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What Actually Drives the Cost of a Video Program
Strategy · 9 min read

What Actually Drives the Cost of a Video Program

The first question on almost every call is some version of what does this cost. It is a fair question, and the honest answer is that it depends on three things — none of which is the camera.

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The Blue-Collar Video Playbook
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The Blue-Collar Video Playbook

What to shoot, what it takes, and what it returns — for construction, manufacturing, and equipment dealers.

How Heavy Equipment Dealers Market Parts and Service With Video
Equipment Dealers · 7 min read

How Heavy Equipment Dealers Market Parts and Service With Video

Every dollar of dealership marketing goes toward machines. Almost none of it goes toward the half of the building that pays the overhead.

How Heavy Equipment Dealers Use Video to Hire Service Technicians
Equipment Dealers · 6 min read

How Heavy Equipment Dealers Use Video to Hire Service Technicians

You can sell a machine you cannot service. You just cannot do it twice to the same customer.

Video Production Equipment: The Definitive Checklist for 2026
Production · 9 min read

Video Production Equipment: The Definitive Checklist for 2026

Reviewed and updated for 2026.

Why Testimonial Videos Are One of the Most Powerful Sales Tools for Industrial Companies
Construction · 4 min read

Why Testimonial Videos Are One of the Most Powerful Sales Tools for Industrial Companies

Nobody believes your brochure. They believe the guy running your machine.

How Product Explainer Videos Help Industrial Companies Close More Deals
Manufacturing · 4 min read

How Product Explainer Videos Help Industrial Companies Close More Deals

If your machine is hard to explain, it is hard to sell.

How Video Marketing Helps Industrial Companies Close More Deals Faster
Strategy · 3 min read

How Video Marketing Helps Industrial Companies Close More Deals Faster

By the time an industrial buyer calls you, he has already made most of his decision.

Why Industrial & Manufacturing Companies Need a Video Marketing Strategy in 2026
Strategy · 3 min read

Why Industrial & Manufacturing Companies Need a Video Marketing Strategy in 2026

Most industrial companies do not have a video problem. They have a plan problem.

How Trade Show Video Coverage Can 10x Your ROI
Trade shows · 4 min read

How Trade Show Video Coverage Can 10x Your ROI

You shipped a machine across the country. You paid for the space, the freight, the rigging, the carpet, and a week of hotel rooms for your best people.

5 Ways Video Marketing Benefits Heavy Equipment Manufacturers
Manufacturing · 4 min read

5 Ways Video Marketing Benefits Heavy Equipment Manufacturers

Heavy equipment is hard to explain and easy to misjudge on paper.

The Complete Guide to Trade Show Video Production
Trade shows · 7 min read

The Complete Guide to Trade Show Video Production

A major industry show is the most expensive week on your calendar. Space, freight, rigging, machine transport, a dozen people out of the field for five days.

Videographer vs. Video Production Company: What's the Difference?
Production · 4 min read

Videographer vs. Video Production Company: What's the Difference?

You need video of the plant, the jobsite, or the new machine. Somebody sends you a freelancer's Instagram. Somebody else sends you a production company's website.

How to Hire the Right Production Team for Your Business
Construction · 4 min read

How to Hire the Right Production Team for Your Business

Every video crew has a good reel. That is the one thing you can count on.

The Art of Writing Video Scripts: Tips for Captivating Content
Production · 4 min read

The Art of Writing Video Scripts: Tips for Captivating Content

Most bad industrial videos were bad on paper first.

YouTube for Construction and Manufacturing: Winning Work and Winning Crews
Recruiting · 4 min read

YouTube for Construction and Manufacturing: Winning Work and Winning Crews

Most contractors and manufacturers treat YouTube as a place to park finished videos. Upload, forget, move on.

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