You might not think the AOL brand is all that valuable these days. After all, the one-time Internet market leader is now a distant memory of hours lost talking to strangers in chat rooms (before Chat Roulette was a thing), struggling to find its place in the vast sea of social networks and game-changing startups.
However, the head of AOL’s video production division claims to know a thing or two about content creation and distribution. Below are excerpts from his interview for ReelSEO.
Video Production ChicagoContent Is Important, But So Is The Context
“So what we learned about what really drives video editing views–I think one of the most interesting things we learned is that it’s not only about the content. I mean, the content means a lot. But it’s also about the contextual environment the content lives in.”
Video Placement On A Page Matters
“One of the other things we learned which is really interesting, is that the placement of the video within the page matters a lot. And since we syndicate content to so many sites, and our own site, we have to understand:
- What is the meaning of being above the fold?
- What is the meaning of being on the right rail or on the mid rail?
- What is the meaning of having a good thumbnail versus a bad thumbnail if you want people to click on it?
I think that a lot of people are very content-centric, but the placement of the video productionwithin the page is also a huge component of how people watch video.”
3 Tips For Selling Your Own Video Content Online
Three main tips I can give to sales forces across the Internet, if you really want to start selling your own video editing content and make a good amount of revenue:
- “Don’t compromise on content. We see a lot of publishers and a lot of people that are just trying to create scale by taking “Did you see?” content and other stuff–it doesn’t work. You need to have a really good library.”
- “But it’s not only about content. I think the ad formats would be the second most important thing. You’ve got to have premium ad formats. You’ve got to have an advertising experience that the user is engaged with, which is interactive formats, personalized pre-rolls, and a lot of other stuff that advertisers really love and really need.”
- “The third thing I would say is understand the data. You have a lot of content, you have a lot of views. You have to understand your demos, you gotta support behavioral targeting, and you have to support data targeting.”
