Stats: great reasons to use video / online video to promote your business

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BUYING decisions are expedited by 72% when video is used.*

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Web TV, video on demand, Internet, and P2P (Peer to Peer) video will account for over 91 percent of global consumer internet traffic by 2013.**

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12.7 BILLION online videos were viewed per month on average in 2008.***

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Over 90% of direct video recipients will forward or pass that clip to someone they know if they enjoyed it.

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77% of adults in North America (ages 18-55) will happily watch online video.

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The average video watched from beginning to end (entirely) is 2.5 minutes long.***

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For every ONE person who prefers to read their info, SIX people prefer to watch it (receive it) visually (via sight & sound).

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Video involves many senses. Print is primarily sight, while video encompasses sight, sound, and emotion. This makes it far more engaging and memorable for prospects therefore far more convincing.

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Conversion rates TRIPPLE when it comes to online video vs print.

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When using print advertising promoting the general accepted conversion rate is 8%, when using video it's at least 24%.

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Good video on a website will keep the visitor on that site much longer.

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Good video is a great way to generate traffic to a website.

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Good video is a great way to stand-out on the web.

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Video creates an instant "bond" with your visitor / viewer / prospect.***

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Videos can be marked with key words that are later searchable by search engines such as Google, Yahoo or YouTube.

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Video is a perfect integral part of strong social media campaigning.****

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Online video is ideal for viral campaign strategies. Use online video for internet PR.

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REPclips offers professional video production and media services for prices that you CAN'T afford not to use.

Sources:

* The Wharton School of Business studies

** Cisco Systems Inc.

*** ComScore

*** Facebook