Storytelling

Posts, Stories, Tweets, Likes, Uploads, Downloads…that is the everyday life of the average citizen. Since there is so much content out there, it is no longer enough to create static average content. The content must be appealing and inviting. In the area of data visualization, one format in particular has therefore proven itself: The infographic. […]

Steps for a successful product video  Sweatily, you’ve worked your fingers to the bone, your brain’s at peak performance, your financial resources at the very bottom and sleepless nights have been dragging on for months. And now you’re awaiting the big event with joy, excitement and nervousness. No, we are not talking about an arranged […]

Explainer video trends for the coming year   We’re getting more digital. We have higher demands. And we have absolutely no time. Under these conditions it becomes increasingly difficult to reach the respective target group effectively. At this point, explainer videos have developed as important tools in content marketing: they wrap even complex and dry information […]

Last minute Tips for your Christmas Marketing   Ho-ho-ho! Soon it’s time again – the time of gingerbread, love and giving. The facades are covered, the reindeer are set up in the garden, “Last Christmas” is going viral and Starbucks impresses with his Chestnut Praline Latte. Soon it is Christmas. Well, admittedly, it’s not even Decemeber yet, […]

Visual stories as an effective communication strategy  After a long day you sit comfortably with your laptop on the couch and browse through the web. Your eyes suddenly get lost in an exciting title. You become curious. Your expectations rise. You look forward to this exciting information, a world-shattering message. You quickly click on the […]

How Storytelling boosts your Marketing Strategy  A story by the campfire. At Grandma’s. With Coffee and cake. A little gossip with the colleague. A chat here and there… . We all love stories! Stories that enchant us. Stories that make us cry. Stories that shock us. Stories that inspire us. Telling stories is of great […]

Communication models- How can they be used to improve corporate communication? The majority of us may assume what a communication model is, as its name already reveals it: It is a model that describes communication in such a way that an optimization can be carried out on the basis of the model. In order to […]

Other times, other customs – How our communication has developed in recent years We are moving with great strides towards the Web 4.0, the Internet of Things too. A clear definition of the individual steps in web development can only be blurred, but one thing is clear: the Internet today differs greatly from the Internet […]

Making an explanatory video yourself is not witchcraft. What you need is some time, leisure and the right tools. Here are a few tips to make your explanatory film a complete success. 1. Look at your object Before you start writing a speech text wildly, you should give it some thought. First, about the audience […]

What is Communication? The Attempt at a Definition The Gabler Business Encyclopedia contains two different definitions of the term communication. On the one hand, the definition refers to the communication sciences and, on the other hand, the term is defined completely differently in the economic context with reference to organizations.  Briefly broken down, the term […]

We at Cleverclip are confronted daily with words like illustration, desktop publishing, storytelling or communication design. For us, all this is our daily bread and butter. But especially when you’re so close, it’s good to be able to deal with certain terms in more detail. On the agenda today: communication design – and what is […]

Have you always wanted to learn origami? Or you want to play your favorite song on the ukulele? How about a new language – maybe Japanese? Or would you like to be able to edit your holiday photos to perfection? Nowadays you can learn just about anything without leaving your living room. Video platforms like […]

A Scribble-style explanatory video – a whiteboard animation – is the perfect way to explain a fact, a process, a product or a service in a friendly, visually appealing and understandable way. It is not for nothing that whiteboard animation is our proven classic. But even with the best method you can lose if you […]

Storytelling and interaction have belonged to mankind since time immemorial just like the X belongs to the Y. It all began when people were still telling each other stories about the fire – followed by personal exchange and cheering at sports events or in the theatre. But then, with the advent of new media, the […]

The word presentation makes many of us shudder rather than listen to tension. Rightly so, when we think of boring PowerPoint slides without any visual design claim. Far too many words, far too many slides, far too little design, far too little story. Presentation? Yes. Presentation design? No. Focus: End Users Presentations are a powerful tool […]

The leaf is white. The first line is started a thousand times, deleted, started again and deleted again… until it finally stops as it is. The fingers now type faster and the sheet fills up. The white is displaced. But why suddenly? Where was the point at which it started? Where does it actually come […]

Actually the title should be yes, “Are expensive video spots better?” or “Does the amount of the investment determine the size of the success? My answer to both questions: later. One of the first questions when I talk to potential customers is very often after the money: What does it cost us? As if “that” […]

Podcasts are considered the new books. They provide a great way to get new information from a variety of subject areas. And best of all, podcasts save you a lot of time. Because with them you can combine the train ride, the morning run or the cleaning up with the best stories, while learning something […]

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Same rut every day. The same way. The same people. The same view of the same filing cabinet. The wrong plant is still blooming and nobody has turned the page on the calendar again. So dreary are many working days. But shouldn’t work be designed to bring us joy? I think so, yes. We at […]

I liked Cleverclip as a company from the very beginning. One of the main reasons was that the team instinctively integrated design and design thinking into the production process. That’s pretty unusual compared to classic advertising agencies. Perhaps because the combination of explanatory videos and Human Centered Design (HCD) seems strange to many at first […]

Of course: Remote Work has many advantages. For example, you can decide for yourself when and where you want to work. This leads to more flexible planning of work and leisure time, which ultimately results in a good work-life balance. In addition, you are independent and often even more efficient than in the office. The […]

The famous salt in soup Cooking and storytelling are actually two very different things. Nevertheless, there is one thing in common: in the end you get a satisfying result only with a necessary portion of devotion and the right ingredients. Anyone who has ever cooked soup and forgotten the salt knows that the absence of […]

The meaning of the premise in storytelling. – Part II In the first part, we stopped at the assertion that everything that occurs in a good piece was written in solely to prove the premise. Let’s take a look at an example from Lajo Egris’ book “Dramatic Writing”: Romeo and Juliet – a masterpiece of […]

An eternal trend I’m sure you’ve seen her before, too: Chinese characters. Even in our latitudes you can see them again and again. Many people use them to decorate their cars, apartments or even their own skin. Mostly without really having a connection to it. This can lead to embarrassing situations: Mirrored or upside-down symbols […]

All good things come in threes Is it true? Why three and not four? Or five? The number three seems to have a special meaning for us humans. The three kings, the three musketeers, three piglets. Everywhere there seems to be three of everything. This is no coincidence. Our love for this number depends very […]

“How to Generate Attention” is the fourth part of our storytelling series. You can read the first part here: Of children’s cassettes and cave paintings, the second part here: Stories are not children’s stuff and the third part here: No Pain, No Gain The right pain Good stories always have a pain or conflict. Conflict […]

“No Pain, no Gain” is the third part of our storytelling series. You can read the first part here: Of children’s cassettes and cave paintings and the second part here: Stories are not children’s stuff A flood of advertising Stories are great. We know that now. They touch us and it is difficult to ignore […]