Joe Monzo

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Local Crew or Fly Out a Video Production Company for Your School?

As the marketing communications director at an amazing independent school, you juggle countless projects to showcase your institution’s strengths. From branding and website support to targeted ads and social media, you rely on outside vendors and partners to help. And for most tasks, where these partners are located hasn’t mattered much—remote collaboration tools like Zoom, […]

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Hire Videographer In-House vs Outsourced

As video marketing continues to rise in popularity, many brands initially turned to outsourced videography vendors to fulfill their needs. However, with the growing demand for frequent and diverse video content, some organizations have begun bringing videographers in-house. Let’s explore the pros and cons of hiring an in-house videographer versus partnering with a trusted, outsourced

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How to Use Video Production in Other Unique Areas of Your School

As a school marketer, you’re likely in one of two positions: either you already have a compelling video strategy in place to support marketing, admissions, and branding efforts for your school—great! Or, you might not have integrated any video at all, and perhaps that has affected your brand awareness, admissions, and enrollment. Not so great.

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Creative Director Up Close: Good Advice/Bad Advice

Welcome to Creative Director Up Close, where I give you full access to my fun, amazing, chaotic, occasionally brilliant, and definitely weird mind as a creative director and entrepreneur. Running a video production company for private schools, non-profits, and businesses isn’t just lights, cameras, and action—I often find myself navigating the current market, relationships, stress,

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