Here’s a snippet:

“It’s definitely a powerful tool especially for marketing folks and teachers. It’s a creative way (and effective) to get your message across more effectively!”

Read the whole piece here on TwelveSkip. 

We recently spoke with Paul Howey, Co-founder and CEO of TalkRoute, a Chicago-based startup re-designing the way small businesses receive incoming calls. TalkRoute used Vyond to make an explainer video, front and center on its homepage — and we wanted to get some feedback on the experience.

Paul said he was familiar with Vyond before he set about to create the video and that, since his company was a small business and a startup, he “wanted to use the tools that his customers did, instead of hiring an outside company.”

Paul set out with a $500 budget.

The first thing he did was purchase a Vyond GoPremium Plan for $79. He then, in collaboration with his staff, worked on the script for about a week. This was a high-visibility project and they wanted to be deliberate and get it exactly right.

He then went into the Vyond studio and made the movie itself. Working with care, he said the video took “2 or 3 solid days.” Some folks work a bit faster, but when you’re marketing your baby to the world on your homepage it’s worth the investment of time.

When the script and the video visuals were set, Paul used his excess budget to hire a voiceover professional. Paul’s approach was fascinating; he read several studies showing that consumers are more apt to purchase goods and services from voices they are familiar with. So he therefore set out to find a voice that was extremely popular.

He tracked down Mike O’Brian, who’s done voice work for giants like Microsoft, Amazon, Coke, Sprint, and Facebook. He paid for the quality — and exhausted what remained of his budget — but felt it was more than worth it. The voice sounds really awesome.

Next Paul sagely used our friends at Wistia to host the video on TalkRoute’s site. He loved Wistia’s handsome interface and the ability to get instant data on how the video performs.

And that was pretty much it. For about $500 TalkRoute created a professional, animated explainer video. Paul even wrote a blog post about the experience.

Looking back on his decision to use Vyond, Paul says “We are growing as a start up, and we were at the point where an explainer video like this could lend to our credibility. And it turned out great.” Take a look at the video, above.

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Here’s a snippet:

“Video is the most powerful way to evoke emotions online. It’s King because it offers a slew of attributes above and beyond traditional content like tone of voice, face expressions, and music, to name a few.

While you may not have feel the immediate need to run out and buy a product from an emotion-filled video, they will likely be at play later on in a more subtle and subconscious way. Evoking emotion in marketing has been proven to positively impact consumer decision-making, even in B2B markets.”

Read the whole piece here on Vidyard. 

Here’s a snippet:

“Explainer videos don’t have to cost a fortune and can be an awesome conversion tool for your company. Remember, the investment of time and money generally have a 1:1 ratio. If you want to save money you need to invest more time. It is entirely possible to save 20k to 30k on your explainer video by simply creating it yourself. You never know… You may even enjoy it!”

Read the whole piece here on Talkroute. 

Here’s a snippet:

“For those do their own videos, you know how hard it is to create one. Without GoAnimate, it takes me over 6 hours just to create a video.

Yes, it takes a lot of time!

Personally, GoAnimate is probably the first video making tool I ever use that has the drag and drop feature. Seriously? A-W-E-S-O-M-E!”

Read the whole piece here on his blog. 

Here’s a snippet:

“Ryan Malphurs and a company called GoAnimate are opening the doors of the Marble Palace, famously closed to television cameras, by creating an animated courtroom that looks something like “South Park”-meets-Scotus. Anyone with a computer and a few bucks can recreate Supreme Court arguments — or dream up their own scenarios.”

Read the whole piece here on The Washington Post. 

Here’s a snippet:

“We gathered the data during a quick online survey on marketing, social media and content where we uncovered key trends for the coming year. There were some really interesting stats in there that we felt a traditional infographic could not do justice.”

Read the whole piece here on CommsAxis. 

Here’s a snippet:

“Gary, Chief Operating Officer at GoAnimate, will break down a sample concept to show how a silly, super low-budget conceit can turn into a really engaging video. Then he’ll show off some great sub $100 gear, and some freemium cloud-based tools for video creation, distribution, interactivity, and analytics.”

Read the whole piece here on Moz. 

Thanks to our friends at Lectora for calling us out. All for a great cause. Now over to you Wistia and Vidcaster.

Looking to animate your own Ice Bucket Challenge? We now have 6 total Ice Bucket-specific actions like the one featured here inside of our platform!

Here’s a snippet:

“I found that making an professional animated video and tell stories quickly and simple with GoAnimate was very easy to do. It was also great fun and saved me a lot of money comparing to the competitors. I can’t think of anything you couldn’t do with GoAnimate and anybody can do it.

GoAnimate would be the obvious choice for all people looking to get the word out on their projects, events, products etc. I would say give it a try yourself and see for yourself how easy it is to make a great professional animated movie for your own use.”

Here’s a snippet:

“If you know how to click, drag and drop, you can create a video using GoAnimate. The quality of your video will depend on content marketing skills such as story telling, your ability to identify niche audience concerns and more. So while it’s an inexpensive tool for creating a relatively professional looking animated video – results will vary.”

Read the whole piece here on Smarter Shift. 

Here’s a snippet:

“Customization is king with GoAnimate.

Unlike most animation tools, GoAnimate is simple. In order to give the application an intuitive feel, there’s no keyframe which brings animation to the masses.

Beginning with a background, users can build an animated clip by frame, with simple settings to add some voice, change characters, text even the accents of the characters.”

Read the whole piece here on No Holtz Barred. 

Here’s a snippet:

“Until now I had to hire a professional if I need an animation, but — with a couple of hours of practice — almost anyone can become a pretty decent animator using a service called GoAnimate.”

Read the whole piece here on LarrysWorld. 

Here’s a snippet:

“Videos are the perfect vehicle for taking time to explain exactly how your product sets itself apart. Words can’t always convey the whole picture. You can use many powerful adjectives to explain a LeBron dunk, or the convenience of your user experience – but the language will still come up short. Video helps you bring these concepts to life in specific Technicolor detail, illuminating exactly how and why your product is superior to the competition.”

Read the whole piece here on Yola. 

WeVideo is dedicated to make video creation easy for business owners and marketers everywhere. With our new GoAnimate integration, you can combine animated video clips with live action.

“Easier said than done,” you say? Laurent Gorse, from WeVideo, put together this video blog to show how easy video becomes with WeVideo and GoAnimate. You can tell right away that this partnership is going to yield some pretty interesting vids…

Here’s a snippet:

“Another great advantage of creating animated videos lies in the flexibility of the production process. You can edit on the fly, change the direction you want to go in half-way through, and edit clips or the whole thing whenever you want and wherever you want. And when you finish and want to publish – you can do so directly to WeVideo from our site!”

Read the whole piece here on WeVideo. 

Here’s a snippet:

“Animated videos enable you to go beyond abstract, artistic limitations. You have total control over the environment and physics in an animated world. Want to fly? Want to show a plane’s route across the country from above? No problem. There are very few limits to what you can show with an animated video.

Animated video can make the viewing experience cleaner. If you want to be in the middle of New York City with no people around, that’s suddenly possible. You don’t have to worry about background distractions. You can eliminate all visual elements aside from the one you want your audience to notice.”

Read the whole piece here on Wistia. 

Here’s a snippet:

“Almost every business owner we talk to wants to create an explainer video. Explainer videos are an engaging, effective way to share your business vision and have a direct effect on converting visitors into customers – viewers are 85% more likely to purchase a product after watching an explainer video (source: Internet Retailer).”

Read the whole piece here on WeVideo. 

You may have noticed a few additions to the export options in the sharing overlay. Today, we’d like to introduce you to WeVideo, which is this blue button.

WeVideo is a powerful cloud-based video editor. For GoAnimate users, its primary appeal will be the ability to combine animation and live action video clips into the same video.

Now I know what you’re thinking – I can import video clips into GoAnimate! That’s true; you can. But there’s a few use cases in which you’re going to be very glad we’re working with WeVideo.

The first is if you are working with a lot of video clips. The built-in editor on GoAnimate can certainly handle a few. But if you’re working a large number of clips, or clips with a long duration, then you may find it’s better to assemble the final piece externally, such as within WeVideo.

The second is if you want to combine animated and live action elements within the same scene. Again, you can do this on GoAnimate by importing the live action clip as a background and dropping your animate on top of it. But the same limitations about the number and length of the video clips apply. In these instances, export your animated clips to WeVideo and use their advanced Chroma-Keying filter to combine the two.

The third is if you’re on the go a lot and want to edit on mobile. WeVideo has apps for iPhone and Android smartphones and tablets. That’s convenient right off the bat. But if you’re also shooting on your mobile device, it becomes doubly convenient. Factor in the direct export from GoAnimate to WeVideo, and we’ll call it triply convenient.

WeVideo take the same approach to plans and pricing as GoAnimate. There are free accounts you can check out to make sure it’s for you. These are limited, which is fair enough. Once you’re sold on the value, you can step up to a Premium or Pro plan. Check it out!

Here’s a snippet:

“GoAnimate is a really powerful tool for creating video animations. You can use the templates and have an animation ready to go within minutes, or you can build a more customized animation that will take more time but be more unique.”

Read the whole piece here on RazorSocial.