A few words from Shakr CEO, David Lee: Today we’re announcing that Shakr Media has officially closed its latest round of funding, bringing our total raised to $3 million. With this latest funding, we will expand our motion graphics marketplace and push more heavily into the advertising sector. Long dominated by large companies, Shakr is democratizing video ads so that small businesses can participate, too. We’ve done this by combining our drag-and-drop simple video creator with video styles by the …
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Digital Video Ads Created in 20 Minutes for $50 Shakr Media, the company reimagining everything to video, is ready to rev up local auto dealer advertisements. The company today announced that it added nearly a dozen video advertising styles for auto dealers to its drag-and-drop simple video creation solution. “Auto dealers know the benefits of using video, but high production costs have limited the number of video advertisements they could make,” said David Lee, founder and CEO of Shakr Media. …
Big content companies like AOL, Microsoft, Sony and Yahoo will soon be rolling out long-form online videos that are similar to what we’re accustomed to seeing on TV, says a Reuters article published today. AOL, for instance, has signed an agreement with Miramax to show free movies online, with ads. Yahoo, Microsoft and Sony will focus more on original programming, such as Microsoft’s “Every Street United” reality series. For small business advertisers, this shift could be especially good news. AOL …
Video ads are growing fast, and saw 17% year-on-year from 2012 to 2013. In fact, according to the 2013 Online Advertising Revenue Report from the IAB and PWC, video ads and mobile are the only two segments in the online advertising space that are actually growing.