Q&A: How Do You Make a Great Demo Video?

Q&A: How Do You Make a Great Demo Video?

November 13, 2018

  Keynote Speaker & Award-Winning Business Leader Sydne Jacques asks: What are your tips for making a good speaker reel?   Here are my 10 Commandments for making a GREAT DEMO VIDEO/SPEAKER REEL: I – Don’t make it yourself! This may sound obvious, but even if you’ve become adept at editing your own videos due to necessity (see nearly every blog I’ve written in the past 4 months) there is absolutely NEVER a reason to make your own demo or speaker reel. Yes, you can contribute to it, you can suggest edits and what you want in there, but please
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Video is King

Video is King

March 28, 2018

My last Promo Video made for Entertainment Show in 2015   When I began my career nearly 20 years ago, it was rare for anyone to have a promo video. I recall throwing down $1,500 for my first video and that initial cost almost took my business under.  And yet it landed me more events than anything else. Since the ROI was so great I went really big and spent upwards of $7,500 and then $11,000 on promotional videos all before 2005. VHS tapes lined my garage, mailings and packages streaming from my office to the point the Post Office
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The Importance of Your Promo Video

The Importance of Your Promo Video

August 16, 2017

  One of the most painful experiences for me has been filming video footage for the promotion of my speaking and performing.  Capture footage of me on stage?  No problem.  But stick a camera in my face and ask me what I want to say, and I freeze up so painfully you may not believe it. I don’t know if you can relate. I have devoted to making a new promotional video annually.  Bring the Pain!!!  And I have worked with some wonderful companies and individuals, whom I still recommend for certain aspects and shoots, since they have helped me
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