You want to create low-cost video marketing that feature the voices — and faces — of people within your brand community.  It creates a authentic element to your marketing and, through sharing on social networks, amplifies your exposure. 

AnswerStage simplifies the process of sending questions or prompts, capturing responses as videos, transfering the responses to your account, and then converting these response videos into sharable videos with branding, animation, captions and other elements that make them look professional 

You want to produce slick, branded video marketing without the time and expense of professional recording,  editing, and production

AnswerStage uses an AI-enhanced, template-based rendering engine to produce videos. 

No.  

AnswerStage uses a template-based rendering engine to handle video editing tasks, so you don’t have to.  Positioning, sizing, transitions, banners, and animations are handled automatically.

You pick a template, associated theme and set some options.  Then AnswerStage does the rest to produce a professional-looking video.

No.  

AnswerStage provides a mobile-optimized web app that can work on any Internet-connected device (iPhone, iPad, Android, laptop).  You can try it: https://answerstage.app

Chrome, Edge, and Firefox are supported on all devices.

Safari is supported on iPhone/iPad.  

Yes!

While AnswerStage makes it easy for you to direct questions to other Contributors, you can also create and answer questions yourself.  AnswerStage is often used by a marketing group to convey their own thought leadership along with video collected from their community.

A Contributor Response Video is the video response to a question.  It can be recorded by anyone who receives an AnswerStage video request link, or by the person who authored the question.

One or more, Response Videos are combined, along with question text, transitions, icons, and other enhancements, to produce a branded Production Video.

Currently, AnswerStage limits Speaker Response Videos to 2.5 minutes.  We have found that this helps keep answers succinct and improves engagement with the video.  Keeping these videos relatively short also makes it easier for Contributors to upload them.

You can set the duration limit as you enter each question or prompt.  As Contributors record and response they’ll see a status bar indicating the amount of time left.  The status bar turns red as time is about to run out so Contributors know when to wrap up their response. 

A Production Video is the ultimate output of the AnswerStage service.

AnswerStage combines one or more Response Videos, along with transitions, profile information, icons, and other video elements to create a slick, branded video which can be used for any purpose.  Frequently, Production Videos are shared on common social platforms, such as LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Youtube. They are also downloaded for inclusion in blog posts, email marketing or hosted video galleries.  

There is no specific maximum duration for a Production Video.

The length of the video is determined by the sum of the durations of the Response Videos included as well as the sum of the durations of the transitions defined in the selected template.

Most AnswerStage templates produce a video with resolution 1280 x 720 (commonly known as 720p).  These videos are HD, but are still small enough in size to be easily shared.  We’ve found that they work well on all social platforms.

AnswerStage also has a template the produces square (720 x 720) and vertical (1280 x 720) videos.  The different sizes and orientations are useful for sites that are optimized for vertical or square formats such as Instagram Reels. 

Yes!

AnswerStage’s audio-only option displays a profile photo and an animated audio wave.  It’s a good option for camera shy Contributors or people who aren’t in a setting with good lighting or other elements that distract from the video. 

Yes.

AnswerStage Production Videos are standard MP4 files which you can download and use any way you want.

Note that AnswerStage also provides direct-share capabilities, that enables sharing without downloading.

Yes!

The logo, colors, branding, fonts and overall look of your videos can be customized for your company or organization.    This is handled within the Producer Tools section of your account.