Whether you are using Zoom, GoToMeeting, Adobe Connect, Skype or any other platform of this nature, there are some simple steps you can take to make the experience more secure. If you want to look good, this article from Emma is packed with useful hints and tips. In this video, I’m going to run through the security and privacy settings you should be aware of, to prevent your session being hijacked.
Subscribe to our smartphone video newsletter for access to video tutorials and resources about making video work for your business. Subscribe With many people’s working day now incorporating digital meetings and webinars, here are a few tips about how to come across professionally and clearly in this new environment. Face the light It’s a rookie mistake but it’s still common enough to be worth pointing out. If you sit with your back to the window your Read more
With the Covid19 disruption many businesses are moving online and getting to grips with live streaming. There’s a wide variety of platforms and technologies to help, so many in fact that it can all become a bit overwhelming if you’re new to this. Here’s our quick and simple guide. In our studio, for day-to-day, quick videos which I’ll stream live onto YouTube, we use a Sony HXR camera, on a tripod. It’s set up, in Read more
There’s a trend in many large organisations and it’s certainly true in some governments and political parties. When they’re looking for support with media relations and crisis communications – they get their pals in. The ex director, the well liked senior member of staff that’s now out on their own, the ‘PR consultant’ already working with them in other areas – the individual they like. Someone who is supportive of their aims and objectives. Often, Read more
Many of our friends in public relations and corporate comms are advocating working from home as the world goes through the Covid-19 Coronavirus outbreak. Of course this makes sense and is long overdue. Technology to enable successful home working has been available since the mid 1990s and while there are some notable exceptions, many UK businesses have been slow to adopt these changes. Now, with more accessible technology and with the current risk to public Read more
Subscribe How many work meetings have you attended in the last week? Was it a good use of your time? Were you engaged? Did you contribute valuable insight that led to change or action? Or did you mentally check out while counting up all the other vital jobs you could be doing instead? I wonder how many of us have ever felt like this woman who was interviewed by researchers for the Harvard Business Review? Read more
Subscribe to our video production newsletter for access to video tutorials and resources about making video work for your business. Subscribe LumaFusion is undoubtedly the best mobile video editing app out there. But there’s so much it can do, the learning curve is pretty steep. So if you’re just starting out on your smartphone video journey, I recommend editing in iMovie, KineMaster or Adobe Rush. These apps let you build impressive professional videos while remaining Read more
Subscribe to our video production newsletter for resources and video tutorials about making video work for your business. Subscribe Problem: 85% of people watch Facebook videos with the volume off. Solution: add captions to your videos On Facebook you have just seconds to persuade someone to stop scrolling long enough to view your video. So don’t give them a reason to leave. If a person has to dig out headphones or turn up the volume Read more
Do you have a brand video on your homepage? Have you embedded helpful explainer videos throughout your site? Do you have videos on set landing pages specific to current products, services or promotions? If you haven’t, you should. People will stay on your website on average twice as long if you have a video and a page with video is 50 times more likely to appear on the first page of search results than a Read more
There are a confusing number of video editing apps out there all promising to be the best, save you time, transform your workflow. Most of you don’t have time to plough through what’s on offer. So I’ll make it easy for you with the best two apps to get you started. Learning to edit on one of these apps will give you the skills and tools you need to create videos that tell a story Read more