by dwvideo | Jun 30, 2014 | blog
Humbled when a customer sends a note like this one.
Sunday June 29 saw on Fox 17 my clients Joe, ‘As seen on TV’, Jennifer, ‘Magnetic Marine Products’ and Grand Rapids Inventors Network-GRIN all highlighted.
According to the Gear Grabbar website, “Gear grabbar is a brand new fishing boat accessory, an organization station for your fishing lures and fishing tools. This innovative lure holder suspends your lures by using powerful magnets that are strategically placed to maximize utility and provide a strong lure holding platform. The magnetic lure attachment is both automatic and effortless, while providing a safe single lure release to prevent a hook injury.”
When ask what it took to get the Gear Grabbar product to reality Joe Finkler, President of GRIN states, “The owners of Gear Grabbar had been coming to the Grand Rapids Inventors Network meetings. At these meetings, the second Tuesday of each month, we help inventors get on the path to the yellow brick road.”
Gear grabbar takes fishing lure organization and convenience to an entirely new level by offering you the ultimate in versatility and safety for your fishing lures and tools.
Grand Rapids Inventors Network-GRIN – helps inventors help themselves via networking and experience sharing with other inventors.
GRIN Meeting Location: 2nd Tuesday of the month
Grand Valley State University
Cook-DeVos Center for Health Sciences, Room 119
301 Michigan Street N.E., Grand Rapids, MI 49503
DW Video is West Michigan’s resource for video and media production services. Grand Haven, Grand Rapids, Rockford, Cedar Springs, Greenville, Mount Pleasant, Midland, Big Rapids and Reed City are a few places we serve. Call Duane 231-937-5420 to help tell your story on Video and on the Web.
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VIDEO MEANS BUSINESS!
by dwvideo | Jun 21, 2014 | blog
When your project needs a little extra – Motion Tracking Video Service
Motion Tracking Video Service for Greenville, Big Rapids, Rockford, Cedar Springs and all of West Michigan. Not far away in Howard City is a local video producer that has been serving the area since 1984. His name, Duane Weed. Producing local videos to support business, schools, industry, retail, non-profits and more is his pride and joy.
One service provided by DW Video is motion graphics and motion tracking. Motion Tracking is where you take an image and track it along a plain giving it a smooth and appealing look.
According to Wikipedia, “In cinematography, match moving (motion tracking) is a cinematic technique that allows the insertion of computer graphics into live-action footage with correct position, scale, orientation, and motion relative to the photographed objects in the shot.
Our Motion Graphic Video Service is customized to meet the needs of our clients. Not everyone needs this service. That is fine. Compare it to the tools in a toolbox. Not every tool is used all the time. However, when you need it is the best tool you have. Offering power and impact to your project.
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Producing videos that meet your needs. Contact Duane today at 231-937-5420.
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by dwvideo | Jun 20, 2014 | blog
Transfer your audio cassettes, reel to reel and LP’s to CD and Mp3.
West Michigan cassette to mp3 transfer service offered by DW Video & Multimedia, LLC from Howard City.
You know those old cassette tapes and reel to reels you have stored in a box in the closet or in the attic. Your music compilations of favorite songs from years ago, family events and maybe a love letter or two. Your memories maybe deteriorating. Why, because over time, magnetic tape looses particles and become muffled and distorted.
Time to bring them in and have DW Video digitized your old tapes and memories. We can transfer them to a CD or as an MP3 file for use on your phone of mobile device.
We can take that cassette and create a file for each side of the cassette. With our cassette to mp3 transfer service we can also take and create a separate file of each song or section of your cassette.
Anyone remember the Walkman! Now it is a dinosaur. Digital formats such as MP3 reign supreme now. Ideal for use on your mobile device such as your phone or iPad.
Only a short drive from Grand Rapids, Rockford, Cedar Springs, Greenville, Sparta, Kent City, Grant, Newaygo, Fremont, Big Rapids, Lakeview, Reed City and all of West Michigan – contact Duane to handle your cassette to mp3 transfer service. We are here to help. Our services are all done in-house. Thank you for your business. Call 231-937-5420.
by dwvideo | Jun 19, 2014 | blog
When I began writing a blog my goal was WordPress Blogging for SEO. Using the blog for a couple reasons. One to share how media works by sharing what we have done for others. Second, to help with my Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Blogging is about content. I noticed when using my WordPress SEO by Yost, one of the analysis items was to write a 300 word blog. If not this is what I would get: “There are 65 words contained in the body copy. This is far too low and should be increased.”
I then went out to find out why. Came across a blog from Risdall, “Ideal content length is a reoccurring debate in the online marketing community, but it turns out that Google does not have a minimum word count for indexing. A 299-word blog post can do as well as a 301-word post. Even 150 words suffice in some cases.” You see it is all about content and how you use it.”
According to Google, ““One of the most important steps in improving your site’s ranking in Google search results is to ensure that it contains plenty of rich information that includes relevant keywords, used appropriately, that indicate the subject matter of your content.”
WordPress Blogging for SEO should be part of your ‘do it yourself’ marketing plan. The more you blog, the more new content helps your site. How often should you blog? From my research I found arguments of daily or multiple times a day, to a few times a week. Successful bloggers are doing it both way.
Regular posting on your blog puts you and your brand in front of people. Infrequent posting can lead to readers feeling disconnected, and to even forget who you are completely. Look at what will help your customers and then provide them the information they need. Misconceptions for blogging.
Contact Duane at 231-937-5420 to get started on producing your website. Since 1984 we have been serving West Michigan communities of Grand Rapids, Big Rapids, Reed City, Newaygo, Grant, Cedar Springs, Rockford, Howard City, Mt. Pleasant, Midland, Greenville and more.
by dwvideo | Jun 18, 2014 | blog
There are many benefits WordPress Websites offer, from the ease to maintain, consistency of all pages, Google finds it inviting (which means SEO friendly), mobile friendly and allows you to share your expertise with its on board blogging platform.
Like with everything in life there are some issues. WordPress has some bugs as well. According to Here Next Year dot com, “Plugin updates and WordPress software version upgrades can sometimes be a problem. For most, it’s just a click of a button and everything is fine. For some, they’ll click an update or upgrade link and all of a sudden they have a blank screen displaying on their website. Like with any cms product that uses a database to push content to be viewed, eventually there will come a time when you need to get some technical help even if for something as simple as upgrading plugins. The key is to learn how to backup your files and database, then do the upgrade or updates, and be able to revert back to the backed-up version if you need to. And, by all means, make sure your website manager knows to do that too before just updating or upgrading out of the blue.”
Backing up your website is a good practice no matter what platform you are using. Backing up your website is like backing up your computer – needs to be done.
Contact Duane at 231-937-5420 to get started on producing your website. Since 1984 we have been serving West Michigan communities of Grand Rapids, Big Rapids, Reed City, Newaygo, Grant, Cedar Springs, Rockford, Howard City, Mt. Pleasant, Midland, Greenville and more.
