Professional videos don't have to be expensive, though "expensive" is relative. Getting a positive return on your investment is the real standard of measurement, right? So is there a way to have professional looking videos without spending a fortune? Yes there is! Take a look at this recent video we did for The Insurance Store in Gilbert, Arizona.

We're doing a number of videos for Bob Brunelle at The Insurance Store. He's decided to leverage technology to his advantage to keep his customers up to date on all things insurance. After doing some important research, Bob discovered that more people open and watch video messages than regular print emails even with colorful attachments. 

For each video, Bob emails us the information we need. We turn his script into a voice over and add royalty-free elements like motion backgrounds and catchy music. By using in-house elements, we're able to create high quality videos while keeping costs under control. We upload these videos to YouTube which allows for easy sharing and embedding to websites and blogs.

Could video help you communicate better with your clients? No doubt! Short videos are more engaging than print and gives your viewers something to see and hear. Let the Arizona Video Company show you how affordable professional video production can be!

If you like to write fictional short stories, then may suggest you visit a new website devoted to writers of short fiction. It's called Clever Fiction and it's completely free to participate. Clever Fiction was created to be a creative outlet to any level of writer, as well as a marketing tool for independent authors.

Writers are issued a Weekly Challenge of Mystery Ingredients from which they write short stories of between 250 - 1000 words in length. For the last two weeks, the new Mystery Ingredients has been announced with short videos. I used Sony Vegas Pro 8.1 and elements form Digital Juice to create it. Here's what last week's video looked like:

If you like to write short stories or want to attract new readers to your current works by offering free samples of your writing style, give Clever Fiction a look. You can read other works by fellow writers, give praise or constructive criticism, and receive from others as well. There's no obligation to write, merely the invitation to do so. There are contributing writers now at the time of this blog post. On average there are 15 - 25 stories per week submitted. Consider adding your fictional short story!