The trend for marketing videos is one that keeps growing, and more and more businesses are adopting video creation and sharing as a part of their marketing plan. Whether you are creating your own videos or are hiring a creative team, there are a lot of factors to think about when creating them, and it can often be overwhelming for a beginner. It's a good idea to start slow when you're learning about something as complex as video marketing, avoiding learning a hundred new things at once.

With all the content inundating the world wide web, how do you ensure that yours breaks through the noise? Your content needs a purpose, direction, and a target. You want to understand why you are writing what you are writing and to who.
 

If you're in the business of creating content for marketing, you know it's sometimes tough to keep coming up with original, interactive content week after week.

One way to find great content without making it yourself? Contests.

Neil Patel has written a great article about using contests to create user-generated content.

Hop on over and check it out!