by dwvideo | Jun 15, 2014 | blog
Happy Fathers Day West Michigan! Lets take a look at the History of Fathers Day.
According to History dot com “On July 19, 1910, the governor of the U.S. state of Washington proclaimed the nation’s first “Father’s Day.” However, it was not until 1972, 58 years after President Woodrow Wilson made Mother’s Day official, that the day became a nationwide holiday in the United States.”
Fathers are Heros, this is an inspirational video found on YouTube:
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Father’s Day was inaugurated in the United States in the early 20th century to complement Mother’s Day in celebrating fatherhood and male parenting.”
Fathers day celebration dot com shares on their site, “History of Father’s Day Festival as seen today is not even a hundred years old. Thanks to the hard work and struggle of Ms Sonora Louise Smart Dodd of Washington that just as we have set aside Mother’s Day to honor mothers we have a day to acknowledge the important role played by the father. ” The sites continues, “The idea of Father’s Day celebration originated in Sonora’s mind when she per chance listened to Mother’s Day sermon in 1909. Fairly mature at the age 27, Sonora pondered if there is a day to honor mother then why not for father? Sonora felt strongly for fathers because of the affection she received from her own father Mr William Jackson Smart, a Civil War veteran. Sonora’s mother died while childbirth when she was just 16. Mr Smart raised the newborn and five other children with love and care. Looking at the heightened popularity of Father’s Day in US, President Woodrow Wilson approved of this idea in 1916. President Calvin Coolidge too supported the idea of a national Father’s Day in 1924 to, “establish more intimate relations between fathers and their children and to impress upon fathers the full measure of their obligations”. After a protracted struggle of over four decades, President Lyndon Johnson signed a presidential proclamation declaring the third Sunday of June as Father’s Day in 1966. Then in 1972, President Richard Nixon established a permanent national observance of Father’s Day to be held on the third Sunday of June. Sonora Smart Dodd was honored for her contribution at the World’s Fair in Spokane in 1974. Mrs. Dodd died in 1978 at age 96. ”
From all of us at DW Video we wish fathers worldwide a HAPPY FATHERS DAY!
My family, God Bless my dad. My brother, mom (God Bless your soul – you are missed), our dad and myself.
by dwvideo | Jun 14, 2014 | blog
DW Video provides Big Rapids-Rockford-Greenville-West Michigan Motion Graphics Production. Motion Graphics allow you to tell a story in a more compelling manner. What do you do when you have no video for an upcoming event – check out what Creative Team member Frank Krywicki did on a project.
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Motion graphics focuses on helping your businesses communicate your unique product and or services. They are ideal for new product introductions, explainer videos and even video opens with your logo. You can find motion graphics in web videos, television commercials and event videos. They have become part of what today’s audience are used to seeing.
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Motion Graphics add impact to any video
Motion graphics are graphics that use digital video and/or animation technology to create the illusion of motion or a transforming appearance.
Does your next video/website need that something extra? If so you have come to the right place. From a basic Logo motion graphic to complex workings of a machine we can do it all.
At DW Video and Multimedia, we can completely customize motion graphics to fit your video needs.
DW Video provides Big Rapids-Rockford-Greenville-West Michigan Motion Graphics Production. Use motion graphics to draw the viewer into your video. (231) 937-5420
by dwvideo | Jun 13, 2014 | blog
SEO Marketing Strategies
Search engine back links on YouTube, on your Blog and/or Social Media sites is part of a good marketing plan
Include a link to your site
Imagine people on your YouTube site, they watch your video and there is no call to action, no way to contact you. Now, awake from that nightmare. You do not put the time and effort into a video and marketing just for fun. You do it to attract, educate, inform and sell your products and services. Make sure once the video is complete you provide more details in your description for people to learn more. It is very important to include a link to your site or landing page within your video description. You need to direct the flow of traffic to your site. Let us not forget to add your business name, telephone number and address in the description and profile pages.
Back link to your videos
According to Creative Guerrilla Marketing, “Back links are as important for videos as they are for web pages. Creating search engine back links to your videos can be a very effective strategy for enhancing their search engine ranking. Therefore, whenever you write blog posts and articles, be sure to insert links to relevant videos. However, your focus should not be on quantity but quality. Make sure your links only appear in credible and well ranked sites. In addition, remember to share links to your videos in various social media networks.”
Contact Duane Weed at (231) 937-5420, www.dwvideo.com.php56-26.ord1-1.websitetestlink.com to help in telling your story.
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by dwvideo | Jun 12, 2014 | blog
Once the cassette was repaired we made a CD and MP3 file. memories saved by DW Video
Sometimes we have to save the patient. Family memory was in bad shape when it was brought in.
Film-Slides-Videotape are on the endangered species list. Film from your childhood (or your parents – grandparents) 8mm, Super 8mm, 35mm and medium format slides and the variety of Videotape formats like Betamax, VHS and 8mm are not only out of style, they are out of date. Never mind trying to find a videotape player.
On a side note I have found it funny that VHS beat out Betamax, when Beta was better. The marketing genius at VHS worked a deal with the movie companies to offer their movies on the VHS format. So, if you wanted to rent a movie you were forced to buy a VHS player. So even though the VHS format was not the better format – they forced themselves on the public. Do not worry, the Beta format went on to be used by broadcast TV and production houses.
At DW Video we were using BetacamSP for editing. Now videotape is a poor standard for of your memories –we are seeing tapes tapes for the 80’s beginning to have problems. At DW Video we understand the importance of perfectly preserving your Film-Slides-Videotape.
Memories transferred is our job… such a rewarding feeling when the client sees his parents and grandparents when they were young.
25 foot 8mm film from the late 1930’s early 40’s. Cool Stuff. All Black and White and the cars….
Your memories are precious and priceless. Do not send to a box store that in return ships them out. Bring them to DW Video and all work is done in-house. Since 1984 we have transferred over 100,000 feet of film, unsure how many slides and hours of videotape we have transferred for families to enjoy and share.
Before the film fades, breaks or gets lost. Before the videotape gets gummed up and does not work. Contact Duane at DW Video, West Michigan’s resource for Film-Slides-Videotape transfers.
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