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Affordable explainer videos for startups

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Re: Affordable explainer videos for startups

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Post by wuschel »

thehodge wrote: post #2

Site is down?

Yes, down. Google cache version here [1]. Starting from $297 for 30 seconds, $447 for 60 seconds.

Having done a video on our own [2] I know how much work in involves. It is amazing what you can do nowadays with tools like Videoscribe/Illustrator etc.

Another option is to seek people of Fiver to do it. But that only works if you have standardized image/doodle requirements.

[1] http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:SyWfaIO...

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcrSJ5Osyjc

[3] http://www.videoscribe.co/

Re: Affordable explainer videos for startups

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Post by tom_mellior »

Ironically, this site says "You have only 30 secs" to catch people's attention, but fails to do it itself. Yes, they have a video explaining what they do, but just getting out my headphones so I can watch it would take about 30 seconds. And I don't know why I would want to.

If you want to catch my attention in 30 seconds, your web site needs a sentence like "we provide " at the very top.

Re: Affordable explainer videos for startups

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Post by egeozcan »

Isn't 30 seconds too much? I thought most of the bounces happen in the first few seconds? (Yes, citation needed.)

Google says[1] that it could make sense to define bounce timeout up to a few minutes depending on your definition of engagement though.

[1]: https://analytics.googleblog.com/2012/07/tracking-adjusted-b...

Re: Affordable explainer videos for startups

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Post by subinsebastien »

tom_mellior wrote: post #5

Ironically, this site says "You have only 30 secs" to catch people's attention, but fails to do it itself. Yes, they have a video explaining what they do, but just getting out my headphones so I can watch it would take about 30 seconds. And I don't know why I would want to. If you want to catch my attention in 30 seconds, your web site needs a sentence like "we provide " at the very top.

They try to explain what they are doing with a so called "Explainer Video", which immediately disproves their business model, that I just wanted a few lines of text rather than an awkward sounding video.
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