Archive for May, 2009
May 8th, 2009 | 
Author: CoVideo: Sheila’s 60-second Tip of the Week (May 8, 2009)
Send “Thank You Notes” With Video Email Instead
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Following is the transcript of the video you probably just watched: “Hi, It’s Sheila with CoVideo. And this is your 60-second Tip of the Week. Just wanting you to know that entrepreneurs know the importance of sending out a thank you card immediately after having a business encounter with them. I want you to know the importance of sending out a CoVideo instead. Why? Because it’s that personal touch. They can see the expression on your face, the excitement in your voice, and the aspect of the fact that you’ve met with them and you’re excited to business with them again. So, let me encourage you. Send out a video everyday. Touch base with those you’ve already seen today. You can even go back as far as yesterday. Don’t stress about or think about going back any further. But right now, start today touching base with people you’ve met … just today. This is Sheila with CoVideo, and I hope you have a fabulous week.” |
I bet you chose to watch the video … or a part of it … before you read the transcript. I challenge you to watch and read both and compare your reaction. Which would you rather receive in your inbox? Which communicates more?
That’s the “power of video” and with Video Email you have the ability to communicate better, faster, and with greater impact to and understanding by the recipient / viewer.
Contact me today to find out more and to receive a personal tour and demonstration!!
Thanks for watching!!
Brad Colllins, Owner/Broker of Collins Real Estate Group, had his Video Business Card Discs completed fall, 2008. The Video is his business profile where you get to see Brad in action followed by his brief personal introduction as to his expertise and client-first philosophy.
A few months earlier I completed a full-motion property video tour for one of his listings at 736 Water Tower Dr., Marshall, WI.
In November, 2008, he wrote and posted a testimonial / recommendation to his LinkedIn account about my work.
Gary recently finished the production of an incredible marketing tool for me called a Video Business Card (VBC). The card is a little larger than a regular business card but this also is a CD for your computer. The card instantly launches an impressive program where a potential customer can view a short video of myself and company, link to my website/blog, view my listings, market statistics, resume and much more. I have already closed one sale from the product which more than covered the initial cost and still have almost 800 cards left. Gary was great in putting this all together. He is very detail oriented and the finished product exceeded my expectations. Now, when I give someone my card, I know they are getting my best presentation even when there wasn’t time at that moment. This is a must have for anyone providing high-end professional service.
In both 2008 and 2009, I completed additional work on his Top Producer platform based website/blog; examples of work done:
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Set up his blog (through the Top Producer admin interface).
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Research the methods by which he can incorporate video into various parts of his site: pages, blog post, sidebar info web boxes … from both embedded players and popup players.
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Research and train Brad how to use a webcam to create video blog post, where to host them, and how to embed the player.
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Compiling and organizing his complete recent past and present inventory of visual and video tours down to a single summary presentation page from which the tour or MLS listing sheet (PDF) can be launched … or one can link / navigate back to the any given property’s listing page on his site.
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Creating tutorial video documentation so Brad or his assistant can choose to self-maintain the page, set up new tour video viewing pages, etc.
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Producing a second full-motion video tour of a 4,300+ sqft. home … at 727 Sherman Dr. in rural Marshall, WI.
All personally shot and produced videos for Brad are presented below:
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Brad Collins’ Business Profile Video
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Property Video Tour #1
Property Video Tour #2
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Posted in Property Video Tours, Real Estate, Testimonials, Video Business Card Discs, Video Marketing, Video Production | 
Tags: Business Profile Video, Collins Real Estate Group, Full Motion Video Tour, Gary Hudson, Marshall WI, Property Video Tour, Video Business Card Disc, Video Tour | 
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One of my Google Alert emails picked up on a article brief that referenced video email and a term I’d never heard before … “Video Email Snacks”.
Clicking over to the original article (URL: http://www.globest.com/news/1366_1366/insider/177578-1.html?sector=retail). Please read below for a brief excerpt and click over for the full article if you wish.
Hotelier Combats Info Hunger With Video Snacks
By Noreen Seebacher
Last updated: March 20, 2009 03:06pm
Julie Keyser-Squires, vice president of Atlanta-based Softscribe Inc., calls it a video email snack: a social media product that enables clients to reach key audiences.
Video is not only the next big thing on the web, but arguably the most significant thing in its immediate future. “As the web evolves from information to an interactive environment, video is emerging as the next great frontier of communication and collaboration,” says Marthin De Beer, senior vice president of Cisco’s Emerging Technologies Group. “We’re just beginning to scratch the surface of how visual networking will define the next phase of the Internet.”
Video press releases–or video email snacks–are just a few potential examples.
Posted in Articles, Video Email |
Tags: Articles, social media, Video Email, video email snacks, Video Marketing |
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Due to doctor/patient confidentiality and general privacy concerns, I’ve wondered before about the extent to which video email and other cutting-edge communication technologies might be adopted by practitioners within the medical community. Altough it doesn’t appear to be the major focus of the report, the article says the report ”considers the new ways consumers and providers are finding to interact via advanced technologies.”
National Women’s Health Report Addresses Issues of Uninsured Plus New Paradigms of Care
— Changes in Medical Communications Could Lead to a New Definition of ‘Bedside Manner’
Your internet connection speed and its consistency / reliability are an important consideration in your ability to use Video Email, Live Conference, Live Presentation, Live Classroom, and Live Rep/Access within the CoVideo Systems (www.covideo.com) product suite or the Globalpreneurs (www.myglobalhub.info) video communications platform.
Minimum recommended bandwidth for the above services:
- 1500MB/s Download Speed
- 300KB/s Upload Speed
The talented people that brought you these systems have incorporated a very robust Internet Connection Speed Test provided by into your back office. Here’s the mini-test version which I’ve included for your convenience:
Feel free to read more about SpeedTest.net by clicking here.
This will allow you to be as imformed as possible when:
- communicating with your ISP about issues you may be having, or …
- you know you need more bandwidth for an web/software application(s) and you’re shopping around for a new ISP,
- at least you know what you’re used to right now (regardless of what your ISP advertises).
NOTE: Speedtest.net remembers all your tests, computes averages, plots them out in graphs, and compares your average connection to all other tests with your ISP … locally, by state, nationally, and internationally.
