I’ve had a Vimeo account since 2011 and its an essential tool in my everyday Real Estate Video workflow. The following is the 5 ways I use Vimeo in order of importance.
1. Client Approval
My No.1 use for Vimeo is for delivering videos to clients for their approval or to see if they need any changes done to the video. I upload my video to Vimeo and then send them a password protected link so that only they can see video and its not for public consumption yet. I find the privacy tools better than using platforms such as Youtube and probably more importantly the viewers are not subjected to ads or other videos to distract them from the task at hand!!
2. Changes
Another feature I use a lot and like about Vimeo (which you cannot do in Youtube) is that it allows you to replace the video file on the same link. If the client comes back to me with a few changes, I make the alterations and then just upload to the same video link so that the client still only has to look a the same link and password.
3. Video Delivery
The next most useful feature is that once the client has approved the video I then turn on the “Allow Downloads” button so that they can then directly download the video without me having to take any extra steps to deliver the video file.
This feature also gives the client some extra download options for smaller video sizes which some seem to like for getting smaller video file sizes for their social media.
4. Embedding Videos
Depending on your paid Vimeo plan (I’m on the Pro plan), Vimeo has some great video embedding options with far more flexibility than platforms such as Youtube. You can customise the look of your video player, what controls the user sees and probably more importantly whether or not to show more videos (from you) or have a blank screen at the end of the video. You also wont be hounded by ads like on Youtube or other videos competing for your attention.
5. Vimeo Profile
I have my own website already but if you don’t you can use your Vimeo profile as a landing page to showcase your work. Only your public videos will be shown and it also allows you to put a bunch of other links and you can see my work Vimeo profile here.
So to conclude, Vimeo is one of those tools I use a lot and its pretty ingrained in my video workflow.
Great stuff, I would say I use Vimeo for all these reasons as well. Just one question… I have a need to do something custom where I can license the same video to multiple clients for them to embed on their websites, each one would have their own logo show at the beginning or end of the video. Is there any way to accomplish this with Vimeo… or is there another video service that allows it? It may mean each gets a custom playlist with the main video being the same, and then a pre-reel or post-reel being their logo or custom message, and have it set to play automatically one after the other…
Hey Nathan – not that I know of, the way I’d approach it would be to either make individual videos with the unique logos and url’s for embedding or make one generic video with no logos and rely on them embedding in their own domains and branding if that makes sense.
Thanks for that Grant. Does Vimeo let the reviewer leave timecoded comments (ie a marker on the timeline) in the same way frame.io does? Does Vimeo let you know by email as they comment, or when they’re finished commenting?
(I currently use Screenlight for review but Vimeo would also be good as a library of past work I can make public or not, as required eg for quotes)
It does actually have a review feature which I haven’t made use of at all. You can send the viewer a link and they can click on the video and write a comment at the exact spot they are referring to. you can find out more about it here on Vimeo’s help page https://help.vimeo.com/hc/en-us/articles/12426192100113-Video-review-page-