More than 3 billion searches are processed on YouTube each month. Every minute, 100 hours of video are uploaded on YouTube. Every month, 6 billion hours of video are viewed on the site, making it currently the fastest growing video sharing website in the world.
These are some of the findings on YouTube compiled by the San Diego company Mushroom Networks in a compelling infographic. Other highlights include:
Most people, including yourself and your competitors, are probably already on Facebook and Twitter. In addition, most firms also have a blog. YouTube, on the other hand, is underutilized by law firms and other businesses. This creates the opportunity to reach a customer segment that your competitors aren’t reaching.
The American Bar Association recommends that lawyers use video in the following ways:
The ABA also provides tips on how to have success with videos. It recommends posting videos frequently, keeping them short, tagging and sharing content across other social media platforms (i.e. Facebook and Twitter), and measuring results (views, shares and likes) to learn what works best.
Mushroom Networks found that 4 factors seem to most significantly impact video rankings:
As for what not to do, Martindale-Hubbell provides examples of awesomely-bad lawyer video ads.
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