historically, product videos have dominated the video commerce frontier. Not surprisingly, they are relatively easy to produce and have a clear cut purpose. Utilizing sight, sound and motion to virtually deliver the product experience, these videos…