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We love crafting story through the art of film! We are a film and video production company that believes in engaging audiences authentically and with beautiful cinematography.
We started in 2007 as a full service media marketing co. and have since then applied those experiences into focusing on our first love: film.
Our goals are to further pursue feature filmmaking, big brand stories, and television writing/producing. Every client that we have helps us grow, and propels us towards our dreams.
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Stories inspire us all, and we love films. We put this passion to good use by creating authentic and beautiful documentary style pieces for compani...
They aren't just for the Super-bowl.
We're a team of filmmakers that have experience directing, shooting, editing, writing, and producing featu...
Unless you're filming Justin Bieber meeting the pope, people are tired of your shaky live smartphone video.
Tradeshows, Corporate Events, Confer...
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As a filmmaker, I'm bias, and have a different business model than some companies - but I think seeing our work first-hand is the best selling tool for what we offer. Everyone's terminology is a bit different, so sometimes the more detail you put out there just confuses people and can be made...
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As a filmmaker, I'm bias, and have a different business model than some companies - but I think seeing our work first-hand is the best selling tool for what we offer. Everyone's terminology is a bit different, so sometimes the more detail you put out there just confuses people and can be made clear by simply watching one of our videos.
I think this pertains to all of you as well, no matter what you're offering. In-person consultations are always most effective, but even then you may miss something or not be on your "A" game. Showing a short promo video then discussing options in detail afterwards is always helpful. Also, what about all the potential business that you're not speaking with on the phone and getting coffee with? It's why video and story-driven marketing are becoming the new norm. People make emotional decisions, so the more genuine and emotionally striking the content is, the better (short of coming off sappy).
Check out our portfolio at www.vimeo.com/votarymedia to see some examples of what I mean. It's all about being authentic, starting with WHY you do what you do, and just showing up as a positive presence.
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Hey Mark - I agree with a lot of what is posted here. It's definitely a combination of things, and keeping things personable, investing in people, and naturally having solid/fair services simultaneously.
As a filmmaker, I'm interested in real human stories, and helping people/brands genuinely...
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Hey Mark - I agree with a lot of what is posted here. It's definitely a combination of things, and keeping things personable, investing in people, and naturally having solid/fair services simultaneously.
As a filmmaker, I'm interested in real human stories, and helping people/brands genuinely connect with the right people. It's all about keeping things natural and authentic day-to-day with people, but reinforcing that in your marketing as well; not just focusing on what you do/how you do it/but WHY you do it.
Here's some links that may interest you of our work-
https://vimeo.com/247569012/59ccbb51de (Planet Subaru brand story)
https://vimeo.com/180787040 (Sonia's Auto 30 sec spot)
https://vimeo.com/243403772 (Raimond's movers brand story)
Seems like that varies depending on the actual owners of a business rather than being industry specific, but I agree with what a lot of people are saying - if you have a great portfolio, that's the most important thing. But with that said, we've all seen a ton of interesting art hanging in cafes...
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Seems like that varies depending on the actual owners of a business rather than being industry specific, but I agree with what a lot of people are saying - if you have a great portfolio, that's the most important thing. But with that said, we've all seen a ton of interesting art hanging in cafes and restaurants. Most dentist offices, chiropractic/massage, etc. seem to want to plan out their decor while painting the rooms initially.
I honestly don't know - but I've always thought about taking really epic long exposure shots of places at night, particularly cool looking restaurants, and making prints to try to sell to that spot. I feel like they would have to go for it, but I've never actually done it, haha. If you try that let me know if it worked.
Yes, it's about knowing your target audience and demographic, but then what?
Why should people care? How do you actually reach them?
We're in agreement with a mantra by Simon Sinek that people don't buy what you do, they buy WHY you do it....
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Yes, it's about knowing your target audience and demographic, but then what?
Why should people care? How do you actually reach them?
We're in agreement with a mantra by Simon Sinek that people don't buy what you do, they buy WHY you do it.
https://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_le...
So as a film director/producer at Votary Media, obviously I'm bias - but I do think high quality marketing films are the most effective way in conveying that message to your audience. It's an opportunity to say exactly what you want to say quickly and authentically, and then implement that message on all modern marketing platforms including your website, social media, all that jazz.
I think it completely depends on your industry/products/services, and target audience. Are you a photographer? Then create your own website with a pre-made template and put your photos in and colors/logo and boom. Saved thousands.
For hair and makeup, which I'm noticing is what everyone on this...
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I think it completely depends on your industry/products/services, and target audience. Are you a photographer? Then create your own website with a pre-made template and put your photos in and colors/logo and boom. Saved thousands.
For hair and makeup, which I'm noticing is what everyone on this thread is - I think it depends on your niche, but I'm guessing there are both wordpress and squarespace templates that have your back. It's really just about taking the time to make it look really beautiful and responsive and portray your company as accurately as possible. As well as mobile friendly, photo-centric, fast loading, blah blah blah.
Votary Media is a marketing film company, but we used to focus on website design as well, and ironically still have a web project in the pipeline every month even though we've transitioned to film and don't advertise that we do web at all anymore - it's just from referrals.
The companies that still need professionals to work on their site are usually needing ecommerce, and have too many custom desires for their site to just grab a template on wix or squarespace. Plus most of them just don't want to worry about it, because regardless of what you're building, and no matter how simple - it still takes a good chunk of time.
So use squarespace or wordpress, or even wix (easy but limited and not quite as nice) but only if you know you're in an industry that is easily defined and can find a template that suits you. If you're a leather boot company that uses profits to build homes for homeless people, and also make sugar free soda knock-offs and digital to analog audio convertors, just hire a professional for your website.
Unless you're able to devote all your energy on one or two prospects at a time as a single entity and that ends up being financially viable, I'd say having organization helps.
Before I religiously used a CRM, I connected with less people, was less consistent, thus made less sales, and felt more...
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Unless you're able to devote all your energy on one or two prospects at a time as a single entity and that ends up being financially viable, I'd say having organization helps.
Before I religiously used a CRM, I connected with less people, was less consistent, thus made less sales, and felt more scattered. It could be my personality, which is artist-type-go-with-the-flow-sort-of , but I like seeing all my prospects and warm leads and knowing who to follow up with and whatnot - plus you get a little serotonin boost when you get to move a company from a "proposal sent" column to "closed won". Boom. Good feels.
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In my experience the networking events are great for making an obscene amount of connections that can become potential sales, and some do. But doing actual "selling" at the events is, like people below have already stated, a bit of a faux pas.
So no - I think a sales person can't sell...
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In my experience the networking events are great for making an obscene amount of connections that can become potential sales, and some do. But doing actual "selling" at the events is, like people below have already stated, a bit of a faux pas.
So no - I think a sales person can't sell effectively JUST at networking events.
Almost no other investment is as effective in growing and connecting than donating services/time in your community. With that said, I think it's important to do it for the right reasons - because you see a genuine need that you can and want to help with and don't expect anything in return....
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Almost no other investment is as effective in growing and connecting than donating services/time in your community. With that said, I think it's important to do it for the right reasons - because you see a genuine need that you can and want to help with and don't expect anything in return.
Because visual storytelling is so powerful - it has the potential to really hit home with the right people. We're all about telling inspiring stories through filmmaking that help businesses, artists, communities, etc.
Here's a link to a donated community promo film: https://vimeo.com/194512480
I think you have a clear plan here that is well formulated but missing a key element. What exactly are you showing people? You have all the right platforms but what exactly will be advertised? A printed trifold helps, a well designed online ad maybe.
I'm obviously bias because I work with a...
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I think you have a clear plan here that is well formulated but missing a key element. What exactly are you showing people? You have all the right platforms but what exactly will be advertised? A printed trifold helps, a well designed online ad maybe.
I'm obviously bias because I work with a film production company, but it's almost undeniable how effective using high quality video in marketing is nowadays. Yeah, I'm another guy promoting what I do in my answer. But Votary Media (www.votarymedia.com) has worked in digital marketing, web design, print ads, graphics, SEO, and video for over ten years, and in the last 4 years have transitioned to marketing film only. Yeah - it's the most fun out of all of those and we're all filmmakers anyway, but it's also what we've seen the highest ROI from for ourselves and our clients.
