Raising Money for Charity
We are really proud that we have managed to help a local charity The Dorchester Opportunity Group, at their recent auction event in Dorchester. Compass Video donated a place on one of our smartphone video training for business courses. By all accounts, the evening was...
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New Smartphone Training Date 12th June
Today, we are in sunny Frome in Somerset delivering a training course to the communications team from Downs Syndrome Organisation. The aim is to help them produce their own video content on a budget. An added bonus is they now understand how to talk to professionals...
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Celebrating grant success and other news
It's celebration time here at Compass Video HQ. This week we found out our application for a grant had been approved and yesterday we received the official offer letter. We have been looking for ways to finance new equipment and I'm sure if you have ever run your own...
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More Smartphone Video Training Feedback
We are delighted with the recent feedback we have been getting from our recent trainees who have been attending our smartphone videot raining courses. So much so that we even remembered to record them for posterity. So a huge thank you to www.lovesail.com...
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Would you like to kill some more fish Sir/Madam?
"Strangle a Turtle Sir?" - Should checkout staff change the way they sell plastic bags? We are now fully aware of the damage the plastic bags have caused to our planet and especially the poor old sea life. Fish and turtles (my personal favourite) are forever being...
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Announcement – New partnerships with Santander and the SBA
We have really hit the ground running since the Easter break, even managing to add to the team with a new birth last week (congrats Keith and Jen and especially to the lovely baby Robyn who arrived last week). Compass Video have also forged two new partnerships with a...
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Compass Video features in Wetherspoons Social Media debate
This week we took part in an online debate about Wetherspoons and the news they are leaving social media. It looks to many to be a controversial decision based on the widely held belief that social media is the way forward for any company. However, Wetherspoons have...
read moreCompass Video Launch New Showreel
Exciting times here at Compass Video, today marks a new chapter in our journey. We have just finished our brand new showreel made up the latest videos we have been filming in 2018. As with all agencies its hard to find time to work on your own promotion when you are...
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New video features on Linkedin
We have recently noticed an update to the video functionality on Linkedin when using the mobile app. As usual, Linkedin seems slightly behind the curve on these things, but they are finally catching up. Yes, it a B2B platform and shouldn't require the need for bunny...
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Unleash the power of your smartphone to make videos
As you must be aware by now, most of us carry a pretty serious piece of camera equipment in your pocket. That is unless you are worried about the gamma rays and Bluetooth frying your innards. Your smartphone gives you access to a load of features unimaginable even a...
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Top 5 reasons to use video for your communications in 2018
Every marketer worth their salt knows by now that video is not just a hot topic, but a must have as part of your communications strategy. There has been a massive growth in the number of platforms that allow you to share video over the past 12 months. Most notable of...
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The Kings of Corporate Video Marketing in 2018
In our quest to know more about corporate video marketing, we like to keep an eye out for our heroes of video marketing. For the last two years, we have been watching a truly magnificent spectacle on the video marketing front. We reckon they are the kings of their own...
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The power of storytelling – James speaking at digital festival
Last week we attended the Visit Somerset Digital Festival on the pier at Weston Super-Mare. Compass Video was invited by the organisation to give a talk about how to use digital to tell and share your business stories. As well as talking and having a stand we had also...
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Manufacturing video production ideas
As we all know the manufacturing industry in the UK is pretty unique and something to be savoured by all. With a history of making high-end products in our own backyard, sometimes we can be the envy of the world. As such we as a country must ensure we promote...
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Visit Somerset Digital Festival 2018 The Grand Pier
Yesterday, was the first Digital Festival run by the crew from Visit Somerset at the Grand Pier in Weston Super-Mare. From our point of view, a very successful day, if not just for the fact the Beast from the East didn't raise its ugly head and spoil our fun. As...
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Fabulous feedback from the NHS
Last week the team from Compas Video was at Dorset County Hospital training the communications department, showing them how to make the most out of their smartphones to create video content. The attendees included staff from the comms team, Human Resources and Charity...
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Visit Somerset Digital Festival 2018 – Guest Speakers
As part of our membership of Visit Somerset, we are helping to deliver this fantastic event in Weston Super Mare at the end of the month. We can't believe how much passion and energy the team at Visit Somerset put into helping their members. This event takes place on...
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Improving you corporate video performance on YouTube
We all know that the corporate video game can be an expensive one, so you need to ensure you get the most value from your investment. A lot of agencies will help to create your video content and then leave you to publish on your own, without any guidance on what comes...
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Hootsuite CEO uses video for Internal Comms
We were really pleased to read this week that the CEO of Hootsuite Ryan Holmes is using video to improve his internal communications across the company. As his company has grown from 1 - 20 - 1000 across the globe they have struggled to keep the company moving in the...
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We love client feedback – Google Review
Our latest video production, to promote the sixth form at the Gryphon School in Sherborne has received some great feedback. none more so than Holly, the Marketing Manager. "We are delighted with the first video Compass has produced for the school, so much so that we...
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Infographic – 5 Reasons you should be using video for you internal communications
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School Promotional Video – Working with Students
Last week we completed our first School Promotional Video on behalf of the Gryphon School in Sherborne. It proved to be a really exciting project for us as a company, not just the chance to try something new but to put into practice our theory about a different way of...
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The Greatest Ever Internal Comms Speech – Winston Churchill
Have you ever searched for the greatest internal comms strategy ever delivered? One that changed the behaviour of the audience in such a way that it changed the world. Well, you need look no further. As part of our quest to understand great storytelling so we can...
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Giving start ups a storytelling boost with Enterprise Nation
In December, we were lucky enough to be invited by Enterprise Nation to deliver a talk at Startup 2018. The event took place this Saturday at the Queen Mary University in London and featured our views on Telling Great Digital Stories. The event is something we really...
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Which business storytelling books are we reading in 2018?
A new year a new dawn as they say. With the chilliness and missliness (no it's not a word) hanging around like a bad smell, we thought we would look ahead and find out what business books we should be reading this year. The reason for this sudden interest in the...
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Best Christmas Present Ever – A Customer Reference
We were very excited this morning to receive a fantastic commendation from one of our new clients. As we mentioned in our news blog last month we had won a contract with the NHS. It was to create a video for Dorset Care Record and Dorset County Council. The feedback...
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What we are looking forward to in 2018
"Tis the season" and all that jazz so we thought we would share with you why we are excited about 2018. Startup 2018 The Startup show is back again and this year it is even bigger with over 100 speakers including Compass Video. We are presenting alongside Facebook and...
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Top 5 Reasons Your Video Content Might go Viral
There is no hard and fast definition of why a video might go viral instantly unless of course, you have a million followers who will share whatever video content you produce. However, there is a set of principles that can guide you on the journey to make video content...
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New Way of Working with Video for 2017 – Internal Communications
The Status Quo Imagine you are head of HR at an enterprise sized company and you want to inspire your employees. In 2017, you have many ways to do this especially if you are lucky enough that your company has embraced technology. Services like Yammer and Slack enable...
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Supermarket Christmas Adverts The Stats for 2017
Christmas Video Adverts Review Yes, Christmas is only a couple of weeks away and it's time to review the annual Supermarket video fest. We have spent a bit of time analysing the numbers, hashtags and how each company have used the...
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What’s the difference between a Plan and a Dream?
Who had a plan? Hannibal always had a plan when the A-team became trapped and he always loved it when the plan came together. What was the result? He inspired at least 3 people to come with him on the journey. Occasionally one of them had to be given drugs because he...
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Trump vs Skeletor – Targeting an Emotional Response
What do Trump's election campaign slogan and Money Supermarket's (#epicskeletor) latest TV adverts have in common? They both are both trying to make you respond emotionally to their proposition. Not just that but they are both targeting a specific period in your life....
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How to get a transcription of you video from YouTube for FREE
In order to get the most mileage from your videos, you want to ensure that they can be found in search results. One of the simplest ways to do this is to ensure the description is as completely filled in as possible. Rather than spend a long time thinking about what...
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Compass Video win video tender to work with the NHS
We are very excited to announce a new partnership with The Dorset Care Record to film their latest video concerning the consent options for the Dorset Care Record. We were awarded the tender against stiff competition at the end of last week and will begin filming as...
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How to remove suggested videos when YouTube video finishes?
When you embed a video onto your website, it can get quite annoying at the end when YouTube shows suggested videos to your viewer that take them away from your website. It has long been a headache of mine and one I thought needed a complicated coding solution. Well,...
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Inspiration from the AA – Corporate Video Marketing Ideas
Those lovely people from the AA saved my bacon this morning by an astonishingly good piece of customer service. Not only did they save me time, money and anxiety they made me look good in front of my wife. As an added bonus they saved themselves time, money and a long...
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Facebook have made a change to the way they display video in your feed
Something has happened to the Facebook feed and the way it works on your desktop. I'm not sure how long it has been around but it goes a long way to suggest video is the future. We all know about the 8 Billion views a year Facebook were touting a couple of years ago....
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Webinar Success with Enterprise Nation
Yesterday we had the privilege of presenting a webinar on using your smartphone to create video with Enterprise Nation. Due to prior engagements, we were delivering this from one of the most unique venues in the UK, Wookey Hole. Thanks to Visit Somerset for allowing...
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3 Step Guide to Storytelling for Business – What story should we tell
How to find your Business Story? How do you find the stories in your business that could ultimately benefit you, your customers, staff and above all your bottom line? It is a question we often get asked by our clients who sometimes fail to understand the power of...
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Smartphone Video Training for Business Courses
We are pleased to announce a new training date for our smartphone video training courses. If you are interested in understanding how to make your own business videos with your mobile phone then why not check out our courses on the 12th December in Dorset. We will be...
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Sharing is Caring! November 2017 Seminar Dates
As part of our ongoing commitment to giving back to the business community, we find ourselves with a busy November schedule and hope you might be able to join us at one of our events. When we started the company over a year ago, we made a conscious decision to not...
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Video Marketing – Golden rules of adding your corporate video to YouTube
There are now 1.5 Billion Youtube users, that is now equivalent to over a third of all internet users alone (source: Techcrunch). Topping that stat is the 300 hours of video being uploaded every minute by users. Yes, that makes Youtube both a popular place to be and a...
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How to add your own subtitles to your YouTube Videos
Useful YouTube Tools Did you know that YouTube has a lot of very useful tools that you can use for free? One of these is the ability to add your own subtitles to your video. If you did not know this already YouTube creates a transcript of your video for you (i'll deal...
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Apples and Pigs – Compass Video Join Visit Somerset as Official Video Partner
We are delighted to announce that Compass Video have just become members of what we consider to be one of the South West's greatest local championing organisations, "Visit Somerset". The Somerset Tourism Association (Visit Somerset) is a Community Interest Company,...
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Our Top 5 Talking Head Corporate Videos
In this blog, we want to share with you our top 5 corporate videos that feature talking heads. Talking head videos are often the most simple and do what they say on the tin. They are heads that talk! Probably the oldest format of a corporate video is to have one...
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Interviews and Smartphone Training
It has been a busy few days for us at Compass Video. In the last week, we have delivered training to the global communications team at Oxford University Press, interviewed a world-famous poet, and visited 10 Downing Street. Yes, it sounds pretty unbelievable but we...
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5 Reasons you should embrace video for your corporate communications
If you are looking to making a step change in your corporate comms to video then we have some evidence that may help you persuade you or your budget holder to get a wiggle on. As part of our own education we have spent hundreds of man-hours trying to understand just...
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The best use of video by a Corporate
Best use of Video by a Corporate My recent trip to Singapore got me thinking about corporate communications and how some people are doing it really well while others struggle to embrace video as a tool for internal and external comms. A networking event at RHTLaw...
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Mission to Singapore
Time to turn off the Out of Office. I have just returned from a Trade Mission to Singapore with Enterprise Nation and the DTI. What a busy and crazy few days it has been, so I thought I would share with you a bit of the experience. The mission left London on Thursday...
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Improve your internal communications with video
Using video for your internal communications will save your company time, money and improve the performance your employees. Is there anything you would like to hear more than those words if you are an employee engagement manager, other than will you marry me or you...
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Visit Somerset and the Food and Drink Strategy Event with Tescos
Today, we were invited to present to food and drink producing members of "Visit Somerset". As members ourselves we were very excited to have a chance to network with some great Somerset brands, including John Loaders, Miles Tea and Coffee, Harry's Cider and many...
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Compass Video heading to Singapore on a Trade Mission
Compass Video are very excited to be heading off to Singapore next week. As part of a UK Trade Mission backed by the government and Enterprise Nation, we will be joining 25 other UK brands traveling to Singapore. This is a great chance for us to promote Compass Video...
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End Credits vs Opening Credits – Audience Behaviour Changes
Have you ever noticed the gradual switch from opening credits to closing credits at the movies over the last 4-5 decades? A silly question for some, because you haven't been alive that long (yes you lucky millennials), but it's worth noting why this may have happened...
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Top 5 Corporate Video Marketing Ideas
If you want to start to use video in your content marketing then you should begin by thinking about what you want to achieve. Then, decide who you think you want to watch it, what they are doing or where they are in the buying cycle and what type of video content will...
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How to Curate Your YouTube Channel
Have you ever arrived at a YouTube Channel and thought, this is slightly confusing? In this blog, I am going to show you how you can ensure that never happens with your own YouTube Channel. Think of it just like your website, the user journey should be plotted out by...
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LinkedIn Video – The Good the Bad and the Clickbate
The Good LinkedIn has finally caught up with the other social networks and has given users the ability to publish video directly to the platform. You can now record directly from your mobile onto the platform or upload a pre-recorded video using your mobile device....
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HomeXperts – Making the Most out of Mobile Video
The lovely people from Homexperts Purbeck and Poole came on our one-day training smartphone video training course in July this year. We had met a few months previously networking in the local area. The great thing about Iain and Sharon is their journey to be...
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How to Broadcast Live using Mobile Technology
As part of our ongoing Youtube Smartphone Video Production Training series, we have filmed a new episode about live broadcasting. This time we decided to enlist some outside help to enable us to demonstrate what you can achieve when broadcasting live. Live...
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Free Tracking Tools for your Video Marketing
Measuring the ROI of your Content The need to ensure you aren't wasting time, effort and money with your marketing is essential and being able to measure your success or failure even more so. Before the advent of marketing automation, tracking your outbound efforts...
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We love working with the NHS
It is my birthday today so I thought I would celebrate something special on the blog, and that is "why we love working with the NHS". Over the past year, we have been helping different trusts achieve their communications goals with the use of video. The NHS is as we...
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Free Windows Screen Recorder – Windows + G
Have you ever wanted to share what is on your screen with another person? There are many reasons to do this ranging from demonstrating software, showing an error in a programme and of course there is gaming. We are most interested in the first two but the latter is by...
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We love customer feedback videos, especially our own!
We are always banging on about how much we like customer referencing videos and customer feedback, especially when you use video. A couple of weeks ago we helped show SME's in Dorset how to use their own equipment to generate digital content. As a result, some of the...
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5 Golden Rules of Permission for Corporate Video Production
We are half way through summer now and you are starting to create your marketing plan for the September to Christmas period. Hopefully, August allows you a little fresh air and time to breathe, while your customers are on their holidays. So what better time to...
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A Week With Dorset Growth Hub #dipintodigital
This week we have been working in partnership with the nice people from Dorset Growth Hub, delivering digital marketing workshops across Dorset. On Monday we were at the delightful Merley House outside Wimborne where 20 guests were filled full of information on...
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Yesterday we had the pleasure of Iain from Home Experts Purbeck and Poole undertaking our full day Mobile Phone Video Training. Thanks to the currently hot British weather we were able to start outside with an introductory briefing over coffee in the garden. It is...
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Should you Write a Script for Your Corporate Video
When you don't need a Video Script When planning your corporate video it is important to decide if you need a script written out in advance. We believe there are occasions when it is vital and other times when a written script will detract from the purpose of the...
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Video Lets you Pitch Perfect Every Time
Video as a Sales Tool Let us assume your company has a team of sales people around the globe, these might be direct employees, partners or part of a distribution network. Whatever the channel they will all be required to deliver a “Pitch” of some sort to your end...
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How to Avoid Sales Presentation Failure When Using Video
Does Video Need Wi-Fi We have all been there, you arrive for the most important meeting of your quarter (if not year) and are ready to deliver the ultimate pitch to your oh so hot prospect. You have spent hours preparing your presentation for your customer. Of course,...
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Internal Communication and Customer Feedback Videos
Today we were booked to attend a customer feedback event for a client in the north of England. This was more of a forum than your traditional corporate event, with a round table setting. Our customer informing their clients of what's' happening to their product and...
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Shaftesbury School Careers Fair
We spent the morning in the community attending the Shaftesbury School Careers Fair. Compass Video had been invited to talk to students about the digital economy. The students were pretty amazing to talk to full of questions and buzzing with energy. Growing up in...
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Customer Reference Video – Make it personal
We get approached by a lot of companies that want to use video to create customer reference stories. The majority of these have been using more traditional methods like written case studies and infographics, they now want to take it a step further. The only hold up...
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How to Match your Video Content to your Buyer Personas
Video is no longer the emerging trend in digital marketing, it is now the must have piece of content for all serious marketers. If you want to improve the engagement levels of your website creating video content is one of the best ways forward. There are of course so...
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Dip into Digital with Dorset Growth Hub
At Compass Video, we have been looking for ways we can give something back and help other businesses achieve their goals. As part of this, we have participated in events with the likes of Enterprise Nation in London and this summer we have teamed up with Dorset Growth...
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New Episode Alert – Smartphone Video Training Series – Audio
It has been a few weeks since we lats published an episode of our popular mobile phone video training series. Today we have uploaded the latest instalment, one which we feel is probably the most important so far. This episode features our tips and tricks to improve...
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How to Improve Employee Engagement Using Video
Successful employee engagement is one of the dark arts of the business world. Known by few, hidden from many, it can, however, have the biggest impact on your staff and therefore your customer. We are lucky to have met a few of the more senior members of this select...
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Quick Guide to Running a Succesful Customer Reference Programme
Where is the best place to find new customers? We think it will be your current customers and if you agree then we have created this quick guide to help you get the most from your current customers. Goal Setting Before you move any further, we should select a goal/s...
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Storytelling – The Rule of Three
The Rule of Three If there is a single guiding principle for storytelling that has been around for millennia it has to be the rule of three. Did you know this? If not then let's start at the beginning, move to the middle and finish with the end. OK, that may be too...
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Top Storytelling Companies of 2017 (Part 1 – Tesco)
Over the last few years, we have become more and more obsessed with our smartphones. They travel everywhere with us, never leaving our sides, even first thing in the morning some people's first action is to consume content from their phones. This is why storytelling...
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Motion/Animated Infographic Video
Are you tired of the Powerpoint pitch that you bring out at every sales meeting? It is not just you, quite often the mere site of one can put your prospects off before you have even started. No matter how advanced your presentation skills and gifts with your favourite...
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Constructionline Overview Software Demonstration Video
Constructionline who are part of the Capita group asked us to create some guideline videos for their software platform. We took the brief and produced a series of 5 videos to help the end users get the most out of the platform.The majority of software demonstrations...
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How to get the Most From Your Video Content
Video is a very versatile piece of content that can be used across all your channels, in meetings and at events. We have created this infographic to help guide you in your video journey. Ensuring you get the best return on your investment is key and video can be an...
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Some of our favourite Google “how it works” videos
How it Works Videos We thought we would share with you some of our favourite “how to” videos. There is no need to look much further than the world’s biggest search engine to understand how you can benefit from using video to explain a complex product. For the last...
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We Love Customer Video Feedback
We asked our latest training client The Royal Bournemouth Hospital what they thought of our Mobile Phone Video Training Day. Here's what they said. Thank you to all the team who joined us on the day and good luck with your videos....
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Why Customer Reference Videos are Awesome
Customer Reference Videos You may be considering how and why you should be creating a series (or just one) of customer reference videos for your company. The "how" is a little more complicated than the "why" but if you need help with you ideos or just some friendly...
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How Exposed is your Business to Cyber Crime?
Imagine losing the photos and videos you have taken of your children over the years, just because you forgot to lock the door. It is a simple analogy, but not changing the password on your home router might be as good as letting a burglar walk into your home and...
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Compass Video join Enterprise Nation
We are very pleased to announce that we have become proud members of the Enterprise Nation Community. We have always been fans of the work they are doing to encourage SME’s to succeed and we look forward to a rosy future together. Here is a video we filmed last month...
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Video Production Advisers at Startup 2017 Event – London
As you may have read in the previous post we attedned Enterprise Nation’s Startup 2017 event in London as advisers. The day was a great success from our point of view and I would like to share with you the story behind the day. We were invited to join the adviser zone...
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Come and see us at Startup 2017 this weekend at KPMG London
Book your adviser session at Startup 2017 this weekend We are very proud to announce our participation as advisers to Startup businesses at the UK’s largest startup show of the new year, Startup 2017 run by Enterprise Nation. We will have our very own office on the...
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It’s Christmas Advert Time – Which one is the best?
Yes it’s nearly Christmas, well call it 30 days away from today. The big retailers have churned out their annual advert in the hope of attracting the most attention. We thought we would line some of the better ones up against their 2015 counterparts, so take your time...
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