God & County Video Series

It started as a thought, moved into action and now Producers; Frank Krywicki and Duane Weed are in the middle of production on a series of videos entitled - God & Country.
This series is the first of many the duo are working on. According to Duane, "What we are doing is creating powerful sermon illustrations that will better serve pastors around the world. This is our vision for getting the word of God out to an international marketplace."
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Blogging, Video Sharing & Social Networking

First build up video(s) on your website - product introductions, testimonials, how to etc. Then the focus will be on turning your efforts and video assets into customer acquisition tools by pushing video to other sites, such as affiliates, social networking sites (Facebook, You Tube etc), www.buy-local.us, www.buylocaltv.us, and to chamber and other organization sites.

Contact Duane today to begin growing your business with video and the web.

Video Powerful Sales Tool

Powerful Sales Tool
According to comScore, the number of online shoppers who watch online retail product videos before buying a product grew 40% from January 2008 to January of 2009. According to Jeffrey Grau, senior analyst for eCommerce and author of “Video Usage in Ecommerce: The Best is Yet to Come,” the benefits of videos touted by Web retailers include a lower number of abandoned shopping carts, reduced return rates and higher sales.

Hanging out with the Ronald

Recently hung out with the Ronald at the Grand Opening of the Cadillac McDonalds.

Using On-Line Video to Increase Your Effectiveness

To leverage online video in order to target customers effectively, businesses must think like content providers by creating entertaining video, not just placing ads.

This is where DW Video and Buy-Local Video Streaming come in... call Duane today 231 937-5420

Use Video Testimonials to SELL

Over the next 12 months over 25% of small businesses will be adding video to their website. Don't wait until your competition is ahead of you. Contact Duane at DW Video & Multimedia today. Be ahead of the curve and start turning those web prospects into customers today.

The use of 'Video Testimonials' on your website is a powerful tool. The Video talks to them, put them at ease, overcome objections, and show them why they must have your product or service.

And, believe it or not, your existing customers are your very best online salespeople. Video Testimonials produced by DW Video & Multimedia... keys to your success. Call Duane today 231 937-5420.

Adding Video Testimonials instills Confidence

So you operate a retail shop, golf course, manufacturing company, medical practice etc. Want to open the prospects eyes to the possibilities your business has to offer? To add credibly and instill confidence in a prospect who does not know you! We all know this could mean the difference between being invited to bid on a job or to turn the prospect into a customer. The potential of a testimonial video is to make a significant increase in market share and revenue for your business.

At DW Video & Multimedia and Buy-Local Video Streaming we are here to tell your story. One way is through a series of video testimonials. Allow your customers to tell your story. These short 1 to 2 minute video testimonials will add the credibility and confidence a prospects needs before they contact you.

Professionally shot and edited the testimonial videos can then be used in a number of ways. Take a moment to learn 11 ways Video Means Business for You!

Contact Duane today 231 937-5420 and lets discuss how to best use video in your business.

Here is an example of how Steeltech, Ltd is using video testimonials to tell their story.

DW Video & Buy Local Video Streaming goes HD

Check out the behind the scenes photos on our Facebook page. Duane shooting HD at the 2009 Big Rapids JC 4th of July Parade. Great images.

Reasons to use Facebook for your Business, Part 2

Here is part two from an except from Mari Smith's article Top Ten Reasons Businesses should use Facebook.

6. Develop your personal brand.
The lines between business and personal have become blurred. You can reveal as much or as little about yourself as you wish, allowing you to personalize your brand.

7. Target your niche.
Users volunteer vast amounts of information about themselves that you can readily access. These kinds of demographics, psychographics, and technographics would previously have cost fortunes to access. Author, John Battelle, calls Facebook a “database of intentions.”

8. Get rapid top Google placement.
Create a Page for your business and share information with your fans. Pages (for business) and Profiles (for personal) are indexed for optimal search engine positioning. Facebook has a page rank of #5 according to Alexa. Related post: On Facebook, Profiles are personal. PAGES are for Business.

9. imagePlace targeted ads.
With Facebook Social Ads, you can test out extremely targeted advertising for minimal cost.

10. No cost marketing.
Aside from paid ads, Facebook is totally free to use and with regular activity you’ll end up with more traffic, more subscribers, and more paying clients. Related post: Ten Steps To Leverage Your Blog Posts With Facebook Notes.

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Buy-Local Video Profile - Rural Gas

Everyone has a story to tell and we are telling it. Contact Duane today 231 937-5420 to get your Buy-Local Video Profile on-line today!

Using Buy-Local Video Profiles to Promote Churches

Lets look at how video can be used to promote a church and the word of God. At DW Video & Multimedia we are Christians and proud of it. Most of our videos are of the corporate nature, however I am looking at changing that.

One way that comes to mind is to use our Buy-Local Video Profiles as a way of getting the word out. Most churches today have websites. What draws a person to a church? The people, the message and how your church is perceived in the community.

Here is where the Video Profile comes in. The Video Profile is an interview to get to know the person(s) within an organization or business. We interview key people in the church, the pastor, youth pastor, member etc. Combine the interview with visuals of what happen within the church. Place the videos on your website, facebook, you tube, buy-local video streaming etc. All with keywords that draw the prospect back to you.

By placing on all these sites we are sharing the video with others thus making it a great online church marketing tool:

• Online video sharing can be a great way to reach people who may not otherwise find your church’s website. By posting videos that link back to your church’s website and have your church’s URL in the video, you are able to direct people back to your site.
• You can also reach people who would not normally even search for your (or other) churches by posting videos that are not “church-related” videos. This could be a funny (non-churchy) video or an informational video about something not related to church at all. This however needs to direct people to your website.
• Online videos can also be a means of changing the image non-churchgoers have of what church is.

Give me a call at 231 937-5420 and lets discuss how our Buy-Local Video Profiles can be used to move the word of God. Have a great day and God Bless!

Reasons to use Facebook for your Business

Here is an except from Mari Smith's article Top Ten Reasons Businesses should use Facebook.

1. Meet your peers.

Facebook is not just for college kids anymore. Members are typically older and more mature than on other sites, and there are more affluent and more educated white collar users.

2. Find business contacts.

With more than 100 million active users, and predicted to be 500 million by 2011, not only are your friends on Facebook, so are your prospects, your customers, your JV partners… and, of course, your competitors. You need to be on too.

3. Instant gate opener.

Facebook members are open to connecting. You can easily begin a dialog with highly successful—even famous—people who were previously otherwise unreachable.

4. Build relationships.

By engaging in conversations with your prospects and customers, you can better adapt your marketing and business services to meet their needs.

Turning to my expertise, putting multiple videos on Facebook about you, your business, products and services helps in a non-threating way to inform, educate and turn those prospects into customers. Contact me today about adding video to your website and to the wonderful world of social networking. More of the top ten in another post. God Bless.