EDC Award Video for Great Wolf Lodge

This video was produced as part of the Thurston County Economic Development Council's award's ceremony. The Great Wolf Lodge received the award for best new business.

What Would I Do With A Video?

Last week a potential customer I met at a networking event mentioned to me that she wasn’t sure if her business could benefit from our Promotional and Marketing videos. She runs a small service business, and she had no idea what she would do with a video if we produced one.

Here are some of the ideas that I came up with for her.

WEBSITE –
Microsoft did a survey and found that 91% of people check out a companies website before they buy. Your video should be placed prominently on your homepage. On average visitors spend less than 10 seconds to decide if they are interested in a site or not. The key is to keep people on your website as long as you can. Video does this. People will stay on a site for 2-3 minutes on average if there is video.

VIDEO SHARING SITES-
If someone has never heard of you how do they find your website? Place your videos on other video sharing websites like youtube, vimeo, google video and more. You can take one video and place it on a number of video sharing websites. I do not care how they find you, just that they do.

SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES-
Videos should be put on your social networking sites (facebook, myspace etc) – show your friends. This way your video gets spread around, and you’d be surprised where your next warm lead will come from because they saw your video.

ASSOCIATION PRESENTATIONS-
Are you a member of groups or associations? See if you can sponsor an event or give a presentation about your business. Then make sure to let your video do the talking. They a say a picture tells a thousand words. Well, what about 5,400,000 words? That’s what you get with a 3-minute video. (For the math inquisitive it’s 3x60x30x1000=5.4 million)

DVD’s-
These are ideal for trade show booths, lobby screens, handing out to prospects, and direct mailing to potential customers. The cost of duplicating the DVD’s is comparable to a full color tri-fold brochure.

MOBILE DEVICES-
Laptops, iPhones, iPods, and PDA’s all have the ability to show video in a compact device. Why not use it at your next sales presentation or client meeting.

So as you can see, one video, so many uses. Lets not forget that on-line you have a 24/7 sales presence. Contact me today 360-259-6672. Your business needs video.

New Tool For Networking

I attend lots of networking events every week as I spread the word about the promotional and marketing services that Pardiman Productions has to offer. If you've ever attended a leads group or chamber of commerce event then you know that at each event I have to give a :30 synopsis of what we do.

I usually feel okay about my pitch, but sometimes I wonder if I could be doing a better job getting my message across to people.

Today I came across an online tool that was built just for that purpose. The Harvard Business School Elevator Pitch Builder. It's an online form that offers hints and advice on your pitch created by The Harvard Business School.

If you have to give a pitch at the next event you attend, you might want to check this out.

10 Tips to a Better Profile Video - #5 Sound Tips

Tip #5 – Sound Tips

Part of a 10 part series based on the presentation given on June 1st 2009.

There are many aspects of a profile video that viewers will make accommodations for, but poor sound quality is not one of them. There are a few simple tips that can make a big difference in how your profile video sounds.

The first thing you want to do is find a quiet place to shoot. Now this may sound a bit obvious, but a noisy shooting area can make a profile video almost unbearable to watch. Music in the background, loud air ducts or machinery, phone conversations from coworkers can all make your important message hard to hear.

The next thing you can do to make your profile video sound better is use an external microphone. A built in camera mic is designed to pick up a wide pattern of sound. This means that not only will it pick up what you're saying, but also that clock ticking on the wall, your computer humming, and your foot tapping nervously on the floor. Many external microphone options are available, from ones you would put on a stand to lavaliere mics that clip to your clothing. Just make sure that the mic has a narrow pick-up pattern, and you position it close to the person speaking.

Also, you always want to monitor your audio with headphones when recording to catch and noises or sound glitches that your mic might catch that your ears don't. Not monitoring the audio can also lead to accidentally recording no audio at all.

Lastly, if your camera has a visual meter to monitor audio you should make sure to set your audio level before recording to make sure the audio is not too low, or too high. Usually the meeter will tell you it is too high by a visual meeter with a red zone. Going into the red every once and a while is okay, but if the sound stays there it will sound bad on your profile video

Check back for "10 Tips to a Better Profile Video - #6 Camera Tips

Ribbon Cutting Video for Local Company

We recently produced a video for Tumwater based Warren Business Services

They are a great new computer monitoring and repair shop.



This video highlights there recent ribbon cutting event.

TV Commercial for Local Fireplace & Spa Retailer

This TV commercial was produced by Pardiman Productions for Olympia Fireplace & Spa to run on Comcast.

This spot consisted of a half day shoot, and follow up voice over recording to produce 4 spots for broadcast.

EDC Awards Video for Olympia's Express Employment Professionals

This video was produced as part of the Thurston County Economic Development Council's award's ceremony. Express Employment Professionals received the award for best small business.