Vine: Short Videos and What Marketers Need to Know

Do you want to know more about Vine video?

Are you wondering how brands and businesses can successfully market with Vine video?

To explore how to use Vine short video on Twitter, I interview Zach King for this episode of the Social Media Marketing podcast.
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The Social Media Marketing podcast is a show from Social Media Examiner.

It's designed to help busy marketers and business owners discover what works with social media marketing.

The show format is on-demand talk radio (also known as podcasting).

In this episode, I interview Twitter Vine personality and host of KingFilmSchool.com Zach King. Known as FinalCutKing on YouTube and Twitter, Zach has more than 1.6 million followers on Vine and creates short special effects videos that have been watched millions of times.

Zach shares how he got started with film and online video.

You'll discover tips for shooting your own Vine video.

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Success on Vine
How Zach got started with Vine

Zach's curiosity was piqued in September 2013 when friends started showing him Vines. He shares that he decided to try the platform for 30 days. During that time, he made a Vine a day based around silly ideas he and his roommate came up with. Each 7-second Vine featured a special effect and in 30 days, Zach says he accumulated 200,000 followers. He was hooked by the growth rate.

Zach talks about why the challenge of using Vine to tell stories excites him.

Listen to the show to find out how Vine works.

What Zach's most popular Vines have in common

Zach believes his Vines are successful because they include circumstances everyone can relate to.

For example, almost everyone has locked the keys in the car or wanted a special souvenir from a vacation.

Listen to the show to hear about more of Zach's successful videos.

How making Vine videos has changed things for Zach

Zach shares that as he was working his way through film school by teaching FinalCut, he was introduced to posting on YouTube. As he added Vine and Instagram to the mix, his exposure grew. Zach says that Vine exposure has brought him bigger clients, like Coca-Cola and McDonald's, with bigger budgets.

Listen to the show to discover why Zach believes platforms like Vine are changing the commercial branding world.

Vine's culture

Zach states that Vine is very secretive about their analytics. The only metrics available are likes, ReVines and the released loops. He shares that he estimates the average Vine user to be between 13 and 25 years of age—otherwise known as Millennials.

He explains that Vine has a diverse collection of categories including a DIY category where you learn how to do a project in 7 seconds and a Comedy category, which Zach believes is the number-one reason people are on Vine.

Zach says you don't need any film experience to be successful on Vine. He points out that a lot of Viners who have 7 or 8 million followers simply grabbed a camera and started recording.

Listen to the show to hear how personality and style lead to follower growth.

How Vines can be viewed or shared

Zach shares you need the Vine app to view videos on Vine, but that they can also be embedded on websites. He says embedding is what led to Vine's increased popularity and that Vines perform best outside of the app.

Listen to the show to find out how a third-party YouTube compilation of Zach's Vines contributed to his success.

How bigger businesses are using Vine

While it attracts bigger brands like Coca-Cola and Virgin Mobile, Zach explains that marketing on Vine is different than on platforms like Facebook because Vine hasn't monetized. He says that because brands can't pay to have their Vines put in front of someone,