The Marketing Nerds Podcast

Making a film or video is an exciting prospect and there’s a great temptation to get started as quickly as possible. However, any video worth making requires a great deal of planning and preparation, and that includes ensuring you comply with all legal issues...basically, covering your butt! On this week’s podcast, we stepped into the Videographer room on Clubhouse where attorneys Laura Cosgrove a...

You know that space on the left side of an Amazon listing displaying a product video? It’s the first spot buyers go to learn more about what is being sold. It’s not an easy space to get a video there. Amazon knows the power video has over the buyer and this area of a listing is prime real estate that makes people rich. It's exclusive to only those who have the intel to get into that prime spot...u...

We're getting many questions on product video production after our last podcast… amazing how many questions you have! So on this edition of The DV Show podcast, we are bringing back this theme for the second time. It's our favorite subject anyway: video production for ecommerce! Creating product videos… it's an entirely different world. The audience you're selling to is different, the audience you...

We’re getting into my favorite topic on this episode: ecommerce video production! An entirely different creative and business process before any video can perform successfully. Ecommerce product videos empower shoppers with product knowledge and confidence. Shopping online is an amazing resource for our busy lives and growing by leaps and bounds every day. But eCommerce sites lack the tangibility...

Welcome to this edition of the DV Show Podcast! Yes, we are on a mission to rid this world of bad video. This week, we’re going back to our roots and what we started on 16 years ago...answering listener questions related to digital video production….this is our way of helping you create better video. This time, we have an entire team of professionals from all over the world taking part in the disc...

Make better videos. It's our mission! In this episode, video business owner Peter McKinnon talks about 5 ways you can instantly make better videos. None of what Peter recommends requires you to buy extra equipment. By utilizing these steps you will be able to improve the overall quality, look, sound and feel of the videos you make right away. I hope you guys dig it! Try some of it out! Follow Pete...

Thanks for listening and subscribing to this podcast it is truly an honor to be a part of your day! Thanks to you we’re in our 16 year of producing this show and there is no end in sight! Since the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and quarantine began, we’ve continued to stress the importance of video. After all, in a remote world, video allows us to meet, to market, to sell, and to service. Truly,...

In this episode, video business owner Amanda Horvath, gives you her best tips for how to market your video production business so you can make videos full time. Amanda started her videography business in Los Angeles where the competition was steep. She tested tons of different tactics for getting clients, from cold calling to website tweaks to getting listed on Yelp. She walks through her top tips...

We have a great podcast for you this week - hopefully solving the age old issue of a client not coughing up the goods…you know, that client who refuses to pay you after all of the video work you did. Freelancing in the video production world does have its perks but one of the downsides is that risk that your client won’t pay on time and is seemingly unreachable. In the dating world, when someone s...

Ty Turner, the founder of FlashFilm Academy (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMTIPPHD-UWax2lreguu9hA) and US Army veteran, has experience as a combat photographer and videographer. Creating content under the harshest conditions at the highest level of the government. After his military career, he transitioning to corporate America holding positions with companies like TGI Fridays, Texas Instrumen...

Learn the 5 steps on how to use YouTube to build a massive following for your business Welcome to this edition of the DV Show podcast…my name is Brian. Are you visiting our social channels? Our involvement in the video production world goes way beyond this podcast with a steady flow of tips, tricks, techniques, and feedback from our followers. It’s awesome to interact and see Ron Lindeboom from Cr...

The face of video production has changed because of this pandemic –the usual productions are down, unemployment is up and we’re all trying to find ways to make ends meet. You may have even lost your full time job and looking to use your video skills as a temporary backup to start bringing in some income for yourself or your family. The new pandemic world has different needs when it comes to video…...

We are on a mission to rid this world of bad video. Now, what is bad video and not only looks and sounds horrible, but bad video doesn't do anything. If it doesn't engage or get results. It's bad video, and it's a waste of everyone's time and resources. One of my favorite unforgettable interviews was with Stan LeBar, the NASA engineer who headed the team that created that black and white camera fo...

Video production can be easy. It really can. But video production that’s easy is rarely any good. It’s much, much easier to make a bad video.

Open up your eyes and look around...this pandemic is every video pro's chance to thrive! Let’s talk about areas of opportunity, on this edition of The DV Show. Show notes: The LIVE Virtual Trivia Challenge for Video Pros Hosting a virtual graduation

Remote video production. From streaming live, remote cameras over the web to managing an entire video project from your home. We have alternative techniques you can use to stay ahead during this brutal pandemic. Show notes: Sony Xperia 5 Switching cameras in ZOOM Open Reel remote capture Remote editing workflows Chrome remote desktop 20 remote video editing collaboration tools Filmic Remote GoPro...

Can you believe it? This is our 350th podcast! Since 2005 we’ve been answering listener questions related to digital video production like no one else does! Sure you can go onto Youtube and search for a solution or quickly get some training, you can even go onto the multiple question and answer forums related to the video production industry and you can even visit some of the great websites out th...

Will Artificial Intelligence Replace Human Video Production?

Behind the Scenes of the Longest Running, Highest Rated Holiday TV Special

A former Apple marketing exec is telling all of the company's secrets. He even went so far as to write an 8-page e-book that puts into words what we’ve all seen in action: how great marketing builds Apple into a well oiled sales machine. You might think there’s nothing a video business can learn from a large software company with pockets and resources as deep as Apple’s; well, think again. Downloa...

Let’s face it. Price communicates an expectation of quality. The higher the price, the higher quality we expect. We make assumptions based on price… and people make assumptions about us based on price. The amount you charge communicates the quality your customers should expect. So what’s the right price for your clients? What impression are your rates giving your potential clients? And is it a goo...

What Your Clients are REALLY Buying