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How to Do a Mac Screen Capture
Despite the saying, 1,000 words just can’t compare to a single picture—especially in the workplace. Video and image screen captures can save you a lot of time writing lengthy emails and messages, while also helping you connect and clearly communicate with your co-workers. Apple users have some native Mac screen capture tools at their disposal, […]
Loom is joining Atlassian
Today, we’re announcing exciting news that Loom has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Atlassian.
Introducing Our Redesigned Desktop App: Record more effective Loom videos, faster
With this update, we’re also unifying the Loom look and feel across our most popular recorders. Whether you use our Chrome extension or desktop apps (and many of you record with both!), creating looms should feel familiar—and now, easier than ever.
Welcome to the Next Era of Loom
These launches are designed to do one thing: accelerate our mission to empower effective communication via video messages at work. Alongside our continued focus on performance and reliability, they mark the beginning of Loom’s next chapter. It’s a chapter that builds on async video that’s fast, intuitive, and easy — as well as automatic and magical.
Why Our Weekly Standup Meetings Are Asynchronous
What started as a way to be mindful of the time spent creating and consuming, our design team’s Weekly Standup Meetings have become a consistent framework to engage with creativity – asynchronously. Weekly Standup Meetings are a staple in most startups, corporate companies, and software teams. But as your team grows, how are you supposed […]
A Successful Remote Work Strategy Starts With Trust
In the post-COVID-19 world, remote work has become integral to the modern employee’s life. But for some organizations, it isn’t working as smoothly as you think. Recent studies show that more than 50% of managers and business owners believe their employees are less productive working remotely. Which means the other 50% think it’s working fine. […]
Loom’s Year in Review 2022: New features, improvements, and more
December is here and although we’re wrapping up the year, it also feels like we’re just getting started. So before 2022 is in the rearview mirror, we wanted to take a moment to look back and reflect on where we’ve come and where we’re headed.
How to Use Videos in Sales to Improve Buy-Ins and Conversions
You know about using videos for customer support, but do you know how to use video in sales? The thing about videos is that they are a more engaging way for you to connect with and sell to your customers. With a 2-minute quick video you can shorten the sales process by quickly showing people […]
4 Reasons Your Customer Support Process Needs Video
Want to know how important video customer support is? Ever been in the process of using a product and gotten stuck halfway? Maybe it’s an air fryer with many buttons you don’t understand, or your iPhone doesn’t screenshot anymore, or the new CRM tool your company’s trying out. In these cases, your first instinct was […]
Lighting for Video: Setting the Perfect Lighting for Video Recording
Lighting for video can be the difference between a professional-looking shoot and an underexposed/overexposed amateur mess. Mastering the perfect lighting will enhance your videos and ensure your message doesn’t get lost in poor production value. Believe it or not, we don’t need a huge budget or state-of-the-art equipment to achieve good lighting in our videos. […]
When to Choose Synchronous Vs. Asynchronous Communication
As humans, we gravitate toward in-person, face-to-face, real-time communication — but that isn’t always the best choice for getting work done and respecting one another’s time.
What is a Hybrid Work Schedule?
With 65% of the workforce preferring a hybrid work schedule, it’s no wonder why more job listings have hybrid as their location. A hybrid work schedule which is the perfect blend of both on-site work and remote working is becoming more and more popular with companies today. And it seems it’s not going away anytime […]
What is a Hybrid Work Environment?
A hybrid work environment is simply a company whose employees can work both in-office and remotely from anywhere else. This work model may vary from company to company. Where Company A’s hybrid work schedule could be more flexible with employees fully in charge of their time, Company B’s may not. It all depends on your […]
Nonverbal Communication Cues To Feel More Human on Video PT. 1 – Your Virtual Handshake
Video is the only digital channel of connection that showcases the full spectrum of our nonverbal communication. On video, we can play around with our setup (our new virtual handshake), our body language and our vocal delivery, to send powerful messages to our audience. As many of us have experienced, video can be used in […]
Nonverbal Communication Cues To Feel More Human on Video PT. 2 – Body Language
Pt. 2 Building an Authentic Body Language Vocabulary for Video This post is part of a larger series on nonverbal communication cues for video. Body Language is the most popular component of nonverbal communication, and particularly over video, it can be the loudest. While the virtual playgrounds we find ourselves in may feel small, […]