Nobody really likes to talk about recession until one’s about to hit. It’s not just because economic hardship is an unpleasant thing to think about, but also because each recession tends to be a little different from the last, with its own characteristic difficulties to navigate. If you’re trying to keep your brand afloat it…
Are the four walls of your house getting you down? Wanting to get some ideas for video content but struggling with the art side of things? Feeling sorely in need of a bit of creative inspiration? A while back we talked through ten unique tips for fostering some visual creativity in your explainer videos. But…
In case you’ve been living under a rock on Mars for the past few months, the world is adjusting to a little bit of craziness right now. The personal freedoms we’d normally have to go outside and, you know, do stuff, are limited at best. Even the ability to go to work has been hindered…
The great thing about animated explainer videos is that colour design knows no bounds. You want a character with blue skin and pink hair? You got it. You want a black and white background with bright multicoloured accents bursting out whenever you want to draw attention to something on screen? No problem. You want a…
Transparency in business is becoming quite the art form. In an oversaturated market customers want to support brands whose values they admire and whose word they can trust. This involves not just internal honesty, but constructing your marketing, social media, and video content to support a transparent relationship with your clients. 1) First, commit yourself…
Okay, okay, ‘steal’ is a harsh word. What we’re looking at today are five music videos that contain some great ideas for developing your own explainer videos. Techniques to take cues from. To be inspired by. To ste–uhh, to ‘appropriate’ for your own branded content. Let’s check out how you can apply these ideas to…
If you want to be successful in anything it’s important – if not vital – to gather the best of the best and find out what shared techniques they all have in common. Sometimes we craft our success by staying within these guidelines and helping them shape our original ideas. Sometimes to be an outlier…
Ever notice how a lot of explainer videos keep a fairly bustling pace, right on the verge of what’s comfortable? Sometimes it’s like listening to someone who’s chugged a whole pot of coffee enthusiastically spilling out a string of interconnected ideas before the inevitable caffeine stomach gurgles hit. On the other side of the fence…
Whether you’re a business owner, an agent, or a creative professional, being creatively stumped is a bad place to find yourself. It can make any problem feel like an immovable brick wall and stall our productivity with any given project. The good news is there are ways around creative problems like this (specifically seven ways…
It seems like everyone and their grandma is cashing in on the nostalgia boom lately. Meanwhile, it’s hard to throw a rock without hitting a millennial who’s complaining about how reboots are ‘ruining their childhood’, or hitting a baby boomer who’s complaining about how millennials are killing the rock-throwing business. So do people really even…