The business trail is not an easy one, but sometimes it summons wonderful encounters. A few of those encounters happened last week, with people who are trying to help e-Clips, with no incentive but kindness.
I'll start with Jon Handlery, the proud owner of the Handlery hotels in San Francisco and San Diego (http://www.handlery.com/). I met Jon while shooting the doorman tribute video for the SFCVB, and interviewing his hotel's doorman. Last week I contacted him, seeking advice and help on getting the word out. He met with me a few days later, gave me incredible advice and guided me to other organizations who might help me. Helping a perfect stranger is not common in this world, I was truly touched by this show of kindness and generosity.
Last week I also met Lisa Cleveland and Dan Goldes from The SFCVB. I have no better words to describe the working relationship with the Bureau other than "a love story". They were a fantastic client. Quick, professional, punctual and full of constructive criticism and compliments. If there was a competition for “best client in the bay Area”, I would sign them up.
Lisa Cleveland, Director of Member Services for the SFCVB, met with me and gave me some good advice and helpful tips and recommendations on who to approach. Dan Goldes , executive vice president, strategy & development, met with me for coffee as well. He was kind, gave me some good networking tips (not one of my better skills) and people to talk with.
It is extremely hard to ask for help, especially from people I don’t know, especially in my unique position as an immigrant. I don’t do it too often, fearing that it might be taken as a sign of weakness, and that I might lose my independent business posture (even in my own eyes). I’m happy I did seek help. Besides helping me, all three showed kindness and belief in me, my company and in our video invitations. In this harsh business environment (even though everybody around is smiling politely, I can still feel “the race” for the fortune, the competition for a share in the limited pie of revenue), it is a good reminder that bottom line – it’s all about people. The bad, and I’m happy to say – the good. The very good.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Thursday, July 3, 2008
A few links to our video invitations and being proud, very proud
I owe the blog the links to our latest and greatest (as the former post states).
This is the video invitation we have created for the San Francisco Convention and Visitors Bureau: http://greenvite.net/video/cvbinvite/video.htm
Renel Brooks-Moon was AMAZING to work with. Delivered a great performance, co-operated with the many takes and was fun and funny. The video invitation, I hope, did justice to her character. And this is the invitation we have created for Rodan and Fields, the amazing skincare foundation: http://greenvite.net/video/rfinvitation/video.htm. Notice the beat, the rhythm of the clip, the life emanating from it. And of course, the colors, oh, the colors. I love this clip.
Both responses were incredible. And I have to be proud of what Dan Goldes, a great man,
Executive Vice President for the San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau wrote me:
Eyal,
A quick note to thank you and your team for the great work on our Annual Luncheon video invitation and the Silver Cable Car Award video. As you know, the video invitation was a first for us and we were very pleased with both the process and the results. Working with you was a client's dream: you brought creative ideas, great listening skills and a "can-do" attitude to the project - that was clear from the beginning. Lynn told me how well organized the shoot was and I'm VERY impressed with the editing process -- you got them both to "95%" before we ever saw them, you were great about responding to our revisions and the speed of response and turnaround were great. The final results speak for themselves: we saw an immediate spike in registration when the invitation was delivered (and received numerous unsolicited positive comments about it), and the 1,000 attendees were on their feet following the Silver Cable Car Award video, clearly moved by piece. We've posted both videos on our member web site and they continue attracting traffic. I watch them both from time to time, myself!
Ahhhhhhhhhhhh, this is what we work for. Not for the money, not for the glory, just for a whole hearted positive feedback. I do love the event video we did for them, honoring the doormen of San Francisco (it's not up on our website yet, but soon). Here is the Youtube link the SFCVB posted: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxV8h1QrLNA
And coming soon, the website that will bring our video invitations for corporate events together with our promotional videos: http://www.eclipsvideos.com/.
God (and Krish's team) willing, it will be up in a few days.
This is the video invitation we have created for the San Francisco Convention and Visitors Bureau: http://greenvite.net/video/cvbinvite/video.htm
Renel Brooks-Moon was AMAZING to work with. Delivered a great performance, co-operated with the many takes and was fun and funny. The video invitation, I hope, did justice to her character. And this is the invitation we have created for Rodan and Fields, the amazing skincare foundation: http://greenvite.net/video/rfinvitation/video.htm. Notice the beat, the rhythm of the clip, the life emanating from it. And of course, the colors, oh, the colors. I love this clip.
Both responses were incredible. And I have to be proud of what Dan Goldes, a great man,
Executive Vice President for the San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau wrote me:
Eyal,
A quick note to thank you and your team for the great work on our Annual Luncheon video invitation and the Silver Cable Car Award video. As you know, the video invitation was a first for us and we were very pleased with both the process and the results. Working with you was a client's dream: you brought creative ideas, great listening skills and a "can-do" attitude to the project - that was clear from the beginning. Lynn told me how well organized the shoot was and I'm VERY impressed with the editing process -- you got them both to "95%" before we ever saw them, you were great about responding to our revisions and the speed of response and turnaround were great. The final results speak for themselves: we saw an immediate spike in registration when the invitation was delivered (and received numerous unsolicited positive comments about it), and the 1,000 attendees were on their feet following the Silver Cable Car Award video, clearly moved by piece. We've posted both videos on our member web site and they continue attracting traffic. I watch them both from time to time, myself!
Ahhhhhhhhhhhh, this is what we work for. Not for the money, not for the glory, just for a whole hearted positive feedback. I do love the event video we did for them, honoring the doormen of San Francisco (it's not up on our website yet, but soon). Here is the Youtube link the SFCVB posted: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxV8h1QrLNA
And coming soon, the website that will bring our video invitations for corporate events together with our promotional videos: http://www.eclipsvideos.com/.
God (and Krish's team) willing, it will be up in a few days.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
