Still wondering if video on the web is effective?

Here are some quick, eye opening stats about why you should have a profile video or commercial on your business website.

1) 59% of Senior Executives prefer to watch video rather than read text.
2) People who view an engaging web video are 54% more likely to buy or explore the brand.
3) 90% of shoppers find video useful when shopping.
4) Proper video optimization greatly increases the chance of a Google page one result.
5) Video is 50% of all mobile traffic.
6) Smartphone video views will reach 51.2 million.
7) Mobile video views will reach 54.6 million.
8) 53.5% of the population and 70.8% of internet users will watch online video.
9) 500 years of YouTube videos are watched everyday on Facebook, and over 700 YouTube videos are shared on Twitter each minute.
10) Online video viewers will reach 169.3 million.

Sources:
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