Mark your calendars and get ready for the 5th Annual AVP National Conference to be held January 28-30, 2010 at the LAX Hilton is Los Angeles, CA. More information is coming soon, but here are a few of the things you will get out of attending:

• Hear about the latest developments in the video industry from top experts in the field
• See the latest versions of software in action
• Receive hands-on training by top notch certified instructors
• Improve your skills and efficiency in editing, production, marketing and more

We are excited to have leaders in the industry heading up our training sessions including Larry Jordan, Philip Hodgetts, Mark Spencer, Bruce Nazarian, Frank Rohmer and more!

Thanks so much for your continued support. As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Best regards,

Dave Mungai
Executive Director, Association of Video Professionals, LLC

Find A Video Professional is the premier online directory for video and videographer professionals and businesses. The directory was launched in August of 2008 by the Association of Video Professionals to provide a resource to consumers to aide in the search for video professionals.

Our expansive video professional directory contains businesses specializing in all aspects of video related services including wedding videography, marketing video production, video editing services, web video production, VHS to DVD conversion, 8 mm video to DVD, photo to DVD services and many more. In addition to the video professionals directory, Find A Video Professional also offer numerous video articles and resources to both find video professionals and learn how to best hire and work with videography firms. We also offer a definition of common video services should you need an clarification on the buzz words video professionals commonly use.

For more information on Find A Video Professional, please feel free to contact us or visit the Association of Video Professionals website.

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Organization Invests in New Website Infrastructure to Link Consumers and Video Professionals.

Gulf Breeze, FL (PRWEB) July 2, 2009 — The Association of Video Professionals (AVP) is announcing today it has launched an enhanced version of FindAVideoProfessional.com linking qualified and professional videographers with consumers looking for services from video professionals in their city.

“We are excited about this new resource for fellow video professionals as well as those looking for videography assistance,” said Dave Mungai, Executive Director of AVP. “Local video professionals can be great resources for people seeking professional help with everything from corporate marketing video production to converting VHS and photos to DVD. Our site helps people find these qualified companies in their area of the country.”

We are excited about this new resource for fellow video professionals as well as those looking for videography assistance

Local video professionals can be great resources for people seeking professional help with everything from corporate marketing video production to converting VHS and photos to DVD. Our site helps people find these qualified companies in their area of the country.

This is certainly just the starting point for us

With this new foundation we will be able to launch many of the new and exciting things we only dreamed of having on this site before.

Once on the new website, individuals can search for video professionals based on services needed, city and state, or even by zip code. The site goes further to define services each video professional offers, contact info and links to their website. Other online resources found here include resource articles to assist the consumer, such as tips for selecting the right video professional.

“This is certainly just the starting point for us,” said Mungai. “With this new foundation we will be able to launch many of the new and exciting things we only dreamed of having on this site before.”

To search for video professionals in your area, or if you are a video professional and would like to be listed in our video professional directory, visit FindAVideoProfessional.com .

About the Association of Video Professionals:
The Association of Video Professionals (AVP) was founded in 2006 by a group of video studio owners who saw the need to help video companies grow their business. AVP was built from the ground up by it’s members and led by a Board of Directors whose location is throughout the country. For more information on AVP, please visit us online at www.aovpros.com.

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Dear Fellow Video Professional,

We are writing you with some exciting news! We are thrilled by the interest this site has generated with people looking for the services of video professionals in their area of the country.

Because this has been such a popular tool for people and a benefit to fellow videographers, AVP has made a major investment in the infrastructure of the site, making possible even more future exposure opportunities for fellow video professionals.

A video professional directory listing is only valuable to you if your potential clients can find it. That is why we also contracted with a marketing firm specializing in search engine optimization (SEO), making our site more easily found when people look for your type of services on search engines such as Google and Yahoo. We are also going on a marketing blitz notifying all of the major video associations as well as wedding and event associations across the county about our easy to use video professional directory listing.

GAIN GREATER EXPOSURE ON OUR SITE BY UPGRADING YOUR LISTING

In addition, the FindAVideoProfessional.com website offers 4 levels of exposure. For a small fee you can separate your company and services from other competitors. For more information on the listing levels, visit our website to upgrade your listing.

AVP members receive a premium top-level listing in our directory along with dozens of other benefits designed to help them improve their business on every level. Benefits like a private member only forum, weekly conference calls, shared marketing materials, forms, checklists, discounts on training, products, and much more. Click here http://www.aovpros.com/membership.php to explore our AVP Membership info page for more detailed information.

We are anxious for you to see results from this investment we’ve made. Being a part of this video professional directory listing certainly will benefit you as you look to grow your company.

As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

May 12^th, 2009, Miami Florida: ShoppingCenterVideo.com and The Association of Video Professionals (aovpros.com) recently entered discussions to develop an alliance that would benefit both organizations and more importantly, provide better service to their end customers.

ShoppingCenterVideo.com has quickly become a leader in the Shopping Center Marketing Industry. They are rapidly changing the shopping center industry by providing developers, brokers, appraisers, leasing agents, landlords and tenants with a specialized and user-friendly platform to market their properties.

One of the valuable services ShoppingCenterVideo.com provides their customers is the ability to post videos of the properties to their site so perspective investors can view and evaluate the shopping center prior to booking a costly trip. That’s where the Association of Video Professionals (AVP) come in.

AVP is a Nation Wide Network of Independently owned Professional Video Production and Service companies. They currently have listings in all 50 states through their findavideoprofessional.com directory with over 1000 plus participants and growing every week. The primary mission of AVP is to help its members succeed by driving qualified sales leads to them.

“I am excited about the potential benefits this partnership could produce for both companies” says Dave Mungai, Executive Director for AVP. “ShoppingCenterVideo.com has a need to produce quality videos for its customers with a quick turn-around. Through our national network, we can identify and book a video professional that meets those requirements resulting in a win-win for everyone involved”.

“We are excited to be in discussions with AVP because it gives us the ability to produce quality shopping center videos for our clients in cities on an as needed basis.” says Charles Silver, President for ShoppingCenterVideo.com

This is just one more example where business to business alliances can help strengthen growing companies and provide better value in the marketplace. Additional announcements will be made as the details of the program are worked out.

For more information on ShoppingCenterVideo.com contact Charles Silver, President @ 954.536.1367 or visit their website – www.ShoppingCenterVideo.com

For more information on The Association of Video Professionals contact Dave Mungai, Executive Director @ 850 934-9907, or visit their websites – www.aovpros.com & www.findavideoprofessional.com