Sure, maybe it’s a little more than a week before the 4th of July, but we wanted to give you a bit more than a week to get in the spirit! Wish America a happy birthday with a free screensaver whiteboard animation we drew just for you! Download – Windows Version Download – Mac Version

Marilyn Monroe was an American actress, model, and singer, who became a major sex symbol, starring in a number of commercially successful motion pictures during the 1950s and early 1960s.  But she was much more than just famous in the theater.   She was the girl who sang to the president, the blonde bombshell that men wanted and who women wanted to be.    She had many quotes that were full of power, love, and a sense of taking life in your hands and running with it.  We chose a quote for her that really speaks to this and we hope you enjoy it too. Imperfection is beauty, Madness is genius, and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.    -Marilyn Monroe Download – Windows Version Download – Mac Version                321 Fast Draw Blog -  www.321fastdraw.com

1.8 Million Words. What’s so special about 1.8 Million Words? It’s definitely not that it’s the equivalent of 3,600 web pages full of text. It’s also not that it would take an average person 150 days of writing to write that much. According to Dr. James McQuivey of Forrester Research , 1.8 million words is the amount of pure consumable content that you get from creating a one minute marketing video. Print definitely still has it’s place-it’s what I’m using to blog with after all—but it’s hard to doubt the effectiveness of a well placed, strategic, and targeted marketing video campaign. Today I wanted to share a few amazing stats that can help maximize your company’s marketing budget this year: Double your Click-Through Rate In 2010, an Implix email marketing survey showed that a putting a video in an email campaign boosted click through rates by 96%! Simply including a video in the email doubled the visitors who chose to check out the site after checking out the email. Pretty...

Happy Friday! Before “King James…” there was The King. Elvis Presley endured rapid fame in the mid-1950s—on the radio, TV and the silver screen (That’s the movies for all you young’uns). He’s known as the King for a reason, and his confidence and charisma led the way to a whole new era of rock and roll. We jumped at the opportunity to draw up Elvis in a whiteboard animation, and love the quote we drew him with. When things go wrong… Don’t go with them! Download the screensaver – Windows Version Download the screensaver  – Mac Version                321 Fast Draw, Inc. -  www.321fastdraw.com

Sure, sure — everyone knows what “Whiteboard Animation” is, but did you know there are many more names for it in the industry? In the interest of keeping you on your terminology toes, here are 5 different names and great examples of videos you can whip out at the next trivia night! This is a pretty well known one, mainly because it comes from the Do-It-Yourself software, VideoScribe . Practically anyone interested in making explainer videos has heard of this, and it is a good tool for smaller operations or those who don’t have the means to hire an actual studio to hand draw videos. Most VideoScribe’d animations can be done as a solo-operation and turn out anywhere from mediocre to pretty professional looking. One notable downside is the pretty steep learning curve of the software, which can be off-putting to some. A telltale sign of something made with VideoScribe is the artist’s hand will stay in the same anatomic position throughout the video. Check out the differences between th...

  Mahatma Gandhi began his activism as an Indian immigrant in South Africa and in the years following World War I became the leading figure in India’s struggle to gain independence from Great Britain. His Hunger strikes, unbelievably determined spirit, and a burning will the change the world around him, made us choose Mahatma Gandhi for our Free Screensaver Friday whiteboard animation installment this week. We’ve all likely heard the quote before too, but it doesn’t make it any less powerful: Be the change you want to see in the world. - Mahatma Gandhi Download the animated screensaver  – Windows Version Download the animated screensaver  – Mac Version