Vimeo provides an exclusively ad-free viewing experience for a number of reasons. Some are obvious: it’s annoying to have to sit through a commercial before watching an amazing video. But for filmmakers, perhaps the most important thing is the ability to express a vision without constraints. If Vimeo relied on…

It’s been awhile since you first started selling your videos on Vimeo On Demand (VOD). By now, sales may have slowed down a bit. What to do? Consider a tried and true retail trick: the flash sale. …

Just before the holidays, the Internet was a-buzz again with conversations about how much money a creator can actually make on YouTube, thanks to an insightful piece by Gaby Dunn, one of the creators of the popular channel Just Between Us. She reveals all the troubles and tribulations of trying…

Nearly ten years ago, a coffee revolution began bubbling up in San Francisco cafes, and that’s when filmmaker Brandon Loper’s love of the bean was born. Particularly when Blue Bottle Coffee launched in 2006, Brandon’s mind was opened to a whole different taste experience. In 2012, Brandon made a short…

Creative director Liam Bagnall and the rest of the Don’t Flop crew have been offering the best in British rap battles on Vimeo On Demand for over a year. Battle rap is a movement that’s evolved quite a bit in the last few years and is now on a different…

Documentaries are a powerful and popular tool for effecting change. With so many films trying to raise awareness for a myriad of important issues, how do you make your film stand out and move beyond “preaching to the converted”? We spoke with Adam Scorgie, producer of The Union: The Business…

It seems like binge-viewing of series is primarily an online thing, but the craze really started back in the ancient times of DVD box sets. Back then, the entire-series weekend binge was an opportunity to catch up on or re-watch older shows. When Netflix started releasing old TV series, they…

You probably have a short attention span. It’s nothing personal, it’s simply the bane of the Internet generation, and living in a world where there’s way too much to read, watch, or hear at any given time. For instance, with so many excellent short videos out there, no one seems…

Don’t DIY, DIWO — a VOD case study with Anatomy of a Love Seen It may seem like this whole direct distribution craze is all about DIY. But we are really in the era of DIWO (Do It With Others). From crowdfunding to word of mouth to disseminating content, you need great partners to help get the word out about your film or series…