u/Ill_Independence9029

We're a Series A data infrastructure startup and our homepage is doing nothing. People land, scroll, leave. We've A/B tested copy, changed the hero, swapped the CTA, none of it moves the needle. My head of marketing keeps saying we need a 60 to 90 second animated explainer video on the homepage and honestly I'm starting to agree.

The problem is every explainer video agency I've looked at either makes the same generic 2D animation you've seen a thousand times or they clearly don't get B2B tech products. I need someone who can actually grasp what we do without me writing the entire script for them.

Has anyone here hired an explainer video production company recently for a SaaS product? (I need recommendations)

been working as a graphic designer stuck in back-to-back meetings and spring has me back on strict meal prep but everything starts tasting like cardboard by mid-week. I want something that adds excitement without extra cooking time or calories. I researched quick add-ins and found snacks with tongue tingling sensation and floral aroma priced from nine to fifteen dollars. most mention the electric numbing buzz but I need ones that hold their citrusy tingle in the fridge. I’m looking for reliable recommendations on snacks that give that proper electric mouth feel for lunches.

I'm an expat heading to Portugal in two months and my very first US passport application is the last big thing on my checklist. I know everyone says the government site is straightforward but the DS-11 keeps jumping around with citizenship proof and photo specs while I'm selling furniture and wrapping up stateside stuff. I can't afford a rejection at this point. I looked into passport prep services and the pricing is all over the map.

what website do other expats recommend for getting the first passport forms correct the first time?

Marketing director, fully distributed team. We have people in Nairobi, Warsaw, Toronto, and Kuala Lumpur. Our content calendar keeps falling apart because video production has too many dependencies. One person is waiting on a recording from someone who is asleep. Someone else is blocked because they are waiting on feedback from a third person who will not be online for another nine hours.

We have tried handling it all in house and it is chaos. We have also tried working with a local studio near our founder's location and that created a weird bottleneck where everything funneled through one person who was already overloaded.

Been thinking about whether there is a video production approach designed for distributed teams where the process is async first and does not require everyone to be online at the same time to keep moving.

Anyone figured out video production method that actually works when your team genuinely does not overlap?