Monday.com<\/a>\u00a0just happens to be my personal favourite from the list – and that’s part of the problem right?<\/p>The videos that we react to are different depending on what we’re looking for, where we are, what mood we’re in.<\/p>
It’s all so subjective – so internal conversations about the kind of videos that we need to make can be a painful process.<\/p>
But the good news is we don’t have to rely on these subjective opinions any more – I’m sure some of you hate that video from Monday.com.<\/h3>
Trueview for Action is a specific type of video advertising campaign from YouTube \/ Google which is designed to maximise engagement and lead generation – which is what most of us are after isn’t it?<\/p>
The YouTube leaderboards are a ‘go to’ for us to stay on top of the latest trends with video and find out how we can introduce new ideas, storytelling techniques and design ideas into our videos.<\/p>
One of these leaderboards from December 2018 takes a look at these ‘Trueview for Action’ campaigns and gives us the top 10 performing videos for 2018.<\/p>
With more than 1.9 billion monthly active users YouTube has access to the kind of data that most of us can only dream of – so when they speak about what videos are working best to help people sell more then it’s more than likely worth a listen.<\/h3>
Ok – so we’ll get to the point soon.<\/p>
What are the Top 10 YouTube Trueview for Action videos from 2018?<\/h3>
There’s a broad range of products and video styles but we’ve looked at all of them and these are some trends that we can see:<\/p>
Humans rule\u00a0<\/h3>
In the vast majority of the videos the focus is on the human problem being solved or opportunity being unlocked. And it won’t come as a surprise that these videos tend to feature real human beings.<\/p>
In fact, the only 2 videos in the top 10 that were purely animation driven were both for online gaming – and that’s the product right? So that makes perfect sense.<\/p>
But when you’re trying to appeal to real humans (and I guess most of us are?) then it seems that nothing beats showing real people interacting with whatever it is that you’re selling.<\/p>
Animation & Motion Graphics compliment live action<\/h3>
Animation still has a place – a very valuable place. But maybe it’s not the whole focus any more?<\/p>
How many more animated explainer videos for tech products do we all have to watch?<\/p>
Speed it up<\/h3>
Don’t worry about your audiences ability to process information quickly – one of the very noticeable things from most of the videos in the top 10 list is the speed at which they move.<\/p>
It’s OK to have a personality<\/h3>
The great thing about the Monday.com video for me is that it’s pretty light hearted – but still very focused on the pain it removes for people.<\/p>
As a Project Management tool it would have been very easy to produce a dry, corporate ad – but they haven’t.<\/p>
And 55 million views since it was published says its working – as does making the Top 10 list (it’s number 2 overall) which is earned by engagements and clicks through to the demo booking page.<\/p>
You can find out what other videos are in the Top 10 by hitting the link below:<\/p>
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