Web Video for Blue Heron Catering
August 13th, 2010
Enjoy this new 3-minute video we made for Oakland’s Blue Heron Catering, showing great food and fun parties. Visit them on the web at http://www.blueheroncatering.com/
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Stu’s Latest Article: New FCC Regs on Wireless Mikes
June 13th, 2010
As part of the digital television switchover, many wireless microphones may not be used. In this article, Stu presents the banned frequency range as well as which microphones are acceptable. AVC recently purchased new compliant microphones. http://www.eventdv.net/Articles/News/Feature/Band-on-the-Run-What-the-FCC%27s-700MHz-Ban-Means-to-Wireless-Mic-Users-67492.htm
UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition
May 12th, 2010
AVC filmed the 12th annual UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition.
See amazing new businesses that will improve health and our lives in general.
Saitia Faaifo: Hawaii’s #1 Author and Speaker
April 19th, 2010
(mobile devices)Author and Motivational Speaker Saitia Faaifo recently hired AVC to edit together a motivating video compilation, which highlights his latest book realease, keynote speeches, and television, newspaper and magazine appearances. Take a look at an excerpt:
Top Ten Camcorder Tips
April 15th, 2010
Simple ways to improve the quality of your films with any camcorder. After you start with the first ten, you can read more; there are 21 tips in total.
- Make a test recording before actual filming
- Record a beat more at head and tail
- Start with an establishing shot
- Use an external mike
- Shoot at subject’s eye level
- Avoid bright backgrounds
- Use a tripod, monopod or steadycam
- Shoot lots of close-ups
- Vary your angles
- Get reaction shots and cut-ways
To learn more read the AVC guide: 21 camcorder tips
Berkeley Entrepreneurs Forum: Greening of Health
April 2nd, 2010
Here is the latest Berkeley Entrepreneur’s Forum that AVC filmed.
The Greening of Health: the Convergence of Health and Sustainability
Individual and collective actions are impacting the quality of the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat, and the ecosystem we leave for our children and grandchildren. Our behaviors are catalyzing changes in the environment that in turn are causing changes in our physiological health, psychological well-being and social infrastructure
Berkeley Entrepreneurs Forum: Going Public in 2010
March 17th, 2010
Here is the February 25, 2010 Berkeley Entrepreneur Forum that we filmed.
Video SEO, Stu’s Latest Article
March 9th, 2010
Now that online video has been shown to help boost the Google PageRank for websites, video producers have a new market for their services. Read how video has become one of the engagement objects that aid search engine optimization. The article was recently published in EventDV and is available to read from this website. Feel free to share but please include our link.
http://avconsultants.com/avc-articles/video-seo-marketing-and-promoting-online-videos
AVC Certified as Green Business
February 26th, 2010
AVC has recently been certified as a Green Business by Alameda County. We use Re-Sleeves for video to DVD transfers and DVD copies, we recycle whenever we can and we have a bicycle parking rack in front of our store.
Marketing through Social Media
February 19th, 2010
Audio Visual Consultants uses a variety of social media to distribute videos it produced. That’s one way we help clients disseminate their messages. Having its own website for over 10 years, AVC has developed systems for showing videos on websites and using them in emails.
Read our guide to use social media to market your own business: http://avconsultants.com/avc-guides/marketing-through-social-media
January Berkeley Entrepreneurs Forum Recorded by AVC
February 19th, 2010
Angel Investors: Alternative Financing?
Fertility Acupuncture Success Story
February 9th, 2010Watch Louise and her 19 month old child in a video testimonial for Maria Yung Acupuncture. Filmed on location by AVC Video, gentle music and soft lighting complemented the heartwarming story about the birth of a family.
Learn more about our client at http://www.yungacupuncture.com/Success_Stories.html
See more AVC video samples at http://avconsultants.com/category/video-samples
Thanks for Making AVC Number 1 in Google Search
December 31st, 2009
As the year closes I want to thank all our clients, supporters and staff for helping to make Audio Visual Consultants come up first in Google searches for the keywords “Oakland Video Production.”
I hope our client guides, articles and blogs have provided information to help you integrate video into your communications.
Please subscribe to our RSS feed http://feeds.feedburner.com/avcnews to be notified of our blog posts in AVC News and leave your comments. If you are on Facebook, just type in the keywords Audio Visual Consultants, and become one of our fans. In Twitter use the keyword AVCvideo. And please bookmark http://avconsultants.com as one of your favorites.
In 2010 hope to continue sharing news and information in the exciting world of video, and we look forward to read what you post in the blog, too.
Stu Sweetow
Guide to Using YouTube to Post Videos and to Promote Yourself
December 27th, 2009
Uploading to YouTube
1. Go to http://www.youtube.com and set up a new account, if you don’t already have one
2. Click the Upload button
3. Click the “Browse” button to browse for the video file you’d like to upload. YouTube accepts files up to 2 GB in size in the following formats: .AVI, .MOV, .WMV, and .MPG file formats.
4. As the video file is uploading, type in descriptive information for both yourself and for the individual video
5. Type in tags where indicated
6. You can change these words at any time or even remove the video by using the “edit” feature.
This page on YouTube’s site describes the process, and there is even a little instructional video on the page
http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=57924
You’ll need to agree to the terms and conditions. YouTube will remove any copyrighted videos or music unless you own the copyright.
Once the video is on YouTube’s site, you can find it on the My Videos page. Click on the video, and it should play. To the right of the window where it is playing you’ll see its website address link at “URL.” Cut and paste that link into your emails or into a Word file. You’ll want to include that link along with any descriptions when you send it or post it.
Below that is “Embed.” This is code that you can cut and paste into your website. Then the video will play from your website.
Send the link from either your website page or from the YouTube page to everyone you know. Start your own blog and post the link there. Ask your friends, colleagues and customers to put the link to your video in their blogs and their websites. Ask them to bookmark your website.
YouTube’s “Autoshare” function lets you automatically post the video to Facebook, Twitter and Google Reader. You can post your photo as well as a description of yourself or your business and your website on YouTube’s “Profile setup” page.
Health Care According to Grandma
December 20th, 2009
Filmed by AVC Video for American Values Focus Group, this one-minute commercial lets Grandma speak about her concerns about healthcare in America. Featuring Grandma’s wonder dog Ralph. For more information go to http://americanvaluesfocusgroup.org
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