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Post Category: How-Tos

How to Charm Your Audience

4 MIN TO READ Audiences are tricky to manage. Say the wrong thing, and they can quickly lose interest in your message. A little charm goes a long way to ensuring viewers engage with your video and stay firmly on your side. A viewer that has been well and truly charmed is one that will tell others about the video they have seen and…

How Westworld Used Handheld Camera Shots in an Ingenious Way

4 MIN TO READ This post contains spoilers! Hurry up and finish Season One of HBO’s Westworld before reading if you haven’t done so already. If you obsessively watched Westworld Season One over the past couple months, you might have caught onto some of their tricks. For instance, the multiple timelines, whether or not certain people are “real,” and when characters are acting under their own…

The Best Free Resources for Budding Videographers

5 MIN TO READ Wouldn’t you love to make more video content? If you’re like 83% of marketers, the answer is a resounding “yes!” Unfortunately, a lack of time and resources is likely getting in the way. Today, we’re here to help you overcome those obstacles with an extensive post covering the best free resources you can use to make more video. Keep reading…

End of Year Wrap Up Tips for Video Marketers

4 MIN TO READ Is it just us, or did the last year fly by? Seriously, where did the last 11 months go!? If you’re feeling a little behind as we wrap up December, this post is for you. Prepare to hit the ground running in the New Year by taking stock of your video performance over the past year. Also, it’s time to prune your…

How to Leverage Video for Growth Marketing

3 MIN TO READ Growth marketing refers specifically to the entirety of the customer lifecycle. It has to do with accelerating the rate at which new prospects convert to active users of your product. It can also include new acquisition through customer referrals. Here’s how to leverage video at every stage of the growth marketing process to improve engagement and drive referrals.

Powerful Ways to Use Viewer Tracking to the Fullest

5 MIN TO READ Ever wonder exactly who is watching your videos? If you use the viewer tracking features SproutVideo offers, you can actually find out.Here’s the nitty gritty on exactly how to set it up, and how to leverage viewer tracking in different ways to help your business grow.

Talking Heads: Making a Conversational Video

3 MIN TO READ Even the most extroverted people can suddenly lose confidence when in front of the camera. A great videographer will be able to put them at ease, and make the experience enjoyable for interviewee and audience. Most videographers will produce videos that feature the team members speaking directly to camera, whether it is a CEO’s address to the company, explainer video,…