YouTube POVPharmaceutical Marketing
Objectives
• To provide a detailed understanding of pharmaceutical YouTube accounts
• To identify the most effective way to engage users through the use of YouTube (corporate, brand)
• To identify key takeaways and top-level observations
Methodologies
• The Dose of Digital Pharma and Healthcare Social Media Wiki was used as a listing of current pharmaceutical YouTube accounts (39 pages)
• Each page was further broken down into the following categories– Disease state– Corporate– Brand– Other
• Each category was coded with a 1 for having that feature and left blank if otherwise
• Several examples were identified and are highlighted in the presentation
YouTube has the highest number of page views compared with other social media sites• Quantcast estimates that 60 million unique viewers visit YouTube each
month• YouTube is the second most trafficked site globally
Sources: 1. Alexa.com.2. http://www.analyticsseo.com/blog/average-website-metrics-google-analytics-bounce-rate-time-on-site.3. Reach Gen-Y with YouTube video marketing by David Schwartz, SOS marketing blog.
WEB SITE Page Views/User
Bounce %
Time on Site(Minutes)
Alexa Rank
TWITTER 4.84 38.9 7.47 10
FACEBOOK 12.95 14.2 32 2
YOUTUBE 13.8 24.3 19.38 3
LINKEDIN 9.4 28.4 7.39 21
AVERAGE SITE3 4.4 42.5 3.09
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn YouTube0
200,000,000
400,000,000
600,000,000
Number of Social Media Users
YouTube video statistics
• Every minute over 35 hours of video is uploaded to YouTube; in 2010 13 million hours were uploaded
• Currently, 70% of YouTube traffic comes from outside the United States; this is expected to increase with the growing number of high-speed Internet users– YouTube is available in 43 languages in 25 countries
• The average user is between the ages of 18 and 54• Mobile makes up 5% of total usage
Source:1. http://www.reelseo.com/youtube-statistics/
YouTube provides a different element to social media than Facebook and Twitter
• Facebook and Twitter are used to stimulate conversation, push information, and/or organize events
• YouTube doesn’t stimulate conversation but serves as a medium to push and share a large amount of content– Little room for engagement with YouTube
• TV might be the top platform for brand promotion, but online video promotion has proven its worth– The online video market has surpassed the billion dollar mark and is expected to
reach $5 billion by 2014– Online video allows the advertiser to deliver content specific to the brand’s targets
Sources:1. http://www.reelseo.com/relevant-video-advertising-monetization/
Interactive video ads are the next trend in online video advertising
• Viewers are able to interact with
the video
• Viewers are more engaged if they
can impact or control the content
• User may forget they are actually
watching an ad
• Increase in views, which increases
rankings and ratings
Source: 1. http://www.reelseo.com/viral-branded-video-advertising-2011/
Interactive ad for Hell Pizza
Optimizing your video on YouTube is similar to optimizing your product Web site for Google
• Text is key for increasing the ranking of your brand’s video– Search engine spiders search titles, tags, and descriptions of videos
• Titles and descriptions should be clear and concise and include keywords specific to your video or brand– Including general popular keywords will not increase the rankings of your video
• Allow others to upload or embed the video to increase your ranking by creating back links
• Ranking algorithm takes into consideration ratings and number of views
• Short videos tend to be the most successful (between 2-3 minutes)
Source:1. http://www.pandia.com/sew/1687-how-to-optimize-youtube-videos-for-top-ranking.html
YouTube Insight allows you to monitor the effectiveness of your campaign
• Similar to Google Analytics, you can monitor your channel– Popularity of channel and videos– Brief demographics of who is
viewing your channel– Where in country or world your
video is getting the most hits– How your video is contributing to the
YouTube community
Dividing the Universe of YouTube Users
Pharma YouTube channels can be split into 2 groups
YouTube
Corporate
Company News Jobs
Brand level
OTC Prescription Disease state
• The most common type of YouTube channel in the pharma space is at the corporate level
Disease State37%
Corporate63%
Type of YouTube Channels(n = 37)
Pharma YouTube accounts have relatively few subscribers and channel views compared with popular consumer channels
• The most popular channel on YouTube, VEVO, has over 100 billion views
• The channel with the most subscribers, nigahiga by Ryan Higa, with over 3 million subscribers
Brand (Channel Name) Channel Views
Johnson N Johnson (JNJHealth) 428,531
Mayo Clinic 296,024
Scripps Health 234,887
ExcedrinExpressGels 217,327
Novartis 171,220
Concerta (ADHD) 157,633
ADHD 155,679
Cleveland Clinic 143,506
0-10049%
101-20023%
201-3008%
300+21%
Number of YouTube Channel Subscribers(n = 39)
Upload views are higher than channel views
• Users are viewing videos more than they are viewing the channel• Likely viewing videos other places than on the channel site• Beneficial to upload videos to other source than just on YouTube
Brand (Channel Name) Total Upload ViewsMayo Clinic 3,683,388Johnson N Johnson (JNJHealth) 3,341,240Cleveland Clinic 589,474ExedrinExpressGels 492,304Pfizer UK 257,792Pfizer (PfizerNews) 187,249Scripps Health 161,476Living With ADHD 156,642InBedStory 149,274Novartis 136,376Concerta (ADHD) 115,156ADHD 112,622Bayer AG (BayerTV) 101,375
Pharma YouTube channels tend to be focused around the corporation
• The majority of pharma YouTube channels are corporate pages that focus on the company
Brand Level YouTube Channels Corporate YouTube Channels
YouTube
Company Other News Disease State OTC Script
Top 10 tips for pharma and healthcare use of YouTube
1. Choose your YouTube efforts strategically2. Create a video as short as possible3. Choose your thumbnail carefully
– The default image is the middle point of your video (30 sec of a 60 sec video)
4. Use descriptive language in the title5. Allow embedding and ratings of your videos6. Integrate other online efforts7. Don’t allow comments8. Don’t expect people to stumble across your video9. Maintain best practices even on YouTube10. Establish the length of your channel before creating
Source:1. http://blog.ogilvypr.com/2009/09/10-rules-of-using-youtube-for-pharma-healthcare-marketing/
Corporate Examples
Johnson & Johnson health channel
Pfizer News
Novartis
Abbott
Genentech
AstraZeneca
Amgen
Brand-Level Examples
Excedrin Express Gels
Concerta’s channel is titled ADHD, which could be confusing or misleading to users
Lap-Band
Healthcare
GE Healthcare
Mayo Clinic
Top-Level Observations
Top-level observations
• YouTube is the second most trafficked site globally• YouTube channels are generally corporate-focused• Just like a Web site, it’s important to make sure your channel and
videos are search engine optimized• Uploading video to other sources and allowing back linking increases
rankings• YouTube used correctly can increase brand awareness and reach
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