"Flip or Flop". "Property Brothers". "Househunters". These are among television's most popular reality shows and they all focus on real estate. Whether it's buying it, rehabbing it, flipping it, or just shopping for it, people love to watch people getting into new homes. Why? Part of it is voyeuristic. But the other bigger part has to do with fantasy. Viewers love to imagine themselves living in the spacious, modern, and attractive new homes they see on TV.   The Light Bulb Moment What ...

If you are making a video for your business, school, or organization, consider including drone video photography as part of your production. Cinematic drone shots offer a birds-eye perspective to any video, providing context and beauty at the same time. Just a few years ago, overhead shots were prohibitively expensive to produce. They required renting a helicopter, hiring an airplane with a video camera bolted to its belly, or -- for more low-altitude shots -- a costly crane to raise the came...

When you speak to somebody face to face, they are more likely to listen to what you have to say. So when you are promoting your education institution or trying to recruit new students, the most effective way to make the kind of genuine emotional connections you need is through video. Direct Message Expression Now more than ever, people are more likely to watch your video than they are to read a brochure, listen to a phone pitch, or even visit your school in person. Thanks to the rise in pop...

Have you ever heard the expression, "People eat with their eyes first"? It's true! When food looks colorful, fresh, and delicious, people are more likely to enjoy it even before they take their very first bite. That's why professional chefs and home cooks alike spend so much time perfecting the way their food looks as well as the way it tastes. It also explains why you should consider using video production from Hawaii Video Pro to promote your restaurant, catering business, food blog, or you...

When somebody looks you in the eye and tells you from the heart about something that is important to them, it can make a lasting impression. Using video testimonials can bring that same sales power to your business. Video testimonials that feature real people talking about the actual things they like most about your business can help bring in new customers, retain existing ones, and improve your business's reputation. And Hawaii Video Pro make this powerful business sales tool your latest mar...

The US economy is booming and businesses are hiring more new workers than they have in decades. Getting workers on board is one thing, but training them so they understand your company's standards is another. Training can be one of the most time-consuming and expensive parts of onboarding new employees. But it doesn't have to be that way when you use video to educate and inform new employees. The Power of Video Video is one of the most effective tools for new employee training because it pr...

If you work for a corporation, you probably receive a lot of emails every day. Some undoubtedly contain important information for your business. But most likely the majority of the emails you receive are marginal at best, and a waste of time at worst. Be honest: How many do you actually read? While a lot of businesses still use email to communicate with employees, vendors, clients, and others, the rest of the world has moved on. Email is actually an archaic, 20th Century communications platf...

Video is the easiest, fastest, and most affordable way to spread the word about your business. Whether you are launching a brand new enterprise or building excitement about a business that has been around for years, creating and posting a professionally produced video with you noticed. The reason is that video can be reproduced an endless number of times at no additional expense. Today's videos are created digitally, so there's no film to develop, no videos to be reproduced manually, and usua...

What does video have to do with selling your home? In the 21st Century, the answer is Everything! Home buyers today no longer start their journey by walking or driving through the neighborhoods where they would like to live looking for "For Sale" signs. In the age of WiFi and streaming online video, like anything else home buyers' first stop is the internet. So when you want to put your home up for sale, the first thing most realtors today will recommend is that you create a video you can ...

About a decade ago, the hot holiday gift was toy drones, tiny helicopter-like devices that could be flown and operated using a handheld radio controller. Since then, drones have made rapid technological advances and are now widely used in industry, law enforcement, inventory, and even package delivery. Drones are also used frequently in photography and video production because they allow cameras to be taken to places that were not previously easily accessed: High above their subjects. Eye in...