NY to Florida @ 1,288 mph


Hi Reader,

What would you do with an extra few work days this week?

Often, remote video campaigns are constrained by a tough trade-off:

  • Option A: Send your team to burn days traveling for a 20-minute client interview.
  • Option B: Break out a laptop webcam and hope for the best - saving travel time, but sacrificing the brand's visual standard.
  • Option C: Teleportation (sort of).

On the same campaign I referenced last week, our client needed to capture two interviews in a single day.

One little hiccup: the subjects were 1,200 miles apart, and neither was in her home market.

Time for Option C:

  • 11:00 AM: The first shoot was in New York. The client logged into our virtual studio from their own desk, conducted the interview, and signed off.
  • In-between: Whatever they want.
  • 1:00 PM: Logged back in to conduct Interview #2 in Florida.

Sooo, not quite teleportation, but if you wanted to execute those two interviews in person, you'd be zipping from NY to FL at a cool 1,288 miles per hour.

Because our pre-configured vidwheel vidKit v3.1 was shipped directly to each subject's desk, the technical setup was completely taken care of - 2-camera 4K resolution, lighting, and upgraded audio.

That’s 100% creative control over two interviews, 1,200+ miles apart, in a single day.

Zero hours lost to the airport and depending on how you calculate travel overhead, they gained 4 to 5 days back to focus on strategy, asset direction, and billable work.

When you stop moving people and start deploying smart tech, your creative team gets superpowers . . .

. . . like teleportation (sort of).

A quick question for your team this week:

What could your business look like if you unlocked just one out-of-market client for video work this month? How about one per month?

If you have an upcoming project or a client story outside your local market, hit reply and let me know where they're located. I'd love to talk about how to make it happen without anyone getting on a plane.

- Neil

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