23 Mar 2021 • eunice

International Women’s Week

Making videos for your company shouldn’t be hard!

Here’s how I (a complete video novice) easily created 5 days worth of inspiring social media video content for International Women’s Week.

Sounds tough right? But not with Captain on my side!

26 Nov 2020 • samfreeman

Case Study – The Colombian Coffee Farm

Two brothers 5000 miles apart, and a crazy plan to gather some great video content.

Directing someone remotely from that kind of distance will be a nightmare right?

Can it be done?

04 Nov 2020 • samfreeman

LinkedIn Video Booster Tips

It can be incredibly hard to know whether you’re doing the right thing when creating video content for LinkedIn.

So we’ve pulled together a set of video boosting tips to help get you on the right track.

We’re releasing these videos throughout the week on LinkedIn, but we’ve collected them together here so you can watch them all in one go!

19 Oct 2020 • nicojones

Time to reclaim the cliches, and build trust like never before.

If you’re a growing organisation, your values become harder to manage and demonstrate, even as they become more important to your audience.

So how can smartphone video help you take trust to the next level? The answer involves reclaiming clichés, building strong systems, and telling great stories…

18 Oct 2020 • nicojones

PART TWO: Episodic content taken to the next level and beyond…

Last time, we took a crash course in the most basic method of creating episodic content – the cliffhanger.  Now it’s time to dial things up a notch.

What if there was a simple technique to help you create never-ending, addictive intrigue for your audience? Something that would keep them tuning into your social channels day after day, week after week, year after year?

18 Oct 2020 • nicojones

PART ONE: What’s the killer tip that will keep your audience coming back for episode after episode?

Full disclosure – I used to be a bit of a Batman nut.  Fortunately, it just so happens that the Caped Crusader can teach us some very interesting points about episodic content. That’s a big deal if you’re putting out regular videos, because it can keep people coming back again, and again and again…

18 Oct 2020 • nicojones

When reality is just not good enough, how can you still WOW your audience?

The authentic raw footage that people film won’t always be enough to blow your audience away straight out of the gate. But the good news is…it doesn’t need to be.

With a simple shift in perspective (courtesy of one Paul Stanley from KISS), you can walk the line between reality and razzle-dazzle, and end up with something better than both!

18 Oct 2020 • nicojones

What secret blockbuster tip can draw viewers into your story like nothing else?

Here’s the thing about blockbuster films: LOADS OF PEOPLE WATCH THEM. Star Wars was the first mega-modern-superhit, and ever since 1977, storytellers that use a certain set of rules have enjoyed better results than anyone else.

Today, we’re going to look at one of the simplest, but most powerfully effective techniques you can add to your video content playbook…

08 Sep 2020 • samfreeman

Are reviews & testimonials broken? Smartphone video to the rescue!

Trust. It’s a valuable commodity, possibly THE most valuable commodity, and once it’s been spent. Zip. It’s gone – for good.

This is a story about Ink. Printer Ink. (I know, I know. That’s well boring – but please don’t stop reading just yet…)

19 Aug 2020 • nicojones

Can smartphone video really enhance your brand? Really though? REALLY?

What is a brand these days, anyway? Let’s look at it from a different angle, and see if we can really walk the walk when it comes to our claims about smartphone video…