VIDOOVY

Vidoovy’s mission is to rebuild local shopping districts and communities as a whole with our asset based community development video maps. West Orange, NJ was our first town and Montclair, NJ is on the runway about to take off.

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WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE INANIMATE OBJECT?

Right now the Stabilo point 88 fine 0,4 felt tip pen I’m using today. It is really working for me.

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We haven’t been keeping up with our Tumblr blog lately. Bad us. But we have been busy rebuilding the back end of Vidoovy.com as we also get ready to finally launch the Montclair Vidoovy Video Map! Here is some lovely promo art to enjoy in the mean time. Now get out there and shop local.

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Vidoovy is on the march. Montclair, NJ has signed on to be the next Vidoovy Video Map community. We are looking forward to shooting their 10 initial free videos and launching their map this summer!

To see a quick overview of the Vidoovy program check out our video here!

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We presented the Vidoovy platform at the NJTech Meetup this past Monday. Received valuable insights for future growth. Looking forward to our next steps.

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If you are thinking about going to a Big Box Store for fencing think again. A Able Fence Builders have been doing it right for close to 50 years. They are the latest addition to our West Orange, NJ Video Map.

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We just launched our Beta! The transition of Vidoovy to a hyper-local small business and municipal video platform has begun. Our goal is to help people get to know their communities through Geo-located video in order to encourage them to shop and live local. Visit the video map of our Beta-tester, West Orange, NJ.

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Our most recent investment in equipment to ensure that our client’s web videos look amazing. And we made that investment at Bergen County Camera, a great local store here in northern New Jersey. This super fast f1.4 35mm lens is full of Canon goodness and we already used it while shooting our upcoming video for a local Counseling Service. Can’t wait to share it soon.

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Most small business owners are passionate about what they do but the founder of Right at Home of Essex County, NJ has a very personal reason for having gotten into the home health care business after decades as a corporate executive. Watch our Vidoovy video to hear his story.

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At Vidoovy we view our roll as more than a tool for small business growth and community development. We see ourselves as an organization that appreciates the importance of what everyday people do to make their towns great places to live. With that in mind we like to post other low cost or free resources for small businesses to explore in the hopes that the information will contribute to our shared mission of rebuilding local communities.

Score.org is a nonprofit connected to the SBA that provides free mentors and helpful templates in order to help small businesses thrive. Take a look and take advantage of this asset.

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We went to the NJ Tech Meet Up this week at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ to listen to Joy Marcus, Venture Partner, DFJ Gotham Ventures and former head of US operations for DailyMotion. Amazing discussion and a great learning opportunity as we get ready for the launch of the Vidoovy video hosting platform. We’re doing all we can to make this platform a powerful tool to draw as much traffic to local businesses as possible. Keep your eyes open for our launch in about a month! photo credit: [email protected]

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Here is a video we released just before the holidays for a 3rd generation, family owned tuxedo shop on Main Street in West Orange, NJ. There is no substitute for the quality of service you get when the owner of the business takes care of you. This probably has something to do with why customers were not only lined up for fittings but some were coming in just to say "hi" and share the latest news. When’s the last time that happened at a large chain store?

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If we had to pick the one 2011 project we are most proud of it would have to be this video we did for the township of West Orange, NJ. Trying to capture any town in one video is tough but West Orange covers over 12 square miles and is filled with a huge variety of attractions. After touring the hugely impressive Thomas Edison Historical Park located on their Main Street we developed a theme around "invention" and then brought that story around to today by profiling a wide range of interesting and inventive assets within the town.

Not only did the video come out well but thanks to a careful keyword analysis it has gotten over 4,500 views in just 8 months and area realtors have reported using it as a marketing tool for prospective home buyers new to the area.

As 2012 approaches we are looking forward to helping more towns tell their story to the masses with web video. Happy New Year!

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Well, it isn’t quite Christmas just yet but we peeked and we already know what we got. A brand spanking new "Patent Pending" on the Vidoovy video hosting platform we are currently creating! The amazing staff at the Patent and Trademark firm of Gearhart Law have been working with us for the past few months and they just gave us the official word yesterday.

This platform will be a powerful tool for communities looking to bring life back to their central shopping districts by attracting foot traffic from nearby residents and businesses. But it will go even further. Our goal is to provide a rich, online experience that will allow people to really get to know their communities in a very unique way.

We are hoping to have a beta version of the site live by March 1st, 2012 and will provide updates as we get closer.

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Here is a testimonial we just produced for a local Dentist, The Miller Center for Esthetic Excellence in Livingston, NJ. This is the second patient we interviewed and both couldn’t have been happier to talk with us about their experience. In this age of turmoil in the medical industry it’s good to see an example of health care the way it is supposed to be practiced.

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Here is a video we did more recently for another Main Street business in West Orange, NJ. Supreme Bakery has been in business for 40 years and it shows in the level of skill we witnessed while shooting. Not only were the custom designed cakes works of art but when people eat the baked goods there they have an involuntary response where their eyes roll back and they go, "Nomnomnommm." You will never find this kind of craftsmanship at a big box store.

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The centers of our towns used to be the centers of our civic lives but there are many well funded forces working to change that. With huge challenges like big box stores and online powerhouses you can either give in or fight. We created Vidoovy so that Main Street Districts have a weapon they can use to fight back. What can you do? Vote with your feet. Shop local!

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This was one of our first videos and it really captures what we are passionate about. Using web video as a tool to encourage people to live and shop local. There are so many amazing and valuable local community assets that people are missing out on. It’s time to let them know about them.