WEVA Partners with Glimmer Apps Enabling Affordable iPad Apps as New Membership Benefit
May 21, 2011
Sarasota, FL - Kicking off the 3rd Annual NJVA-WEVA Institute Northeast Conference, WEVA announced a major, new media benefit for members worldwide who have wanted an affordable way to obtain their own iPad App(s), registered through the Apple App Store.
"WEVA is pleased to announce a new strategic partnership with Glimmer Apps, LLC to now make it possible for all members to get their work displayed on the iPad’s of their brides & grooms, and corporate clients, through their own branded App(s) in the Apple App Store, or generically on the Glimmer Apps platform – and do it efficiently, with a significant WEVA member discount," said WEVA Chairman Roy Chapman.
Speaking at the industry Conference in New Jersey, Chapman introduced Glimmer Apps Vice President of Sales Eric King who outlined key features for event video professionals using a large-screen video presentation that showed a new wedding film iPad App in-action.
Easy & Affordable Way to Get Your Own iPad App
"Today we are introducing a turnkey solution that includes hosted services and viewer technology that offers a cost-efficient way to publish content to the Apple iPad without an engineering degree," King said. "Our Digital Publishing Suite taps the huge interest among wedding and event video professionals to publish a new class of engaging and interactive digital content on tablets."
The Glimmer Apps Digital Publishing Suite enables wedding shooters, event filmmakers, and all creative professionals to add interactive iPad Apps to the list of services they provide. With the support of the Glimmer platform, photos, audio & video come together and come alive at the touch of a finger.
From Weddings to Bar/Bat Mitzvahs, Reunions, Recitals, Vendor Videos, Corporate Productions, Tribute Films, Graduations, Sports Events, Recruitment Videos, School Productions, and most other work industry professionals produce can now be preserved, shared, and enjoyed in a cutting-edge display, and made available in the new world of social media using the increasingly popular iPad. With the entertainment aspect of tablet devices being incredibly high, having your own iPad App provides an easy, and state-of-the-art, selling environment.
Glimmer Apps, LLC offers the option of utilizing either the generic Glimmer iPad App for accessing your company’s iPad content, or the option of having your own branded iPad App created for your business and made available in the Apple App Store. "Event Video professionals also have the choice of enhancing their iPad content themselves by utilizing standard development tools such as Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, and our own Content Development Kit, or utilizing one of our pre-defined templates and having Glimmer Apps, LLC do the work," King said. "The Glimmer Apps iPad App is now available free from the Apple App Store. Once the App is downloaded you can access the Sample Wedding App to get a feel for the features and capabilities of the platform."
Generate New Revenue from Past & Present Clients
The Glimmer Apps Digital Publishing Suite is available immediately, with pricing consisting of both a platform and service fee. Current WEVA members get a significant discount. "It gives members an immediate competitive edge in their market. Using Glimmer Apps, it no longer costs several thousand to develop your own App and get it into the Apple App Store." Chapman related. "And using the WEVA member discount gives all members worldwide substantial savings. In fact, WEVA member discounts on key products and services, like Glimmer Apps, and low-cost business insurance for members, discount registration for WEVA EXPO 2011, the new WEVA Archive of Excellence, and members-only access to new marketing & technology content on WEVA-TV, for example, more than pays for annual membership dues in cost-savings, and the ability to generate additional income for your business."
The ability now for interactive iPad Apps that can display a WEVA member’s finest-quality wedding & event productions, and other work to visually impress customers worldwide, "offers a tremendous opportunity to jump-start your marketing and sales," Chapman added.
"Apps can also provide a new revenue stream from previous clients. You can contact your clients, past and present to let them know that you can now put any of their special events or media on your iPad App – and that you can also create their own family App, or a branded corporate App, that can be downloaded from the Apple App Store. That’s tremendously empowering for keeping your business relevant, more successful financially, and on the cutting-edge of new media worldwide."
For more information, visit the “How it Works” section of Glimmer Apps, LLC at www.glimmerapps.com.
Watch the Glimmer Apps demo here. For WEVA member discount details on Glimmer Apps, email Eric King at [email protected]
About WEVA International
As the largest international trade association for professional wedding video producers and event filmmakers, WEVA leads the field with education that's on the cutting-edge of industry developments and new technologies worldwide. WEVA members have access to exclusive business benefits and professional development resources. On August 24-25, 2011 WEVA will present the 21st Annual WEVA EXPO 2011 LIVE Online via interactive video worldwide, an all-new industry breakthrough. The 21st Annual WEVA Creative Excellence Awards Competition will kick off later this month (open to all industry professionals worldwide). Winning Entries will be announced and screened at WEVA EXPO 2011. Wedding and event categories will be similar to 2010. For more information on WEVA industry events, and WEVA membership benefits email [email protected] or click here. Follow WEVA on twitter and facebook.
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