I have been working on a screencast demo video for the last little while to show first hand how to post a Spidvid project, how to request bids from professionals, adding individuals to a team, assigning compensations to each team member, uploading the video or film, and other interesting things you can do with a Spidvid account. Expect to see the video likely tomorrow, just need to edit the raw content, and need to do a voice over as well.

We are also tweaking our video encoding because we have found that some uploaded videos have been getting cut short in terms of length for some reason. The tweaks should be complete by Wednesday at the latest. We are also working on the ability for creators to edit and replace the video file after it’s been uploaded and up for distribution. There are some challenges providing this feature but hope to have it available for next week.

It’s frustrating that Spidvid doesn’t work 100% perfect right now but we are in beta so some wrinkles are expected. Our dedication will always be to find the bugs and issues, and fix them as fast as possible before any new feature or functionality gets developed. Thanks for your patience and for all of the informative feedback which has helped Spidvid evolve into the platform it is today.

And for a sticker update we will be sending them out this afternoon so expect to get yours in the mail in the days ahead. If you never requested any before you can now provide us with your mailing address. We are getting another 1,000 stickers in soon and expect to mail them out later this month or early next month.

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As the holidays rapidly approach we are excited to be soon sending out private beta invites to everyone who’s on our list. If you are a video creator, actor, director, writer, producer, story teller, animator, or have other talents for producing video content, then be sure to visit our site and submit your email address.

We intended to send out invites last week but the relaunch of UnleashVideo, the exclusive video sharing site for our private beta, has taken longer than anticipated to complete. The good news is that additional tweaks and features are being added to Spidvid in the meantime, so your initial experience with our platform will be better than even we thought it would be.

The plan now is to send out the invites on Christmas Eve (December 24th). Who said that gifts shouldn’t come before Christmas Day anyways?

If you get time over the Christmas break between some much needed R&R be sure to take the time to put together a solid Spidvid profile. We accept copying embed codes from YouTube and other sites where you may already have produced video content and information about yourself. Also don’t be shy to do some copying and pasting from your favorite social networks like Facebook or LinkedIn to save time creating your Spidvid profile.

There will be a blog post next week where we explain how to pimp your Spidvid profile because it’s so important as a video creator needs to show that he or she has leadership qualities to build and manage remarkable production teams which results in quality produced content, and it’s important for professionals so that creators can see what qualities and talent he or she can add to content. So if you’re not already subscribed to our new posts by email or RSS be sure that you are one way or another, or you may miss out on some really exciting stuff.

Do you want an early Christmas present this year? Quickly head over to our site, click the ‘join our video production community’ on the left hand side, provide your email address, and look for an email from us on Thursday.

One last thing… good luck with your last minute Christmas shopping, if you are already done then give yourself a big pat on the back you non-procrastinator you.

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