David Lee
@davidyhlee · Founder, Shakr.com
@davemcclure thanks for posting us on PH! Hello Product Hunters, thanks for showing us some love. Shakr is Canva for video. Sign up through PH and get a 100% discount on your first video! Tweet about us and get two 100% promo codes. :-)
Shakr makes it possible for everyone to make SUPER AWESOME video ads for less than $100 -- and everything is try-before-you-buy. Make a video for free, only pay if you agree the video is SUPER AWESOME.
What's a SUPER AWESOME video ad? It's not just a video ad that looks awesome. It's a video ad that drives massive business results, like when www.Britesoles.com drove 9x FB likes vs the image ads they typically run.
We have over ONE THOUSAND video designs that are SUPER AWESOME. Our video designs are made by independent designers around the world, many of whom have done video design work for big brands like Nike, BMW, Samsung, CBS. They sell their video designs through Shakr, you can personalize any of them right inside your web browser.
Please let me know what you think in the comments! Pulling an all-nighter here in Seoul for any questions the PH community might have about Shakr or video advertising.
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David Lee
@davidyhlee · Founder, Shakr.com
The NYT's @HirokoTabuchi wrote that, "Small merchants can use some of the bells and whistles available to savvy start-ups or big corporations — like the video ads that run before YouTube clips." http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/3...
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David Lee
@davidyhlee · Founder, Shakr.com
The video ad industry's smartest coverage is at Video Ad News, where @vinnyflood says "Shakr have simplified the workflow for creating video ads, so pretty much anyone can create a professional looking video ad for their business — often for as little as $50." http://www.videoadnews.com/2014/...
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David Lee
@davidyhlee · Founder, Shakr.com
Our friends @armandobiondi @massimocw at AdEspresso say "Meet Shakr, a super simple, affordable solution for creating amazing Video Ads and presentations." https://adespresso.com/academy/b...
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Danny Kleckers
@danny_kleckers · Founder @ Toby App
I tried it and must say you did a great job on the UX. Very easy to use. I tried the Light grey design in Apps but must say it doesn't work for our productivity app since the characters of the text are very limited so some more options to skip / add text fields would have been nice. I'll still keep Shakr bookmarked for other projects since the price is really reasonable. So thumbs up!
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David Lee
@davidyhlee · Founder, Shakr.com
@danny_kleckers yikes thanks for the awesome feedback! We need to make a new version of the Light Grey design in Apps for you. Pro tip: you can enter 2 blank spaces in any text field to skip it. (Well, more like a hack to compensate for a feature we haven't developed yet... #brutaltruth)
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David Lee
@davidyhlee · Founder, Shakr.com
Georgetown College @gcathletics says, "Shakr has become our go-to platform for creating quality, professional video in a short amount of time. It gives us the video tools we need to make the most of our time and resources."
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David Lee
@davidyhlee · Founder, Shakr.com
@davemcclure did you know I've never heard you swear in person? I just watched a supercut of every f-bomb you dropped in a single TWIST talk to make up for it. How is this possible?
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David Lee
@davidyhlee · Founder, Shakr.com
@danny_kleckers hope you're on a roll today. Wanted to add that Tech Cocktail's @wjs1988 wrote that "Video is hot right now..." and "... the only thing holding small businesses back from running video ad campaigns is the high upfront cost of producing the creative." http://tech.co/shakr-video-ads-h...
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David Lee
@davidyhlee · Founder, Shakr.com
@Joel_Holland from VideoBlocks and I have something special to share. If you sign up for a Shakr Subscription for $100/month for 5 video upgrades, Shakr will cover the cost of your entire VideoBlocks annual membership as a special benefit! #NoMoreCrappyVideo
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David Lee
@davidyhlee · Founder, Shakr.com
@elainegija broke news about our partnership with Japan's largest internet company last year. "Shakr, a video-making platform for small businesses, has taken its next step in global expansion with an exclusive partnership with Yahoo Japan." http://www.koreaherald.com/view....
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David Lee
@davidyhlee · Founder, Shakr.com
More from the press: @colinmoreshead wrote that "at Tech in Asia Tokyo 2015 Arena pitch battle, [Shakr's David] Lee delivered an electrifying final presentation, showing off several of Shakr’s client success stories. Arena judge Akio Tanaka praised Shakr’s user interface, but cautioned that it might be the ad-buying from companies like Google which could prove confusing to small business owners." https://www.techinasia.com/shakr...
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Armando Biondi
@armandobiondi
@davidyhlee @massimocw we don't endorse products often, but when we do... it's because they're SUPER AWESOME :) great job David!!
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David Lee
@davidyhlee · Founder, Shakr.com
@armandobiondi @massimocw thank you for the super kind review! We've got lots more work to do at Shakr, but with your endorsement we'll push ahead even harder.
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