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Here is the two part online episodes of very comedic and entertaining Boomer Alley which features the work of Marc Sotkin, the writer of The Golden Girls and Laverne and Shirley. Marc delivers some funny stuff with his real-life experiences. A Michael Conti Production was hired to lens these short and funny videos which are available online at REAL Powered by Humana. It also features the acting talents of Don Kraus, Michael Sotkin, Macleish Day.

Part 1 On Work

Part 2 The Job Market

Marc is a really funny good and a great comedy writer to boot.  It was a real pleasure working for him on this video shoot along with my directing partner Alan O’Hashi.

2009 Impact on Education Award Ricipients TV program wins 2010  Colorado School Public Relations Association Electronic Media Award of Excellence – Filmed and edited by Michael M. Conti of Michael Conti Video Productions and Alan O’Hashi of  Boulder Community Media.

This awards program is for the entry of individual publications and electronic media productions. Awards are earned according to type of publication or electronic media entry. Each entry is judged against the criteria and other entries. Judges will select up to five Awards of Excellence and five Awards of Merit per category for each enrollment group.

Professionals in communications and public relations outside the Colorado and Wyoming area will serve as judges. Criteria are based on industry standards and professional judgment.

A member of the COSPRA Executive Board will present Golden Achievement Awards, Medallion Awards and Awards of Excellence in Publications and Electronic Media at a Board of Education meeting in the winning entries’ districts.

Video is a natural marketing tool

A Michael Conti Production is a regional contractor to shoot videos for FindLaw, a Thomson Reuters business,  one of the world’s leading provider of online legal information and Internet marketing solutions for law firms.   Here are links to the videos of the firms where videotaping took place in Denver, Colorado.

Coppola & Marlin, P.C.

Greenwald & Hammond, P.C.

Litman Law Firm, P.C.

If you are a lawyer, and are interested in learning more about Lawyer Marketing, I would suggest you visit the online experts at FindLaw.  Here is summary from one of their blog articles:

“Online video presence has become the word of mouth of yesteryear, a substitute for a referral from a friend or a neighbor. You are really communicating your own personal image, presence and character, just like a referral would be, but going out to a huge audience and making an opportunity to really get out there in front of your prospective clients.”

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A Michael Conti Video Production helped produce a video for Boulder Small Business Development Center 15th Anniversary Celebration in 2009 with the following question “How does/has the Boulder SBDC helped your business?”

As most of us already know “Small business is the driver of the American Economy!”  Watch the video see how Boulder SBDC has impacted our local business community!

Here are some of the companies featured in the video:  Scott Roy – Boulder Ice Cream, Benji Reed – Goozmo,  Jessica Smith – Casttoo, LLC,  David Rubin – A Spice of Life, Kathy Rowlen – InDevR,  Omar Postigo-Martell – Well Tranlsated, LLC, Marianne and Todd Ballantine* of Ballantine Environmental Resources, Inc.

How has the Boulder SBDC helped your business? from Michael Conti on Vimeo

Boulder SBDC provides resources to help make your business successful, whether you are established, ready to grow, or just starting up.  Many local businesses and successful start-ups got their feet wet with Boulder SBDC’s numerous courses and programs, designed specifically for the small business owner, are offered every year through the SBDC.  A wide variety of topics are covered, such as learning how to successfully market and sell your product, growth in the high-tech industry, entrepreneurial training, staying on track with a growth program, writing and implementing a business plan, evaluating your business, and customer service.

Many of the small business owners in Boulder are thankful to Sharon King and the professional staff for the work they have done over the years, including yours truly.

*Marianne and Todd Ballantine also helped with the video, producing and scripting/interviewing, respectively.

A Michael Conti Video Production was awarded a REELBiz contract with Workforce Boulder County in the August 2009 to shoot and edit over 18 videos highlighting some of Boulder County’s larger employers.

The focus of these ten minute videos is supporting the Colorado BETR Project a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineer, Math) Business and Education collaboration effort created to facilitate the promotion of STEM education and practices into meeting Colorado’s need for homegrown applicants to workforce careers.  Additional support for this project comes from Colorado Department of Labor and Employment.  Their intended audience is K-12 along with current job seekers to the Colorado BETR Project website.

Generally using a two hour window at each company, A Michael Conti Video Production would arrive to setup and light a location for conducting the 3-4 interviews that would commence over the first hour.  The second hour would involve capturing additional B-Roll footage which was used in editing to help create a flow between the interviews and establish material for the opening scene.

Each video highlights through interviews and location footage how employees perceive their job,  how skills in science, technology, engineer, math impact their work day; what inspired them to go further, and finally what a typical day is like on the job.

Here is the list of companies involved in Boulder County.  The links are active on the Colorado BETR Project website as well as the Workforce Boulder website. For more a higher quality presentation of these same videos, visit WFBC on Vimeo.

1. Marriotts of Longmont

2. Elevations Credit Union

3. Namaste Solar

4. Roche Colorado

5. Renewable Energy Resource

6. 2B Technologies

7. MTech Mechanical Technologies

8. ITT Visual Information Solutions

9. Boulder Labs

10. City of Longmont – Power and Communications Company

11. Longmont Vance Brand Airport

12. Q.S.C. Systems Inc.

13. Meadowlark Optics

14. Interface Communications

15. University of Colorado-STEM Teaching

16. City of Longmont Water Treatment Facility

17. City of Longmont GIS

18. Design Concepts

In conclusion, Boulder County has some amazing companies doing amazing things with some real great people working for them.

A Michael Conti Production has been busy shooting internet ads for one of the national online phonebook companies–YELLOWBOOK.

As they say: Who better to describe your business to potential customers than you?

A video ad online is a high impact way to speak to your customers and stand out from traditional online directory ads. Video ads provide you the opportunity to reach out to potential customers who are ready to buy, giving them a chance to see, hear and experience your business before calling or stepping out to make a purchase.

Here are recent spots that A Michael Conti Production shot.  All the videography was done by Michael Conti whereas the editing was completed by Pixel Fish in Torrance, California.

Whole Foods has just released “Here We Grow” documentary directed by Craig King is now exclusively available in our stores. In this 65-minute film, Craig, a natural foods chef and entrepreneur, explores the current state of our food supply and seeks to educate people about living healthier, more wholesome lives through socially responsible food choices. The film intends to raise national awareness through inspiring interviews and stories that capture the passion and personal investment of a diverse group of individuals. The documentary also educates everyone on the pandemic expansion of dangerous chemicals that were introduced into food seeds and crop soils at an alarming rate over the last 40 years.

Revenues from the film go toward community projects that demonstrate the actions necessary to restore America’s health. 20% of the sales go directly to our partner, Ann Cooper, and her School Lunch Revolution project.

A Michael Conti Video Production provided 5 days of filming during the production of this extra special food awareness documentary during the Spring of 2009.

A Michael Conti Production was recently contracted by BODA Weight Loss Products to shoot two marketing videos which would be presented on their respective websites.  The Client brought both the script and the talent to the early morning shoot, and A Michael Conti Production brought their expertise to the game.