Posts by "Courtney Purchon"

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Educational Video is the New Marketing Video

4 MIN TO READ The new marketing video is not remotely about you, your product, or your company. It’s about what you can teach your audience that will make them smarter, more efficient, or more effective at something they care about. Here is a breakdown of why educational videos have become such a key part of successful content strategies, and inspirational examples of brands…

A Crash Course in Video Production Management

6 MIN TO READ In an ideal world, your budget for making a video will always include plenty of resources to hire a talented producer to oversee all aspects of your shoot’s planning, execution, and the final editing process. I don’t know about you, but sadly, that’s not the world we live in! Here’s an in-depth look at best practices for managing the entirety…

360 Video and Virtual Reality: the Future, or the Next 3D TV?

5 MIN TO READ Image Credit: Rough Guides Remember when 3D TVs came out? Maybe you even bought one, or at least considered it. After all, Avatar was pretty cool in 3D, and helped propel the 3D experience for movies into the mainstream. Since 3D TV began its steady and quick decline in about 2012 after quite a lot of public fanfare, it begs…

10 Simple Tricks to Save Time on Video Production

4 MIN TO READ Ever been on a shoot that seemed to just drag on and on? Or pack up your gear and hit the road, only to realize you forgot a line? Retakes and mistakes can be a real time suck if you’re not careful. The estimated time to create a video can even be a deterrent for getting started in the first…

In Honor of Earth Day, We’re Planting Trees, and You Can Too!

3 MIN TO READ Like many growing companies, we get caught up in the world of video and technology and startups and the hectic pace of city life. We lose sight of the bigger, more fundamentally important things out there. In fact, I’m referring specifically to some of the biggest, most important things on this planet: trees. To celebrate Earth Day, SproutVideo launched an…

The State of Social Video

6 MIN TO READ When it comes to social media, the only constant is change. One of the areas that has seen the greatest amount of transformation is the way video is discovered and shared on nearly all major social platforms. Today, we are taking stock of the state of social video, with a demographic breakdown of the audiences on each platform. Keep reading…