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Ep 129: Mastering Video Marketing To Engage, Inspire, And Convert

Ep 129: Mastering Video Marketing To Engage, Inspire, And Convert

Ep 129: Mastering Video Marketing To Engage, Inspire, And Convert

by Brad Friedman

Mastering Video Marketing To Engage, Inspire, And Convert

The Digital Slice Podcast is brought to you by The Friedman Group, LLC

In this episode of The Digital Slice Podcast, Brad and Mike Vannelli talk about the importance of including video in your digital marketing strategy for 2024.

In this episode of The Digital Slice Podcast, Brad and Mike Vannelli talk about the importance of including video in your digital marketing strategy for 2024.

Mike is the Creative Director with Envy Creative. In this role, Mike leads a production team to film commercials for online and TV ads. Mike has produced over 4000 video ads to date, for hundreds of clients, including McDonald's, Warner Bros, USAA, Costco, and more.

Mike is no stranger to the film and TV industry, having spent 10+ years in the business, where he has produced TV shows and music videos for big-name artists. Mike specializes in making sure each piece of content Envy Creative produces is unique and delivers the message the brand, product, or business is looking to convey to its target audience.

Mike helps clients increase sales by producing great content, which leads to more people watching their videos. Envy Creative offers all kinds of services, from explainer videos that focus on a product, brand, or company to national TV campaigns that increase a brand's awareness.

In this Episode:

  • Mike talks about making videos and ads for brands and products.
  • Mike says the optimal length of a video depends on the company and their audience.
  • Mike tells us video has the highest conversion rate of all mediums.
  • Mike talks about AI helping to automate their workflow.
  • Mike says we should still be writing blog posts. But, our posts should include video

Quotes from this Episode:
“Businesses should use video to get new customers, get new downloads, get new eyeballs on whatever they're selling.” – Mike Vannelli
“If you're selling something, usually the quicker you can get there the better. Especially in this day and age with TikTok and and Instagram Reels.” – Mike Vannelli
“Blog posts are going to be important with a relevant video attached.” – Mike Vannelli
“We can definitely tell when a script is written by AI and you know, or ChatGPT.” – Mike Vannelli

Resources:

Mike Vannelli:
LinkedIn: Envy Creative
LinkedIn: Mike Vannelli
Facebook: Envy Creative
X: Envy Creative
Instagram: Envy Creative
YouTube: Envy Creative
TikTok: Envy Creative
Website: Envy Creative

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Books
Brad Friedman on Digital Marketing,” by Brad Friedman
The Small Business Owner's Guide To Inbound Marketing,” by Brad Friedman
100 Livestreaming & Digital Media Predictions,” by Ross Brand with a chapter by Brad Friedman

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Ep 127: Unlocking The Secrets Of Collaborative AI In 2024

Ep 127: Unlocking The Secrets Of Collaborative AI In 2024

Ep 127: Unlocking The Secrets Of Collaborative AI In 2024

by Brad Friedman

Unlocking The Secrets Of Collaborative AI In 2024

The Digital Slice Podcast is brought to you by The Friedman Group, LLC

Join Brad Friedman and Kate Bradley Chernis as they chat about how Generative AI can finally help humans communicate and much more AI news and information.

Kate Bradley Chernis is the Founder & CEO of Lately.AI, which identifies the makeup of the highest possible performing social media messaging for your target audience and generates posts that contains that content in your unique voice.

Lately's proprietary language models are not a layer on top of ChatGPT (or anyone else), which means your data remains 100% private, you own your results and your results are free of those public datasets and all their bias. We also deliver this content through our own social media management and employee advocacy platform, the only one that was built throughout with AI, from the ground up (and not a trendy afterthought).

As a former rock ‘n' roll DJ, Kate served 20 million listeners as Music Director and on-air host at Sirius/XM. She’s also an award-winning radio producer, engineer and voice talent with 25 years of national broadcast communications, brand-building, sales and marketing expertise. What she learned in radio about the neuroscience of music helps fuel Lately's artificial intelligence.

Prior to founding Lately, Kate also owned a marketing agency which got Walmart a 130% ROI, YoY for three years.

In addition, Kate's appeared as a guest speaker on hundreds of sales, marketing and entrepreneurial podcasts and has led presentations for Walmart, Ericsson, SAP, National Disability Institute, IRS, United Way Worldwide, SaaStr, SXSW, Content Marketing Institute, HubSpot, Hootsuite, Harvard University, Columbia University, NYU and others.

In this Episode:

  • Kate talks about having to educate and re-educate people on AI.
  • Kate discusses the different things generative AI can be.
  • Kate says they are still selling against magic, because people have a huge misunderstanding of the definition of AI .
  • Kate talks about what it would take for AI to become human.
  • Kate also talks about what people thinks is the biggest value of Generative AI.

Quotes from this Episode:
“We are still kings of the animal kingdom.” – Kate Bradley Chernis
“So, it's still very much and if this, then this, scenario. It's automation, essentially” – Kate Bradley Chernis
“We're evolving as humans, thanks to technology. And this is a huge leap..” – Kate Bradley Chernis
“But if you can understand why people make those decisions, then you can market to them according to those needs.” – Kate Bradley Chernis
“And, and we started Lately in 2014, which was the year that Generative AI was born, by the way, you know, and It's been quite a ride.” – Kate Bradley Chernis

Resources:

Kate Bradley Chernis:
LinkedIn: Kate Bradley Chernis
LinkedIn: Lately
Facebook: Lately
X: Lately
X: Kate Bradley Chernis
TikTok: Lately
TikTok: Kate Bradley Chernis
Instagram: Lately
Instagram: Kate Bradley Chernis
YouTube: Lately
Website: Lately

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Books
Brad Friedman on Digital Marketing,” by Brad Friedman
The Small Business Owner's Guide To Inbound Marketing,” by Brad Friedman
100 Livestreaming & Digital Media Predictions,” by Ross Brand with a chapter by Brad Friedman

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Ep 114: Revolutionizing Brand Integrity With Generative AI

Ep 114: Revolutionizing Brand Integrity With Generative AI

Ep 114: Revolutionizing Brand Integrity With Generative AI

by Brad Friedman

Revolutionizing Brand Integrity With Generative AI

The Digital Slice Podcast is brought to you by The Friedman Group, LLC

In this episode, Brad Friedman and Rob May look closely at the need for businesses of all sizes to protect their brand integrity and how Generative AI can help.

Rob May, the founder and CEO of Nova, is a leading figure in the field of generative AI and brand safety. With his extensive entrepreneurship and angel investing background, Rob brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the table.

His latest venture, Nova, is an early-stage startup that focuses on building powerful generative AI tools to safeguard brand integrity. With the introduction of their revolutionary products, BrandGuard and BrandGPT, Rob and his team are redefining how brands protect their content in the age of AI.

With BrandGuard, brands can ensure compliance with their guidelines and style rules by leveraging Nova's meticulously crafted models. Meanwhile, BrandGPT allows brands to interact with AI in a conversational manner, providing answers to content-related inquiries.

In this Episode:

  • Rob talks about teaching machines to understand brands and branding.
  • Rob says it's very important for brands to maintain their brand integrity across channels.
  • Rob talks hares the importance of making sure your email, blog posts, tweets, etc. meet your brand guidelines.
  • Rob talks about being mindful of copyright and trademark infractions.
  • Rob says small business owners should build a technology stack that includes a lot of generative AI tools the will help you convert.

Quotes from this Episode:
“In the future generative AI world, humans are going to be planners and strategists and not executors of marketing campaigns.” – Rob May
“Whether you're using generative AI or not, these cycles for cranking out content have gotten faster.” – Rob May
“You still want to keep your brand voice the same, even if you're going to use slightly different words for a 20 year old college female than you might use for a middle aged man in a different part of the country.” – Rob May
“The great thing about generative AI is that you are going to be given a set of tools that can make you look bigger than you are.” – Rob May
“And so the way to think about it is there's this barrier and everything inside the barrier ChatGPT does really well and everything outside the barrier, it doesn't do very well.” – Rob May

Resources:

Rob May:
LinkedIn: Rob May
X: BrandGuard
Instagram: BrandGuard
Website: BrandGuard

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Brad Friedman on Digital Marketing,” by Brad Friedman
The Small Business Owner's Guide To Inbound Marketing,” by Brad Friedman
100 Livestreaming & Digital Media Predictions,” by Ross Brand with a chapter by Brad Friedman

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Ep 103: Applying The 80/20 Rule To Dominate Google’s Page 1

Ep 103: Applying The 80/20 Rule To Dominate Google’s Page 1

Ep 103: Applying The 80/20 Rule To Dominate Google's Page 1

by Brad Friedman

Applying The 80/20 Rule To Dominate Google's Page 1

The Digital Slice Podcast is brought to you by The Friedman Group, LLC

Join Brad Friedman and Kevin Roy as they chat about the importance of doing SEO the right way to boost your ranking in search results and grow your profits.

Kevin Roy is a performance-driven leader who has built his career around providing vision for profitable growth strategies, products, services, and new market entries. Throughout his career, he has delivered tens of millions of dollars in revenue for private and public organizations in technology, finance, manufacturing, non-profits, retail, defense, biotech, fintech, and many other businesses.

As a change agent, he has a proven history of increasing profitability and finding innovative solutions to complex issues. Kevin is a champion of marketing, branding, and advertising strategy. He has implemented innovative technologies with SEO, SEM, web analytics, digital commerce, online and social media spaces, making him a pioneer in digital marketing in the Boston market for over 15 years.

In this Episode:

  • Kevin talks about how to rank on page one of a Google search for the keyword banana..
  • Kevin describes how the Pareto Principle applies to search engine optimization.
  • Kevin shares his insight regarding the importance of user experience and relevance when trying to get your website to rank.
  • Kevin talks about the possibility of ChatGPT becoming the search engine of the future.
  • Kevin also talks about many of the things we need to consider when optimizing our website.

Quotes from this Episode:
“The Pareto Principle is the 80/20 rule. So, basically, 20% of the effort produces 80% of the results” – Kevin Roy
“It doesn't mean that you don't have to do a lot of work. You just have to focus on 20% of the things.” – Kevin Roy
“Once you start messing around with Chat and start reading things, even you and I with our, without a detector can see, yeah, this was written by AI, it's super obvious.” – Kevin Roy
“ If you're gonna optimize your site, figure out what you're gonna optimize it for before you do it.” – Kevin Roy
“The other piece is that Google hides its results in plain sight.” – Kevin Roy

Resources:

Kevin Roy:
LinkedIn: Kevin Roy
LinkedIn: GreenBanana SEO
Facebook: GreenBanana SEO
Twitter: GreenBanana SEO
Website: GreenBanana SEO

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Books
Brad Friedman on Digital Marketing,” by Brad Friedman
The Small Business Owner's Guide To Inbound Marketing,” by Brad Friedman
100 Livestreaming & Digital Media Predictions,” by Ross Brand with a chapter by Brad Friedman

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These products and more can be found at our Amazon Store Front
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Our favorite Social Media Management Tool is AgoraPulse
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We highly recommend you use TubeBuddy to up your YouTube game!
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Libsyn is the Host of The Digital Slice Podcast. Just use our Libsyn code SLICE at https://friedmansocialmedia.com/libsyn to get up to 2 months of free podcasting service with Libsyn! Get your show on Apple Podcasts, get critical show-building stats—Libsyn even does video!

Streamyard is the tool we use to stream to all major platforms simultaneously directly from a browser. We also use Streamyard to record The Digital Slice Podcast because of its ability to provide us with crystal clear audio and 1080p video. Sign up today for free at https://friedmansocialmedia.com/streamyard

Launch your video Membership course or subscription website community with Uscreen. Uscreen helps creators like you build and grow their online video business with membership sites. See what you can do with Uscreen! https://friedmansocialmedia.com/uscreen

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