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Why You Need to Trust Your Personal Artistic Process

Welcome to Maker Corner, our monthly series where we feature guest contributions to our blog from QuickFrame’s Maker Community. This blog was written by QuickFrame maker John-Michael Triana of TRIANA STUDIO. His latest short film, L. A. Rush, is currently in the crowd-funding phase on Indiegogo. This edition discusses John-Michael’s approach to trusting the artistic process […]

Web Team·December 20, 2021·8 min read
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8 Marketing Trends You Need to Know in 2022

The last couple of years have certainly been a bumpy ride for everyone, with marketers feeling some unique growing pains from emerging tech and a renewed focus on individual user privacy. It’s safe to say your life (my life, their life, all of our lives?) has been wicked exhausting in 2021. Now that we’re starting […]

Web Team·December 16, 2021·11 min read
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Video Creatives We Love (Best of 2021)

Can you believe we made it through the year? I’m sure like many of you, after the whirlwind of events that have swirled around us through 2021, we’re all looking forward to a bit of down time to reflect on the challenges we experienced–and the successes we achieved. But just because we’re approaching a new […]

Web Team·December 15, 2021·6 min read
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Brand Marketing with Video: Your Ultimate Creative Guide

Video has been a part of marketing for decades. Television used to be the only place you’d see it, but today, average consumers also carry screens around in their pockets. Marketers virtually have 24/7 access to eyeballs, and they’re taking advantage of it. Your brand is facing unchartered territory. New platforms, channels, and competitors are […]

Web Team·December 12, 2021·21 min read
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10 Marketing Trends That Shaped 2021

You all deserve a big round of applause for getting through 2021. Go ahead, pat yourself on the back, we’ll wait. Woof. We made it. You all deserve a big round of applause for getting through 2021. Go ahead, pat yourself on the back, we’ll wait. The marketing world (who are we kidding, the entire […]

Web Team·December 7, 2021·11 min read
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10 Nostalgic Holiday Ads That Still Slap

Growing up, my parents taped a plethora of holiday specials from TV, be it A Garfield Christmas or A Wish for Wings that Work: An Opus Christmas Story. Before TiVo and streaming made this practice redundant, taping specials was the only way to revisit some holiday classics, especially if they weren’t very popular: we’re looking at you Star […]

Jacob Trussell·December 2, 2021·6 min read
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4 Cheat Codes for Using Video Ads in the Gaming Industry

When the 2020 pandemic first hit, the world became obsessed with the Nintendo game Animal Crossing: New Horizons. The game was released in a perfect storm; as gamers were forced to stay indoors, they were able to live vicariously through their Animal Crossing avatars giving them the ability to do something they couldn’t do in […]

Jacob Trussell·November 18, 2021·6 min read
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Video Creatives We Love (November 2021)

Keeping up with the latest video marketing trends is difficult. And in a content landscape that moves faster and is more crowded than ever before, making sure your creatives are captivating and fresh is a must.  To stimulate your creative brainstorming, we’re rounding up some of our favorite videos we recently enabled brands to create […]

Web Team·November 16, 2021·5 min read
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How to Set Up Your Video Production Intern for Success

Welcome to Maker Corner, our monthly series where we feature guest contributions to our blog. This month’s post, written by a QuickFrame maker Brooks McCormick at The Stewdio, dives into a process for setting up a video production intern for success. Looking for more video production tips? We’ve got you covered: 3 Best Camera Angles […]

Web Team·November 16, 2021·5 min read
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4 Top Tips for Using Video to Advertise Toys

If I could capture a feeling in a bottle, it would be that sense of relief you got as a kid on the last day of school before holiday break. You knew the day would be filled with movies and seasonally-appropriate arts, crafts, and games that were far more fun than any boring old biology […]

Jacob Trussell·November 10, 2021·7 min read
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Why Prioritizing Diversity is Key in Connected TV Ads

If you are looking to make moves into the Connected TV (CTV) space, oh do we have some content you’ll want to see: The A to Z of CTV and OTT CTV & OTT Advertising: A Guide for Marketers Creative Tips for Connected TV (CTV) and OTT Video Ads CTV and OTT: A Glossary of […]

Web Team·November 4, 2021·5 min read
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Creating Opportunities for Women of Color in Advertising

This blog was written by QuickFrame maker Paxeros. Welcome to Maker Corner, our monthly series where we feature guest contributions to our blog. This edition details Paxeros’ initiative to advance underrepresented groups in the advertising industry with the Women of Color Commercial Directing Program (WCCDP). When we first began building out Paxeros’ roster of makers […]

Web Team·October 20, 2021·5 min read