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Re:Affordable explainer videos for startups by tom_mellior on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @05:15AM (#12795004)
Ironically, this site says "You have only 30 secs" to catch people's attention, but fails to do it itself. Yes, they have a video explaining what they do, but just getting out my headphones so I can watch it would take about 30 seconds. And I don't know why I would want to.

If you want to catch my attention in 30 seconds, your web site needs a sentence like "we provide <insert service here>" at the very top.

Re:Affordable explainer videos for startups by subinsebastien on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @05:47AM (#12795142)
They try to explain what they are doing with a so called "Explainer Video", which immediately disproves their business model, that I just wanted a few lines of text rather than an awkward sounding video.
Re:Affordable explainer videos for startups by ztratar on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @04:57AM (#12794943)
Outsource your video making elsewhere. The most expensive option was very low quality.
Re:Affordable explainer videos for startups by Gammarays on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @05:46AM (#12795139)
Fiverr is way cheaper at similar quality.
Re:Affordable explainer videos for startups by egeozcan on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @05:36AM (#12795092)
Isn't 30 seconds too much? I thought most of the bounces happen in the first few seconds? (Yes, citation needed.)

Google says[1] that it could make sense to define bounce timeout up to a few minutes depending on your definition of engagement though.

[1]: https://analytics.googleblog.com/2012/07/tracking-adjusted-b...

Re:Affordable explainer videos for startups by WA on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @06:26AM (#12795308)
Video has no controls = Internet marketer spam = Insta-close the tab for me – just like a popup.
Re:Affordable explainer videos for startups by thehodge on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @04:54AM (#12794932)
Site is down?
Re:Affordable explainer videos for startups by wuschel on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @04:57AM (#12794942)
Yes, down. Google cache version here [1]. Starting from $297 for 30 seconds, $447 for 60 seconds.

Having done a video on our own [2] I know how much work in involves. It is amazing what you can do nowadays with tools like Videoscribe/Illustrator etc.

Another option is to seek people of Fiver to do it. But that only works if you have standardized image/doodle requirements.

[1] http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:SyWfaIO...

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcrSJ5Osyjc

[3] http://www.videoscribe.co/