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Must Read Blogs – One of Our Favorites

Posted Dec 1 2011 by in B2B, B2C, Current Affairs, Local Business, Small Business, Smart and Simple Solutions Conference for Small Business, Social Media, Uncategorized, Web/Tech, Weblogs with 0 Comments

Like most of you, I subscribe to a handful of blogs that I review as part of my morning rituals.  From IT gurus, entertaiment mogals and marketing leaders, each delivers something I find (or at one time found) worth my time. Without out a doubt, Jeremy Epstien and his Never Stop Marketing daily updates deliver something worth reading.  It’s more than just every now and then, it’s every single day. Sometimes he shares very personal stories and other times they are chunks of wisdom retold. Here’s a great example.

If you are serious about your business and have the desire to set in motion a few of the principals and knowledge Jeremy shares, it can make a difference in the level of success you and your organization will achieve.

NW Projections Film Festival 2011 Open for Submissions!

Posted Jan 18 2011 by in Local Business, Varvid Partners, Video Delivery with 2 Comments

NW Projections 2011 Call For Entries from Wilson Large on Vimeo.

The NW Projections Film Festival, born in 2000, is dedicated to showcasing the filmmaking talents of artists from Washington and all over the Pacific Northwest (Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and British Columbia). They are currently accepting shorts and feature films from now until the Early Bird deadline of February 6th, and the Late Registration deadline of March 7th. See the NW Projections website for details.

Check out the winner of last year’s festival, “Dry Rain”.

In addition to getting to see a bunch of great films by local filmmakers, festival goers will also be able to attend workshops from real film industry professional. The list isn’t final yet, but keep checking the NW Projections website to find out more information.

Varvid actually played a role in this years festival, helping festival director Wilson Large set up the first-ever online submission portal for NW Projections. We are proud to help put local filmmaking in the spotlight here in Bellingham. At Varvid, we recognize the importance of visual media, as it allows human beings to express themselves in ways that were entirely impossible prior to the establishment of the cinematic art form.

City of Bellingham Beseeches Google for the Gift of Fiber

Posted Jan 6 2011 by in Google, Local Business, Web/Tech with 1 Comment

In February of last year, Google announced that it would be establishing a series of experimental high-speed fiber-optic networks in locations around the US, which would offer speeds more than 100 times faster than what most people are used to.

Rather than simply opening up Google Earth, spinning it around and choosing whatever location their mouse landed on, the cooler heads at Google decided to allow local governments and citizens to prove why they’re more worthy to get a taste of that sweet, sweet fiber. And in the two-month span while they were accepting proposals, America answered emphatically: Google received over a thousand responses from communities around the country.

In addition to the heartfelt plea above, the City of Bellingham also produced several testimonial videos from notable Bellingham residents who argue the case for fiber in Bellingham. But will Google listen?

We at Varvid sure hope so. Fiber would allow us to send and receive high-quality video files much faster and more cost-effectively, and potentially to create more comprehensive solutions for those who need them. Events could be streamed live at a much higher quality. Most of all, we love the city of Bellingham and those who live here, and think they all deserve to have the best internet experience available.

Unfortunately for us and the rest of the country, Google has delayed the supposed year-end announcement of which cities were charming enough to get the gift of fiber. For now, they’re working on installing a small test network at Stanford, and we will have to wait to learn of their decision until “early 2011.”

Varvid finalizes annual contract with Botanical Laboratories

Posted Aug 5 2010 by in Local Business, Video Delivery with 0 Comments

Varvid is pleased to announce they have finalized an annual agreement to create, produce and distribute video content for Botanical Laboratories, based in Ferndale, Washington. Varvid has signed on to produce internet-delivered videos for Botanical Labortories, including event coverage for the 2010 Bellingham Jingle Bell Run in December and the  2011 Northwest Women’s Show in Seattle. Other projects will include a series of product pieces, corporate profiles, and multiple press release videos. Varvid has worked with BotLab’s flagship brand, Wellesse Premium Liquid Supplements, in the past to help promote their ongoing support of the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure with the Puget Sound affiliate of the national organization.

Along with capturing, producing and uploading content for Botanical Labortories, this agreement includes a unique service:  an internet-delivered video distribution platform.  This offereing allows BotLab the opportunity to completely control the marketing and branding seen by visitors. Varvid will also provide a number of user training courses to educate BotLab staff on how to maximize video marketing’s full potential by understanding analytics, increasing search engine optimization and controlling channel distribution.

To put Varvid to work for your organization, drop us a line.

The Adventure School – Cori Ready

Posted Sep 21 2009 by in Local Business, Smart and Simple Solutions Conference for Small Business with 0 Comments



Cori Ready from The Adventure School talks with Varvid’s Aaron Booker at the Smart and Simple Solutions Conference in Redmond,WA. The Adventure School is a company producing events in the tech industry, arts, and social areas. They discusses how social media tools are arriving to the mainstream and how exciting it is that more people are beginning to use them. She also talks about how technology innovation is enabling business owners to get their work done in the field.