What is a Video Call To Action (CTA) and How to Use it

Choose a strong Command Verb – As to bring the urge for a client to take the next step, you need to create a clear and concise command line. You barely have a few symbols to come up with something that motivates a user to continue their journey. 

Typical examples of command verbs used in video CTAs are:

• Sign Up Now

• Get Started

• Start Your Trial

• Buy Now

Give your audience Reason for The Action – Most people who are willing to watch your product or service video till the end, are either curious, or have a given problem hence waiting to receive a solution from you. Your video must be relatable to the value proposals as well as your unique selling point. 

For them to click the CTA, they need to know what it is for them. So, ensure you provide reasons and how it is going to help them. This can be a review, benefits of your product, or an infographic showing how much success your clients are experiencing.

Customise Your CTA for different Devices – With the internet availability widespread and with the audience spending more time browsing, you can expect to reach anywhere on different internet-enabled devices. Whether it is a mobile phone, computer, or tablet, anyone can browse and get to your product. A prospect checking your ad or video on a search engine result page, they might click on it to learn more.

Be Creative, use emotional words – When marketing your brand out there and building your audience, our primary objective is to elicit your target market to have a positive response that promotes conversion. If you have a CTA that is emotional, enthusing and provoking positive feelings you are more likely to grow the number of clients in your brand. 

Keep it fresh, straightforward, and vibrant. Ensure you create something that builds an urge to click on as for your potential buyers to make a move. In some businesses, you could conduct a test to see how different ideas perform and shortlist the ones that brought about maximum responses towards CTA. Depending on the video hosting platform you are using, you may be able to set up A/B tests for your CTAs and explore whether it’s more effective to have them in the middle of a video or at the end; or whether the button is green or red; and so on.

Make use of statistics or Numbers – When your video CTA focuses on promoting a purchase, then you can try to use numbers to your advantage. Consumers often look for pricing and what offers the brand has on hand. You can also include discounts, incentives, and promotions, among others. Combine the benefits, figures, and creativity and inflaming choice of words to prompt your audience to take the next step.

Consider the Visitor’s Journey – Clicking a CTA does require effort from the visitor. Generally People want to get it over with, and move on to their next video or search. That’s why you need to make sure that your CTA takes them to the intended destination. If it’s a newsletter sign up, link them to a thank you page. If it’s an invitation to view the pricing of your services, take them there.

One CTA at a time please – Too many choices overwhelm people. This rule also applies to your video. If you try to squeeze too much information on one video, it may become ineffective. Keeping it focused on one subject, like your CTA, will make you more successful in the long run. You may have a good reason to ask your viewer to download a white paper, sign up for your newsletter, and to request a sales quote. But don’t do all three calls to action in one video.

Gear your backend to support the CTA – Take the time to do it right. Your Video CTA requires more than just telling your viewer to do something. The backend team must take care of these things: Are they clicking on a link in the video or next to the video? What is that link? Where does it direct them? What happens there? Are you asking someone to call you? Do you have a way to track those calls? Are your video calls to action unique enough to be able to later track that action from watching the video?