Branded Videos: Add Value to Your Partner Network Posted by John Assalian on March 2, 2020 Quality over quantity. You’ve heard it a thousand times, you’ll hear it a thousand more. But when it comes to content marketing, it’s more than just a banal platitude. It’s the most important factor in setting brands apart, improving engagement and driving revenue. If you have a network of partners, resellers, or agents creating their own marketing materials, the results can be less than desirable. Low-quality content risks being ignored, or worse, alienating potential audiences. Without the appropriate resources and experience, your network could be producing content that fudges quality standards and fumbles key value propositions. Nobody wants that. Almost anyone can create content these days. However, not everyone has the proper tools or expertise to create high-quality content that cuts through the noise and makes an impact. Viewstream Branded Video Service has the skills and resources needed to create high-quality content for your partners, resellers, or agents. Leveraging a fast and efficient algorithmic environment, the Viewstream Branded Video Service produces highly personalized content to make your network’s products and services stand out. With Viewstream leading the creative process, you can improve the marketing capabilities of your network and foster stronger relationships with partners who lack the experience needed to create effective visual content. Take a look at all of our branded video examples and discover the value that these essential marketing assets can provide. Ready to add value to your network by producing impressive marketing materials? Contact Viewstream to learn more and get your branded video today.
Behind The Scenes Live Webcast: Palo Alto Networks Posted by Priscilla De La Rosa on January 3, 2020 This past week, our Viewstream team was on-site at Palo Alto Networks live webcast: Epic Cloud Security. With over 13,000 registrations for the event, Viewstream delivered a full HD video stream to offices all over the globe. The stream was fully integrated on the client’s page, with moderated social media interaction enabled. The recording was then re-purposed for a simulated screening in Sydney and Singapore. The event was a complete success. Enjoy some behind the scenes look at our team making sure everything runs smoothly.
The Viewstream Video Engine: Automated Video Production at Scale Posted by John Assalian on November 12, 2019 It’s no secret that video is a key component in any successful marketing strategy. Audiences are inundated with content like never before, and videos possess undeniable advantages when it comes to supplying them with valuable information efficiently, as well as drawing out the responses marketers are looking for. 1/3 of internet activity is now spent watching videosAverage profit per user for video is $8.34, ten times higher than photo ads4x as many users would rather watch a video about a product than read about it But between finding the right producer, hiring talent, shooting, and editing, the cost of high-quality videos and time it takes to create them can add up quickly. With the Viewstream Video Engine, your company can cash in on all the benefits of adding video to your marketing materials without any of the complications. The Viewstream Video Engine can turn URLs, spreadsheets, or several other sources into custom videos with unmatched turnaround times and cost-effectiveness. Without any production companies, scriptwriting, or filming, we can help your company create any number of professional-quality videos packed with valuable information. The benefits go beyond the efficient sharing of information. In an age where 93% of online experiences begin with search engines, companies in nearly every industry would be wise to place focus on boosting their rankings for relevant search terms. And while optimizing written can go a long way, implementing video immediately improves load times, boosts rankings and, in turn, brings in more customers. When search engines crawl your site, they look at more than the words on each page. They also pull keywords from videos and their descriptions for relevance scores and even count video views when checking for content quality. This makes adding video a multi-faceted advantage for marketers who want to put their business on the front page. Ready to rapidly and easily ramp up your video marketing efforts? Contact us for more information about how the Viewstream Video Engine can help.
Genasys Brand Reveal Posted by Priscilla De La Rosa on November 8, 2019 Congratulations to our client, Genasys, on their new brand! Their official launch date, October 23rd, 2019, showcased Viewstream branding and visual design work on the Nasdaq Tower in Times Square. Genasys is a critical communication system that is being used in 72 countries around the world in diverse applications, including public safety, national emergency warning systems, mass notification, defense, law enforcement, critical infrastructure protection, and many more. Viewstream had a great opportunity where we took a company through the entire marketing and communications spectrum, including changing the company name, to doing a new brand positioning & identity, to brand launch, PR and a new website. We are proud to collaborate with Genasys and help create the brand for this amazing company. If you’re in the market for new branding, Viewstream can help reposition your company. Check out some of our award-winning work and let’s get in touch.
Viewstream Wins 8 New Telly Awards Posted by Priscilla De La Rosa on May 21, 2019 Viewstream videos won big at the 40th Annual Telly Awards. We’ll be adding eight Telly Awards to our collection! The Telly Awards are like the Academy Awards for business video. Of the nearly 12,000 entries, Viewstream was recognized for its creative work supporting the products and brands of some of the largest companies in the world. Viewstream was presented with two Silver Telly Awards for our work with Adobe and Accenture in Promotional Video. In addition, Viewstream was honored with six Bronze Awards for our work with Green Orbit, AT&T, Autodesk, American Global Logistics, Datacolor, Adobe, and Accenture in Promotional Videos and Non-Broadcast Craft. “Our primary focus has always been to exceed our clients’ expectations with exceptional creative work,” says John Assalian, CEO of Viewstream. “Winning more awards demonstrates the high caliber of our creative work. We have an amazing team and visionary clients.” If you want award-winning video, Viewstream would love to discuss what we can do for you. Let’s talk!
Digital Health White Paper: Reaching The Hospital C-Suite Posted by Priscilla De La Rosa on April 1, 2019 Viewstream is joining the digital health marketing game. Inside this whitepaper, you’ll discover how to accelerate marketing your service line or MedTech solution to hospitals and health systems. Uncover 4 ways to get noticed with this Viewstream white paper. Here is the link to our whitepaper to learn more: Digital Health: Reaching The Hospital C-Suite You don’t want to miss out on what Viewstream can offer your business.
The Secret to Why Viewstream Wins So Many Awards Posted by Priscilla De La Rosa on September 17, 2018 Viewstream had a successful night at the 39th Annual Telly Awards garnered us seven statues, including two Silver Tellys. Take a look below for three ways that Viewstream manages to achieve the award-winning quality of our work. 1. Focus on your KPIs Viewstream works flatter than other marketing agencies. What that means is that we cut down on the number of layers between you and the creative team. Every team member is fully aware of your goals and is able to gain a unique understanding that you can only get through direct communication. It’s with that understanding that Viewstream is able to create the highest quality tailored content, starting with your specific KPIs and building out from there. At Viewstream we take a customized, integrated approach to the way the team interacts. 2. Superior Storytelling It’s not just telling a story about your product, it’s finding the story that your product tells. At Viewstream we’re not looking to fit your product into a preconceived narrative. By taking a step back first and looking at all the facts and research, we can gain a deeper understanding of what you’re trying to market, to whom, and the benefits it can bring them. Once the structure of the narrative begins to come into focus you can be sure it’s based on qualities that are inherent to your product, vision, and company. 3. Modern Approach to Design The truth is a lot of videos are created by traditional video production teams. This may work for traditional video, but in marketing, it can lead to a lot of outdated looks. At Viewstream, our creative team works on more than just videos, producing award-winning content across mediums. This gets you a more sophisticated design look and modern visuals, thanks to creatives who pull their skills from multiple different disciplines rather than just video. Award Spotlight—UPS: Where Business Takes Shape Project Summary: Viewstream worked with UPS to create a video showcasing the services offered by their Logistics and Distribution division. “The motion design aspect of this, and most projects was essentially a two-part process. Once we had a basic concept and specific language that went along with it, we translated that into potential visuals -simplified stills and rough animations. This helped the team validate the new creative before going on to the next step, which is execution. In this step, the color palette, backgrounds, timing, and content was refined and inserted into the main timeline. Because we had an existing “blueprint”, this process was replicated much more quickly.” -Joel Yabrudy, Creative Manager We would love to discuss what Viewstream can do for you. Let’s talk!
Creating a Community with Your Customers Posted by Priscilla De La Rosa on July 23, 2018 A community is easily one of the most important concepts in marketing. By making your customers feel they are not alone in their experience, but rather part of a larger group that shares the experience with them, you engender a feeling of being an important piece of a larger body. Individual customers are the building blocks of a successful business, but by bringing them together and giving them a sense of being in a community you can connect with them in ways not seen in traditional business/customer relations. This will transform your customer base from a list of names into a useful tool that can be used to further your marketing goals. 1. Campaigns with Engaging Content Rather than using generic campaigns to throw a wide net, aim for content that can speak to your customers on a personal level. Find out what they need that differs from others, and make sure that your campaigns convey that you can give it to them. A company with an engaging campaign that can address a customer’s needs before they bring them up will feel. 2. Foster a Sense of Friendship As a customer of a large company, it is easy to feel like you are viewed as a statistic on a screen. You want your customers not to feel like stats, but rather like friends of the people acting as their points of contact. There are many ways to do this, and it can be as easy as having a conversation or asking them about something they mentioned the last time you spoke. If you remember that the customer’s daughter was having a birthday and ask them how it went, they will be reminded that they are talking to someone who genuinely cares about them and is interested in their needs. 3. Content and Community Hubs Sometimes the best way to create a community is to literally create a community. Have an online community hub that will bring together all of your customers in one space, allowing them to interact with one another on forums. This not only allows them to more easily find solutions to any problems they might be having but also connects them with other customers who share the same experiences as them. A lot of times all a community needs to grow is the proper space to grow within. Here is just one example of the type of community hub that Viewstream can assist you in creating: https://civil-community.autodesk.com/ 4. Hold In-person Events Having your customers communicating on a forum is a great way to plant the seed of a community, but to truly begin to build bonds it is important to have them meet each other in person. Whether it be a large conference or a small mixer, having your customers see each other face-to-face can be the catalyst that takes them from being names on a forum to true members of a thriving community. 5. Improve the Customer Journey Take a look at the journey a customer takes when using your company’s services. Does it feel like a cookie cutter approach that is applied to every new customer, or does it make them feel as if the entire experience was made just for them? In a real community, the specific needs of each customer are taken just as seriously as what is needed by every customer Viewstream is here to help you to create everything from your own community hub to campaigns with engagement as the main objective.
Viewstream Cleans Up the 39th Annual Telly Awards Posted by Priscilla De La Rosa on May 23, 2018 Viewstream videos won big at the 39th Annual Telly Awards. We’ll be adding seven Telly Awards to our collection! The Telly Awards are like the Academy Awards for business video. Of the nearly 12,000 entries, Viewstream was recognized for its creative work supporting the products and brands of some of the largest companies in the world. Viewstream was presented with two Silver Telly Awards for our work with UPS and Adobe in Promotional Video. In addition, Viewstream was honored with five Bronze Awards for our work with Workfront, Isobar, Wipro, Autodesk AutoCAD, and UPS in Promotional Videos and Online Commercials. “Our primary focus has always been to exceed our clients’ expectations with exceptional creative work,” says John Assalian, CEO of Viewstream. “Winning more awards demonstrates the high caliber of our creative work. We have an amazing team and visionary clients.” If you want award-winning video, Viewstream would love to discuss what we can do for you. Let’s talk!
Ultimate Guide to Blockchain Growth: Marketing in a Decentralized World Posted by John Assalian on April 23, 2018 The future is blockchain and blockchain is the future. There is no doubt about this. Blockchain will be the technology that an array of industries is based upon, including forming contracts, keeping track of ownership, distributing data, and yes, marketing! Blockchain is best known as the technology that cryptocurrencies are built upon, but they have nearly limitless uses outside of crypto as well. A blockchain is basically just a ledger that, instead of being stored in a single location, is distributed to all users so that each transaction can be verified by everyone who has a copy of the ledger. Large companies such as Walmart and JP Morgan are already investing in blockchain technology, a move that is mirrored on the start-up side as well with over $2 billion dollars invested into ICOs in 2017. It is only a matter of time before customers in all types of businesses expect the value of blockchain technology to be a part of their user experience. So, how do you approach the marketing of blockchain to various audiences? We set out to answer that question in our new eBook. Learn more about the future of blockchain marketing here: Ultimate Guide to Blockchain Growth If you are fanatic about marketing the blockchain as much as we are, Viewstream would love to discuss what we can do for you. Let’s talk!