There has been plenty of discussion over the last few weeks about the value of online advertising in this industry, and how more and more advertising is going online. Now, something is on the horizon that could change the way the industry does it marketing forever. The idea is MyTradeTV.
The concept behind MyTradeTV is this; to provide companies a place to advertise their wares by not just writing about them and including the odd image, but to expand that completely to include videos, reviews, complete photo galleries, web links and company directories. Why videos? Well, with customers using the internet more and more to research companies when choosing to replace their windows and doors, it’s important to keep content fresh, engaging and interactive. The great thing with videos is that they can be used to demonstrate anything, explain anything, advertise anything. It’s more interactive than writing on a screen and can get more information to the customer easier than 10 written paragraphs ever could.
The MyTradeTV internet channel is all about making the industry more accessible to the customer. Providing the industry with a fresher, more modern image and a tool in which the industry can use to help improve our reputation. It will be ever expanding. The more people/companies get on board, the more content there will be to search through. To help shape it the way the industry wants and needs it, there has been a very short survey created to help garner feedback. I would be hugely grateful if your could all take just a couple of minutes to answer these questions. Your information will be used to help create something which could completely revolutionise our industry. You can find the survey here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/TSKSKBG
Video usage in trades is now very popular we use our own youtube channel and the response is very good, will be interesting to see where this site goes.
I’m undecided about this. In essence the same can be achieved by setting up your own YouTube channel which is what we have done. Also your channel shows your videos meaning exclusivity and not displaying your competitors wares. I think it could be a tricky sell as the same can be achieved for free via YouTube.
Hi Daniel, first of all thanks for your comments, Youtube is a great form of free advertising but one of the reasons we set up this site is because research is showing people are watching more and more video content online especially in industries and the industry content is very easily lost in a mass of submitted videos, also in some trades ie/ locksmithing many of the videos are accessed by general public and this ofc is a huge problem as some of tht content is delicate and shouldnt really be in the public demain! with our locksmith channel we… Read more »