Groovy Like A Movie is a San Diego-based, full service, multi-media production company that primarily serves business-to-business organizations and advertising agencies in Southern California. Founded in 2000, the company touts “big firm-type” expertise with personalized customer service.
Aside from its strong proficiency in video and multi-media production, Groovy Like A Movie prides itself on its ethical practices. The company received the Better Business Bureau’s TORCH award in 2005 and was a finalist again in 2007. Moreover, Groovy Like A Movie is undertaking a comprehensive green initiative, which, when completed, will make it one of – if not the – first non-industrial or restaurant/museum location certified such in the state of California.
See some recent coverage on the company, thanks to Stalwart Communications! San Diego Business Journal Entrepreneur Profile - Brent Altomare Brent Altomare owns Groovy Like A Movie, a San Diego “green” movie production company. The Daily Transcript Groovy Like A Movie honored for 'green' efforts Groovy Like A Movie, a full service multi-media production company, was recently recognized by the San Diego Area Green Business Program for adopting and meeting strict environmental compliance and conservation practices.
MarketingProfs.com How a Telecommunications Company Used Video to Streamline Its Sales Process Since acquiring Switchvox in September 2007, Digium has been building out the product suite, with the latest releases occurring in March and June of this year. It was during that timeframe that Switchvox product line director Tristan Degenhardt, often the support contact of choice for resellers and sales staff requesting in-depth customer presentations and product demonstrations, realized the need for a video sales tool that these channels could use to effectively demonstrate the products on their own.
With the help of San Diego-based Groovy Like a Movie, Degenhardt created a Web-based video that provided all the essential points of her in-person presentations, but in a format more easily accessible to all the company's sales outlets. The video has become widely used by these channels in the short time since its launch and has made the company's sales process more efficient. It has also served a broader marketing purpose and proven to be an effective press tool.
San Diego Business Journal Video on the ’Net Is Light Years Away From Its Precursor, the Newsreel Groovy Like A Movie, owned by Brent Altomare, offers special rates for multiple videos. Six clips cost $4,200, while two dozen clips go for $11,000. Altomare recommends customers load new clips to their Web sites periodically to keep sites fresh. Altomare started his company in 2000, using money from a previous family business: he and his father were partners in the local Auto Trader Magazines.
Groovy Like A Movie grossed $781,000 in 2007, and this year had already come close to that figure by mid-June, Altomare reported. The company will make “well north of $1 million” in 2008, he said. He employs 13 people, up from eight last summer.
Business-to-business companies of all shapes and sizes make their mark by showing their customers how they can help generate revenue, lower costs or reduce risks. Failure to prove a quantitative return on investment (ROI) will spell a quick end for any firm.