Full Description
Today's libraries need to market their resources and services more than ever. Thanks to the proliferation of digital information, patrons can easily find information from other sources without recognizing the usefulness and relevance of their library. Libraries have been producing their own promotional videos with success, strengthening their relationships with their users and gaining new audiences.
You can increase awareness of your library's resources & services by producing your own videos. Video Marketing for Libraries provides step-by-step instructions on how to produce videos designed to market your library and strategies to assess their impact.
This book will guide you through:
·gaining internal support
·crafting a clear message
·building the library's audience
·writing storyboards and scripts
·casting and rehearsing actors
·filming and recording voiceover, editing, publishing, promoting,
·using online tools & animation software
·and assessing the efforts
Contents
Chapter 1. Getting Started: Video Marketing and Your Library
Chapter 2. Understanding Best Practices
Chapter 3. Translating Your Message Into a Marketing Video
Chapter 4. Planning is Everything: Understanding Pre-production
Chapter 5. Action! Nailing Production
Chapter 6. That's a Wrap: Mastering Post-production
Chapter 7. Animated Video as an Alternative to Traditional Video Production
Chapter 8. Video by the Book: Considerations for Users with Disabilities
Chapter 9. Promote or Perish: Increasing the Visibility of Your Videos
Chapter 10. Was It Worth It? Measuring Impact