Video may be more important than any of the new medias like blogging, podcasting, or RSS. And it’s not just for professionals or amateurs, understanding video’s potential to create interactive, Multi Sensory experiences for clients and prospects is the key to unlocking its value for you.
Why should you even care about video? Consider these stats YouTube.com 13 hours of video uploaded to its site EVERY MINUTE! They clearly are experiencing some tremendous growth.

There are three reasons for this growth. First, broadband continues to take hold. Two-thirds U.S. web users now use broadband (per Nielsen/NetRatings), which is the essential ingredient to enjoying rich video content. Second, major publishers like Google, Apple and now Yahoo continue to make significant investments in online video, joining sites like YouTube and Hulu.
But the most important reason why you should care about interactive video is that video helps facilitate a basic desire by users in Web 2.0 for immersion and interactivity. As more of us escape the limitations of dial-up access, we are becoming social networkers, and brand enthusiasts. We don’t just tell our friends we like BMW Mini’s, or Doritos we upload our self-made commercials.
So what should you do to build the Buzz for your brand? Start building more multi sensory experiential microsites and website filled with rich web content and interactivity like podcasts and videocasts – and don’t forget – integrated marketing is good but integrated and sticky is better!

