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So you have your business and your website is set up? And you want to push your business further online, to reach more potential clients? And you’ve decided that the best way to do this is an explainer video? Job done, right? Wrong! Your next few decisions will really define how well the video will do for your business, in turn defining just how well your business itself does.
There are a number of things you will need to consider when making this decision, as there is quite a lot of choice out there. It is important to take your time and really see what your options are in terms of style, pricing, completion time and so on.
Here at The Cuillin Collective, we have our own style; we like it and our customers like it. There are other companies out there who have a specific style too, so you should take some time to see what different styles are available to your business. It is very important to do this rather than just going for a video from the first explainer video company you see. Read reviews, speak to companies, get quotes and get a feel for what the explainer video business is like too. When you speak to the companies, find out what their time scales are like, can they deliver your explainer video within the time you need it?
Everyone has their own price band, so you need to research these in accordance with your budget. Be sure that you get what you pay for and not anything less. Our videos start at $500, other companies start at $2500, and there are two reasons for this – firstly the style of video we offer, and secondly, we want to continue to be the highest quality explainer video company out there, who can also fit within start-up budgets. If you make your choice wisely, you will see the benefits in your video.
Ultimately, it is important that you end up with the style of explainer video that you want for your business, on time and within budget.
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Now, you have your site all set up, your logo is perfect and it all looks great. The hard work doesn’t end here however, you need to ensure that your site stays at the top of the search engine, that visitors to your site keep coming back and that they stay on your site once they are on it.
There are many ways to ensure all of this happens, but one of the most effective is to ensure your content is interesting and is updated often.
Cheap content creation services from Tess at The Cuillin Collective can take care of this for you. She will work closely with you to ensure you get exactly the style of content that is right for your business and your site. If you have content that is already written and want this to be made SEO friendly, no problem. If you have products or services that could benefit from blogs or articles on your site to push their SEO ranks higher, then we can do this for you too. Cheap content creation from The Cuillin Collective will ensure that the user experience on your site is an enjoyable one, encouraging visitors to stay longer and to return time and time again.
Our cheap content creation for SEO purposes works – it got you here today and it could get customers straight to your site too. The content on your site needs to be constantly evolving to ensure you stay at the top of the search engines.
We offer cheap content creation either as part of our collections, or as a stand alone service and we are more than happy to have a chat with you to discuss your time and budget constraints.
To find out more or to have a chat about your options, click the live chat function or contact us here now!
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There are so many ways to promote your website, and a combination of different methods is the most effective in order for your business to really reach it’s full potential. One such way is using videos to promote websites, which is what we are going to focus on today.
It has to be said that we live in a world where we don’t have much time to spare. When we visit a website, we want the information right away with no delay – if a site has pages and pages of text, it is unlikely that a visitor is going to stay on it.
This is where using a video to promote your website can really allow the business to fly. The video can be put pretty much anywhere on the web and rather than the customer having to read large amounts of text about your business, your business overview is explained in just minutes.
Having a video on your website makes for an enjoyable experience for the viewer, being greeted with an audio/visual experience rather than the choice of reading page after page of text which will more than likely result in them switching off and leaving your site. This all helps google understand how user-friendly your site actually is and ensures an all round better experience for the user. The other advantage is that it is forcing more and more businesses to concentrate on making their web design as effective as possible.
These videos allow you to explain whatever you wish, be it a product or service, in a simple way – the most complex of ideas can be broken down and made enjoyable and understandable to the viewer.
If you would like to see what one of our explanation videos could do for your business, contact us here to chat with either Marc or Ailsa.
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Regardless of the goods or services that your business offers, using video for complex ideas can ensure that even the most complicated idea can be understandable. In addition to using a video to explain goods or services, they can also be used for training staff on a new system.
Given the choice, would you rather read a 10 page PDF file, or watch a video which is less than 2 minutes long?
We know which one we would rather choose and understand that the large majority of people are with us on this. You can pack a large amount of information into a video which is only minutes long; the same information would take much longer to sit and read.
Using video for complex ideas allows for an experience which is interesting and easy to understand; the visual of the video is complemented by the voiceover and vice versa. If an idea takes too long for the voiceover to explain, then the illustrations in a video can be used to full advantage to show the viewer just what you want to get across.
The process is easy – you provide us with the information, let us know what direction you want your video to take and we get to making the video for you. We consult with you at every step of the way to ensure that you are getting a video which explains your business idea in the most appropriate and effective way.
Making this choice means you are allowing your business to reach it’s full potential; it would be very hard to sell your products or services if your potential customers struggle to understand just what it is you offer.
If you would like to discuss the positive effect of using videos for complex ideas for your business, contact us here today.
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Explanation videos are our forte – we have been doing them for years. We can make you an explanation video for anything, whether it be a business overview, the explanation of a new product or service, or a training video. Here we will focus on training videos and what they can do for your business.
We can turn the most complex of ideas into a comprehensive, short video which will get your chosen message across in minutes. Our training videos are great as they can turn any subject into an easy to understand concept without losing sight of the all-important subject.
We can specifically tailor your training videos to your business, so that it can be exactly what you want it to be and we can make it informal or formal to suit. We would start by having a full discussion with you about what your vision is for the video and what it is you want to get across.
Whether you want to inform staff on a new computer system or a new till procedure, no matter the training or business, we can make this happen. We can make just one video, or a series of videos – whichever will suit the training and your business.
Training videos are far more effective than handing your team a massive pile of paper, this is often a waste of money and quite often will just get ignored. With a training video you can gather your team all in one place to show it or simply e-mail them it to watch at their leisure. You’ll save money on printing and another benefit to our training videos is that if you have team members off sick or on holiday, you don’t need the expense of re-arranging training, you can simply just show them the video on their return.
The video is yours to keep, meaning you can show it again and again, whenever and wherever you wish. If you need to make changes, we can do this for you also. We keep a back-up of all of our video projects, so if you need to make changes or update a training video, then we can simply carry this out for you, no hassles!
To talk to us about how a training video can benefit your business, click the live chat function or contact us here.
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Here at The Cuillin Collective, we offer multilingual explanation videos so you don’t need to worry about a video being irrelevant in a specific location. Just let us know what language you would like your video and accompanying voice-over in and we will make it happen.
If this is your first experience of multilingual explanation videos, just click here to see an example of both an Australian and an Arabic explanation video.
Your video needs to work for your business; there is no point having a strong English voice-over when you are trying to sell a product or service in India. We also have a strong cultural awareness and know how important it is to use the right scenarios in our explanation videos so that no offence is taken in any given part of the world. The solution to this is one of our multilingual explanation videos offered by Marc and Ailsa here at The Cuillin Collective.
Do you want your business and the product or service you sell to be explained in a compelling, simple yet stylish and all together effective way? Then our multilingual explanation videos are just what you need!
The Cuillin Collective is run by husband and wife team Marc and Ailsa. We use free online services like Skype and Google Docs to efficiently manage our projects and dealings with our lovely clients all around the world, so we can work with you no matter where you are.
You simply provide us with your video requirements and we will then create one of our multilingual explanation videos to suit your every need. Similarly, just let us know which language or dialect of voice-over you require on your explanation video and we will make this happen too.
To discuss your options, please contact us here right away.
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Our explanation videos are great for getting an idea across – any idea. We don’t just make explanation videos for businesses to explain their goods or services, we make explanation videos for training purposes too.
Training can be hard – you need to capture the imagination of lots of people for some time to get an idea across. Even if an idea is simple, it can sometimes come across as dull and dry when delivered by a single person. There is also the option of getting training specialists in to carry out the training, but these can often be very expensive, and most businesses, regardless of size, don’t have the money to spare these days.
We have a solution allowing you to put your business’ training into an easy, informal, understandable video which will capture the imagination of your staff, meaning that they will pay more attention and have more of an understanding of the concept.
Using one of our explanation videos for training will allow you to either assemble your staff in one area or simply email your staff the video to view when they have the time. You can also use the video again and again, for instance, if a staff member is off sick, then they need not miss the training and you don’t need to spend more money to train them on another occasion.
We will discuss every step of your video to make sure that you are getting exactly what you want from using one of our videos for your training purposes.
If you would like your business to benefit from using explanation videos for training, then please get in touch today using the Live Chat feature or contact us here for an informal discussion.
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PowerPoint presentations are often used to try and convey a business message. This can work if you really know your stuff when it comes to PowerPoint, but if you don’t, then it can end up looking dry, boring and all rather 2 dimensional (which it can still end up looking even if you do know your stuff!) The other alternative is to pay someone to do it for you. Now why would you pay someone a large amount to do a PowerPoint presentation, when you could buy one of our unique, tailor made affordable Explanation Videos? Let us enlighten you…
Here at The Cuillin Collective, we use our videos as PowerPoint alternatives. Our videos successfully interpret the message of any PowerPoint presentation in 2 minutes or less much better than any PowerPoint presentation can. A video from The Cuillin Collective provides inexpensive PowerPoint alternatives whilst conveying any message in an easier, more understandable manner.
Using a video as PowerPoint alternatives to convey your message allows you to bring the message to life and illustrate exactly what you mean with a combination of both visual and audio. What better way to sell the product or service offered by your business?
Here is an example of just how easy it is to convey any message with one of our Explanation Videos.
A video from Marc and Ailsa at The Cuillin Collective will take your concept and make it easy and understandable for prospective customers.
What is more, if you are thinking of using videos from The Cuillin Collective as PowerPoint alternatives, you need not worry where in the world you are. We use free online services Skype and Google Docs to efficiently manage our projects and dealings with our lovely clients all around the world.
The process is simple and pain free; we will have an initial chat with you to get a feel for your business and decide on any important points you want to mention, then Marc will write draft 1 of the script on Google Docs, to which you can provide feedback. Once this is done, we adjust the script and pop in the illustration ideas for the video and again invite you to provide feedback. Ailsa then illustrates the video and again you will be asked to feedback any ideas. After those few steps, Marc and Ailsa get to shooting and editing the video, at which point we are ready to provide you with the end product; one of our affordable Explanation Videos which are seen as PowerPoint alternatives.
To discuss your options, please contact us here right away, we’d love to chat!
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Let’s be honest about this, this is our forte. Affordable explanatory videos are so important to us here at The Cuillin Collective and if they aren’t so already, they soon will be to you. If this is your first experience of explanation videos, then just click here to see an example of one of our affordable explanatory videos.
You want your business and the product or service you sell to be explained in a compelling, simple yet stylish and all together effective way? Then affordable explanatory videos are just what you need!
The use of video on the web to share complex ideas and information is becoming increasingly common. The hard part is creating a video which is fun and informative but also SEO friendly. This is where we at The Cuillin Collective come in; we create affordable explanatory videos.
A simple hand crafted explanation video from The Cuillin Collective is created by Marc and Ailsa to meet your needs and wants in a fun and informative way. We pride ourselves on making complex or common concepts – which may be difficult to vocalise – crystal clear by using our affordable explanatory videos.
Marc and Ailsa own, run and manage The Cuillin Collective and each and every one of our projects. By doing this, it not only allows us to have full control over the quality of each piece of our work, it also makes it a much more cost effective way of running our business. Being more cost affective means savings, savings which are passed on to our clients and reflected in our pricing structures.
What is more, if you are thinking of using The Cuillin Collective for your affordable explanatory videos, you need not worry where in the world you are. We use free online services Skype and Google Docs to efficiently manage our projects and dealings with our lovely clients all around the world.
The process is simple and pain free; we will have an initial chat with you to get a feel for your business and decide on any important points you want to mention, then Marc will write draft 1 of the script on Google Docs, to which you can provide feedback. Once this is done, we adjust the script and pop in the illustration ideas for the video and again invite you to provide feedback. Ailsa then illustrates the video and again you will be asked to feedback any ideas. After those few steps, Marc and Ailsa get to shooting and editing the video, at which point we are ready to provide you with the end product; one of our affordable explanatory videos.
To discuss your options, please contact us here right away, we love to chat!
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One of the most important things your business can get right is the logo; all of the world’s biggest companies are instantly identifiable through their logo and you want yours to be too. Your logo will be on everything your prospective customer sees and therefore it is so very important that your logo will complement your business style and vision and make it attractive to your all-important audience.
By our use of the word ‘cheap’ please do not think that our logos are nasty. Our logos are cheap in terms of affordability, but certainly not in terms of design.
We price our logos so that start up companies can afford us. We were a start up company once upon a time and we know how hard it is to be able to afford all the important things required to get your business off the ground. Regardless of whether you are a large company with many years behind you or a small company in the very first stages, our prices are the same and one thing is for sure: you will always get the highest quality cheap logo design when you choose this option from our logo designer Ailsa.
Ailsa is one of the owners of The Cuillin Collective and is an expert in the field of graphic illustration and design. If you click here you can see Ailsa’s full logo portfolio.
A cheap logo design from Ailsa will ensure that your business will be able to differentiate itself, which is so very important, and more so for a start up business with a small marketing budget. Why be over charged for a bog-standard logo featuring a much-used font when you could receive one of our logo designs which are unique and fully tailored to your business?
Our cheap logo design starts at just £60/$100. For this you can be assured that Ailsa will pour a massive amount of effort into creating a logo which you can be proud of to carry your business forward. Our core belief is making sure that we are affordable; we achieve this by making sure that all of our work is done in-house. This means we can pass on the savings to you, our customer and have complete control of everything The Cuillin Collective produces.
When you decide you want to take up our cheap logo design service, the first step Ailsa will take will be to have a discussion with you. In this discussion we will be able to find out what ideas you have; if you have specific requests, colour schemes and also who your target audience is. All of this is highly important to us and goes much of the way towards creating a cheap logo design which is just perfect for your business.
Once this discussion has taken place, Ailsa will get to work designing 6-8 variants of clear vector options for you to choose from. You then get to decide which logo you think suits your business most and let us know if there are any changes you want to make it just perfect. When you are completely happy with your cheap logo design, we will then provide it in any format that you wish.
To discuss your options, please contact us here right away, we love to chat!
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Copyright © The Cuillin Collective - 7 Elgol, Isle of Skye, IV49 9BL. 01471 866 383. We offer affordable explanation videos, including viral video productions, web videos and chroma keying services. We also offer start up companies one of our Collections, as well as provide illustration and design services. Bringing our all round web design service to a total solution