Video Confidence Collective

What will it take for a brand to stand out from the competition in today’s saturated market? In this episode, Chris Schwager (Video Marketer from Ridge Films) is joined by Gabrielle Dolan, a highly sought-after keynote speaker, educator, and author, as they unpack the power of stories and why it is paramount for businesses to inject stories and emotions into their business. Learn how you can commu...

Welcome to 'Get Coached', the Video Marketing Legend podcast segment where you submit your video marketing questions and Chris will help coach you through them. Long gone are the days where your website is built on text and still images. Now more than ever, video is the way to attract, engage and bring visitors back to your website. However, is your video getting enough views? In this episode, Chr...

Welcome to 'Get Coached', the Video Marketing Legend podcast segment where you submit your video marketing questions and Chris will help coach you through them. In this episode, Chris Schwager, Video Marketer from Ridge Films, will reveal the cost of producing a video. Know what to expect with a $1K, $10K, and $100K as price points and find out why video marketing should be considered as an invest...

Welcome to 'Get Coached', the Video Marketing Legend podcast segment where you submit your video marketing questions and Chris will help coach you through them. In this first episode, Chris Schwager, Video Marketer from Ridge Films, will coach you through the interview process. By listening in each week, you’ll learn how each video marketing problem is solved, giving you the knowledge that’ll make...

Buyers control the sales process. But you can create a binge-worthy path to purchase on your website. In this episode, Chris Schwager, Video Marketer from Ridge Films, gives us a sneak peek of the workshop he delivered in the recently concluded GG Virtual Summit. Indulge with the pure nuggets of gold on how you could use personalised videos to hook prospects attention. Learn how you can how you ca...

In these uncertain times, professionals who have clarified their message and built a better on-screen presence are much more likely to strengthen business relationships. In this episode with Chris Schwager (Video Marketer from Ridge Films) is interviewed by Ben Amos (Coach & Mentor from Engage Video Marketing). Get wrapped up in their journey as they explore the challenges all business face wi...

People buy on emotions. Yet, Australian businesses focus on the "what"  without really thinking about the opportunities to inject emotion. In this episode, Chris Schwager, Video Marketer from Ridge Films,  discusses the reasons why Our Story Time videos matter and on how it can create business opportunities. Sell on the why of your business rather than the  what and the how because...

Build Trust. Cut Through the Noise. Convey Your Message Precisely. Close More Deals. All sales efforts  ultimately boils down to increasing the rate of closing deals. Gone are the days of printing a proposal, having it binded and sliding it over the table. People just go straight with the quote without understanding anything else about the scope of works, and more importantly, what the end re...

Get your videos done right the first time using these 7 stages and the services of Google's highest-rated video company. Join Chris Schwager (Video Marketer from Ridge Films) at the next Growth Gen Summit and learn how to use personalised videos to pivot and prosper in this new world and be an exemplary video leader who influences decisive action. GG Live Virtual Summit will be held on Tuesday the...

The current business environment has made sales success ever more elusive, but pivoting to personalised videos may hold the key to a robust pipeline. For businesses committed to surviving the inevitable transition to video, improving On-Camera Presentation skills is a mission-critical priority. If you’re finding it difficult to book meetings with prospects, there is a better way. Join Chris Schwag...

Let's face it - video is now a business imperative. But where to start? To whom should I seek help to be a video-centric business that ultimately leads to being a customer-centric business? This is six-minutes of pure nuggets of gold with Chris Schwager (Video Marketer from Ridge Films) in this quickie episode as he draws the line between videographers, video producers, and video marketers. "A vid...

How the hell do you price creative videos? Well, in this episode, Chris Schwager (Video Marketer from Ridge Films) Is going to tell you why they've finally committed to showing a pricing page on their website, and what that will do to give prospective buyers clarity on what they can and can't afford. "My first recollection of being asked the ultimate question, 'how much does a video cost?' was man...

Deep dive into the in-depth and detailed world of live video events in this part TWO of the interview of Chris Schwager (Video Marketer from Ridge Films) with Rebecca Saunders (Strategic Video Expert from Pyrmont Studio).  Learn the value of running live virtual events and recording them polished before you repurpose that content. And listen to the Q & A by Brendan Southall. "There are so...

Running a well-curated live-streamed virtual event takes a lot more than just hitting LIVE on Facebook, YouTube, Zoom, or Teams. There are a lot of moving parts to pull off a successful live virtual event and this could be a project that is pretty daunting. In this episode, Chris Schwager (Video Marketer from Ridge Films) sits down with Rebecca Saunders (Strategic Video Expert from Pyrmont Studio)...

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Everything is video. Since COVID, the camera has been turned on virtually everybody at a desk via the likes of zoom and teams. The new way of interacting has taken face to face human contact into a world of synchronous video, and that has presented many challenges. In this episode, Chris Schwager (Video Marketer from Ridge Films) opens up about On-Camera Training. A service which Ridge Films has b...

Video and marketing go together like peanut butter and jelly. Wait!! Jam not Jelly. In this episode, Chris Schwager (Video Marketer from Ridge Films) gives us a 10-min snapshot of the monthly video marketing workshop. Learn why your video journey should begin with the problem you're trying to solve and then aligning video solutions to the outcome you're looking for. It's high time to go VIDEO and&...

In a world where forcing viewers to interact with your video with ads over and over again is ineffective (and annoying). In this episode, Chris Schwager (Video Marketer from Ridge Films) sits down with Phil Nottingham (Brand and Video Marketing Strategist from Wistia). Learn how you can get more value from your video content and provide a better user experience. Find out how you can turn your site...

In this 'Video Marketing Legend' (Quickie) Chris Schwager (Video Marketer from Ridge Films) shares with you their quest in systemising their marketing content. Is it time to learn how to create once and distribute many times over? Click here to connect with Chris on LinkedIn Click here to register for the video workshop and get our script template Click here if you want to make your DIY videos eas...

The main mistake most companies make is to spend all their time on video creation and distribution without really going back and looking at the strategy. In this episode, Chris Schwager (Video Marketer from Ridge Films) sits down with Phil Nottingham (Brand and Video Marketing Strategist from Wistia). They discuss the Viral Sandwich Video case study that showcased the impact of different video bud...

The era of automation is great, but humanisation will help you set your brand apart from the competition. And the best way to elevate your brand? VIDEO! In this episode, Chris Schwager (Video Marketer from Ridge Films) sits down with Phil Nottingham (Brand and Video Marketing Strategist from Wistia). Learn how you can make your brand more human, one video at a time and how you can measure its succ...

There’s no question that 2020 has been a trying year as this did not go as planned.  The world has shared grievances, loss, illness, and struggles, but it wasn't all doom and gloom.  As a new chapter unfolds, Chris Schwager and Brendan Southall, Video Marketers & Co-Founders of Ridge Films, went for a trip down memory lane as they look back with the TOP 10 most popular episodes of Vi...

With video projected to make up 82% of internet traffic in 2021, it's certainly not going away. The business landscape has changed so much in 2020. It may have been a tough year but it shows that 81% of businesses have implemented video marketing strategy, a 63% increase compared to last year. Now is the time for businesses to get a clearer understanding of how to fully utilise videos as a way to...

Does producing videos seem like a lot of effort? And what if you end up with videos without a purpose? The business landscape has changed so much in 2020 (by the way it will be no different in 2021). Now is the time for businesses to get a clearer understanding of how to fully utilise videos as a way to solve sales and marketing challenges. In this episode, Chris Schwager (Video Marketer from Ridg...

Your generic Xmas jpeg 'Ho, ho, ho' in email marketing is still boring, but you keep sending it every year and I don't know why. When it comes to video messaging at this stage of this year, (where everybody has been on a similar journey) there is no better way to thank your clients, but with a personalised Christmas video. Instead of the spammy email. In this episode, Chris Schwager from Ridge Fil...