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Teaching Social Media?

leelefever — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:43:56 +0000

As you may know, we've published a number "in Plain English" videos over the last year or two that are related to Social Media. Taken together, there are 9 of them on subjects from Wikis to Twitter. We've learned along the way that:

1) Professionals like you find these videos useful for introducing social media concepts to others.
2) You would prefer to use "Presentation Quality" versions that are downloadable and look great on screens of all types.
3) You love quantity discounts.

To serve all these needs, we've created the Social Media 9 Pack, which offers all 9 of our Social Media videos for the price of 7 videos. For individuals, that's about US$132 for all 9, for 3 years. Of course, the same videos are available as a "Site License" for entire organizations as well.

You can purchase and immediately download the 9 pack via our Store. Here's what it includes:

Designing Common Craft T-Shirts on Pixish.com

leelefever — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:57:47 +0000

As you may have seen, the Common Craft Store has a section for merchandise that is looking pretty minimal at the moment. At the same time, we often get requests for t-shirts. Hopefully, we're about to solve this problem.

We've created a new "assignment" on a website called Pixish. Using Pixish, we can describe an image we need and have a community of creative people submit their ideas. The creator of the winning images win "rewards" - often money, links, etc.

We're hoping to identify 2-3 images that we can put on t-shirts and other fun things that are offered in our store. If you're creative and want to participate, please do. The details are here.

We're offering $200US to the winners, plus some link-love from this blog. The assignment ends on September 15th.

What would you like to see on a Common Craft t-shirt?

Designing Common Craft T-Shirts on Pixish.com

leelefever — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:57:47 +0000

We're hoping to identify 2-3 images that we can put on t-shirts and other fun things that are offered in our store. If you're creative and want to participate, please do. The details are here.

We're offering $200US to the winners, plus some link-love from this blog. The assignment ends on September 15th.

What would you like to see on a Common Craft t-shirt?

Designing Common Craft T-Shirts on Pixish.com

leelefever — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:57:47 +0000

We're hoping to identify 2-3 images that we can put on t-shirts and other fun things that are offered in our store. If you're creative and want to participate, please do. The details are here.

We're offering $200US to the winners, plus some link-love from this blog. The assignment ends on September 15th.

What would you like to see on a Common Craft t-shirt?

Designing Common Craft T-Shirts on Pixish.com

leelefever — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:57:47 +0000

We're hoping to identify 2-3 images that we can put on t-shirts and other fun things that are offered in our store. If you're creative and want to participate, please do. The details are here.

We're offering $200US to the winners, plus some link-love from this blog. The assignment ends on September 15th.

What would you like to see on a Common Craft t-shirt?

Please Help Us Break In Common Craft's New Digs

leelefever — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:54:20 +0000

This evening we've taken the wraps off the new CommonCraft.com and we'd love your feedback and help.

The biggest change is the new and improved video Store, which is fashioned after the shopping experience on sites like NetFlix. As I've said before, we see the Store as the centerpiece of our future business and we're so excited to have a foundation on which we can build.

To go with the new Store, we've made a video (below) that explains the way our video licensing works. "Common Craft Licensing in Plain English" also appears on the Store's front page.

Share this video using this code:
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You'll also see that the site has a similar but improved interface.

We'd love your help!

With Reporting Problems...

As you know, we don't have "testers" or "QA professionals." If you see anything unexpected or erroneous, please do report it. You can leave a comment here or contact us.

With Building Awareness...

We've heard positive feedback from Store customers and we're very confident in our product, but awareness remains as our biggest challenge. People know the videos, but few understand that we offer them for licensed use in the workplace.

This is where you can help. We would be forever indebted if you could help us spread the word. The next time you talk to someone who says "I need an easy way to teach people at my company about social media", you might mention our Store. Of course, blog posts and tweets help too. :)

Ultimately, our potential rides on the Store's success. As it succeeds, we can devote more and more of our time to creating a growing library videos that are useful for non-commercial purposes on the Web and licensed use in the workplace.

Please Help Us Break In Common Craft's New Digs

leelefever — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:54:20 +0000

To go with the new Store, we've made a video (below) that explains the way our video licensing works. "Common Craft Licensing in Plain English" also appears on the Store's front page.

You'll also see that the site has a similar but improved interface.

We'd love your help!

With Reporting Problems...

Please Help Us Break In Common Craft's New Digs

leelefever — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:54:20 +0000

To go with the new Store, we've made a video (below) that explains the way our video licensing works. "Common Craft Licensing in Plain English" also appears on the Store's front page.

You'll also see that the site has a similar but improved interface.

We'd love your help!

With Reporting Problems...

Major Updates to Our Videos (2 Examples)

leelefever — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:23:13 +0000

A couple of weeks ago, we announced The Common Craft Store. It was a pretty soft roll-out, but was a huge moment for us. Not only did it mark the end of a lot of preparation, but a new business model. So far, so good. Plus, the more-ready-for-prime-time Store will soon be coming to an Internet near you.

A big part of preparing to open the Store was making new versions of each video in both Windows (.wmv) and Mac (.mov) formats. This gave us a chance to make improvements across the library - especially to our first few videos, which has sound and color issues.

The first example is a major update for the "licensed version" of RSS in Plain English video, which is only available in the Store. We recorded a new voice-over and re-edited it to be more efficient and have improved color. The content is nearly identical to the original, free version. Below is the updated, licensed version:

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The second example is CFL Light Bulbs in Plain English (formerly New Light Bulbs in Plain English). When we originally published it, it did not contain a warning about mercury and disposing of the bulbs properly. This new version of the video contains a mercury warning. This updated video is now available in both free and licensed versions. Below is the updated, free version:

Click to play

We're so excited about this new direction. We'll be providing all future Common Craft Show videos in free and licensed versions - and the licensed ones will be displayed in full length in the Store.

Major Updates to Our Videos (2 Examples)

leelefever — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:23:13 +0000

Click to play

We're so excited about this new direction. We'll be providing all future Common Craft Show videos in free and licensed versions - and the licensed ones will be displayed in full length in the Store.