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5 uses of corporate video to blow the socks off your audience

by Yannis |May 6th, 2012

We have just put our video portfolio on Vimeo which gives me a great opportunity to visit the topic of the use of video in corporate communications. It’s not an accident that, without exception, every company we come across recognises the value of video and wishes that video was more extensively used in both their internal and external communications. It’s easy to see why. Switched-on professionals wrestle daily with an information tsunami that comes from countless sources and in nano-sized chunks. Video on the other hand offers a few moments of sitting back and enjoying the ride; a piece of well-crafted video communication delivers dense content in an engaging way that requires minimum effort to consume it and delivers maximum impact.

Below we list the five most typical uses of video in corporate communications and illustrate each with an example from our portfolio.

 

Bring to life sales presentations

A pacey 60 second opening will ensure that you grab your audience’s attention from the very beginning and that your key message remains etched in their brains long after you exit the room.

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Refreshed Skyron portfolio on Flickr

by Yannis |July 25th, 2011

We have been using Flickr to hold our portfolio for a while and every so often we restructure the content to take advantage of Flickr’s ever expanding features. The new structure is using tags to drive traffic to a number of slideshows:

The complete portfolio slideshow can be seen here

Flickr is by no means perfect and it’s definitely not sexy (Behance looks much better), but it’s still an efficient way to manage a portfolio and make it socially accessible.

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Looking for inspiration for your B2B interactive demo? Learnings from Microsoft’s PC Scout

by Yannis |March 26th, 2011

In the world of B2B communications a well executed interactive demo can be a powerful marketing tool. A number of our clients depend on demos to turn leads into customers (and sometimes to generate leads). But a good demo can be pricey as it requires a strategy, complicated production that can include video, audio, animation and copywriting, as well as a tactical plan and execution to put it in front of the relevant audiences.

So when we come across a demo with a bit of investment behind it we scrutinise it and then apply any gained insights to the work we do for our clients. Yesterday, I played with the PC Scout demo/microsite from Microsoft, which I found very interesting.

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