Intermediate Level: Drone Regulations and Advice

In this new Alchemy of Film video course, Byron, Camera Operator, Drone Pilot and Editor at Shot Blast Media, will give you the best advice regarding drone regulations. Byron's top tips for drone videography are vital for drone pilots and drone owners within the UK. Thinking about purchasing a drone? Watch this video to find out lots of crucial information about flying.Let us know what else you'd like to learn on our Alchemy of Film video courses in the future! Back to courses Downloadable Content Members Forum

Intermediate Level: Drone Regulations and Advice2023-11-21T08:56:08+00:00

Beginner Level: Using Google My Business To Improve SEO

In this new Alchemy of Film video course, Maddy, Digital Marketing Executive at Shot Blast Media, will show you how to use Google My Business to improve SEO for your business. You will learn how to add images, post new business updates, and how to check analytics including direction requests, number of calls, messages and website clicks. Using Google My Business regularly will help to push your website up to the top of search results. Let us know what else you'd like to learn on our Alchemy of Film video courses in the future! Back to courses Downloadable Content Members Forum

Beginner Level: Using Google My Business To Improve SEO2023-10-24T10:37:44+00:00

Intermediate Level: LinkedIn Top Tips & Tricks For Your Business

In this new Alchemy of Film video course, Maddy, Digital Marketing Executive at Shot Blast Media, will show you how to use LinkedIn effectively for your business. After watching this video course, you will know how to efficiently set up a LinkedIn showcase page linked to your LinkedIn business page in order to showcase specific sectors of your company. Maddy will also show you how to create a LinkedIn carousel post and how to use the scheduling tool too.Let us know what else you'd like to learn on our Alchemy of Film video courses! Back to courses Downloadable Content Members Forum

Intermediate Level: LinkedIn Top Tips & Tricks For Your Business2023-09-07T07:35:55+00:00

Intermediate Level: Setting Up The Perfect Interview Shot

In this Alchemy of Film video course, Byron, Camera Operator & Editor at Shot Blast Media, will show you how to set up the perfect interview video shot, including using the camera, utilising your lighting, and directing your presentor/actor. Steph, our Sales & Business Development Manager, will show you the best position to stand in and how to perform a good interview on camera. Let us know what else you'd like to learn on our Alchemy of Film video courses! Back to courses Downloadable Content Members Forum

Intermediate Level: Setting Up The Perfect Interview Shot2023-08-22T14:45:53+00:00

The Ten Best Things To Do In Leeds With Your Teammates

Are you an office that likes to go out and celebrate with fun activities? We’ve got you covered for the best things to do in Leeds with your colleagues and teammates. 1. Escape room - There are loads to choose from! The Shot Blast Media team have completed a few of these, our favourite being ‘Haunted’ at The Great Escape Game Leeds. It was a very spooky experience and not for the faint-hearted, but a very well put together escape room. We escaped with over 13 minutes to spare! 2. Axe throwing - A new activity to enjoy in Leeds! We are now experts after attending Whistle Punks for our Christmas do this year! It’s great fun to do but it can get quite competitive between colleagues! Don’t worry, it’s not as hard as it looks, but it does take some practice!  3. Flight Club - This is a great activity to do in a medium to large group of teammates. Flight Club is darts but with entertaining games and gorgeous cocktails. We recommend playing Demolition and Killer. They even have bottomless pizza and prosecco brunch now too!  4. Roxy’s - There are now three of these to choose from in Leeds city centre, offering a huge range of different activities, perfect for your company night out. At Roxy’s you can do bowling, pool, shuffleboard, ping pong, beer pong, mini golf, curling, and even karaoke! We recommend booking if there’s a large group. 5. Bowling - Lots of places [...]

The Ten Best Things To Do In Leeds With Your Teammates2023-01-18T12:06:52+00:00

Intermediate Level: How To Design Content On Canva

In this Alchemy of Film video tutorial, Maddy from Shot Blast Media explains the basics of Canva and how to use this free platform to design content for your social media platforms. Canva is a great tool to use to create easy, yet engaging, designs for marketing purposes, including logos, videos, social media content, posters, documents, presentations, infographics, and so much more. Maddy discusses how to create videos on Canva, how to make logos, how to add elements into designs, and also how to download your content to use. Back to courses Downloadable Content Members Forum

Intermediate Level: How To Design Content On Canva2022-11-02T16:02:04+00:00

How to Make a Funny and Engaging Skit for Social Media

At Shot Blast Media, we LOVE creating funny skits to share with our audience! Skits make for great engagement on social media, and can be a form of guerrilla marketing for your business to increase brand awareness and generate sales. They can also be used for internal acquisition strategies, and generally to introduce your team. Social media audiences love seeing more personal forms of content, so skits are great to show off who you work with and your office! Here’s our top tips on how to make a social media ready skit scene to share with your viewers! Get your whole team involved! You’ll need people to act, film, direct and edit the skit! Have an ‘ideas’ meeting with the team. Pick a viable concept from the ideas and get started on planning characters and a beginning, middle and ending. Make a script beforehand and familiarise yourself with it. Make a location list and shot list. Where will the camera need to be when filming? Will you use close-ups or wide-shots? How many different angles will you film from? Work out timings. How long will it take to film and edit? When does the skit need to be ready by? Have a readthrough of the script with the whole cast and crew. Make any changes to the script that are necessary, and make sure to listen to everyone’s feedback. Does the script get laughs? Make sure the intended comedy is noticeable in the readthrough. Get costumes and props ready. [...]

How to Make a Funny and Engaging Skit for Social Media2023-02-17T15:56:29+00:00

What is Guerrilla Marketing and How is it Best Used?

Guerrilla marketing is a marketing tactic that uses creativity, imagination, and originality to promote a product or idea. It can be used as a type of direct marketing or to create buzz for a product. Guerrilla marketing is done in an unconventional way. These marketing campaigns are often short, inexpensive, and highly targeted. The term "guerrilla" refers to the unconventional nature of the marketing campaign. The word comes from the Spanish word "guerra" which means “to wage war” or “to fight”. First used in military strategy, guerrilla in this sense refers to small groups of soldiers who ambush larger enemy forces in surprise attacks. The term guerrilla was applied to marketing because it implies unconventional tactics and strategies executed by small numbers of people with limited resources against larger opponents. The guerrilla marketing technique uses creative and non-traditional strategies to reach a company’s target audience. It is often used when the product or service cannot be marketed through traditional channels. This type of marketing is not as expensive as other forms of advertising and it can be done on a small budget, which means that most businesses can use guerrilla marketing in their strategy. Guerrilla marketing is based on innovation and is used by a lot of big brands today, including the BBC, Guinness, IKEA and Colgate. Some guerrilla marketing ideas worth thinking about include: Flash mobs Promotional products Graffiti Publicity stunts Parody videos Indoor and outdoor campaigns Experimental campaigns User-generated content Viral videos Ambush marketing campaigns Undercover marketing [...]

What is Guerrilla Marketing and How is it Best Used?2023-01-26T15:17:08+00:00

Creating a Timelapse From Your Phone: Beginner Level

Timelapses are great pieces of content to use on businesses social media channels. They are quick and simple to create, and with this short guide on how to make a timelapse on your phone, you will have all the information you need to enhance your social media accounts. Back to courses Downloadable Content Members Forum

Creating a Timelapse From Your Phone: Beginner Level2022-10-20T08:56:48+00:00

Using TikTok In Your Marketing

TikTok is a social media app that allows users to create and share short videos. TikTok is mainly used for sharing funny or creative videos. It has been downloaded by more than 500 million people and it has over 30 million daily active users. The app has become popular because of its simplicity, it's free and the content can be shared easily on other social media platforms such as Instagram and Facebook. TikTok can be used in many different ways, such as showing how you feel at a certain moment in time or to share your thoughts with friends or followers. TikTok is very popular among young people but the user base is growing to include a vast amount of people of different ages. Which is why many companies and businesses are jumping on the hype train to have their own TikTok account, to post their own original social media videos. The app is relatively easy to use in creating the content, everything is there for you to create a video with next to no editing and video making knowledge. Why should you be using TikTokfor your content, is probably the question you're thinking? If the growing user base wasn't enough to make you consider it, then it should be the fact that the videos you can create can save time, money and give you a lot of experience for the video content you can produce just from your phone. Anyone looking into creating short social media videos should [...]

Using TikTok In Your Marketing2022-02-24T15:33:15+00:00
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