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5 Ways To Make Video Without Showing Your Face

5 Ways To Make Video Without Showing Your Face

5 Ways To Make Video Without Showing Your Face

Happy New Year! It’s officially January of 2022 and this year we are going to dive into all new types of content and the shifts that are going to be happening in marketing. I wanted to start the new year by acknowledging that it’s 100% okay to not always show your face in everything you’re doing. I know we’d like to show our face in order to stay “social,” on social media, but if you’re a business owner, running a busy business, it can be challenging. I know that for me personally, it can be challenging to show my face when I’m managing other client accounts, working on projects, and handling the daily operations within my own business. With that said, it’s still important to show up. That’s why today we are going to talk about some ways you can still show up in video, without having to always show your face. Let’s dive in!

Clip and Animate Your Images

If you’re a product based business, you’re already getting photos and graphics created for your feed, your store, your website, and all of your other marketing pieces. So, why not take those photos, clip them together in a video format, and share that on Reels. It’s equally as powerful, it still allows you to share your brand message, and it allows you to schedule content and be able to show up on your social media channels without the added pressure of having to record yourself.

Create Behind The Scenes Content

The majority of time, I’m showing up on my social media by clipping behind the scenes footage. Everyone is curious about what it is that you do, how you do it, and the full creation process, from start to finish. So, why not set up a tripod, get yourself a light, and record yourself working. You can clip it later if there are certain parts you don’t want to share, but you can also easily record the process of your work without needing to set up a fully staged video shoot. If you don’t want to show your face, you can set up your camera to focus on the product and record your process of working with/creating the product itself.

If you’re looking for a great app that will allow you to record behind the scenes content and then speed it up to showcase on your social media, I highly recommend Hyperlapse. If you read my previous blog on my favorite tools, you will notice that I included Hyperlapse as one of my favorite things to use in the studio.

I also love flip through graphics. You can use flip through graphics the same way you do on a post, in Reels. You can easily use flip through graphics for testimonials to highlight some of the positive feedback you receive from customers. You can also use them to showcase product reviews and give your audience some fun, engaging insight into what others have to say about your products.

Applying Products

Just showing the texture of your products can be a great way to engage with your audience. You can easily do this yourself. Get a fresh manicure and put on some lotion, and show how you’re applying the product, how the product might be worn, etc. If you don’t want to show your face, you can always crop or edit your videos before sharing them.

Stock Video

Maybe you’ve got a special discount or a limited offer and you want to share it with your audience. Stock video offers a great way to show up for your audience, without showing your face. You can use stock video to convey a specific message and capture your audience’s attention.

Stop Motion Graphics

Stop motion is great because it’s basically clipping together a bunch of photos. I specifically like the stop-motion build. I recently did this for one of my clients who owns a home decor and lifestyle product business. I used stop motion to arrange a living room set and then add in each piece of home decor to help showcase how this client’s products could be incorporated into interior design.

The most important thing to remember when creating video content, is keep it simple! A lot of us are still getting acquainted with video and learning how to best use video to connect with our audience. Sometimes keeping things simple is the best way to get comfortable with creating video and the best way to start showing up for your audience.

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Today, I want to talk about some of my favorite business tools for content creation, client management, and everything in-between. I think sometimes it can be helpful to understand how other people use certain tools in their business to make things more efficient and to help keep things organized. By looking at how others use specific systems and tools, you can gain a better understanding of what might work well for your own business. Let’s dive into some of my favorites!

Airtable

Airtable is my absolute favorite system. As soon as I got started with Airtable, almost 2 years ago, I was hooked. It’s my favorite tool for organizing, structuring, and planning. I personally love that Airtable offers a spreadsheet-like format with a variety of filters and sorting options that make grouping, organizing, and separating information easy and seamless.

I also use Airtable to keep my clients and their businesses organized, as well. Airtable allows me to intake their information through a form, and then I can take all of that information, divide it into spreadsheets and sections that work for me and my team, and delegate tasks to the appropriate team member (ex: copywriter can access the information they need to create relevant copy, graphic designer can see all of the specific information regarding the brand, etc.)

Airtable makes it easy for my entire team to see an overview of my specific brand information, along with an overview of each client’s unique brand information. This allows us to work effectively and create cohesive content that can be used to implement a successful marketing plan. If you’re dealing with a lot of data or information that needs to be organized, Airtable is a great option.

Hyperlapse

When it comes to content creation, Hyperlapse is my go-to. With TikTok and Reels taking over social media in the last year, Hyperlapse has become one of my favorite tools because it allows me to quickly record myself taking photos, running photoshoots, and managing different behind the scenes tasks. With Hyperlapse I can capture this kind of video content, save it, and then use it at a later time to create Reels. Hyperlapse makes it easy for me to set up my tripod, set up my phone, hit record, capture the content I want, and then go back and adjust it, or save the video for later use. If you’re creating a lot of video content (ex: behind the scenes, boxing, unboxing, etc.) I highly recommend checking out Hyperlapse.

Canva

If you’re not familiar with Canva, it is an excellent tool for creating graphics and content in a faster way than going through Photoshop. If you’re creating content and graphics quickly, or you’re turning out content on a more frequent basis, Canva can be a great tool. Canva allows you to upload high quality photos and videos, and then use them to create unique graphics. Canva also has a variety of Reels and video features that can be useful when working with video content.

Plann That

This is an online system that is coordinated and set up to allow you to push out your content.  Plann That stays on top of the latest content trends and was the first scheduling platform to add a Reels scheduling feature to help you stay on top of posting. I really like Plann That because of their visual setup. They offer a visual calendar that makes it easy to see the specific content and the specific day/time it is scheduled for. This platform also allows you to schedule Reels, which many other platforms do not offer at this time.

Flick

I love Flick because it is great for Hashtags. The majority of people have caught onto the fact that having 5 key hashtags for your brand, industry, or product/service is what’s trending. Flick allows you to research and see if you’re getting the right kind of hashtags. It also allows you to search specific hashtags and will automatically pull up additional hashtags that are related to the one you searched. Flick also helps you identify how often hashtags are being posted and whether or not a specific hashtag may help you expand your reach, or may hinder it.

Template Memberships

Sometimes going through and creating templates can be half the battle. Being part of a template membership makes it easy to grab templates that fit your unique brand or your unique style and input your own content. Template memberships also tend to offer new templates on a regular basis. This means you’ll have access to new, updated templates, rather than cycling through previous templates that your audience will have seen over and over. Template memberships will usually range from 15-50 dollars per month and provide you with access to all of their current templates, as well as new templates.

Stock Video

Stock video can help alleviate the need to create new video content on a regular basis. As we continue to see video become the primary form of content across platforms, it’s important to have some alternatives. We need video content that can easily share tips, or fill in when we don’t have the time to create something brand new. I love using stock video and I have my own stock video shop that I created because my business was growing and I needed to have some alternatives so I could show up and engage consistently.

These are all of my favorite tools that I use on a regular basis (daily, weekly, monthly, yearly). If you have any additional questions, please let me know. I’m always happy to share tips, tricks, and information to help you grow your business and get crystal clear on your path to having great content!

 

 

 

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1. Short Form Video Performs Best

Even though we’re slowly moving toward the ability to create longer Reels (45-60 seconds), it’s the 15-30 second window that continues to work best. The reality is, we are consuming video content at an incredibly high rate. But, with the availability of video content across a variety of digital platforms and our short attention spans, shorter videos (15-30 seconds) continue to be the preferred form of video content. When creating your video content, it’s important to look at the content you are making and identify ways you can more quickly address the main points. Can you break down your main points? Can you create simple tips & tricks?

2. Create Something That Is Simple Enough To Be Sustainable

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3. Use In-App Audio Features

With the constant changes across social platforms, it’s incredibly important to download videos, with no audio, and then go into the app and use the in-app audio features. There are a lot of third party apps and places that you can go to, to get music. Using each platform’s in-app audio feature will help your video content perform better on each specific platform.

4. Establish A Plan

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1. SEO

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2. Optimize Your Website

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3. Use Short Links For Tracking

How are you determining the success of your efforts? Bitly short links provide the ability to create short links that can be added to stories, or other social features that don’t allow you to add direct links. Short links provide your customers with another quick reference and a place for you to track clicks. Take advantage of short links, or setting up something like a Linktr.ee, that you can have in your bio. These will give you a chance to discover what is working well for your business and where you can allocate more of your effort and time.

4. Plugin Pixels And Link All Accounts

This often gets overlooked in marketing. The ability to plugin pixels and link all of your accounts allows you the opportunity to track website traffic, determine which pages are working, identify what type of content is performing well, see where visitors are spending the majority of their time on your website, where visitors are jumping off pages quickly, etc. Setting up pixels for platforms, like Facebook, and plugging those into your website will allow you to look at numbers and more effectively, quantify your efforts. You can then make decisions regarding where to spend more time and money in your business, in order to reach your goals.

 

 

 

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Tell me, have you heard about branding? I feel like branding is one of those terms we hear a lot, as business owners. Branding is extremely important, but the reason why I talk about branding is because there is a question that I often get asked – is sales the only factor you need to look at when deciding whether or not a marketing channel is best for your business? 

The short answer – no. The reason why is because you have to develop brand awareness. As small business owners we’re not going to be able to put a product out into the world and expect people to start buying it without some understanding of who we are as a brand/business. As small business owners, it’s important to establish brand awareness, so our products can be easily found and identified. And, that means you’ll need to be present somewhere. Sure, you may not want to spend all of your time on TikTok, or Reels, or YouTube, but in order to establish brand awareness, you will need to show up somewhere.

Now, let’s say you’ve established a decent following on Instagram, but you’re beginning to feel overwhelmed by the thought of using video, or you’re starting to feel like you’ve plateaued and you’re not sure how to continue growing your audience, like you were able to do in the past. Does this mean you should jump ship and abandon Instagram? No, because people are still going to be looking for you on that platform. So, even if you choose to post less frequently, you will still show up on the platform and still continue to retain some relevance.Maintaining a social presence can also be beneficial when it comes to your search results. When someone searches for your brand on Google, your Instagram or Facebook account are likely to come up.

So, is sales the most important factor when it comes to determining if you should spend all of your efforts on a certain platform? No, but it does determine how much effort you want to put into that platform. If you notice you are gaining a lot of followers on a specific platform, or generating a large number of sales from a specific platform, you may want to focus more of your efforts there. This doesn’t mean throwing your other accounts in the trash. Instead, maintain those accounts. Maybe Instagram was a great platform for generating sales in the past, but has slowed down recently. Continue to post and engage with your followers, even if it’s on a less consistent basis. The platform could perform well for your brand in the future.

You can also repurpose content. Instead of feeling overwhelmed by the need to produce new content on a regular basis, try repurposing content. Maybe you’re creating new content for TikTok. Take that same video, or caption and repurpose it to Instagram. Maybe you had a Facebook post that generated a great deal of engagement in the past. Try repurposing that post to engage with your Instagram followers. You don’t need to repurpose content everyday, but repurposing content 2-3 times a month can help you maintain your engagement and keep your accounts relevant.

 

 

 

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