Social Media Video For Marketers

Learn the tips, tricks and latest trends to plan, film and edit social media video content using your smartphone. You will complete a number of practical tasks over the course of the day. All using your iPhone/ Smartphone!Plan, film, edit and publish in 1 day!

This course is designed to give you the knowledge and tools to start creating great video content for social media channels like Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn and Twitter.

It is ideal for those who need to understand the fundamentals of Social Media Video for Business. It will equip you with the foundations stones for planning, filming and editing videos on your smartphone.

Our courses are either delivered as in-person courses in Cardiff or face-to-face virtual courses (delivered live through Zoom or WebEx) These courses are limited to a maximum of 8 people.

Learning Outcomes

In this 1-day course you will learn the following:

• Video production: planning, filming and video editing on your smartphone

• Three practical tasks to put what you’ve learnt into practice

• Examples and inspiration from top brands

• Understanding how to maximise customer engagement from social media video

• An introduction into cinematography, composition and camera shots

• How to make the most of slow motion, timelapse and hyperlapse

• Easy to follow tips that are visually demonstrated with intuitive apps

Who is your Tutor?

Your tutor for the day is Stephen Cleary. He has over 10 years’ experience of shooting, producing, directing and editing video for advertising and social media.

He runs his own Cardiff-based production company called Carnival Content and was formerly the Digital Marketing Manager at the University of South Wales.

He is an expert in content marketing, combining creative production techniques with marketing and social strategy. His campaigns have even been awarded top honours in the CIM Marketing Excellence Awards.

Who is the Course Aimed at?

This course is aimed at people from a wide range of organisations: including public sector to private sector, education and charities.

People from marketing, sales, customer care and the technical departments will all find this course of interest. If you are involved with your organisation’s social media activities, this course may prove invaluable.

Course Costs

Our online courses are charged at the Cardiff prices. The standard rates for our in-person courses are as follows: £369 (+VAT) for London courses and £269 (+VAT) for our Cardiff courses (Early bird prices may apply). Prices include:

• Slides for the day.

• Access to our password-protected area where you can access latest slides and self-help guide, along with links to useful resources and videos.

• Lunch and refreshments throughout the day (for our in-person courses only)

Discount

Get 10% off course bookings:

• if your organisation is a registered charity (not applicable to Early Bird discounts)

• If you have 2 or more staff attending, we can offer a discount of 10% (off the standard NOT Early Bird rate).

Times

Courses start at 9.15 am, though we ask delegates to arrive at the venue by 8.45 am (for our virtual classes we ask people to sign in to Zoom by 9.00 am).

The courses end at 4.30 pm and lunch is usually taken at 12.30 pm with tea and coffee breaks mid morning and mid afternoon. To work out your travel times, please see the venue addresses below. If you have any dietary requirements, please let us know.

Location

Courses are either delivered in-person from our Central Cardiff venue or face-to-face live through Zoom.

Please check the table to see whether the course is delivered in-person or virtually. These courses are limited to a maximum of 8 people. Learn more about Virtual Classrooms.

Cardiff

Our principal training venue is located in the offices of Liberty Marketing in Cardiff Business Park, Llanishen.and is conveniently located between the M4 (junction 32) and Cardiff City Centre, making it easily accessible from Cardiff, Swansea, Newport, the valleys and South West England.

 Please note on occasion our training venues may be located in Cardiff City centre (always check the events page for correct location).