{"id":3179,"date":"2014-08-11T14:43:16","date_gmt":"2014-08-11T14:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.visualconstructionmarketing.com\/?p=3179"},"modified":"2015-10-13T15:26:39","modified_gmt":"2015-10-13T15:26:39","slug":"content-marketing-for-building-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/visualconstructionmarketing.com\/2014\/content-marketing-for-building-products\/","title":{"rendered":"Answering The Challenge of Content Marketing for Building Products"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><b>The Construction Industry is Using Social Media<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Sharing interesting\u00a0and engaging\u00a0content online through blogs and social media has become a primary part of any marketing effort. \u00a0 It has also, consequently, been a source of confusion and often ends in frustration for many marketing directors. \u00a0 I have personally seen and experienced the power of content marketing for getting new customers and, in general, helping connect a valuable service with customers who need it. \u00a0I think that we all now agree that content marketing is a powerful thing. \u00a0 Here&#8217;s the problem, \u00a0what content are we going to share, anyway? \u00a0Rather than guessing or scratching our chins for eternity, let&#8217;s\u00a0use a few recent\u00a0surveys and see what we know for sure.<\/p>\n<p>We know from the Construction Marketing Associations recent survey that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>97% of respondents said they use social media in their marketing plans in 2013<\/li>\n<li>47% have blogs<\/li>\n<li>91% are on linked in<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is great, this shows that the construction industry is getting involved and understanding that people are going to research products and services online far before they contact you. \u00a0 They will search the internet, or ask their network of contacts for advice online, or they will see quality content produced by a manufacturer or service provider online and they will take notice.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>The Most Used Social Platform Used by Manufacturers is YouTube<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_3180\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/visualconstructionmarketing.com\/2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/platformused.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3180\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3180\" src=\"https:\/\/visualconstructionmarketing.com\/2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/platformused.jpg\" alt=\"Video is the Medium of Choice for Manufacturers\" width=\"600\" height=\"697\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visualconstructionmarketing.com\/2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/platformused.jpg 600w, https:\/\/visualconstructionmarketing.com\/2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/platformused-258x300.jpg 258w, https:\/\/visualconstructionmarketing.com\/2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/platformused-300x349.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3180\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Video is the Medium of Choice for Manufacturers<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In a study &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/contentmarketinginstitute.com\/research\/manufacturing-content-marketing\/\" target=\"_blank\">B2b Manufacturing Content Marketing, 2014 Benchmarks, Budgets and Trends &#8211; North America<\/a>&#8221; \u00a0it was found that the top social media platform used was youtube video.<\/p>\n<p>This makes a whole lot of sense because there is nothing more engaging and powerful than video to demonstrate the what, how and why of a product.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>The Butt-Crack of a Tradesperson Will not Sell Building Products<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_3184\" style=\"width: 497px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/visualconstructionmarketing.com\/2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/3percent.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3184\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3184\" src=\"https:\/\/visualconstructionmarketing.com\/2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/3percent.jpg\" alt=\"Only 3% Rate It as Effective, Let's Fix This.\" width=\"487\" height=\"571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visualconstructionmarketing.com\/2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/3percent.jpg 487w, https:\/\/visualconstructionmarketing.com\/2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/3percent-256x300.jpg 256w, https:\/\/visualconstructionmarketing.com\/2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/3percent-300x352.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 487px) 100vw, 487px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3184\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Only 3% Rate It as Effective, Let&#8217;s Fix This.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Using video to market building products is a double-edge sword, however. \u00a0 \u00a0If you think that throwing up a 20 minute video from a handheld camera on a job-site is going to help sell your products and get them specified, I am afraid that you are going to be disappointed with the results. \u00a0 \u00a0Video needs to be professional, to the point and it needs to make the product the star of the show. \u00a0I&#8217;m talking about a 3o second video, \u00a0a one or two minute video, which captures attention, informs, educates and convinces elegantly.<\/p>\n<p>So, according to the research, only 3% of the manufacturers surveyed found their video content to be effective, \u00a0lets fix this . . .<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><b>Here are three forms of engaging video for building product content marketing.<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Video is the most popular medium for manufacturers to share content, and the biggest challenge is finding engaging video content to share about products.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. The 3d Animated Marketing Video to demonstrate visually how a product works and why someone should use it<\/strong><\/p>\n<dl id=\"attachment_3186\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 353px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.visualconstructionmarketing.com\/portfolio\/the-waterway-advantage-a-3d-animated-marketing-video\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-3186 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/visualconstructionmarketing.com\/2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/waterway-thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Click to View \" width=\"343\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visualconstructionmarketing.com\/2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/waterway-thumbnail.jpg 343w, https:\/\/visualconstructionmarketing.com\/2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/waterway-thumbnail-300x193.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 343px) 100vw, 343px\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\">Click Image Above to View<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. The 3d Animated Installation Instruction Video which uses high end photorealistic animation to show clearly how a product is installed or used<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3187\" style=\"width: 353px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.visualconstructionmarketing.com\/portfolio\/nichiha-fiber-cement-installation-video\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3187\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3187\" src=\"https:\/\/visualconstructionmarketing.com\/2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/nichiha-thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Click Image to View Video\" width=\"343\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visualconstructionmarketing.com\/2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/nichiha-thumbnail.jpg 343w, https:\/\/visualconstructionmarketing.com\/2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/nichiha-thumbnail-300x193.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 343px) 100vw, 343px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3187\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click Image to View Video<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. The Snippet Animation &#8211; A very short, shareable, tweetable short video clip demonstrating a product in action.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3193\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.visualconstructionmarketing.com\/portfolio\/wallprotex-snippet\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3193\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3193\" src=\"https:\/\/visualconstructionmarketing.com\/2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/wp-snippet-thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Click Image to View Video\" width=\"340\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visualconstructionmarketing.com\/2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/wp-snippet-thumbnail.jpg 340w, https:\/\/visualconstructionmarketing.com\/2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/wp-snippet-thumbnail-300x195.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3193\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click Image to View Video<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Construction Industry is Using Social Media Sharing interesting\u00a0and engaging\u00a0content online through blogs and social media has become a primary part of any marketing effort. \u00a0 It has also, consequently, been a source of confusion and often ends in frustration for many marketing directors. \u00a0 I have personally seen and experienced the power of content [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-building-product-marketing","category-visual-marketing-case-studies","category-visual-marketing-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/visualconstructionmarketing.com\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/visualconstructionmarketing.com\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/visualconstructionmarketing.com\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visualconstructionmarketing.com\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visualconstructionmarketing.com\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3179"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/visualconstructionmarketing.com\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3197,"href":"https:\/\/visualconstructionmarketing.com\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3179\/revisions\/3197"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visualconstructionmarketing.com\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/visualconstructionmarketing.com\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visualconstructionmarketing.com\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visualconstructionmarketing.com\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}