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  • Three Tips for Connecting with People with Web Video

    April 22nd, 2012

    People will feel as though they know you if you:

    1. Come across as yourself.
    2. Communicate your natural warmth.
    3. Share information that engages.

    Here’s an example from our client Smiles of Las Colinas and Smiles of Arlington. Dr. Angelie Zamora hasn’t been on camera like this before, so AR&D’s Senior Producer Kelli Wiese advised “Forget the camera. Just talk like you would to people in the office.”

    Posted in Multimedia Journalism, Social Media, Social Media Video, Web Video | No Comments »

  • Avoid This Mistake — It’ll Cost You Business

    April 21st, 2012

    Avoid this mistake. It’ll cost you.

    But many marketers simply don’t know, so they fall into a trap. Judge for yourself. The video focuses on one company’s QR code, but the recommendations hold true for everyone.

    Posted in content marketing, Multimedia Journalism, Social Media, Social Media Video, Web Video | No Comments »

  • The Three Things You Need to Know About Testimonials

    April 21st, 2012

    Testimonials drive sales.

    But you need to keep these points in mind:

    1. The people you select to praise your business must be genuine.
    2. They need to talk from the heart, not from a script.
    3. They need to offer specifics when possible.

    Here’s a good example AR&D Senior Producer Kelli Wiese developed for our client Smiles of Las Colinas/Smiles of Arlington and dentist Dr. Zamora.

    Posted in Bob Kaplitz video, Multimedia Journalism, Social Media, Web Video | No Comments »

  • What People Are Saying

    April 8th, 2012

    Testimonials represent a powerful marketing tool. We use them ourselves for marketing our videos services.

    Posted in Social Media, Social Media Video | No Comments »

  • A Hot Topic

    March 28th, 2012

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Yet another example of high interest in the topic of  video marketing strategy.  My presentation to the Las Colinas-Irving Chamber of Commerce’s Women’s Alliance pulled in their largest audience yet.  Many of the participants never heard of, for example, Quick Response codes, but they were very interested.

    Contact us if you’d like a speaker at your event.   Bob Kaplitz, bkaplitz@ar-d.com

     

     

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  • Video Marketing: The Power of Q and A

    March 18th, 2012

    Questions and answers represent one of your most powerful tactics in video marketing.

    People Google with questions, so it’s good for your videos to include answers to the most frequent questions. Here’s an example produced by AR&D’s Content Marketing division.

    Posted in Multimedia Journalism, Social Media, Social Media Video | No Comments »

  • The Power of a To-the-Point Testimonial

    February 18th, 2012

    Here’s an example of getting to the point.

    Ideally, your testimonials are:

    To the point.
    Communicate the competitive advantages.
    Come from a person of authority or at least is respected for their position.

    Here’s an example following a speech I made to the Women’s Coalition of the Irving Chamber of Commerce:

    Posted in Social Media, Social Media Video | No Comments »

  • Video Marketing Strategy and a Branded YouTube Channel

    February 16th, 2012

    Video marketing channel would benefit from a branded YouTube Channel. This is part of presentation Bob Kaplitz made to the Women’s Allianc

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    Posted in Power Tools for TV Journalists, Social Media | No Comments »

  • Video Marketing Strategy Part 2

    February 16th, 2012

    Learn about video emails and other new powerful tools that are part of a video marketing strategy.

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  • Video Marketing Strategy

    February 16th, 2012

    Companies need a video marketing strategy to stay in the game. Here’s crucial information originally presented to the Women’s Alliance at an event sponsored by the Irving-Las Colinas Chamber of Commerce. Key point: Develop a video marketing strategy now.

    Posted in Social Media | No Comments »

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  • About Bob

    Bob Kaplitz is senior vice president for content marketing for AR&D, which he joined in 1980 after a distinguished career in broadcast journalism -- a career which included reports on the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite and recognition by RTNDA as Best TV Investigative Reporter in the U.S. and Canada. The Content Marketing division's clients include The Four Seasons Sports Club and Resort, Sundance Square, Kids R Kids Learning Academy, and many professionals. Bob has consulted TV stations and media groups in markets including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Atlanta, Detroit, Cleveland and has spoken abroad in cities as far flung as Sydney, Australia and Hong Kong.

    Bob also lectures on international advertising and new media to MBA students at the University of Dallas Graduate School of Management. The Dean of the business school recognized him multiple times for excellence in teaching.

    He’s also spoken on viewer behavior to the National Press Photographers Association, the National Association of Broadcasters, and the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

    He’s also served as vice president of new media for the DFW American Marketing Association where he pioneered the creation of video interviews with some of the country’s leading marketers.

    He’s author of Creating Execution Superstars with Budgets Cut to the Bone — a 160 page handbook for thriving in the downsized economy. Bob Dotson, national correspondent for NBC News' Today Show calls the book "a roadmap to better times."

    Bob has been nominated several years in a row by the DFW Interactive Marketing Association to judge some of the country’s most innovative marketing campaigns.

    Bob shot and produced a short movie, Save a Treasured Home, to help preserve a Dallas landmark designed and built by a disciple of the famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

    Bob studied journalism and marketing at the acclaimed Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Public Communications where he received a Masters degree which followed a degree in psychology. One of his mentors was Dan Rather.

    He’s also studied innovation at the Center for Creative Leadership and was certified as an Innovation Leader at Synectics, a global consulting business that helps businesses create breakthrough ideas.

    He’s written articles on news management for Electronic Media and media reviews for the Dallas Morning News.

    He’s conducted global webinars for a London-based firm specializing in international marketing solutions. At their Los Angeles conference for marketing executives, Bob was rated as one of their top speakers.

    Bob has advised a remarkable range of people on building personal brands, which is important to everyone’s success. They range from network correspondents to the Tony Award winning star of the Broadway hit Jersey Boys to a notorious girlfriend of President Clinton to Princess Diana’s former chef at the Royal Palace.

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