On average, 90% of Liveclicker clients’ video libraries consist of product videos. These videos reside on the product page and exist for the sole purpose of giving shoppers the information they need to make a purchase. This is for good reason since it’s been proven time and time again that having video on your site, particularly on your product pages, will increase conversions.

In a recent case study, specialty retailer Brookstone decided to invest more heavily in e-commerce video because they found that the products that featured videos on its site converted, on average, 53% higher than products that did …

MobileStudio is the only solution to seamlessly marry mobile devices with demanding retailer requirements for quality product videos, speed of editing, and rapid video deployment.

Liveclicker, Inc., the leading provider of video commerce solutions for the web’s top brands, today announced the general release and availability of MobileStudio, a solution that enables rapid production, editing, and publishing of e-commerce product videos directly from iOS devices.

The new MobileStudio App is able to:

• Assemble simple, high-quality product videos in minutes with easy-to-use templates
• Quickly add transitions, music, and bumpers
• Publish and distribute content instantly through the Liveclicker Video Commerce

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Production equipment is a difficult topic to cover given the diverse range of company needs, budgets, shooting locations, product offering, goals and internal expertise.  If you spend some time, you’ll find plenty of sites out there that discuss specific pieces of equipment, what you’ll need to get started, how important certain features are, and what you shouldn’t compromise on when purchasing this equipment.  This is fantastic but if you’re starting from scratch and have no budget, or are trying to justify an increased budget for your video program, how can you make that happen with the least amount of cost …

Liveclicker will be hosting the first webinar in a three part series on video production next Thursday at 10:30 AM PST. The webinar, entitled “Video Production – Getting Started Producing & Acquiring Video Content“, will be presented by Kenna Hurd, Liveclicker’s account development and production specialist, and Kevin Edwards, founder of Video Aptitude.

Last February, Liveclicker’s Retail Video Production A to Z webinar was one of the highest attended events of the year so we decided to expand on the topic this year into a three part series. For the first part next week, we will explore …

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of spending three days shooting product videos and lifestyle segments outside of the studio. I’m a fan of shooting on location for a variety of reasons.  One being a change of scenery which, if you spend all your time in a studio, you can appreciate the value of getting out of it for a day or two.  However, shooting in new locations can be an absolute pain when you don’t have full control of the surroundings. There are a number of ways you can mitigate unknown issues, but there will almost always …

I recently spoke with Laurie Williams, Senior Manager of Photo & Video for Zappos, about her company’s comprehensive video program. As everyone probably knows, Zappos is the world’s largest online shoe retailer with the biggest video program of any e-commerce merchant.

In this interview, Laurie talks about Zappos’s approach to video and shares some details about her opening keynote at the 2012 Video Commerce Summit in August, the largest event dedicated to advancing video commerce.

INTERVIEW WITH ZAPPOS

Amanda Dhalla: When did you start doing video at Zappos? What was the impetus?

Laurie Williams: We started shooting video about …

Video has greatly helped reduce the fear factor of buying BBQs online. The BBQ Guys are more than just a successful online store doing video – they’ve become YouTube personalities. Based out of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, their YouTube Channel of 450+ videos is rapidly approaching 4 million video views and 6,200 subscribers.

To showcase their collection of high-end BBQ grills, the BBQ Guys regularly publish video reviews of new products on their YouTube channel and website. Customers can get a personal walk-through of all their BBQs and how they perform in action, along with purchasing and cooking tips.

A huge …

I interviewed Anthony Bucci, Co-Founder of RevZilla and spokesperson for the popular RevZillaTV YouTube Channel. RevZilla is an online retailer for motorcycle riding gear, accessories and parts. While they have a retail showroom in the team’s hometown of Philadelphia, much of their business is now driven through their website and supported through online video content. Anthony shared with me how the company started out with online video and how they have immersed video into their customer shopping experience.

RevZilla’s video production started in the summer of 2009 with nothing more than a Flip camera and an idea. Today …

With easy-to-use digital video cameras and editing software readily available, why do we still need video production companies? After all, they’re expensive, and if the footage is for the web it doesn’t need to be cinema quality. Someone in the marketing department can just shoot it, right?

Just because they can, doesn’t mean they should. Here are 7 reasons why calling in the pros is worthwhile.

Reasons to hire a video production company

1. Rising viewer expectations
   According to comScore’s 2012 US Digital Future In Focus report, 105.1 million Americans watch videos online each day, up 43% from 73.7 million

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I recently had the opportunity to interview Kevin Edwards, Co-Founder of Video Aptitude based in San Francisco and Los Angeles. With video becoming an increasingly important component of product marketing and merchandising, we got together to talk about video strategy and considerations for online retailers just getting into video.

Enjoy!

INTERVIEW WITH KEVIN EDWARDS

Amanda Dhalla: Please tell our readers a little bit about yourself, Kevin.

Kevin Edwards: I’ve been involved in video production and editing for 15 years. It started out more as a hobby, for my personal enjoyment. I consulted and founded 3 other technology start-ups and then …