Video and Digital Media for smaller brands and businesses

Build Trust, Start Conversations and Smash Your Business Goals with Video and Digital Media by Bentley Studios

What we doWe do digital for smaller brands and businessesThat's it, in just eight words. Mic drop.Online video, product walk-throughs, events broadcast live to staff and investors, shoppable social media video.... we could go on. And on. And on some more. Trust us.Who we do it forBrands, retailers, service and professional businesses turning over between £100,000 and £10mSmall brands and businesses are the unsung heroes of the economy. But we really don't think it's fair that only the 'big boys' get to exploit today's technology and creative approaches to boost sales and profitability. We're here to level the playing field and bring that tech and those strategies to smaller brands and businesses.Where we workManchester and North West, UKWe are based in Manchester city centre, working on client sites within the North West and remotely for clients across the globe.Find out some ways our Adobe-certified studio's digital assets and services can drive business growth:

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Our core belief is that digital tools and resources aren't just for the dominant market players. We love to see our clients level up, and we're here to make that happen for you.Why you should care, too
With our creative minds and digital expertise, we help clients build their business, engage with an audience and cut across the noise.Plus our bonus guarantee: no "marketing bullsh*t", just results that matter.Bentley Studios brings decades of real-world commercial experience to small and mid-sized brands and businesses.From branded content, to social selling, from product and service explainers to training video, from YouTube content and channel management to podcast production. We've done it all for our own businesses in the past so we're the perfect real-world partners for your business today.

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Discovery Call

Let's Zoom (it's a verb nowadays)

We love a good Zoom.There's nothing like talking through what challenges you're facing and your business goals, and how we might help you to get there.And don't worry, video is definitely optional. We're often having a bad hair day.

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If you know what you need and have a brief, we can provide a quote or estimate alongside information about availability.We're realists and don't set up our clients for disappointment or ourselves for failure. Accordingly, we aren't able to meet any ultra-short deadlines for clients where we don't have an established working relationship. We're nothing if not upfront.

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We're transparent and easy to work with

We don't have time for drama, and neither do you. Simple, effective processes and our direct approach to our work and client relationships mean that we're a great partner.We're known and respected for our single point of client contact, unambiguous agreements and clear communication.Clear deadlines and realistic budgets? We 🤍 them. We also know our clients value an honest conversation at the earliest opportunity if they slip. Reality check: sometimes they do. If anyone tells you their projects are never late or over budget, run, run fast and run far.

Video Ads

Running paid ads? Might as well be video then.

Static ads are soooooo 2010.Get maximum returns for your ad spend with video. What's the point in paying good money for an SEM or display campaign, and then running boring, missable static ads? We don't know either.Grab attention, stop the scroll and engage the people you're paying to reach with the message you want them to hear. Anything else is just pointless.

Web Video

Websites with video rank higher and retain attention longer

Attract more eyeballs for longer with great video on your website.Personalise your products or services with a welcome message from the CEO or a 'meet the team' montage.Alternatively go for the jugular with a quick-fire rebuttal of your top three sales objections.Web Video can be a powerful weapon in the war for time and attention. It's a proven organic ranking factor for search engines and it cuts through the noise.Plus, visitors who stick around longer are more likely to buy. Simple. Thank you, and good night.

Explainer Video

Explain product or service benefits, without limits

It's always easier to explain (and convince) with imagery. And if a picture paints a thousand words, then a 90-second video can deliver a novel. Combine it with narration and it's supercharged.

Location Tour

Show off your venue, showroom or store

If you've got it, flaunt it.Show the audience your latest piece of industrial wizardry, walk them through your amazing venue or let them salivate at the shiny items they can browse in your showroom.We make it look good, sound good and - using our technical and creative know-how - wow your audience.

Social Selling

Make it easy for your customers to buy

Your customers are on social media. You want them to buy from you.Present them with shoppable video on social media and integrate that with your ecom platform for frictionless stock management, dynamic pricing and customer payments.Why not hold live selling events in real time for extra engagement, then repurpose that video for shoppable video for extra mileage.$500 Billion in annual worldwide sales can't be wrong. Yes, Billion. That's $500,000,000,000.

Product Video

Don't tell, show

Photographs can't built rapport, or present the personal face of your business. Video wins hands down for engagement and building trust.A carefully crafted and well-executed product video will deliver a higher brand retention and conversion rate. Those equal more sales now, and more sales in the future.

Live Events

You're on in five, Miss Minnelli

Nothing excites and engages like a live event. From product launches to 'all hands' meetings, live events can be broadcast to the world and their mothers, or a select group of staff, investors or customers.We're a commercial service for businesses and brands. We don't film family events like weddings, sorry.

YouTube

It's not the world's second largest search engine for nothing

A YouTube channel is a potential pot of gold. Not prank videos or gaming footage, though. For businesses, YouTube is a great place to be found and to drive prospective customers to your physical or online business.Plus, YouTube is a Google business, and the second-largest search engine on the web. Those things are important for a reason.

Podcasts

Get between your customer's ears

Video or Audio only, podcasts are uniquely positioned to drop automatically on to your audience's device and are listened to when traditional media can't reach them: driving, on a public transport commute, doing the housework....Whether for a business or consumer audience, podcasts are a largely untapped pot of gold.

Training

On-demand video training? Staff and customers rejoice

Show, don't tell. Video training on-demand is as applicable to customers as it is to a workforce. Scenario role play, complex product training or subject tutorials all work perfectly with video. Throw in multi-lingual subtitles and the ability to update sections easily and it's a no-brainer.

Terms of Business

We're always clear and upfront. That applies to our contractual relationships with our Clients as well.We have two different contract types. The first is a per-project agreement where a new contract is signed for every new project. This is best suited for one-off requirements or clients who require infrequent projects. Here is our model Terms of Business for that kind of arrangement.

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Secondly, and mostly for agencies or brands and businesses needing ongoing or frequent services, we operate a framework agreement where services are called off against an over-arching contract and an SLA (service level agreement). This means that we don't need a full contract every time an order is placed. We can provide a model contract on request.Terms of Business & Service Level Agreement for Agencies and Frequent Users: request copies of contracts: contact us

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About

We specialise in elevating smaller brands and businesses through impactful online video, YouTube channels, podcasts, livestreams and shopable social commerce video for social media and e-commerce channels. We also do a mean line in on-demand training, product video and service explainers. BOOM.Ahoy and welcome to Bentley Studios. I'm your host and Creative Director (whatever that actually means), Ian Bentley Ridgeway. I spend my working days as a Video Strategist and Content Creator, Senior Livestream and Podcast Producer and Content Marketing Lead. I'm also a small business owner, so I feel your pain.I'm not your typical "creative". Before answering the call of the artisan coffee and polo-shirt-as-business-attire, I spent 20 years as a senior business leader, commercial director and recruiter/trainer in the "real world". If digital content isn't delivering a measurable ROI aligned with business objectives, then it's failed. These are lessons I learned the hard way so my clients don't have to.As well as being an Adobe Certified Video Professional, I'm a qualified trainer and a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute, just in case that makes it easier to understand why we're so good at what we do.

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Licenses are granted to Client for the specific Project(s) and use(s) as specified in the Agreement.We provide two different types of licenses: online use and broadcast use. Online covers social media and website use, including use in paid advertising on those platforms. Broadcast use covers terrestrial television and video-on-demand services such as Amazon Video. The license type is stated on the Quote which, together with our Terms of Business (and scope of works, if relevant) constitutes the Agreement between us and our Client.Please review our Terms of Business for further information.Use of creative works other than in accordance with the conditions of the license invalidates such license and may give rise additional fees being levied and/or to a civil claim.

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Ask about ways we can solve your problems, smash your business objectives and drive your business forward with video and digital assets. You can also book a discovery call at a time to suit or if you already know exactly what you need, request a quote.

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