Category: Videos

The POWER of ONE to ONE to MANY

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I created this video about the importance of social media to an organization like Best Buy after reading a PowerPoint presentation on the topic by Twelpforce lead John Bernier.

If you don’t think social media can impact a brand as large as Best Buy, consider that I created this amateur video with less than two hours of work on a mid-range home PC on a video editing program that cost about $49.99 and available in many retail stores.

Consider again that YouTube states that 20 hours of video are uploaded every minute to their site.

Consider that those videos about a brand, which can sometimes be very influential despite their production values, are linked to on Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, personal blogs and on a hundred other social media sources.

You can have a lot of social media tools in your company, which Best Buy absolutely does, but you can always use more social media people, which Best Buy is always looking for.

My Green(er) Aquarium

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I added to the green in my desktop aquarium by removing all the fake plants and replacing them with actual live flora. The Marimo ball that I added to the tank looks like a green tribble as it floats around with my betta fish.

I also added a 2nd African dwarf frog to keep things interesting.

Twelpforce Space Experiment No. 2

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One of the best parts about living in the technological age we do is how the average home computer can be used to create your own media.

I’ve been playing around with a few different “entry level” consumer video editing programs like Sony’s Vegas Movie Studio HD 9. I created the test video above using only a few photos and music, and as you can see, the results can pretty pretty stunning as you become more comfortable with the program.

With the wide availability of inexpensive HD camcorders, it’s quickly becoming a world where a little time and some creativity can really unleash your inner director.