Whats up with the LENGTHY videos on sales pages?
I realize some time ago, vendors were getting better responses with a video only (no other content on page) and then a BUY NOW button would magically appear near the end of the video.
When I first started seeing these, the video were 2-5 minutes long. Still never liked the fact that I could just read the sales page and/or click buy when *I* was ready but I am sure the experts out there had their reasons.
However, now I am seeing these videos running 15 to 30 minutes LONG! What's more, that pesky buy button isn't appearing until the end of those videos either!
Seriously, is there some hard data out there that can backup the conversion ratios with these extra long videos?
It is my opinion that you could very well be losing customers (like .. erm..me) for several reasons:
1. I don't want to spend that much time just to watch a video and then realize the product is simply out of my price range or I have to listen to a 10 minute spiel of this persons life story, an interview with the parents, his travels, etc. before I can realize what the actual product is about.
2. I may be somewhere where I can't listen to the audio or am enjoying a tv show or music.
3. I prefer scanning a sales page and if it doesn't catch my attention within a minute or so, I move on. If it DOES catch my attention, it is MY CHOICE to read everything thoroughly.
I don't mind videos on a sales page, I watch many of them but I prefer the sales page that has the video AND the copy listed below it (I have even followed along with the audio sales pitch as I read the copy below...for those pages that have the video go verbatim with copy that is).
I dunno, I think videos have been a great addition to sales pages but when they run for SO LONG with no option but to WATCH IT and can't even buy until the end, I think it may be faultering.
What I think is happening is some of these salesmen enjoy hearing themselves so much and video is much quicker to just "record" than creating a long sales page, these guys are getting carried away.
Again, I am NOT an "expert" marketer so please don't bash me. What I am is a *CONSUMER* of many of these products and I am confident that if these sales pages are bothering me, chances are they are bothering others as well.
I am an affiliate on CB and I will skip some of the products offered that have these crazy long videos simply because I don't want to bother my list with those types of offers. I may be making the wrong choice with that but it is a pet peeve of mine.
Your thoughts?
Rod
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