Episode 310

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14th May 2025

Only 34 Views – The Moment That Changed Everything

Summary

In this episode of the Engage Video Marketing Podcast, Ben Amos discusses the pivotal moment that transformed his approach to video production, emphasizing the need for a strategic framework. He introduces the seven elements of effective video strategy, which include understanding the audience, defining goals, creating relevant content, planning distribution, optimizing for performance, measuring success, and finally, production. The episode highlights the importance of strategy in achieving meaningful results from video marketing efforts.

Takeaways

  • The turning point in my career was realizing the importance of video strategy.
  • Many creatives face the challenge of delivering content that doesn't meet client expectations.
  • Understanding the audience is crucial for effective video marketing.
  • Defining clear goals is essential for measuring success.
  • Content must align with the audience's needs and the video's purpose.
  • Distribution planning is often overlooked but vital for visibility.
  • Optimization can significantly enhance video performance.
  • Metrics should focus on meaningful data, not just vanity metrics.
  • Production decisions should follow strategic planning.
  • A strategic approach can transform video marketing outcomes.
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About the Podcast

Engage Video Marketing Podcast
I'm on a mission to develop confident Video Strategists... join me with weekly episodes.
The Engage Video Marketing Podcast is a weekly show with a mission to grow confident Video Strategists. Each week your host, leading video strategist Ben Amos will share world-class guest interviews, video strategy training, latest social video trends, case studies tips and tactics to help develop in confidence as a Video Strategist to better serve your clients and grow businesses.

Learn more and take the next steps to become a confident video strategist at https://www.engagevideomarketing.com
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Ben Amos

Ben is a passionate online video strategist, entrepreneur, video producer, speaker and educator working with savvy brands across Australia and the world to connect them to their ideal audiences through effective online video marketing. He is the Owner and Creative Director of Innovate Media, an online video strategy and production agency based out of the Sunshine Coast, Australia.

As host of the Engage Video Marketing Podcast, and creator of the Online Video Strategy Blueprint Ben’s mission is to help other creatives, marketers, entrepreneurs and video producers better understand how to attract, engage and convert audiences online with video.

At the heart of it all, Ben believes that effective online video content has strategy at its core. As content producers, marketers or business owners we must rise up against the ‘avalanche of average’ video content surrounding digital audiences today and deploy video strategically, deliberately and creatively across platforms for maximum results.

Behind this, Ben’s a proud Dad of two daughters, a family guy and an adventurous Aussie who loves building sandcastles with his kids at any of the beautiful beaches of his home town on the Sunshine Coast, Australia.