Do It Yourself or Do It Right?

Ron Watermon • June 5, 2022

Video Storytelling Dilemma Most Small Business Owner Face

United States of America – June 6, 2022 – When it comes to video storytelling, you face a variety of decisions. It can be overwhelming and frustrating.

If you run a business, everywhere you turn someone is telling you that you need to be using video to promote your business. When you log onto social media you see not only others sharing videos, but you are bombarded with ads for the latest and greatest DIY video app.

You see people dancing and acting silly on TikTok getting hundreds of thousands of views. Watching those silly videos makes you smile, but you have a full-blown panic attack when you think of yourself doing the same thing to promote your business.

You think, that isn’t me .

Is that what I have to do to get customers for my business today?

What is the world coming to when acting like a fool translates into hundreds of thousands of views and selling my services?

It makes you sick to your stomach. You just want to throw in the towel.

You know you need to get in the game with video, but you don’t have a lot money or time. DIY is appealing because of cost, but it is turn off when you think about all the hours of work involved.

You are busy running a business or keeping the planes and trains running on time with your family. How would you find twenty or thirty hours to write, shoot and edit an explainer video?

You feel like you only have two choices. Do it yourself or do it right by hiring out.

But hiring out seems way too expensive to be viable. You don’t have tens of thousands of dollars to spend.

A business mentor of yours spent $25,000 on a corporate video for their website that they spent six months putting together. He kept telling you about as they went through each step that you built up so much excitement that it was going to be as good as the new Top Gun movie, but alas it was disappointing.

What if you could hire someone to tell your story effectively, efficiently and professionally without breaking the bank?

What if you could get a video better than the one you friend spent $25,000 on, but you only spent $2,500?

That is what STORYSMART’s premium video storytelling as a service is all about. It is a cost-certain premium service that enables you to get dozens of stories for what most spend for just one video.

What you find most appealing is it is pay as you go and doesn’t take a long time. You can try it without being obligated to doing it again. And you are familiar with the TV reporter that will help you tell your story because you watched her work on television for years. You always liked and trusted her no nonsense way of bringing you the news.

As a small business owner, you feel like the best thing about STORYSMART is how turkey easy the process is to tell a story. You signed a contract, paid you deposit and were call with their CEO and the reporter within days doing a short pre-production planning call. Not only was it short and easy, it was actually sort of fun. You found yourself getting really excited thinking about the video.

When the reporter came to your business to do the shoot, it was so much fun. And easy. Your interview was over before you knew it. Then a week later you had an amazing video in your in-basket.

They asked if you had changes to the video, but you couldn’t think of any. You kept sharing the link with others to get their reactions and thoughts. It was so easy and affordable, you couldn’t believe it.

From beginning to the end it was six weeks. Your friend spent six months working the an agency to get a three minute video that looked pretty, but comes across as fake. You spent 1/10th the amount and had an authentic story that is now driving customers into your business.

You can’t wait to tell your next story with STORYSMART

About STORYSMART

You have a story to tell, but don't have the time or resources to do it yourself. Not only is it hard to find someone who can help you tell your story, but it's also expensive. And once you find them, you're not even sure if they'll be able to stay true to your brand and values.

STORYSMART is different.

STORYSMART is a nationwide premium video and motion picture storytelling service that empowers individuals, families, celebrities, small businesses and other organizations to have their stories told professionally while still retaining their intellectual property rights.

STORYSMART provides experienced video storytellers who follow our proprietary high-integrity brand journalism method. Our transparently priced premium service guarantees that you get an authentic, high-quality story you own the intellectual property rights on forever.

You deserve to have your story told in an amazing way that you own. Learn more about STORYSMART at getstorysmart.com.


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