The importance of visual content is rapidly expanding and should become a vital part of your marketing strategy in 2015. We have compiled the following relevant statistics about visual content marketing:
- Visual information is processed by our brains 60,000 times faster than text
- 40% of people will respond better to visual information than plain text
- 85% of the US internet audience watches videos online
- 67% of consumers prefer businesses with detailed and clear images
- 95% of B2B buyers agreed they prefer shorter content
- Consumers are 85% more likely to purchase a product after watching a product video
- Content with images gets 94% more views than content without
- Online businesses using Infographics for promotional purposes have seen up to a 12% increase in site traffic
- Videos can increase website conversions by 86%
- Viewers spend 100% more time on pages with videos on them
- YouTube is now the second largest search engine, next to Google
- Tweets with images get retweeted 150% more often than tweets without
- The engagement rate of Facebook photo albums is 180% higher than any other form of post
When developing visual content, remember to be creative and relevant. Be unique and use your visuals to make your message memorable.
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If you want to know more about what we can do for your brand or business, contact us.
Until next time,
Sources:
http://www.slideshare.net/LillianDeJesus/visual-content-marketing-2015-stats-you-should-know-about
http://onforb.es/1GTAalT
http://tech.co/visual-content-will-rise-2015-2015-01
http://visualcontenting.com/2015/01/20/top-7-visual-content-tools-make-stand-visually-social-media-lists/
Image source: http://tech.co/visual-content-will-rise-2015-2015-01