For a while now, we've heard a common request from potential customers. They want an easy way to license and share Common Craft videos on their website. Today we're announcing a new partnership with video sharing company Wistia that will help us serve this need with our new "Web License."
A Little Background...
We license our videos to individuals and organizations. Two of our most popular licenses (Individual and Site) are for offline use. Customers download video files for use on intranets/extranets, training programs, classrooms and presentations. The videos are really useful internally, but they can't be displayed on public websites. Of course, some customers want to do just that.
Problem Solved
Our new partnership with Wistia means that our customers can license high quality Common Craft videos and use Wistia's video sharing tools to easily display them. This makes adding a Common Craft video to your website:
• Easy - Add videos with simple copy-and-paste embed code. • Smart - Gather rich info on who watches the videos and how they watch them • Flexible - Choose from multiple plans, based on monthly views
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<span class="description">A short explanation of what makes the World Wide Web work: browsers, packets, servers addresses and links. </span>
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<span class="description">Shared on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZoMbBzqxyc">YouTube</a> and <a href="http://dotsub.com/view/25f1be59-9a84-4d75-94ef-acd0b5ccf0af">Dotsub</a> (translated subtitles). </span>Need a <a href="/transcript-world-wide-web-plain-english">transcript</a>?
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<b>We're <a href="http://www.twitter.com/commoncraft">@commoncraft on Twitter</a>.
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Video Length:
02:46
Video Resolution:
850 X 480 (minimum)
File Size (MOV):
61MB
File Size (WMV):
46MB
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<span class="description">A short explanation of what makes the World Wide Web work: browsers, packets, servers, addresses and links. </span>
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Common Craft was hired by Microsoft to help explain the new Windows <a href="http://home.live.com">Live.com</a>. We were so excited to work with a local organization on a project that highlights a new direction for the company.
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<b>Need a custom web video? </b> Check out our <a href="/network">Explainer Network</a> of producers.
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Custom Video: Google Reader in Plain English
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Aug 20 2008
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01:05
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The Google Reader team hired us to create this one minute introduction to Google Reader. Our other videos for Google include: <a href="/video-googledocs">Google Docs</a>, <a href="/mylocation">Mobile Maps (My Location)</a> and <a href="/client-video-using-google-apps-salesforce-com">Google Apps with Salesforce</a>.
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<b>Need a custom web video? </b> Check out our <a href="/network">Explainer Network</a> of producers.
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Custom Video: Meetup.com
Date Produced:
Jun 11 2008
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02:43
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I've always admired Meetup's goal to use the Internet to get people
together in the real world. We were happy to be able to work with them
to get that message in front of more people. Douglas Atkin and the
rest of the Meetup folks were a pleasure. Did you see the recent <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_24/b4088088652060.htm?chan=search">article about them</a> in Business Week?
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<b>Need a custom web video? </b> Check out our <a href="/network">Explainer Network</a> of producers.
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Custom Video: Using Google Apps with Salesforce.com
Date Produced:
Apr 14 2008
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02:54
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This video was created to help introduce a collaboration between <a href="http://www.salesforce.com/googleapps">Google Apps and Salesforce</a>.
It's our third client production for Google and focuses on how Google
Apps tools like Gmail, Docs, Calendar and Talk are integrated into
Salesforce CRM, keeping everything in the sales process on the same
track.
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You can also view the video on Google's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pqe2eCtY4Pg">You Tube channel</a> and the <a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/posted-by-scott-mcmullan-google-apps.html">Google Blog</a>.
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<b>Need a custom web video? </b> Check out our <a href="/network">Explainer Network</a> of producers.
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Custom Video: H&R Block's Tango in Plain English
Date Produced:
Jan 30 2008
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02:44
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Tax season. Ugh. I know. When we were first contacted by H&R Block
we wondered if tax preparation was something that would be a good fit.
However, after seeing <a href="http://www.hrblock.com/tango/">Tango</a>
for the first time, it made sense and we were impressed. The Tango
experience is a personal one that's designed around removing the pain
of taxes and making it a little fun. We all need more levity, right?
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<b>Need a custom web video? </b> Check out our <a href="/network">Explainer Network</a> of producers.
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Custom Video: Enerjy for Java Development
Date Produced:
Jan 22 2008
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<a href="http://www.enerjy.com">Enerjy</a> was our first client production focused on the world of software development tools (its a plug-in for <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/">Eclipse</a>.)
Enerjy does something unique: it looks at Java code and produces the
Enerjy Index - a 1-10 scale of integrity. This helps developers
understand what parts of the code are likely to produce bugs - and
why. The video will hopefully make this clear:
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<b>Need a custom web video? </b> Check out our <a href="/network">Explainer Network</a> of producers.
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Custom Video: Google's My Location for Mobile Maps
Date Produced:
Dec 11 2007
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We love making videos that explain truly innovative products. Such was
the case for the video we produced for the Google Maps for Mobile
team. The video explains a new feature of <a href="http://www.google.com/gmm">Google Maps for Mobile</a> called "My Location" that makes using a mobile map much more efficient by establishing your location without GPS.
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<b>Need a custom web video? </b> Check out our <a href="/network">Explainer Network</a> of producers.
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For a while now, we've heard a common request from potential customers. They want an easy way to license and share Common Craft videos on their website. Today we're announcing a new partnership with video sharing company Wistia that will help us serve this need with our new "Web License."
