by dwvideo | Oct 22, 2014 | blog
Transferring videotape to DVD and sharing with others is a great gift idea. A way to preserve those memories and pass along to others.
Do you even have a videotapes player? Videotapes may not last forever. Transfer them to DVD to preserve and share.
Videotape will not last forever This weeks Buy Local Minute we will deal with transferring your videotapes to DVD. Videotapes will not last forever. I experienced this first hand with a recent order. Videotapes from 1985 that had not been played in a long time. Precious memories that could not be replace. The problem: the tape had been deteriorating and sticking to itself. Meaning it would not play. After a few days of working with the tapes I was finally able to get them to play all the way through. Get with DW Video today and have us transfer your videotapes to DVD. Remember to shop and buy locally.
Great memories are meant to be relived and shared. Transferring videotape to DVD at DW Video is your solution.
– The footage from videotape no longer breaks down.
– Videos become easy to watch. Do you even have a VCR?
Give Duane a call 231-937-5420.
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DW Video serves the communities of Cedar Spring, Greenville, Rockford, Kent City, Sparta, Fremont, Newaygo, Big Rapids, Canadian Lakes and all of West Michigan.
by dwvideo | Sep 24, 2014 | blog
Connect with Customers with a custom produced video by DW Video.
If your business needs to connect with customers… you need DW Video. Building relationships with prospects and customers is job one. From the information you place on your web and social media sites to the print and direct response message you have out there. Your mission is to connect. To connect with a person and build a relationship with them. These days your message is more than text. Connect with customers with video. Video is an incredible and powerful tool that takes your message from simply claiming your product is remarkable to actually demonstrating that it is.
Telling your story can be affordable. One question I ask all the time – Is your business a million dollar business or one that needs to look like one. What I mean by that is your look, your images, the flow of your story is important to your prospects. And it should be so very important to you in your plan to connect with customers. To connect with customers you need to make it real. Not hype. Not flashy. To connect with customers is real. At DW Video our storytelling captures your business, church, school and non-profit with a personal touch.
Big Business, Retail and Non-Profits all need video.
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Video marketing is an important part of your brand mix. Video builds your accountability, your presence, your brand and it does not need to be expensive. Video lets you tell a visually engaging story that adds emotion and transparency to the online shopping experience. It creates trust by showing that the product is real and so are the people that make it.
Yes, video can have a price tag with with. So do cars, so does your products and services. However, we work with customers to build within a budget if we can. Have a package for $500 and depending on your need could also spend thousands. All based on what you need.
Small business is the heart of America. Have DW Video tell your story.
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According to Shopify there are five tips for connecting with customers.
1) Discover What Makes Your Product Remarkable
2) Persuade With Video
3) Resonating and Empathizing with Potential Customers
4) Sell with Emotion, Justify with Logic
5) Risk Removal
Connect with Duane by calling 231-937-5420.
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by dwvideo | Jul 3, 2014 | blog
In ninety days my site is two and three on page one with the keyword phrase video production big rapids
From April one to July one I did a 90 day website-blog-SEO challenge on my dwvideo site. According to one of my clients and friends, Dr. Harpreet Singh references Simon Sinek’s Start with the Why of the Problem. ‘Don’t tell someone what to do – tell them how to do it’ – that is my goal. The purpose of my challenge was two fold: One is the share the data with you as I learned more and two, for us to feed the Google beast targeted keywords so our SEO grows.
What is the Google beast you ask? The Google beast thrives on content. It graves it, wants it, cannot live with it. So, on your website you need to be Google friendly and feed the content beast. For my challenge the focus was on feeding the beast through my Blog. One blog post a day for ninety days. BTW: Larry and I are still reviewing the data from the ninety days. From the data we will have the good, bad and ugly. I promise, this info will be posted as soon as we can.
Why did I start this challenge? It all began when we changed our website. We have a new look, feel and direction for the new site. The problem at first, not a huge problem, was my old site was ranked and I did not want it showing up anymore.
Now back to the results of the challenge. For one result (and there will be more) lets look at the phrase – video production big rapids. We are listed two and three. the second result is from one of my blogs. The third result is from my landing page. More on landing pages later.
The 90 day website-blog-SEO challenge is just the start. Remember when mentioned before the Google beast thrives on content. Another tip, it is always hungry. This is what you have to continue to feed with content often.
Was curious that if the dwvideo.com.php56-26.ord1-1.websitetestlink.com site was ranked for the keywords I wondered, “how were my images ranked?” The images below are from page one, beginning from the top of the page.
Our images from the same video production big rapids ranked well on the first page.
Duane Weed is a video/media producer that creates videos, websites, web apps to help your business. DW Video services all of Michigan with our focus on West-Central Michigan communities of Grand Haven, Greenville, Rockford, Grand Rapids, Cedar Springs, Big Rapids, Newaygo, Fremont, Lakeview, Reed City, Midland, Mt Pleasant and everything in-between. Contact Duane at 231-937-5420.
In future posts we will cover:
target keyword post – video production big rapids
Non targeted key word post – GRIN
Site traffic – where the traffic is coming from
analytic results
find a community that needs my info. Linkedin communities – for example – I need to comment on these post to grow my ranking.
by dwvideo | Jun 24, 2014 | blog
Building trust in business is like building trust in life. We trust in God, we trust in our spouse. We also know our customers need to trust in us. Your goal as a business or organizational leader is to provide opportunities to build trust. How do we do this? First and foremost, provide the best product and service that you can. Second, toot your own horn. Open the gates and share your story with your customers and prospects.
Video is a great tool in your toolbox for building trust in business
DW Video provides a great opportunity to build trust in business with our Buy Local Video Profiles. Build trust in business with a series of short video profiles highlighting the key personnel in your businesses. From the owner, CEO, marketing people, foreman to your sales and service staff.
What is trust in business? It is about building relationships. Building a level of confident. Trust is a bi-lateral relationship—one trusts, and the other is the trusted. Like our relationship with God, his word states he will take care of us, we must trust in him.
Buy Local Video Profiles build trust trough content. Create meaningful content about your product and services. Tell your story in a way that differentiate you from your competitors. Be real – no hype is key to building trust in business.
In a video we produced for the Wheatlake Cancer and Wellness Center I had Susan provide the opening for the video. A cancer survivor herself, and the person behind the brand her on-camera open provides trust on business.
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Customer testimonial videos build relationships about your products and the people who use them. In this example the maintenance manager for Braddock Metallurgical shares how our client ‘Steeltech’ products outlast the competitors. The approach is real, not an actor, he shares his experience firsthand.
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Interviewing the engineer that builds the equipment at Reed City Tool as he shares the benefits their press system truly builds trust in business.
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Since 1984 DW Video & Multimedia has been serving the communities of Grand Rapids, Reed City, Big Rapids, Newaygo, Greenville, Mt. Pleasant, Fremont, Rockford and all of West Michigan. Contact Duane today 231-937-5420. We are here to help tell your story – call today.
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.
