{"id":2139,"date":"2009-03-02T13:47:55","date_gmt":"2009-03-02T18:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/?p=2139"},"modified":"2023-10-26T19:12:13","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T00:12:13","slug":"online-video-marketing-the-cisco-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/online-video-marketing-the-cisco-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Online Video Marketing: The Cisco Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"
A few weeks back, I came across an online marketing video produced by Cisco that I thought was superb.\u00a0\u00a0 You can read my original post about the Cisco video here.<\/a><\/p>\n I wanted to follow up with the Cisco folks and find out more about how the campaign was created and what kind of results they saw.<\/p>\n I spoke with Melissa Mines, a manager with Cisco Systems.<\/p>\n 1.\u00a0 What was your goal for this campaign?<\/strong><\/p>\n Overall, the goal was to drive market interest and engagement as Cisco introduced a new router (ASR 9000) into the market.\u00a0 We wanted to do so in a creative way that showed a little of the creative and fun side of the Cisco personality. As with the recent ASR 1000 launch, we used Web 2.0, collaboration and social media tools to develop a Virtual, Viral, and Visual launch that efficiently and effectively reached our customers, investors, press and analysts. The videos on techedgeweekly.com<\/a> created a fictitious scenario with a “reporter” bumbling his way through the halls of Cisco attempting to get the “scoop” on a big launch from some of our top executives. The series reveals hints and humor along the way.<\/p>\n 2.\u00a0 Could you please give some specifics of how the final campaign was structured?\u00a0\u00a0 Wasn’t it five different videos?<\/strong><\/p>\n The Tech Edge Weekly video series included 5 separate videos. All were less than 3 minutes long.<\/p>\n 3. \u00a0 Had you done anything like this before?<\/strong><\/p>\n Yes.\u00a0 As a continuation of our market engagement around the ASR 9000, we released a fun “love note” in the market. Also, in order to showcase the contrast between a Connected Life and the alternative, we developed a series of videos to show how a couple is affected by bandwidth issues. Finally, we’ve recently developed some mobility-centered videos aimed to articulate various aspects of the Cisco mobility story – showing that the network is what’s most important.\u00a0 Be sure to look at the at-home, on-the-move and out-takes from the series on this channel.<\/p>\n 4.\u00a0 Why did you decide to conduct the campaign in the manner you did?<\/strong><\/p>\n We decided to go with this approach for a few reasons.<\/p>\n 5.\u00a0 How many people worked on it?\u00a0 Was it an in-house production?\u00a0 How long did it take?<\/strong><\/p>\n The internal creative team for\u00a0 Tech Edge Weekly.com consisted of three people.\u00a0 The videos were developed in conjunction with an outside creative talent. The concept phase too approximately two weeks. The filming took two (long) days. The filming and editing team consisted of three people. And, the editing took a total of four weeks, with the videos being revealed over a two week period in that time.<\/p>\n 6. What was your distribution strategy?<\/strong><\/p>\n The distribution was done through word-of-mouse, or, online.\u00a0 The videos are posted on both Tech Edge Weekly and YouTube.\u00a0\u00a0 The videos were promoted via blogger, media, Twitter, and other online outreach.<\/p>\n 7.\u00a0 What were the results of the campaign?<\/strong><\/p>\n To date, the videos have received over 70,000 views. Given their targeted subject, this exceeded our goals.<\/p>\n The videos were a key driver for Cisco exceeding its target for launch day registrants.\u00a0 We received 9,000 registrants from over 130 countries.<\/p>\n The media and analyst teams view these as a key part of their pre-launch outreach and engagement. These efforts resulted in over 200 positive media placements.<\/p>\n 8.\u00a0 What will you do differently\/same next time?<\/strong><\/p>\n Well, we’d allow more than two days for filming.\u00a0\u00a0 Two days simply weren’t enough, but the crew delivered.\u00a0 Given the intent and the targets for these videos, I am not sure what we’d do differently.\u00a0 We will continue to evolve the way we develop and deliver online videos, though.\u00a0 Success shouldn’t always be measured by sheer volume. At times, YouTube hits are the right metric. At other times, a targeted message that can be used over a longer-time frame (see mobility videos cited above) might be the right answer. We are committed to online videos as a way to deliver visual analogies to our core messages and to continue to showcase the witty, intelligent, and human side of our brand.<\/p>\n Thanks, Melissa, we appreciate your insights.<\/p>\n\n