It's An Up-All-Night Sale (Three Days Only): Half-Price Gift Certificates at Home Video Studio

Greetings Home Video Studio Customers and Friends! On Friday, we had our third baby, Emerson Claire Godfrey (girl). She weighed 8 lbs. 5 oz. and was 19.5 inches long. She's definitely a bundle of joy. In light of a very special occasion, we're offering some fantastic savings for three days only (today, tomorrow, and Wednesday). We're calling it the "Up-All-Night Sale" since we're currently not getting any sleep. :) Want that perfect gift for a loved one? Today, tomorrow, and Wednesday (November 23-25) you can purchase Home Video Studio gift certificates for half price! That's $100 worth for $50! $50 worth for $25! $25 worth for $12.50! Sure, these gift certificates will be available after Thanksgiving, but at full price. Can't get into the studio these next few days? Call us or email us and we'll mail them to you at no additional cost. How easy is that? We will be closed all weekend for the Thanksgiving holiday (Emerson's got a lot of family and friends still to meet), so act now! ~Chad

Some Scary-Good Deals this October

Greetings Home Video Studio customers and friends.  We were just named Home Video Studio's October Studio of the Month!  Click here to read the article.

In celebration of this honor, we're offering some SCARY deals in October: ALL HOLIDAY GIFTS 20% OFF (October only).  It seems October is when many people begin thinking of gift-giving for the upcoming holidays.  Our production schedule creating holiday gifts (see some ideas below) starts to get hectic from this day forward until December 25th.  We'd like to offer you this reward for getting your items in early this year and for making our November and December a little less stressful.

Here are a few gift-giving ideas:

1. Create a highlight DVD of your best clips from your VHS or camcorder tape library

2. Organize, archive, and showcase your family photos, 35mm slides, and/or photo albums on CD or DVD 

3. Create a Lifestory (a mini-documentary) showcasing a family loved one complete with interviews, photos, and video clips from the past

4. Transfer your old 8mm, Super-8mm, or 16mm home movies to DVD

5. Put those old audio tapes, LPs, 8-tracks, or reel-to-reels on CD (or your favorite MP3 player)

Act now!  These are the best deals on holiday gift giving this whole year.

Where are your treasured memories?  We'd venture to say they're in boxes in the attic, basement, or closet somewhere.  Give us a call or email us today.  816.246.8888.  We're ready to create some memorable experiences and some memorable gifts.

Join us for our Re-Grand Opening on September 3rd

Come join us at our Open House and Re-Grand Opening in celebration of our new facility this coming Thursday, September 3rd from 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

"A Nite at the Movies" is our theme. We'll have a number of prizes and giveaways for those in attendance. Included above is a coupon worth $25 towards a future project (offer expires September 15th). However, if you bring this coupon with you to our event and have it validated, we'll triple it's value (September 3rd only). That's a $75 discount toward a future project!

Home Video Studio franchise CEO, Robert Hanley, and his wife, Denise, will be in attendance from Indianapolis, Indiana. The Lee's Summit Chamber of Commerce will be there to officiate the ribbon-cutting activities at 4:00 p.m. which will include a photo-op at our building's entrance.

If you can't make it at 4:00, we encourage you to come by as soon as you can. We've strategically chosen the date right before your extended Labor Day weekend. Come join us for great food and drinks, fabulous prizes, and help us kick start the fall season with Home Video Studio!

Home Video Studio of Lee's Summit - New Location!

On July 6th, we officially opened our new storefront facility at 500 SW 3rd Street in Lee's Summit. It's a great new place which includes a front reception, two edit suites, a production/shooting area, office, and screening room for clients to view projects.

Our office hours are Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. We invite you to come by and check us out.

Keep your company up-to-date and competitive in the workplace, for FREE!

You may not work in the media industry, but the media is your gateway to the world when spreading your organization's messages. You have to stay up-to-date to be competitive in today's workplace. Don't miss the chance to be introduced to the latest trends by a well-respected industry professional, for FREE!

Introduce your staff to new and creative ways of presenting (and selling) an organization's message.  HOME VIDEO STUDIO, a visual communications company, is now offering an exciting series we're calling "Technology Coffee Break" to introduce new media trends.

Three break-through sessions (each approximately 45 minutes in length):

KILLER SLIDESHOWS: Making effective slides using Microsoft PowerPoint

DVD 101: What you need to know about harnessing the latest DVD technology

PODCASTING: Audio and Video for the masses, an affordable way to get a message out

How does it work?  You request one of our three workshops for your staff and we'll do the rest.  You can come to our studio or we can come to you.  We even provide great coffee and bagels!  

For more information, call, email, or drop by for a visit at our new location: 500 SW 3rd Street, Lee's Summit, MO 64086.

June is UPGRADE month at Home Video Studio of Lee's Summit

Greetings Home Video Studio customers and friends.  This month we're celebrating our last month of operating the business in our home.  You heard it right, we're upgrading!  On July 1st, we'll be moving the business to 500 SW 3rd Street in Lee's Summit.  Moving to a walk-in/retail production facility is very exciting (and my two children are excited to turn a bigger part of the house into a playroom).  :)

In celebration of our studio upgrade, we're offering some free and discounted upgrades to you on all new orders placed in June.  Transfer your 8mm/Super-8mm films or videos to DVD and receive a free upgrade to 24k Archival Gold DVDs (a $15 value).  Upgrade your transfer order with a deluxe DVD case package with thumbnail images from your videos for $5 (regular $15).  Have one-of-a-kind audio recordings (tapes, records, audio reel-to-reel)?  Upgrade them to 24k Archival Gold CDs.  Place an order for one of our fantastic photo keepsakes on DVD with music and receive a free digital archive of your photos on a separate disc (this allows you to print, email, or simply stow-away your old photos for safekeeping - up to a $100 value).

How else can you upgrade?  Well, you can upgrade to savings by supporting our efforts online.  

Write a testimonial about our services on our website (we've got some great testimonies up there right now) and receive a $15 gift card toward your next purchase.  Follow this link:

http://www.homevideostudio.com/video%2Dservices/44/testimonials.cfm

Subscribe to our YouTube Channel (watch some of our great productions) and subscibe/follow our Blog, "Convergence," and receive a $5 gift card each toward your next purchase (that's $10 if you do both).  Follow these links:

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=chadgodfrey74&view=videos

http://chadgodfrey.blogspot.com/

As always, we thank you for the tremendous support you've provided over the years.  Let us know if we can help you or others you know.  Help our June go out with a bang!

Home Video Studio March Specials

Greetings and Happy St. Patrick's Day Home Video Studio friends and customers!  This month's special truly includes a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.  Gold DVDs and CDs that is!  Our Gold Archival Grade DVDs and CDs preserve your family photos, home movies, and critical corporate data and offer additional protection from scratches and corrosion.

March is photo archival month and all photo orders today through March 31 are offered at an additional 20% off. Have boxes of unorganized photos, slides, or negatives?  Give 'em a makeover with our digital archival service.  Revitalize those memories onto premium grade archival gold discs.

Our digital archive service is exactly as it sounds, archival.  Your discs containing your images are 100% as good as their original format...in many cases better due to our natural color-correction and enhancement process.  Play them on your DVD or Blu-Ray player, view them on your computer, print them, share them, email them, post them to Facebook or Flickr, or create your own custom slideshows.  They're so much more functional than they once were!

We had a client who recently experienced a devastating house fire.  No one was hurt as the family was at work and at school when the fire happened; however, they lost the entire contents of their home.  All their precious memories (photo albums, videos, etc.) were lost in the embers.  Fortunately, we created an entire digital archive of their memories nearly a year ago and, at their request, maintained copies here in the studio.  Their memories were completely restored.

Don't take risk...put it on disc!  Be proactive and backup your critical content.  Give us a call today.  In Lee's Summit (816) 246-8888 or Toll-Free (888) 636-8885.  We're ready to create some memorable experiences.

Happy Valentine's Day from Home Video Studio. Nine Ways to Save this February.

Greetings Home Video Studio friends and customers!  It's cold and blustery in Lee's Summit, but preserving your precious photo and video memories to DVD will keep you warm and fuzzy all winter long.

In celebration of Valentine's Day, we're offering Nine Ways to Save this February:

1. Film (8mm, Super-8mm, and 16mm to DVD): 10% Off

2. Video Editing: 10% Off

3. Video Production: 10% Off

4. Video Tape Transfers to DVD: 10% Off

5. Photos and Slides to DVD: 10% Off

6. CD and DVD Duplication: 15% Off

7. Receive a $15 Gift Card by subscribing as a follower to this blog

8. Receive a second $15 Gift Card by posting a personal testimonial of our services on our website (click "Testimonials" on www.godfreyvideo.com)

9. Take an additional 5% OFF your entire order when placed by February 14th

Where are your treasured memories?  We'd venture to say they're in boxes in the attic, basement, or closet somewhere.  Give us a call today.  816.246.8888.  We're ready to create some memorable experiences.

Chad Godfrey and The Crew at Home Video Studio Lee's Summit 

Editor on Board

I'm pleased to announce Matt Terwilliger, our new Director of Editing and Post-Production.  Matt completed a summer internship with us in 2008 and has recently finished a degree in Interactive Digital Media from Northwest Missouri State University.  I'm excited to have Matt aboard.  He brings a lot of experience in photography, design, and motion graphics to the table and will offer a fresh perspective on the "look and feel" of all projects that come through our doors.  Welcome Matt!

Here's to a New Year!

Now that it's nearly the 6th of January, it may sound cliché to offer you a "Happy New Year," but I truly feel one is in order.  I hope you feel renewed in this new year, ready to take on the experiences and change it will bring.

I don't know about you, but I've created a lot of goals for 2009:  family goals, health goals, business goals, and the list continues (how about just keeping up with this blog?).  The number one goal, however, is not to treat my goals like typical "resolutions" but to see them through to actual achievement this year.  This, of course, requires the break-down of each goal into action steps that are measurable.  

My aim in telling you this is accountability.  It is my hope that by broadcasting this to the world, or to the few beings that actually read this (thank you, by the way), I may keep my goals in check this year.  By the same token, I hope you find people and methods to keep your goals in check this year too.

Here's to a really great year.  May you be blessed with abundance and achievement like never before!