{"id":7573,"date":"2019-02-28T17:07:13","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T01:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conversionlogix.com\/?p=7573"},"modified":"2023-12-16T02:15:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T02:15:05","slug":"social-video-marketing-strategies-for-student-housing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/conversionlogix.com\/blog\/social-video-marketing-strategies-for-student-housing\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Video Marketing Strategies for Student Housing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"Video<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

College-aged students live on their mobile devices. Most spend their time watching videos and using social networking sites. Student housing communities have a variety of choices when it comes to marketing on social media video sharing platforms. YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat all have a share of this market\u2019s attention. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each of these platforms has its own purpose and communication style. In this blog post, we show you where your target market is engaging with video content, the opportunities, and limitations that these platforms provide student housing marketers, and strategies for getting the most out of these communication channels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

How Students Use Social Media Platforms
<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In a previous post, we wrote about Gen Z\u2019s online behavior, \u201cWhat Student Housing Needs to know about Gen Z\u201d<\/a>. In this blog post, we shared a Google Think study that found that 51% of teenagers spend 3 or more hours a day on social networking and 71% spent 3 or more hours a day watching videos. In recent years, social media channels have put a greater emphasis on video creation, sharing, and promotion.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat remain popular among this generation in part because of this group\u2019s preference for video-based content and engaging messaging platforms. While college students interact with all of these social platforms, the way students use these platforms, how frequently they use them, and how they view branded content on these platforms differs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

YouTube<\/strong>
<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

What are the kids doing these days? Watching YouTube videos. Along with the rest of the U.S. adult population. According to Apple, YouTube rose from the third spot in 2017 to the first spot in 2018 in the app store. YouTube beat out Snapchat and Facebook as the free app with the most downloads of the year. A whopping 96% of 18-24-year-olds watch YouTube videos. YouTube usage is the fastest growing among Gen Z (59%) compared to Snapchat (56%) and Instagram (55%).
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While YouTube is a popular channel for students to search for and watch video content, it\u2019s not where Get Z prefers to follow brands (only 5% selected it as the number one platform they prefer to use to follow brands). Other studies show that while YouTube isn\u2019t the number one place Gen Z prefers to follow brands, it is a place that Gen Z is comfortable seeing branded content. 79% said that it is always or ok to see branded content on YouTube from influencers.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So what do Gen Z students use YouTube for?
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

YouTube is where Gen Z is going to discover informative content and enjoy entertainment.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n