Upload
sally-falkow
View
1.481
Download
1
Embed Size (px)
DESCRIPTION
Research figures from PR Newswire show that images, video and graphics increase views of news content, This webinar examines how to add multimedia to your news releases effectively.
Citation preview
Using Multimedia with News
The Social Media Newsroom
Content pages with relevant images have 94 percent higher page views than those that only have text
Source PR Newswire
Worth a Thousand Words
News Releases
Survey Methodology
Text releases were shared, on average, .99 times per hour
Multimedia releases were shared, on average, 3.5 times per hour
Sharing
Which Images to Use
Show the item discussed in the textPeople - faces (not a crowd)ProductPlaces – visually describe the text
Images that tell a storyImages that demonstrate an ideaOriginal images, if possible
1. Provide more SEO opportunities2. Give the website a higher quality
feel3. Give viewers a more positive
perception4. Increase the company’s authority
as a news source
What Images Do
Tags
Add a title tag with keywordAdd alternate text tag (alt. txt) with
keywordUse a caption under the photographGive the photograph a descriptive
name – not IMG 457976 but rather recipe-lasagna.jpeg
Adding Tags in PDF
Adding Tags in PDF
Tag Image in Word Doc
Positioning the images
We read left to right
The natural sequence for reading involves a very specific order:
1.Look at the image, if there is one
2.Scan the headline
3.Read the body copy (if the headline is interesting enough).
Above the Headline
Placement Matters
Headlines placed below an image are read by 10% more people than headlines above.
You lose a potential 10% of your audience if you’re distracting them with an image in the wrong place.
If you have a large audience—say 145,000 people—then putting your image below your headline could be costing you nearly fifteen thousand potential readers!
Captions
Captions get read 4X more than body copy
Images draw the eye away from the text, so make sure each image has a caption under it that reinforces the main message
Craft your captions as you would craft your headlines
Captions
Left Margin
Left Margin
Video
Video Stats
Time-on-page and time-on-site numbers increase when you add video.
85% of people online consumed an average of 10 hours of video a month online and that number is increasing.
Google is prioritizing video in its search algorithm. Not only will video help promote your products and services online, it helps those products and services get found online.
Visitors to web sites are now looking for video content first.
An increasing number of sales teams are showing enjoying increases in close-rates and online registrations using web based video.
What do People Want?
“Content where you learn something, not just sales pitches.”
“Concise accurate contents covering the details without fluff.”
“Come right to the point, if necessary add more substantial info to an appendix in the transcript.
“ Always provide a transcript!” “Fast snappy presentation that gets right to the
point.” “Short, sharp, to the point. Loads quickly and is
packed with content not crap.” “Useful how-to information presented without hype.
Clear and in-depth.” “Clear audio. Captivating content. Something that
makes me laugh or smile.” “Useful, actionable information.” “An engaging story that draws you in.”
Video SEO
Use informational keywords : How to, Learn, History of
Title and Description with keywords
Add a link in the YouTube description field
Platform
Graphics
Infographics
Design of your news release
SMNR
SMNR
SMNR
Organic Apples Keep More Than the Doctor Away
Body Text of the Release goes Here
Our limited knowledge of organic produce is not unique; instead, it is a representation of a pervasive misunderstanding of organic-labeled products
Embed Code
Embed Code
Images
Right Click the image Click View Image Info