{"id":3382,"date":"2019-03-05T11:01:57","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T11:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swiftcloud.ai\/support\/?p=3382"},"modified":"2020-04-21T00:04:35","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T00:04:35","slug":"videomail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swiftcloud.ai\/supportwebadmin\/videomail","title":{"rendered":"Videomail"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Email still works.<\/h2>\n<h2>Email + Video is better.<\/h2>\n<p>Videomail is the single best way to get someone to watch a short video message, be it a sales presentation or something else like a testimonial.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container\" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Videomail Quick Demo - Public Free Beta\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/688z02E8caI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container\" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LeadGen with Momentum Forms\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QAAsFsLOMcY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>People are busy, distracted, bombarded with messages, mentally tired&#8230; video helps.<\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">People will watch 3 minutes of video a lot more readily than they&#8217;ll read for 3 minutes.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>SwiftCloud&#8217;s communication suite now contains a powerful tool to embed a playable video icon right within the email itself, instantly. It&#8217;s super simple to use once you know where to look.<\/p>\n<p>First, click All Contacts on the left main navigation&#8230; you can also click Add New right below it if the contact isn&#8217;t already in your address book.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3384\" src=\"http:\/\/swiftcloud.ai\/supportwebadmin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/videomail_contacts.png\" alt=\"Videomail Contacts List\" width=\"394\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swiftcloud.ai\/supportwebadmin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/videomail_contacts.png 394w, https:\/\/swiftcloud.ai\/supportwebadmin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/videomail_contacts-257x300.png 257w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 394px) 100vw, 394px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From your list, click any name then click their email to open the Communication Dock (or add a new contact if needed)&#8230; once in the email tool, click the blue video icon<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3385\" src=\"http:\/\/swiftcloud.ai\/supportwebadmin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/videomail_choosevid.png\" alt=\"Videomail Chooser\" width=\"387\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swiftcloud.ai\/supportwebadmin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/videomail_choosevid.png 387w, https:\/\/swiftcloud.ai\/supportwebadmin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/videomail_choosevid-300x275.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll see a popup &#8211; select either any youtube video OR you can upload \/ choose a video from SwiftCloud (.mp4 preferred, a very common format).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3396\" src=\"http:\/\/swiftcloud.ai\/supportwebadmin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/videomail_selector.png\" alt=\"Video email in SwiftCloud\" width=\"435\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swiftcloud.ai\/supportwebadmin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/videomail_selector.png 435w, https:\/\/swiftcloud.ai\/supportwebadmin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/videomail_selector-300x177.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>TIP: Click the orange-arrow icon to upload a video.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In this example above we&#8217;re using YouTube, so just drop in the full URL of the video there, starting with https.<\/p>\n<p>Click OK, and our system will retrieve a thumbnail, video length, then merge a player-icon linked to the video, and instantly generate a presentation page with the video embedded into it, all in a few seconds &#8211; for you it looks instant.<\/p>\n<p>The recipient will get a slick video message that has a much higher click-through-ratio than just plain text &#8211; the video is unmissable and less likely to get buried or lost.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>TIP: This is awesome for any repeatable sales process such as real estate, financing, etc that requires a series of predictable and repeatable steps.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Near-term enhancements in process:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Open tracking + non-open tracking<\/li>\n<li>Video reply<\/li>\n<li>Chatbot integration<\/li>\n<li>Integration into our Sequences system<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As always, if you have any feedback or questions, let us know and we&#8217;ll update this entry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Email still works. Email + Video is better. Videomail is the single best way to get someone to watch a short video message, be it a sales presentation or something else like a testimonial. &nbsp; People are busy, distracted, bombarded &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/swiftcloud.ai\/supportwebadmin\/videomail\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Videomail<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"blog_postmeta\"><div class=\"blog-tags\"><ul><li><a rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/swiftcloud.ai\/supportwebadmin\/tag\/email\">Email<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/swiftcloud.ai\/supportwebadmin\/tag\/sales\">sales<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/swiftcloud.ai\/supportwebadmin\/tag\/video\">video<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"blog-categories text-right\"><a rel=\"canonical\" data-toggle=\"tooltip\" data-placement=\"bottom\" title=\"\" 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