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You’ve Got (Video) Mail

4 MIN TO READ You’ve met a potential customer, and they seem really interested. What’s your next move? When you’re back at the office you could send them an email, but that’s hardly going to set their world alight. Video mail, on the other hand, is a surefire way to get their attention, tell them more about your service, and take your business relationship…

10 Major Predictions for Online Video in 2017

4 MIN TO READ The end of 2016 is upon us, and what a year it was! Tumultuous at times, 2016 saw lots of ups and downs. The world of online video is no exception. From provocative live video streams, to innovative uses for 360 video and virtual reality, 2016 offered a lot of surprising moments. But, we believe the best is yet to come. To help you…

How to Stay Relevant: Using Video to Reach a New Audience

4 MIN TO READ If your brand needs to connect with a new audience – or even reconnect with an old one – there’s no better way than video. Whether you recently changed your core message, introduced an exciting new product range, or want to engage with an entirely new target market, video will enable you to stay relevant. Even better, your audience can enjoy, take…

20 Things NOT to Do When Working with Children or Animals

4 MIN TO READ We’re usually advised to avoid working with small or furry subjects entirely. They’re renowned scene-stealers, and are notoriously hard to corral, much less direct. However, marketing videos that amp up the cute factor are more likely to get noticed. To help you take advantage of that simple fact, here are twenty things to not do if you’re featuring children or…

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…

Update: Upload Larger Video Files

2 MIN TO READ As you may have noticed from years past, we love releasing product updates just before the holidays. Think of it as our little gift to you during a hectic time of year. This year, we made it possible to upload much larger video files to our platform. We also made uploads resumable, meaning they’ll pick up where you left off if…

Our Top 10 Picks for 2016 Marketing Videos

4 MIN TO READ The year 2016 was tumultuous, with many ups and downs across the board. The one exception has been online video, which has only moved from strength to strength. In this post, we’re looking back at some of our favorite marketing videos from 2016. These ten videos made us laugh, cry, or rush out to try the product! Enjoy.

How to Make a Holiday Video People Will Actually Watch

4 MIN TO READ The holidays are joyous, merry, and cheerful, but they can also be quite overwhelming. Between the inundation of repetitive jingles, aggressively urgent sales, and the pressure to be the perfect host, it’s all too easy to get caught up in the whirlwind and wake up in the New Year wondering what on earth just happened. When it comes to video,…