Have you ever had a good idea, maybe a great idea, only to find that
someone else already ready did it? Frustrating. You want to be a
success and who doesn't? It's why you do what you do, why you put-up
with what you put-up with? But it all gets so frustrating.
As much as you'd like to believe otherwise, there just aren't any
secret methods, special potions, or motivational DVDs that are going to
make you a success in thirty days, but there are things you can do that
will help. Sure working hard helps but working smart is even better. So
how do you work smart? Well you can start with presenting your core,
marketing message to your targeted audience in a way that engages the
spirit, informs the intellect, and embeds in the mind. And if you want
to be cutting edge, the way to do it is with audio and video.
What A Difference A Difference Makes
Anybody who has ever tried to raise money for a project from a
bank, or contacted an ad agency for help has heard the question, "What
makes your company different?" If you don't have a different product,
different process, or different way of doing or presenting what you do,
you are never going to raise a cent or make an impact on the market.
Yet most companies blindly continue to follow the market leader, and
wonder why they never attain the level of success they hope to achieve.
If you want to be a success, you have to reinvent your company as
something unique, so when the time comes to present your redefined
vision to the world, you will actually have something to say, and
something worth listening to.
Lateral Thinking, The Creative Laxative
Once you've decided to develop a video marketing message that focuses
on what makes you different, you will want to know where begin.
This is a creative process that can be scary to business executives
trained in left-brain linear thinking. Learning to think creatively is
hard and for most people it goes against everything they have learned.
Creative thinking has been called 'thinking outside the box,'
right-brain thinking, or simply thinking differently. Author Edward De
Bono calls it 'Lateral Thinking.' De Bono argues linear thinking
stifles imagination because it suffices at the first seemingly
acceptable solution rather than looking for innovative alternatives:
"In ordinary traditional thinking we have developed no methods for
going beyond the adequate. As soon as something is satisfactory our
thinking must stop."
- Edward De Bono
Where You Begin Is Where You End
One method of jump-starting the creative process is to think
backward: you begin at the end, because where you're going will inform
how you get there.
Create Your Memory Tag or Slogan
A well thought-out slogan or tag line focuses attention on the
critical point-of-differentiation, the thing that establishes your
brand identity. A good slogan serves as a memory device, a positioning
tool that implants itself in your audience's mind and stays there.
No matter how many times the advertising agencies convince the
'pooh-bahs' at Coca-Cola to change their slogan, Coke will forever be
"The Real Thing," and Pepsi will be "The Choice of a New Generation,"
at least to my generation.
These were excellent examples of how to focus on a single element and
establish a differentiating identity between competing products that
for the most part are just about the same. Then of course you have 7-Up
with "The Uncola" slogan that was the best of the bunch, but was
unfortunately dumped for some lame reason.
Each of these soft drink slogans established market-turf for their
company, and each helped differentiate the product while establishing
identity in the audience's mind; and no place is anything said about
cost, quality, or any of the other conventional selling points that
small companies are so fond of touting.
Develop Your Story
A well-designed video commercial takes your audience through the
three stages of storytelling: The Setup with inciting incident, The
Crisis with problem escalation, and The Resolution with viewer
satisfaction.
Your slogan or tag is the punch line that highlights your resolution;
it's what you want your audience to remember; it's your marketing
message destination; and it's where you want to end. Now all you have
to do is work backwards to the beginning.
This method of development helps you avoid saying too much: yes,
there are many things you want to say, most of which are valid, some of
which are relevant, but few of which are applicable to the delivery of
an effective Web video presentation. The more you say to an audience,
the less they hear. Stick to a simple story that leads to a resolution
based on your memorable punch line or what TV screenwriters call 'the
button.'
Invent Your Hook
Once you have your basic commercial storyline with a beginning,
middle, and end, you need to make sure you have a hook: the thing
that's going to pique audience curiosity and make them stick around
long enough to view the entire presentation. The hook should center on
the 'inciting incident:' the motivating situation that propels your
onscreen representative to find a solution to the problem at hand that
ultimately leads to the resolution represented in your 'button' or
punch line.
The Geico Caveman is a great example of a hook that demands
attention, and draws the audience into the series of mini dramas that
constitute this award winning ad campaign; all based on an incredibly
simple, yet brilliant, tag: "So Easy A Caveman Could Do It." You don't
need expensive special effects or exotic locations; all you need is an
imagination and a message that can be delivered with a memorable one
line "button."
About The Author
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