Video Marketing, Made Simple.
Done-for-you social media video.
A few hours of your time,
every third month.
One flat price.
Plus, we’ll just have a lot of fucking fun.
ma·ven
\ˈmā-vən\ one who is experienced or knowledgeable : EXPERT
MAVEN
Let Me Make You an Expert With Influence.
You’re an expert. A best kept secret. A hidden gem. But it’s time for more. It’s time to show, be, and earn more.
More than an influencer, you need to be seen as a known expert with influence. Or, in other words, a MAVEN.
Coincidentally, that’s our specialty.
Tell Me If This Sounds Familiar
- You want respect.
- You want authority.
- You want more leads and more word of mouth.
- You know video can do this and more.
But…
- You haven’t been able to bring yourself to regularly record videos.
- Or maybe you’ve recorded, only to never let them see the light of day.
- You can’t pull the trigger.
- You’ll “never be as good as so and so, so why even try?”
You’re afraid.
- Afraid of what people will think.
- Afraid of what they’ll say.
- Afraid of how you’ll be judged.
I’ve been there. Oh, have I ever been there…
What We Hear Before Every First Shoot
Here’s what we hear from almost everyone before their first shoot, and what we tell them.
“I love teaching people one on one, but I get nervous on camera.”
You’ll be talking to us, not a camera.
It’s a conversation, not a performance. We’re right there asking you questions, and you answer them the way you already do every day. If you’re great with people one on one, you’re already great at this.
“I’m too shy. Honestly, it’s scary.”
It’s so much easier than you think.
We’ve filmed people with every kind of nerves there is, and we plan around yours, so all you do is talk about what you know. By the end of your first shoot, you’ll wonder what you were ever nervous about.
“I don’t know what to say on camera.”
No script. We bring the questions.
The moment you’re reciting lines, you freeze, so we never hand you any. We plan every shoot around the questions your customers actually ask, and you answer them. New questions every shoot, so you’ll never run out.
“It never looks good when I do it myself.”
We bring everything. You just show up.
Cameras, lights, audio and an on-site videographer. Then we edit everything, add captions and music, make the thumbnails and write the titles, so every video looks and sounds like you hired a production team. Because you did.
“I know I have to do it, but I’m busy running the business.”
A few hours, every third month. That’s it.
We come to you, travel included. Then we write, edit, caption and post it all to Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube and LinkedIn, so it keeps going on the weeks you’re slammed.
“Last time, a videographer took seven hours to get one 30-second video.”
We’re directors, not just people with cameras.
One of our first clients spent seven hours with a videographer to get a single 30-second promo, and he was terrified to try again. After his first shoot with us, he said, “That’s it?! That was so easy.” Most videographers show up and wait for you to perform. We plan it, direct it and pull the right things out of you, so one shoot gives you about three months of videos.
“I don’t want to look salesy.”
You won’t be selling. You’ll be teaching.
You’ll answer the questions your customers already ask you, the way you would in person. You don’t need a million followers. You need the right people in your town to know exactly who to call.
“How will I know it’s working?”
You’ll hear it.
People start telling you “I saw your video!”, your peers start asking who does them, and you’ll watch every video go out, on every platform, every week.
“We’ve got a young person doing our social. They’re all over the trends.”
Your Gen-Z hire isn’t a marketing plan.
They know the apps, and that’s not a knock on them. But trends are what everyone’s doing, so a trending video blends right in, and it’s dead the moment the trend is. Marketing lives forever. Done right, a video you post today is still just as relevant three years from now. That’s the kind we make. And if you love your person, keep them, and let us coach them on what actually brings customers in. That’s MAVEN Secret Agent.
“Our marketing person left, and we’re starting over. Again.”
We’re the constant.
Marketing hires come and go. We don’t. It’s the same two people on every shoot, year after year.
How It Works
Step 1
You sign up.
One flat price, everything included.
Step 2
Your first shoot is within three weeks.
We come to you. Plan on about four hours (give the first one six, while we get to know each other). No prep, no script. We set up the cameras, lights and audio, sit just off camera asking the questions your customers ask, and you answer. It’s relaxed, it’s fun, and it goes fast.
Step 3
Your first videos go out within the month.
You approve every one. Then they keep going out every week, for as long as we work together, and we film again every third month.
After that first shoot, every client says some version of the same thing:
“That’s it?! That was way easier than I thought.”
We’re the Constant
Marketing hires come and go.
Agencies swap out your account manager.
The trend everyone’s chasing is old news next week.
And every time someone leaves, you start over.
We don’t leave.
It’s the same two people on every shoot, year after year, learning your business, your customers and your voice a little better every time, with every video building on the last. For a lot of the businesses we work with, we’re the most stable thing in their business. It’s why we’ve worked with some of the same ones for over 15 years, and why our clients have told us, more than once, that we’re the people they trust most.
No one else can offer you that.
Why MAVEN?
MAVEN is your secret sauce. Your competition will think you hired an in-house video production team, but the truth is you’re a MAVEN.
The world is noisy. Great video is more than essential, it can be a superpower to gain attention and spread your message, when it’s done right.
Whether you freeze at the thought of getting in front of the camera or you’re a seasoned on-air personality looking to level up your game, MAVEN will transform the online YOU.
And let’s be honest, your online persona is becoming more important by the day.
But we shouldn’t get ahead of ourselves. First, you’re probably wondering who the hell we are!
Who is MAVEN?
I’m Amara Andrew, the one with the long hair. Err, the one with the big smile. Um, the one in the MAVEN shir…
Gah, I’m the one in front!
I’m Amara, your resident videographer. In a past life I was an archivist at the University of Illinois at Chicago, an Art History professor at Columbia College, before that a barista at a coffee sh…what am I doing, this isn’t a resume.
After a long journey through the arts, I found my passion in videography and for years now I’ve been pursuing that passion full time here at MAVEN, working with amazing people just like you!
Who’s that guy with me? That’s Jeff Sarris, my partner in business and in life, and my best friend. We direct, film and produce every shoot together.
Jeff co-founded our brand agency, SPYR, back in 2009, and has spent the years since building brands with staying power, from The Minimalists and their Netflix documentary, MINIMALISM, to Kidney Stone Diet.
Put the two of us together and you get MAVEN. No sales team, no account managers. Just the two of us, and we answer our own email. And we’re not going anywhere.
Who does your videos?!
—Your DMs
MAVEN is the done-for-you video production service that showcases your expertise and builds your influence in just a bit of your time, every third month.
If the millions of relevant views weren’t enough, our MAVENs quickly notice that they get countless DMs from their peers asking “who does your videos?!”
MAVENs get noticed.
The Proof
20,000+
We’ve planned, directed, filmed, edited and posted over 20,000 videos for local experts and businesses all over the country.
1.3M
Our own hometown media platform has pulled in 1.3 million views in 90 days, and we make our clients’ videos exactly the same way.
$30M
One of our Top Bananas, a luxury Realtor in California, sold a $30 million home and was asked to speak on stage at a major real estate organization.
And our clients stay for years.
What to Actually Expect
Prepare for lots of smiles…I’m not kidding, you’ve been warned!
Top Banana
All-inclusive. Monthly video content, filmed, edited, and posted for you (Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube). One recording session, in your market, every third month.
$6,999/mo
A month of content, every single month, from one in-person shoot every third month. (We kinda like the number 3)
Includes short-form video, filmed in your market.
Done-for-you video content. All we ask is for your smiling face, we handle the rest.
No prep work. No script. We’ve got that covered!
One in-person shoot every third month.
On-site videographer, with all the gear: cameras, lights and audio.
No hidden fees, travel included.
Posted for you on all video platforms: YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and LinkedIn. (Yes, LinkedIn is also a video platform!)
Includes thumbnails, titles, descriptions, and captions…we mean it when we say all-inclusive.
Content strategy planning.
You see and approve every video before it goes up.
Premium royalty-free music.
You own everything we make.
3-month minimum, then pause or cancel anytime.
Tap it to sign up, and we’ll reach out to book your first shoot. There are only two of us, so we only take a few Top Bananas at a time, and the price goes up as spots fill.
FAQ
What is monthly video content?! How many videos will I get?
Great question! “A month’s worth” is definitely a nebulous way to describe a quantity, but that’s because it varies from shoot to shoot!
Generally, you can expect to have enough vertical, short-form video for 3-4 videos per week, 52 weeks per year.
It’s a ballpark just because, once we start posting your content, we’ll find the cadence and posting schedule that’s most effective with your target audience and adjust accordingly!
Wait, you travel to me?!
Absolutely! We couldn’t call MAVEN simple if we made you do the traveling!
Travel is included??
Absolutely! There are no hidden fees, everything is included for all of our MAVEN Top Bananas (it makes me laugh every time I get to type or say that name!).
Do I get to approve the videos?
Always! You see every video before it goes up.
Who owns the videos?
You do. Everything we make is yours, and it lives on your own profiles.
Do you make ads?
Nope, and here’s why: the best ads are the videos that already worked on their own. We make organic content for your profiles, and since you own all of it, you can put ad money behind whatever performs best. Paying for more eyes on something that’s already working beats paying and hoping an ad works.
Do you work with doctors, lawyers and other regulated businesses?
Yes! You approve every video (everyone does), and for healthcare, legal and financial businesses we keep it educational: you teach, and we never make claims about results.
Is there a contract?
No long ones! Top Banana starts with a 3-month minimum, one full shoot cycle, and after that it’s month to month: pause or cancel anytime.
Do you do real estate listing videos?
Nope! We focus on showcasing you, your expertise, and creating videos with staying power.
Plus, getting to know one another and spend time together is just so much more rewarding!
Thankfully, there are plenty of real estate listing videographers. Sadly, we’ve been told time and time again that Realtors can’t seem to find anyone else that does what we do!
Can I prepay a few months?
If you’re a new Top Banana, we can definitely set you up with a custom purchase link to prepay your first 3 months.
Once you complete the purchase, you’ll secure your spot and your monthly autopay will begin on the same day in your fourth month.
Just note, once you’re a Top Banana we prefer to stick to the monthly autopay just to keep everything as simple as possible for both of us!
Did the price go up recently?
Yep! There are only two of us, so the price goes up as spots fill, and the price on this page is today’s price. (We haven’t found a time expansion machine just yet, but fingers crossed!) Every Top Banana also gets a small adjustment on their anniversary, and we tell you the date on day one.
What else should I be asking you?
This is, by far, the most common question we get!
We’ve done our best to remove friction and make the MAVEN experience as simple as possible.
But it’s so simple that I guess it can feel like there has to be a catch. That we must be hiding something from you.
As anyone who knows us can attest, we’re each an open book. We don’t like playing games (other than board games).
This is a budding relationship that we have here and honesty is paramount for it to blossom!
So we have nothing to hide. If you have any questions at all (anything!), ask away!
MAVEN Gravity
Build Your Online Real Estate
AI can’t watch a video. It can only read. So when someone asks ChatGPT or their phone who to call, the engines see your caption and not a word of what you actually said. MAVEN Gravity changes that: everything you say in our videos becomes pages on your own website, real estate you own online, where AI and search can read it and quote it for years. It’s its own thing, and Top Banana works beautifully without it. But with it, every video you make with us also builds something that’s yours.
Influencers Are Dead, Long Live the MAVEN
Become a recognized expert, find more opportunities, and make more money.
Once everyone is an influencer, no one is an influencer.
Being an influencer is the promise of making money for being you. Of taking ever more envy-inducing photos and videos. Sharing them. And getting paid to do it.
The promise of the influencer is the ultimate dream: easy money.
But now we’re to the point where our social media timelines are filled with people shilling products, as though they’re being paid to do it, just to look like an influencer.
People rent jets, buy expensive clothes (that they later return), and do everything in their power to pretend.
Striving to be an influencer is a losing endeavor. As the market gets more diluted, the “industry” will continue to decline.
- But what’s always needed?
- Who has opportunity handed to them on a silver platter?
- Who is sought after?
YOU.
You’re already an expert in your field. Whether it’s real estate, yoga, diet, dating, business, art, programming, the list is endless. But what’s also endless is our need for experts.
But there’s the catch. You’re an expert, sure. But where’s this opportunity? Where are the people banging down your door?
Well, simply, they don’t know you exist.
That’s where we come in. We give you the tools to become a MAVEN, an expert who’s actually known and recognized for your knowledge.
Not someone with a million followers. Not someone who cares about unnecessary vanity metrics. But someone who’s known, by the right people, in the right places.
A MAVEN is the answer to the question, “Do you know anyone who ____?”
Not just for your friends and family. But for the local, regional, or even global community who you need to reach.
We all have seen it when someone seemingly comes out of nowhere.
How they suddenly are the defacto expert in sleep, the carnivore diet, selling $100M businesses, etc.
That’s not by accident. It’s by design.
With over 20 years of combined experience building brands and businesses with staying power, we know a thing or two about crafting that outcome.
Let’s dive in and make you a MAVEN.
Top Banana
All-inclusive. Monthly video content, filmed, edited, and posted for you (Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube). One recording session, in your market, every third month.
$6,999/mo
A month of content, every single month, from one in-person shoot every third month. (We kinda like the number 3)
Includes short-form video, filmed in your market.
Done-for-you video content. All we ask is for your smiling face, we handle the rest.
No prep work. No script. We’ve got that covered!
One in-person shoot every third month.
On-site videographer, with all the gear: cameras, lights and audio.
No hidden fees, travel included.
Posted for you on all video platforms: YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and LinkedIn. (Yes, LinkedIn is also a video platform!)
Includes thumbnails, titles, descriptions, and captions…we mean it when we say all-inclusive.
Content strategy planning.
You see and approve every video before it goes up.
Premium royalty-free music.
You own everything we make.
3-month minimum, then pause or cancel anytime.
Tap it to sign up, and we’ll reach out to book your first shoot. There are only two of us, so we only take a few Top Bananas at a time, and the price goes up as spots fill.