Is your festive spirit waning in this Christmas day heat? Well, spare a thought for the team who came in on a 39 degree day, set up lights, cameras, and pretended to know how to make cocktails for 3 hours. Enjoy the festive break and see you in the new year!

3 tips for your video advertising strategy - Think with Google buff.ly/2TJQtNU

Latest Buffer State of Social report is out for 2019. Lots of insights to get you in the mood for a productive start to the year buff.ly/2QT3lzf

What does 2019 hold for branded video? In our latest episode of Unpack, Mark and Katie give a few insights on just that. Hope it's useful for you! #brandedcontent #2019trends #videoadvertisting #facebook #IGTV #videoproduction #linkedin #brandedvideo bit.ly/2TVtzmE

'What's On' is our series where we chat about the most noteworthy recent branded vids. And in our first 2019 episode we're, of course, giving our two cents on that little ol' #GilletteAd. Hope the insights are useful! bit.ly/2HpYciI

4 Companies Producing Episodic Video Content, Big and Small via Wistia buff.ly/2tcvUP3

Next chapter in the IGTV story is out - Instagram is putting IGTV previews in your main feed via The Verge buff.ly/2SgEued

“The point of an awareness strategy is not to capture dollars by selling a thing. The point of an awareness strategy is to capture attention by selling an idea adjacent to that thing.” via The Article Group buff.ly/2AAW0ya

Our latest What’s On This Week is up! We’re taking a peek at Square’s series, inspiring IGTV, Gen Z, and a fresh take on B2B. Enjoy! BRYON, @square, Even/Odd Films, @americaneagle, @vimeo youtube.com/watch?v=_KBFaW…

Video is good for your health: “Of the 33% of first-time buyers who used online video during their path to purchase, 71% watched on YouTube, and the majority (80%) said video introduced them to a provider they hadn’t previously considered.” buff.ly/2TOpuBm

All Buffer's Instagram tips in one place: The Instagram Marketing Strategy Series buff.ly/2TTGFkY

Ever wondered why a Director of Photography (DP) is so important to video? Well, don't we have the Unpack episode for you. Mark Welker grills Cesar Salmeron on the ins and outs of working with a talented DP. youtu.be/3vKUmFWg5Nc

Finally, looking forward to testing our Wistia's new native publishing to linkedin feature. Here's hoping it can fill the insights gaps of LinkedIn native video uploads buff.ly/2u431ET

We just put the spit and polish (I personally didn't spit, but somebody here did) on EP6 of Unpack. This one features Andrew O'Keeffe of Studio Alto in the hot seat explaining the 5 themes of education and how it applies to brand comms youtu.be/7QRSxeF-gEc

Super proud to present work from our new campaign with Pallcarevic #MomentsThatMatter - meditations on living, dying and grieving well. Each story sparks conversation about palliative care via a content theme - from love, to family, home and trust. commoner.wistia.com/medias/c1gptyh…

This month's What's On episode just went up on YT. This month temp host Mark Welker is covering new #brandedcontent work out of Australia - with great pieces from Westpac, JLL, TAL and the Dylan Alcott Foundation youtu.be/Z4axhWz7jTk

The power of stories are their ability to connect and understand others in ways we previously couldn't imagine. #theaustraliandream is an important movie at the right time for Australia. A must see. Opens this week on Thursday. youtu.be/zRJkLgl56jk

Last What's On episode this year and predictably...it's all about Christmas. Mark Welker has a pistol whip roundup of all the Christmas spots that caught our interest, including new work from ING, NZ Post, Sainsbury's and plenty more. youtu.be/OnUBMmfYrD0

Just released 11 new stories as part of the #thisgirlcanvic campaign. Proud to be part of such an inspiring and motivating series for the second year running. Here's a brief preview of one of our favourites from the series. Check out the full suite via thisgirlcan.com.au

This month we have a special 'viral' edition of Whats On for your viewing pleasure, as we look at how brands are communicating during COVID-19. Let us know what you think! youtube.com/watch?v=WEXEsH…