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Miami Open Presented by Itau ㅡ Rebrand Fan Project

This fan project is to bring a new look for one of the masters events of ATP and WTA Tours. Consisting of bright and warm colours, this project attempted to bring a new and modern look for the tournament while highlighting the important changes in necessary posts for the tournament. Designed by Faeryaesther, repostings are not allowed without permissions.

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Vidyard GoVideo vs. Wistia Soapbox: Which One Is Right for You?

As I shared with you all last week, I've gone out of my way to create as much video as possible over the past year, as a way to make myself feel more at home in front of the camera. 

But given that I'm a marketer who works from home without access to super fancy video equipment, I've tested Vidyard GoVideo and Wistia Soapbox extensively to whip up short messages and video presentations for fellow colleagues, our audience, clients, and IMPACT partners.

Which one is the best?

Well, both are Google Chrome extensions that connect to your webcam and computer microphone, enabling you to create talking head videos and screenshares that you can embed in site pages and emails with ease.

They're also both free, so it's not exactly a life-or-death decision to choose one over the other -- although, there are premium tiers of Wistia Soapbox with more features you can subscribe to. (More on that later.)

But after many months of experimenting with both, I've given my final rose to Vidyard GoVideo. 

Should you do the same? Well, not so fast -- there are some key differences between the two platforms you should be aware of, before you make the decision for yourself to go steady with either Vidyard GoVideo or Wistia Soapbox. 

Difference #1: GoVideo Is Free, Soapbox Is Free... ish

Vidyard GoVideo is simple and totally 100% free. Wistia Soapbox gives you a lot of functionality for free, but most of the "fun" stuff you can do requires you to pony up some dollars and cents.

Here is what you get across all tiers of Wistia Soapbox, including the free version:

Then there are the features you need to pay for that are absent from the first free column of the product:

The fact that you need to pay as you scale-up your use of Wistia Soapbox isn't necessarily a negative; in a lot of ways the Soapbox product is much more robust than GoVideo. 

Note: If you have a Vidyard pro account that's connected to your GoVideo instance, you can download your GoVideos and set your GoVideos up to appear on a branded landing page with your company logo, which is a nice perk.

Difference #2: GoVideo Is Simpler Than Soapbox, with Fewer Bells & Whistles

On the one hand, I absolutely love that GoVideo shows a thumbnail of my pretty little face in the bottom left-hand corner of the video, if I've activated the screenshare or tab share option for my video:

There's my face! I love that, because it makes my messages and presentations more human and personal. Whereas with Soapbox, if you put yourself in presentation mode, that's all someone will see on the screen as they're watching your video. 

On the other hand, unlike GoVideo, you can go back and forth between a talking head view, a side-by-side talking head and screenshare view, and a full screenshare view in the free version of Soapbox -- all within the same video -- after the fact, with editing options:

And, as shown above, you can also trim a video down, after it's been recorded. 

(While I love these options, I'll admit, I've never had the patience to get super crazy in toggling the view of my video between styles in a single video. But I bet someone with more of an editor's eye will love having that feature available in Soapbox.)

While you can pause, stop, or start recordings over in GoVideo, this type of editing is not available.

Moreover, once you commit to a type of video (talking head vs. presentation mode) before you hit record, that's what you're stuck with for the entire duration of the video. And you certainly can't edit your video to use multiple presentation styles after the fact.

In fact, you can't edit a GoVideo at all, once you've finished it. 

Also, unlike the full version of Vidyard -- or premium tiers of Wistia Soapbox -- you can't add calls-to-action to your GoVideos, or provide the ability for viewers to book meetings, customize the color of the player, etc. 

Well, actually, you can embed a text-based CTA at the end of a video in the free version of Wistia Soapbox, which some might consider a huge advantage over GoVideo.

Difference #3: Vidyard GoVideo's Animated Thumbnail

This may not seem like a big deal, but the fact that you can have an animated thumbnail for your GoVideo, which you can copy and paste into emails is huge:

This goes a massive step beyond the standard "upload custom thumbnail" option available on both platforms.

It's such a powerful GoVideo feature, we now use this animated approach for videos to increase engagement in both marketing and sales emails:

A sales email... 

My monthly newsletter for Content Lab

Actually, there are quite a few Vidyard GoVideo use cases for marketing.

Difference #4: You Don't Have to Pay to Get Statistics with GoVideo

In addition to the animated thumbnail, the fact that I can get the statistics for my video for free, instead of having to pay for data with Wistia Soapbox, is a major plus.

Now, it should be noted that yes, Soapbox makes you pay for analytics, but the analytics you get are more in-depth -- for instance, you don't just get the number of views, but also viewer retention, etc. 

That said, I can access that level of detail if I create a full account at Vidyard.com that's connected to the account I use to create GoVideos. 

What You Choose Depends on What You Need

Without context, it might be easier to say that Wistia Soapbox provides more options, and thus is a better choice. 

For some that may be true, if you want to get more hands-on with the editing and reporting functionality of your spontaneous videos -- or if you want Soapbox to take the place of a subscription of a larger video hosting service.

For me, GoVideo is an application that complements the full-scale access to standard Vidyard hosting -- which has a lot of the analytics and other features missing from GoVideo -- we already have as an organization. So, I don't need it to be everything, because it's something I use for a very specific context. 

(The same holds true for our sales team, who uses GoVideo to augment our sales process.)

Additionally, I'm a big fan of the fact that HubSpot Video is powered by Vidyard, which makes me more inclined to hitch my wagon to this horse, so to speak.

Bottom line, I've only got good news for you.

They're both intuitive, and easy to pick-up quickly and use, without formal training. That means all you need to do is decide what it is you actually need. 

Do you need a quick video application that can or needs to complement a full suite of business video hosting? Vidyard GoVideo would be my recommendation. Or, do you need something more comprehensive, with lots of features, that can potentially stand on its own and take the place of full-scale video hosting? Well, in that case, Wistia Soapbox might be the right move.

(Although, you'll still be missing out on those sweet animated thumbnails.)

So, ask yourself what you really need first. Then you can make your choice on which solution is the best one for your situation.

from Web Developers World https://www.impactbnd.com/blog/vidyard-govideo-vs.-wistia-soapbox-which-one-is-right-for-you

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Vidello Review: Lower Cost Video Hosting Alternative To Wistia

[review] [toc] When it comes to video hosting there are few options that are affordable for many marketers just getting started or those that have yet to create a stable income. Similarly even established marketers may baulk at some of the monthly prices for well known services, the objections to taking on yet another monthly cost are raised significantly when presented with $80 or $99 per month price-points. At that point people start looking for alternatives from services such as server or cloud hosting, free sites like YouTube and a combination of these with WordPress plugins to try and achieve similar results. Now looking at alternatives we really need to keep marketing in mind as we need to be able to get stats, split test, add call to actions and do much more, at least of you want to take your marketing to the next level and use data, stats and split testing to learn, tweak, optimize and grow. Sure, we can use Amazon S3 but we need to do a lot more with videos apart from just hosting, and of course there are a wide range of WordPress plugins that we can use with videos hosted on free platforms like YouTube, Daily Motion etc. There is a new product being released this week by Josh Rata called Vidello and during the launch you can get it at a very good price, but only during the launch period. Vidello is a video hosting application, its web based and its built by marketers for marketers. I did manage to get Josh on a call and the discussion and demo is below on this post.

So What Are We Looking For In Video Hosting?

This is a sensible place to start, especially for my audience as i know that a lot of you are at a higher level of marketing and everything you do gets tested, analyzed and optimized right? :) Unfortunately for many its hit and miss and a scattergun approach, even for those that may feel they are more advanced marketers. I spent a lot of time recently digging into growth hacking from some top traffic guru's that have built massive email lists and taken start ups from zero to 7 figures in months and all of them use analytics, metrics and split testing as the core of their growth. So why video hosting? Simply it allows us to do more than what we can on free sites like YouTube, with advanced analytics, ability to split test and the ability to add marketing elements to our videos, it also looks far more professional too if doing courses (in my case this is a major factor) or servicing clients.

Who Is It For?

This are definite advantages  for people who:

Create info products with video. Why? It's more professional, more secure from theft, sharing and piracy and people don't feel they got ripped off by being presented with a YouTube video. Until now i have to admit i am 100% guilty of using YouTube Unlisted videos for my own courses up until now so i am excited about Vidello and fully committed to using it.

Use video on landing pages, for list building, sales or generating affiliate commissions. This is big and here's why... We can get analytics from landing pages, from paid traffic and even from YouTube But... You cannot get as in depth information on video retention, conversions or split testing without jumping through hoops and because of this we tend to skip a major marketing 101 principle needed to improve our results. An example of how important this can be was emphasized in my JV group a couple of weeks ago with one of the guys spit testing a small feature on his sales video, and that was showing video controls to stop/play/pause videos and another version with this removed. The Results? This may surprise you but the video not showing controls converted at 26% higher!

What Are The Advantages Of Using Video Hosting Over Free Platforms?

As mentioned above its about the control, its the ability to dive deeper into metrics, its being able to do everything in one platforms and not have to jump around various places to acheieve the same results and plus you own the video, and cannot lose the video in the same way if ever you had a YouTube channel banned.

What Are The Disadvantages Of Using Free Platforms?

In short...

You do not have full control over your own content

Your accounts can be closed down

It looks less professional

It looks less value for money if selling premium content hosting on YouTube

There are many distractions on sites like YouTube which can take the viewer away from your content and onto something else

You cannot add the same type or quality of marketing elements such as email optins, banner graphics or buy buttons on the video

Your videos can be downloaded, embedded or shared by any other user easily.

When Video Hosting Should ALWAYS Be Used

I recommend to use for the most important content such as premium courses, sales videos and for lead gen and list building type offer videos. The ability to split test with different tweaks on marketing elements, use multiple marketing elements and update in real time for those marketing elements can make the difference in a successful campaign and an average or poor campaign.

My Interview With Josh Rata...

So i spotted Vidello being talked about in the JV circles and decided to take a look, my initial thoughts were that this is going to be a hard sell to a lot of people due to the monthly costs but the deeper i looked at the product the more i liked it both for myself and to recommend to my own subscribers.

TAKE A LOOK AT THE VIDEO INTERVIEW WITH JOSH RATA

Price Comparisons

Compared to Vimeo and Wistia you will find that at least during the launch this week that Vidello is far better value for money.

1 Minute Vidello Instructional Video

LOOK AT HOW EASY VIDELLO IS TO USE....

Why You Should Get It Now

The price will increase after the launch so you can get low cost launch pricing for Vidello just for the first few days of release but if you watched the video you will have noticed Josh mention that he will add more to the tool based on user feedback, and to me thats exciting because there will be some top marketers using this tool and the ideas, suggestions and discussions for advancing the tool and ultimately any new features will be very interesting.

My Bonuses

Ok i gotta admit that i was slight stumped with this one on what to offer for a bonus. Here's what i came up with so far but i may add to this bonus as its a monthly recurring cost and deliver more bonuses after month 2.

We are going to make a tool for adding optins to PDF's, which is a great way to add some creative banners to Vidello videos for a short report, checklist or ebook and when they access the PDF they have to optin with a Facebook registration. This is a tool i have missed for a long time as it always did very well for me with conversions and optins, unfortunately the tool that i used to use is no longer working and that vendor has stopped updating it, so i did have this on my list of tools to be created for my own use as well as to offer to my own list.

90 + Local & Online Video scripts that you can get a voice over created to make lead generation videos for local clients and affiliate products

40+ Professional Video Thumbnails graphics for a variety of niches as above

GUARANTEED ACCESS to the first 2 webinars for my upcoming course "Zero to 5 Figures Per Month In Under 12 Weeks" This is BIG!...Why? I have been running some case studies on things like launch jacking, list building, low cost traffic and i have hit top spot on two major launches in the past month with just one of those launches generating just under 5 figures on its own (including the $2500 1st place prize). BUT... It goes much deeper than that as we need to be able to build and nurture a responsive list from scratch, and i will be teaching the exact formula to do launch promotions that has worked well every time we have used it. In fact i even taught the exact steps to another top, well known marketer ...and the result? He just won the 1st place prize of $2000 in a very competitive launch competition

There are 12 weekly webinars scheduled in Total for this new course which starts on the 1st of July

  What To Do Next

Keep an eye on my emails on the build up to launch

Keep an eye on this blog post too as i will add the link to purchase from to get my bonuses on here

Watch the videos above

When the cart opens on the 23rd June at 11am i will email the promo.

Register for the pre launch webinar which starts at 10am

Join The Skype Group For Bonuses (Jump The Queue) https://join.skype.com/Lzc8Oh8ZuopH

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Vidello Webinar Starts At 10am

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