This week it was revealed that against a week economic backdrop, brands in Britain spent alomost £5 billion on advertising online in 2011, with Video ads and marketing on social media platforms driving growth to the biggest increase in five years. 

The study from the Internet Advertising Bureau conducted by PwC said advertising on the internet increased  by 14.4 percent to 4.8 billion pounds in 2011. (Source: Reuters. Click here for full article)

Video is becoming extremely popular when it comes to internet marketing and it is easy to see why. Internet marketing is rapidly changing and it allows companies to communicate with their customers in a number of ways for an extremely low cost.There are a lot of great advantages to marketing your business using an online video. Click here for a full article listing the advantages by Marketing Donut. Here is a brief summary of them: 

• People Love Engaging Content
• You Can Talk To Your Customers
• They Have Huge Reach
• Videos Often Go Viral
• They Are Great For SEO