Organization Holds Annual Conference Offering Experienced Training and Networking Opportunities.

GULF BREEZE, FL—October 1, 2009 — The Association of Video Professionals is pleased to announce that registration is now open for their 5th Annual Conference & Training Workshop. The conference will be held in sunny Los Angeles, California January 28th-30th, 2010 at the Radisson Hotel, LAX.
Bringing together the very best video educators, trainers, and professionals in the industry, AVP’s annual conference offers great training and opportunities to network and build relationships (and sometimes partnerships) with other professionals that continue years beyond the conference. With three days of training and over 18 different sessions on topics from lighting and green screen techniques, to Final Cut Pro shortcuts, to expert techniques on creating smooth and crisp web videos, you are sure to find what you are looking for.
“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” said Dave Mungai, Executive Director of AVP. “Based on survey results from the attendees, they rated the overall value of the conference to their businesses at 4.8 out of 5! I think we achieve our goal of providing timely, pertinent training that our members can take home and put to use in their businesses right away.”
Information and registration is available online at www.aovpros.com/conference. Take advantage of their early bird discount by registering by October 31, 2009 and receive a $100 savings on the conference.
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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(Puyallup, WA) McKenna Video Services has been awarded a 2009 Pegasus Award for a 30-minute wedding video produced for a local couple. The Pegasus Awards are the video industry’s premier competition for recognition of exemplary work produced by non-broadcast video professionals. This is the first Pegasus Award for McKenna.

“Kelsey and Lane’s Wedding Ceremony” was recognized for its outstanding production quality in the Wedding Ceremony Coverage category of Special Event Video. The production was assessed by a distinguished panel of judges representing industry professionals from around the country. The video was honored with a prestigious Pegasus Award of Honor.

This nomination follows another nomination MVS received for the Best of Western Washington Wedding Videographer.

Founded in 2005, McKenna Video Services has been providing quality video production services to many individuals and small business in the greater Puget Sound Region.

For more information on McKenna Video Services, visit their websites at www.mckennavideo.com or www.mvsweddings.com or call 253-539-3438.

Win a FREE wedding video from www.FindAVideoProfessional.com

Participants will register on FindAVideoProfessional.com website for the contest, and one lucky winner will be selected to receive a FREE wedding video (up to a $1000 value), shot and produced by one of our video professionals listed on www.FindAVideoProfessional.com.

Contest runs from Friday (8/7/09) at 8:00 am through Monday (8/17/09) at midnight

Applicants’ wedding must occur between 9/1/09 - 9/30/10

You can find more information and register for the contest at Free Wedding Video Contest

Wedding videos have become an increasingly popular option for capturing the special moments of your very special wedding day.  Current digital video technology allows you to capture still wedding photographs from a digital wedding video that would normally be missed. Plus, you have the ability to transfer your digital wedding video to CD or DVD.  A variety of creative post-editing options are also available including titles, music and special effects that can help to create an entertaining wedding video that captures the most important moments of your wedding with the look of broadcast quality TV!  The videos and photos of your wedding are both areas where you should always hire the best that your budget will allow.

WHEN TO START LOOKING
Just like photographers, wedding videographers have a limit when it comes to the number of weddings they can shoot on a specific day.  For that reason it is wise to start looking for a videographer 9 to 12 months prior to the event if possible.  Some of the better wedding videographers can be booked 1 to 2 years in advance.

WHERE TO START LOOKING
You can ask friends, relatives and work associates for recommendations.  You can also check with wedding ceremony and reception facilities to see who frequently provides the service at their facility.  Numerous resources are also available in the local yellow pages, on the Internet, and in local publications.  The best way to start is to start browsing the Find A Video Professional Directory for a Wedding Videographer or Video Company in your area.

HOW TO START LOOKING
After you have made a list of wedding videographers you will want to call them to gather general information, and to hopefully weed out those that may not offer what you are looking for. Inquire about date availability, types of wedding video packages offered, prices, experience, type of equipment used, editing abilities, references, etc.  Also, ask that a brochure and price list of their videography services be sent to you.  Some may also offer to send you a sample video tape or DVD so you can see examples of their videography work. Take notes during your conversations that include both details covered and the name and your overall impression of the person you spoke to so that you can compare notes after you receive the information by mail.
Once you have received the brochures and pricing information pull out your notes and compare the information you have to determine which wedding videographer seem to offer the best services and the overall best value.  These are the wedding videographers that you will want to visit so can make a final selection.
When you meet with the videographers you will want to speak to the person who would be taping the video your wedding and you will want to see examples of their work.   Keep in mind that some videography services hire a number of videographers to do the taping and show you samples of only the best work - which may not be by the specific videographer you are speaking to.
Some videographers offer different packages with different time limits on the onsite video taping while some simply charge for time spent taping and editing the wedding video.

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Find A Video Professional is the premier online directory for Wedding Videographer Video Professional businesses. 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.

Add Your Wedding Videographer company to Find A VideoProfessional

Interested in adding your Wedding Videographer company to the Find A VideoProfessional Directory? For more information on becoming a member, visit the Association of Video Professionals membership page.

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

As part of our commitment to growing our video professional directory into the largest, most useful site of its kind, FindAVideoProfessional.com is sponsoring a summer campaign that could benefit you and your business.

This month, we are launching a promotional campaign entitled: “Win a FREE wedding video from FindAVideoProfessional.com”. Participants will register on FindAVideoProfessional.com website for the contest, and one lucky winner will be selected to receive a FREE wedding video (up to a $1000 value), shot and produced by one of our video professionals listed on FindAVideoProfessional.com.

Here’s where you can benefit.

FindAVideoProfessional.com will pay $1000 to one video professional - bronze level or higher, who is located near the winner and willing to provide this service.

If you have been considering upgrading to a paid level listing to receive all the other benefits, this may be your reason to do so. You can log in and upgrade here

Bonus Offer: If you upgrade your free listing before August 15, 2009 FindAVideoProfessional.com will move your listing up one level. For example, buy a one year silver level listing, and you will receive a gold level upgrade FREE.

There may not be a better time to do this, so hurry now before August 15th and you just may win a wedding videography project as well.

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