#trending in video - September 14, 2020

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To state 2020 has been difficult for advertising experts would be putting it mildly. While a few organizations and businesses are influenced more than others, each advertiser has expected to make a stride back and rethink their promoting systems to adjust to an abruptly changed scene. 

Numerous organizations may accept this chance to bounce the freshest stages and showcasing channels to draw in with their crowds in completely new ways. There are unquestionably valid justifications to test new correspondence channels, yet when you are reconsidering your promoting plan, don't disregard a portion of the more proven advanced advertising systems that as of now have a history of achievement. 

Here are three settled advanced promoting channels that you ought to consider either adding to your technique or increase. 

Email 

With regards to computerized advertising, email is the granddaddy of the business. However, similar to wine or bourbon, email promoting continues improving with age. Today, email can adjust to oblige the gadget a beneficiary uses to get to their inbox, from a cell phone with a touchscreen to a work area with a mouse and everything in the middle. Messages can zero in on message or become about as intelligent as a site. 

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In the event that you aren't now utilizing email advertising, this is the ideal opportunity to begin joining it into your promoting procedure. Regardless of whether email is now an aspect of your methodology, this is a decent an ideal opportunity to rethink how you're utilizing the channel and search for additional chances to join it and drive results. At OPTIZMO, we're seeing an expansion in general email showcasing action across organizations in numerous businesses. With so a lot more individuals telecommuting, in any event incidentally, email can be significantly more viable at driving outcomes. 

SMS 

Like email, SMS (instant message) promoting isn't actually the newcomer. It has been a staple of every day life for most customers since they purchased their first PDA. While we may consider text informing as an approach to convey a speedy gathering message or request an image of the staple show you left on the counter, advertisers have taken to the direct in expanding numbers in the course of recent years. 

In any case, SMS showcasing can be testing, and like email, requires exacting consistence with a lot of guidelines. The channel itself is likewise more prohibitive than most showcasing channels, with it being restricted primarily to cell phones and ordinarily just backings a set number of text characters. 

In spite of the difficulties, SMS can be an incredible asset to consolidate with your other advertising activities to convey a far reaching and viable correspondence system. Numerous advertisers use SMS related to email as an approach to get significant or opportune data out to clients or endorsers progressively. 

Video Production

Since the time the main film, individuals have cherished watching video content. With the approach of 4G, LTE and now 5G in versatile, and rapid broadband running into endless homes and organizations, conveying video content unexpectedly turned into a quick and straightforward cycle. With that simple access came a blast of video content for purchasers to download or stream on whatever gadget they have close by. Today, video promoting is a blasting correspondence channel, with organizations making a wide range of substance for their clients and possibilities. 

While the best quality video despite everything requires better quality hardware, it is presently feasible for essentially anybody to record nearly great quality video on the cell phone in their pockets. This has enabled advertisers to get imaginative with video content, without a huge budgetary speculation. It's a long ways from the days where just greater brands may have the option to bear to shoot and influence television with advertisements. 

Video is likewise inconceivably adaptable with regards to creating imaginative substance. In 2020, with social removing and work-from-home turning into the standard, video can give an approach to convey more close to home messages, while eye to eye connections are restricted. Regardless of whether that is recording videos of your organization's colleagues in their home workplaces or utilizing client created content around item audits, video can help overcome any issues and make a more close to home association with your crowd. When you have video content, it is anything but difficult to join it into your other showcasing channels, similar to email and social, extending its effect. 

There are numerous other advertising directs you should utilize in your general showcasing system, however ensure you consider each of these as you keep on changing your general promoting plan for the rest of this current year and past.

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Corporate Videography FAQs

Answers for companies looking for event videography, corporate branding videos, convention coverage, and more.

What videography services do you provide?
Best Made Videos® is a full-service video production company focusing on live events, conferences, corporate branding videos, small business marketing videos, weddings, and more.
What is your experience with corporate events specifically?
Reid Johnson, owner of Best Made Videos®, has been a corporate videographer for over 18 years and has filmed for companies such as Amazon and Microsoft, plus a wide range of organizations and conferences.
Can I see a full-length sample of a similar video?
Yes. Corporate work is organized by video type so you can quickly find relevant examples, including conference videography, corporate video production, live event videography, real estate videography, small business promo videos, and livestreaming services.
What types of conferences do you film?
Best Made Videos® provides full-service coverage for conferences, conventions, and summits—from single-day meetings to multi-day gatherings. Coverage can include keynotes, panels, breakout sessions, sponsor activations, and the “pulse” of the event: attendee engagement, networking, and real reactions—while coordinating smoothly with planners and AV teams.
Do you offer corporate or conference photography services?
Best Made Videos® focuses on videography and can recommend or partner with highly rated corporate and conference photographers in Seattle when needed.
Where is Best Made Videos® located?
Best Made Videos® is based in West Seattle, Washington.
Do you offer destination videography services?
Yes. Best Made Videos® is available for destination and travel videography anywhere in the world.
Why should I choose Best Made Videos® over another corporate videographer?
Corporate projects often require speed, reliability, and brand-safe storytelling. Best Made Videos® emphasizes fast turnaround when timelines are tight, professional interview and storytelling experience, reliable event execution, transparent pricing, and strong technical capability for complex productions (including multi-camera and live-stream logistics when needed).
Will you be the lead shooter, or will you send an associate team?
Reid Johnson will be the lead videographer on-site, alongside any contracted associate videography team members if your event requires additional coverage.
What moments or events do you capture during a conference or trade show?
Coverage typically includes main stage/keynotes, panels, and breakout sessions, plus attendee engagement and reactions, networking and “in-between” moments, branded B-roll (signage, venue scale, details), and optional on-the-spot testimonials or soundbites for future marketing.
What do you and your team wear?
Typically black slacks and a black shirt (or venue-required attire) to blend in professionally and stay unobtrusive.
Are you fully insured?
Yes. A Certificate of Insurance (COI) can be provided upon request.
Will you perform a site walkthrough or tech rehearsal?
A pre-event walkthrough or tech rehearsal can be requested on a case-by-case basis. Depending on timing and distance, a fee may apply.
How do you handle audio?
Depending on the event, audio can be captured using dedicated microphones and recorders, or by working alongside your AV team to record clean feeds with redundancy.
Do you record to dual card slots?
Yes. Cameras record dual-slot for redundancy, and footage is backed up in multiple locations after your event.
Do you provide 4K exports?
Yes. Deliverables can be exported in the resolution and file type you need, including 4K when requested.
Do you offer same-day or next-day social media edits?
Yes. For conferences and trade shows, overnight recap highlight edits can be provided when requested.
Do you provide closed captioning or accessibility options?
Yes. Closed captions can be provided, including burned-in (permanent) captions on exported video files.
What is your revision policy?
Corporate video projects include two rounds of feedback and edits.
What is the turnaround time for the final master film?
Most corporate edits are delivered in about two weeks unless otherwise specified (and faster timelines are available for certain event recap needs).
Who owns the final product?
You own the final deliverables. Best Made Videos® generally retains the right to display work for portfolio/marketing purposes unless otherwise agreed.
What is your data backup and archiving workflow?
Footage is protected with a multi-step data preservation process using redundant backups (such as local and cloud storage, and additional archival methods as needed).
How do you handle talent releases for attendees?
If needed, Best Made Videos® can provide recommended signage and/or release forms to support attendee filming at your event.