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Who is this guy?
Hello. Nice to meet you my name is Steve Langston.
I am a proud Manitoban that lives in Winnipeg during the winter and Riding Mountain National Park in the summer.
Video
Corporate videos get your message across, quickly and effectively through the emotional power of film.
No other medium gives you the same ROI, ease of use and value for money.
New Video: Ryan Shields, A Dirty T Shirt Production
Thanks for stopping by the site to check out this recently completed video that was shot and produced for Ryan Shields
Ryan is doing a great job using the internet to market his business. He already does a lot of his own videos off of the iPhone and is using this video to market himself as a hard working, tech savvy and talented real estate professional.
Robertson College Video Series
We’ve been working on the Robertson College project over the last couple of months and have released three of the videos that we are proud to share on our blog.
2 of the videos are specifically for the Robertson College Calgary Campus. They will be used on Pay Per Click Campaigns as well as on Youtube, Facebook and the main site.
Robertson College Faculty of Business
Robertson College Makes it Simple
Robertson College Faculty of Healthcare
Please check out the animation that is used to illustrate what a hassle free process it is to further your education with Robertson College.
A shout out goes to the Mitchell Brothers for their work on the animation.
More videos for Robertson College will be released shortly.
New Years Photo Album
Happy 2012. During some downtime over the past few days I have shot a few pictures at Riding Mountain National Park.
Shooting pictures in “The Park” is a lot like riding powder in the mountains. It’s hard to not look like a pro.
Thanks for stopping by the site.
Dauphin Countryfest Video
Check out this short video we produced for Countryfest to promote all of the things that they offer their guests that make it a world class festival.
Countryfest 2012 will be held June 28 – July 1 2012 on the northern edge of Riding Mountain National Park just south of Dauphin.
Production still from Ryan Shields @c21ryanshields
Dirty T Shirt Productions was on location at Paragon Lofts in Brandon today shooting with Real Estate Professional Ryan Shields.
Ryan is doing a great job of using the internet to promote his business and we’re looking forward to profiling him and his company.
Currently Ryan sponsors the Brandon Wheat Kings plays of the week so we’ll also be cutting him some short, elegant intros to help him hone his personal brand on the web.
Getting ready to release a lot of new videos over the next few weeks. Stay tuned. Thanks for stopping by.
Why Donovan needs to follow me on Twitter.
Just wanted to take a moment to show some correspondence from a salesman that is using antiquated tools to stay in contact with me. In his defense he has provided me with an exceptional product and usually good customer service as a salesperson for Friesen’s in Altona, the company that has printed both of my books.
Despite being a 30-something I would say he needs to hop on the Twitter wagon and start building relationships with people.
Last week I got an email from Donovan looking to see if I needed any more books printed. I understand that he is just trying to make sales happen and that followups are a necessary part of the business but this correspondence seemed, robotic, careless and self-interested.
To me this post clearly illustrates that if Donovan was following me on Twitter that he would know I am planning another Manitoba bike tour this fall, he would know that I likely will need new books printed for this endeavour and he could have sent me a message saying that he is excited about the Manitoba tour and ready to help if need be.
If he was following me on Twitter he would be able to cheer me on when I biked the Pacific Coast last spring, he would be able to help promote my bike touring and become a teammate and friend in my goal of helping to positively affect the world through bike touring.
Instead, all I get is a self interested one line e-mail that was clearly programmed into his calendar.
People often tell me they don’t want to get on Twitter because they have nothing interesting to say.
You can’t forget that Twitter is not a broadcasting tool, it is a listening tool. It’s not about you, its about everyone else.
Twitter is a listening tool where you can develop rapport, friendships and even do some business.
People buy from those that they like and Twitter is a perfect place for letting someone get to know you, find common ground and build a relationship.
Calgary Real Estate Agent Brent Lane: A Dirty T Shirt Production
Thanks for stopping by the site. Please check out this video we produced for Calgary Real Estate Agent Brent Lane.
Brent is an agent for Century 21 Bamber Realty. He was looking to raise the bar for video production in his market and I think that we have succeeded.
The video was shot over a few days during October 2011. Brent will be using this video on his site, attaching it to emails, embedding it in monthly news letters, to enhance his visibility to search engines as well as Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Vimeo Etc.
I see this type of video as an excellent component to any professionals marketing mix. Professions that come to mind include lawyers, accountants, salon workers, personal trainers and yoga instructors.
Video we made for Excel Design & Construction a General Contractor in Brandon, Manitoba #BDNMB
This video was shot in September of 2011 for Brandon, Manitoba based commercial contractor Excel Design & Construction.
They were excited to create this video because it gave them an opportunity to showcase their commercial building skills at a variety of projects around Brandon including the new Best Western on the Trans Canada Highway as well as the high-security bullpen at the Brandon Correctional Center.
The video was focused on the things that set Excel apart from their competitors like having a safe, upbeat, respectful work environment that boosts productivity and makes their clients happy.
This video will be displayed on their website as well as to improve their search engine visibility and be used to attract new clients, hire sub-trades and employees and help tell their story.
Also during this project we shot a series of 3 – 15 second ads that they are using on the Jumbotron at Brandon Wheat Kings Games
Draft of 2 minute pitch at Banff Outdoor Filmmaking Workshop
This Saturday I will have an opportunity to pitch National Geographic as well as others on a concept for a film or television show.
Today we are pitching the idea to our class mates.
Below is a rough, 2 minute version of my pitch.
Hi I’m steve Langston. Since 2006 I have been on a bike touring tear that has taken me across the world.
I am the author of Canada by Bicycle, the only guide for biking across Canada, availably nationally at MEC and across the globe on the web.
My website and book is globablly significant and I am working hard on the web to build up my personal brand.
When not bike touring I run my production company Dirty T Shirt Productions out of Winnipeg, MB.
Today I am pitching you on Tailwind, a pilot show for a interactive TV series.
During September of 2012 I will cycle cycle 1200 kilometers around my home province of Manitoba following another one of my books, Manitoba by Bicycle.
During this time myself and my team, with no support vehicle will bike, film our adventures and explore the province while sustaining ourselves on only locally sourced food.
Our adventures will take us to flour mills, farm gates, markets and hunting and gathering in the wild.
Bike touring connects you to the land like no other activity. You understand watersheds, soil types and bio diversity because you are immersed inside of them.
This interactive project will be on TV as a 22 minute show, we will be shooting daily webisodes off of the iPad and the hand held portion will be an app as a guidebook where people can contribute pictures, information and insight from their travel.
The time is right for this TV show, travel, adventure, sustainability and cooking are some of the hottest topics in entertainment and there are millions of people feeling disenfranchised and looking to alternative, life changing views on transport, diet and sustainability.
This project offers numerous opportunities for sponsors including mobile devices, outerwear and environmentally progressive organizations and it will be my relentless pursuit of this goal that ensure the project will be a success.
Winnipeg, Manitoba: India north
After spending an entire week in oil country ( Calgary ) shooting videos, I am even more convinced that Winnipeg, Manitoba is a premier place to start a technology based internet company.
One of the books that changed my vie
w on the world forever is Thomas Friedman’s 2007 best seller, The world is Flat.
This book talked about the trend of jobs being outsourced to India and other countries where they could be performed by skilled, hard working employees at a fraction of the cost compared to sourcing the labour domestically.
We’re seeing this phenomenon happen in the call center world, data entry, computer programming, animation, web design and market research.
If a job can be done remotely, it can, and probably will be transferred to a country like India, The Phillipines or Argentina.
Friedman advised his countrymen ( Yankees ) that they needed to become more educated and specialize in the skills that couldn’t be outsourced like research, project management and anything else high end that needed to be done with precision and accuracy.
We’ve established that repetitive, labour-intensive, web based jobs can and should be outsourced to countries that can perform them more efficiently.
But what about jobs that can’t be sent overseas, but can be done by a team of people a few provinces away.
I’m talking about things like major overhaul and project management of a large Canadian retailers website, a series of videos about a publicly traded Canadian company or a remote network support and data management.
These are the types of business contracts where a perspective client wants to be able to occasionally meet with the creative lead or project manager, but doesn’t really care if they live in the same city or province.
There are things that I am happy to acquire from third-world countries including WordPress templates, After Effects projects or music soundtracks. But if I’m designing a new website for a large client or need to hire someone for close collaboration, I’m likely to want them to be in the same country, on a similar time-zone and able to communicate easily with me.
Large projects at a national level don’t just require one or two talented people. They require a large team of highly skilled, creative workers that are able to turn large companies dreams into reality on the internet.
Manitoba is perfectly position
ed to become a tech hub where we can leverage our low cost of living and high quality of life to attract the talent required to service lucrative clients on a national basis because of our work force that can create value unlike any other in the nation.
The Research and Development credits as well as continued support of progressive organizations like New Media Manitoba are fostering climate where knowledge based, tech companies can and will thrive.
Because Manitoban’s don’t have abundant oil & gas jobs we are being forced to transition to a technology based economy quicker than our neighbours in Saskatchewan and Alberta.
To me, it’s like we have been levied with a carbon tax which is causing government, institutions and the population to adapt and become literate in the way of the web.
While Alberta is busy producing energy for the entire world, Manitoba is quietly building itself a sustainable economy around innovation and technology.
This isn’t a Calgary diss-piece where I poke fun at over-sized trucks and bitumen.
I understand why people live there.
The stunning views, proximity to mountains and well paying jobs are enticing. To me, if we can all agree that the future success of sustainable provincial economies are going to be built around knowledge based, high-tech jobs then we may as well get on with it.
Over the next decade I look forward to steady growth from the Manitoba economy but am looking forward to the continuing evolution of our citizens and our province to succeed in an era where ideas and intellectual capacity can trump even giant oil companies.
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