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The hottest job in corporate America is “Executive in Charge of AI” according to a recent New York Times headline. That probably sounds right on the money to most readers…
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I asked Anthropic’s Claude.ai to help identify notable video trends targeted to IT buyers using video in 2024. I was shocked when the list of trends came back with no…
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Gartner’s 2023 Global Software Buying Trends (free download with registration) touches on several issues that will interest sales and marketing teams looking for a competitive edge from the marketing videos…
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The ideal testimonial is a story about how someone like you solved a problem like yours. But good video testimonials are rare, despite their obvious value in an era of…
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The last time I dared to compile a set of predictions was pre-pandemic, going into 2020. Astonishingly, many of them turned out to be true, or mostly so. Going into…
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For me, cinema is essentially emotion. It is pieces of film joined together that create an idea, which in turn creates an emotion in the mind of the audience. Not…
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The most influential tool for sales success in 2020 was video conferencing. According to Hubspot, “74% of leaders who outperformed targets this year said virtual meetings were “as or more…
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Everyone is making videos. But not everyone takes the trouble to make an outstanding thumbnail preview. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to give prospects good reasons to click on…
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IT decision-makers rely on social media more than we think they do, according to research from IDG. Since video plays such a big role in social media, using video more…
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