Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Video Production Made Easy - How to Find Great Video Production Companies

Getting videos produced for your business can be a very effective way to get your message across to your target audience. When done right, it is a potentially powerful viral medium that can engage and get customers to move into action.
For most businesses, diving into this medium can be a scary and daunting task. Finding the right people, cost and quality concerns are just a few issues that primarily come up. This article will address these so called pain points in video production and give you some insight on how easy and pain free this process can actually be.
No wonder most people stay away from adding videos into their marketing mix. And this is actually a big opportunity for you because video works very well.
Now back to the pain points of video production.
Concerned About Quality?
Yes, a good story is hard to find, especially one that is compelling enough to move your audience into action. Actions like spreading your message around or taking a specific step in your marketing funnel. If your message is not compelling, your audience just clicks away. Gone! You need professional story tellers that know how to weave your message with emotional triggers that get attention and ultimately get your audience to move towards your most desired action.
The Next Logical Concern Would Then Be The Cost
If you want high quality videos, wouldn't that be expensive? For the budget conscious business owner who recognize the need for effective videos for their marketing arsenal, its good to know that with a huge network of video producers at your finger tip, it is now easier than ever to get quality videos produced within your budget. The internet has made this possible but in most cases still a tough task when it comes to finding the right fit.
The ideal scenario would be an auction type system where you can place your project and your desired budget limits and get the market to give you feedback on the feasibility of getting this done. Is it realistic? You wouldn't know unless there was an easy way for you to put it out for free.
This definitely will give you much better odds of getting the work done from highly skilled producers that are looking to add more business to their service. It's a competitive market so there are a lot of highly skilled video producers specializing in business video production that will work with you to fit quality at a reasonable cost.
How Fast Can I Get This Done?
Most companies have tight deadlines and with quality up and costs down to the minimum, will it take forever for my videos to get done?
Fast turnaround is definitely not typical for an average custom video. There's scripting, shooting, editing, adding graphics, sound and effects and then there's changes to be made to get it just right. After weeding through tons of options for video producers and finding the right fit that will meet your budget and quality needs, it is just as important that this process is done in a very organized flow that prevents any delays which will keep you from meeting your deadlines.
The best way to handle such an ordeal would be through a central collaborative work space where you can have your videos uploaded for review, have a timeline and quick edit notes that anyone from your team can have access to for input and approvals.
This will come in handy most specially when working with a bigger team where more people need to get involved with the concepts, creative, storylines and final editing process. If this sounds like you, then access to an online screening area that is available anytime will add to the ease and speed of production specially when managing a project where the key people involved are located in different locations.

Get a free resource guide that details how to produce yourvideos in multiple locations. It showcases how to get this done faster and cheaper with proven cost cutting methods. This whitepaper is a great resource for video producers, marketing firms or agencies that require any form of video production. It features a case study with Business Wire - A Berkshire Hathaway Company that is a global market leader in press release distribution and how MEDIAmobz approached the challenge of producing their video in 5 different cities without hoping on a plane. If you are responsible for similar projects, you can become a rock star by following the guidelines presented in this whitepaper. You can download it free here: MEDIAmobz.

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

How to Avoid Making Razzies-Worthy Videos

Video can be a compelling marketing tool. If done right, video can bring your story to life, engage audiences on an intellectual and emotional level, and even boost search rankings.

But how do you do video right? And once you’ve created your videos, how do you deploy them for maximum impact on your business? Here are five great video tips from write/director Steve Stockman, author of “How to Shoot Video that Doesn’t Suck.”





Video Production Rates: Video Production Costs for Marketers

Many marketers are now eager to use web video for business, but when it comes to the video production process, they don’t quite know where to start. Sit back, relax, you’re in the right place! I’ll outline the main corporate video production cost factors below, but first, here is a short clip from Video Marketing expert Dr. Lee Frederiksen from Hinge Marketing, sharing his insights on corporate video production.

This video is intended to demonstrate how to make a basic interview much more engaging than just a talking head. Watch video here: Video Production Rates: Video Production Costs for Marketers 

Social Media Tips with Nick Johnson of Useful Social Media

Useful Social Media in partnership with MEDIAmobz hosts The West Coast Corporate Social Media Summit 2011. The summit highlights leading brands and how they use social media. In this video, Nick Johnson the founder of Useful Social Media talks about being honest and genuine as a key to your social media strategy as well as having the right goals in place.


Watch the video of Nick Johnson with some useful social media tips.


For video production and global creative sourcing on demand, find out how MEDIAmobz platform streamlines the creative process.

Video Provides Competitive Advantage

As previously reported, MEDIAmobz completed in September 2011 an online poll of our users comprised mainly of B2B marketing managers and directors who are evenly spread across the USA. Again, we hope to provide insights and statistics against which you might compare your own video messaging efforts.

All statistics and data read by MEDIAmobz points to a proliferation in the use of multimedia content, especially video. We’re also witnessing various players (e.g., CDN, DAM, CMS, DOOH hardware, video infrastructure, etc.) in the overall ecosystem who have historically and very consciously steered away from multimedia content creation or fulfillment are now looking for either partners or attempting to build from scratch a directory where their clients and prospects might access video and other multimedia content.

Read the rest at: Video Provides Competitive Advantage
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