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Why do software how-to videos take so long to make?
What is the most precious resource? Is it data? Money? Technology? Nope-- it's time.
In the 2022 State of SaaS Video...
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Recent Blog Posts
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3 Reasons Why Companies Struggle Making Videos in Multiple Languages
In our 2022 State of SaaS Video Report, we found that globalizing video is way behind where companies (global...
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Top 5 Benefits of Video for SaaS Companies
We recently conducted a comprehensive survey to better understand SaaS companies’ attitudes, methods, investments,...
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Before you Start Recording
We are often asked, “What do you need in addition to documents or scripts before you start producing videos with Videate?” The answer is very straightforward. You need a Dedicated Environment, Prerequisite Instructions, and Sample Data. Whether you...
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Reusing your Existing Videos
One of the greatest challenges of making software videos is updates. Every time there is a new release of your software you have to re-record some or all of your videos to bring them up to date. If you have well-written video scripts that follow a...
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The Next Big Thing for Software Videos
We just launched our new Videate Chrome Extension that allows you to automatically create UI selectors directly from your application. Think of a selector as a pointer to a specific UI element in your app. Sounds techie and you may ask, “why is this so...
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Video Survey Results
Here are the full results from our survey last month about software video production. Thank you to everyone who participated and helped us raise money for the American Cancer Society, Relay for Life.
We recently spoke with an expert video producer who...
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Important Takeaways from the Video Survey
Earlier this month we launched a comprehensive survey with SaaS companies about software videos. The full results are in-- here are some important takeaways from our preliminary analysis.
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74% of respondents said customers want the choice of video or...
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The Democratization of Software Videos
When most people think of the democratization of video, YouTube comes to mind. YouTube made sharing videos fast, easy, and free. Then smartphones arrived and suddenly you had an “always available” video creation and editing tool in your hands.
The...
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Faster horses and better Blackberries
There is a famous story about Steve Jobs on why he didn’t ask customers before they designed the iPhone if they wanted one:
“Some people say give the customers what they want, but that's not my approach. Our job is to figure out what they're going to...
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Take only pictures. Leave only footprints.
One of the challenges of making software videos is having an environment that is always ready for the next video. Whether you record them yourself, hire a third-party to record them for you, or use Videate to automatically generate your videos from...