“We have great clients that allow us to be creative in developing their training projects,” said Todd R. Corbett, CEO and Founder of Xcelus, LLC.  “Our client’s employees have been conditioned by media such as movies, television, video games, and music videos and are expecting something more than a PowerPoint slide show for training courses.”

Xcelus recently celebrated is sixth year anniversary. Through its experienced team and national network of development professionals, works with businesses to create, write, and produce high quality video using industry-leading technology to engage and inform target audiences. Xcelus is capable of providing exceptional quality video projects to clients anywhere in the world.

About Xcelus, LLC
Xcelus, an award-winning visual communications and digital media company, develops innovative and unique online videos, allowing companies to integrate the power and persuasion of video into their training, sales, marketing, and communication strategies. Xcelus’ video solutions include training, sales, marketing, customer support, lead generation, recruiting, and employee communications. Xcelus is a private company founded in 2005 and is based in Provo, Utah. http://www.xcelus.com

Xcelus, LLC was announced as a finalist in the Video & Film category in the ninth annual American Business Awards, one of the most prestigious awards for companies in the US. The American Business Awards are also known as Stevie® Awards.

The social media training was part of Life Technologies annual code of conduct employee training.  Xcelus’ services for this project included instructional design, script development, storyboard development, video motion graphics, video shooting and editing, video compression, online video hosting, and employee tracking and reporting.

“Being a finalist is a great honor for Xcelus”, said Todd Corbett, President of Xcelus, LLC. “It validates our creative team and their talent to create a successful employee training video.”

This year’s Stevie Award winners will be announced during the annual gala on Monday, June 20 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City.  More than six hundred executives from across the U.S.A. are expected to attend.  The event will benefit Camfed (camfed.org), which fights poverty and HIV/AIDS in Africa by educating girls and empowering women to become leaders of change. The ceremonies will be broadcast on radio nationwide by the Business TalkRadio Network.

More than 2,800 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted this year for consideration in more than 40 categories. Finalists were chosen by business professionals nationwide during preliminary judging in April and May.  Stevie Award winners will be selected from among the Finalists in each category next week by members of 10 specialized final judging committees.  More than 150 executives will have participated in judging this year.

Details about The American Business Awards and the list of Finalists in all categories are available athttp://www.stevieawards.com/aba.

About Xcelus
Xcelus, an award-winning visual communications and digital media company, develops innovative and unique online videos, allowing companies to integrate the power and persuasion of video into their training, sales, marketing, and communication strategies. The Xcelus online video platform tools allow companies to manage, deliver and measure video content to meet the needs of today’s business requirements. Xcelus’ video solutions include sales, marketing, customer support, lead generation, recruiting, and employee communications. Xcelus is a private company founded in 2005 and is based in Provo, Utah. www.xcelus.com

About the Stevie Awards
Stevie Awards are conferred in four programs: The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about The Stevie Awards at http://www.stevieawards.com.

About Xcelus
Xcelus, an award-winning visual communications and digital media company, develops innovative and unique online videos, allowing companies to integrate the power and persuasion of video into their training, sales, marketing, and communication strategies. The Xcelus online video platform tools allow companies to manage, deliver and measure video content to meet the needs of today’s business requirements. Xcelus’ video solutions include sales, marketing, customer support, lead generation, recruiting, and employee communications. Xcelus is a private company founded in 2005 and is based in Provo, Utah. http://www.xcelus.com

About Channel Compass
Channel Compass is a consulting and training organization that helps companies successfully navigate their channels to market to increase the impact and profitability of your channel through the implementation of best practice business processes. Channel Compass can facilitate increase the mindshare and commitment of the partner by enabling your resources with the right tools and processes for success. http://channelcompass.com

The increase of online video popularity is verification that video is a great way for companies to deliver marketing messages. Companies who want to jump ahead of their competition are using online video to inform current customers and attract new clients. Using online videos on a website is no longer optional on a company website.  They are now a necessity because nothing else comes close to the effectiveness and influence of a well produced video.

According to Forrester Research, 71% of today’s online audience already watches Internet video, and the number of video streams consumed should more than double by 2013.http://www.forrester.com/rb/Research/five_rules_to_drive …

“When an online marketing video is produced right, it is an extremely effective tool for company websites to educate and market to their prospects and customers”, said Todd R. Corbett, Founder and CEO of Xcelus, LLC.

For the past 5 years, Xcelus has produced online video for notable clients including Hitachi Data Systems, Life Technologies, Stephen Covey Community, SirsiDynix, Plantronics, and BidSync.Xcelus has earned numerous awards for video production, including three Horizon Interactive Awards for excellence in interactive media production, and multiple Telly Awards, which recognize “the finest video and film productions, and work created for the Web.”

“I have worked with Xcelus on several projects critical to our company.  I keep going back to them instead of the New York firms I’ve usually dealt with because they are much faster and more creative while being cost-efficient.  Xcelus always delivers a great, creative and quality product on-time and on-budget,” said Billy Nerenberg, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for BidSync.

About Xcelus Video

Xcelus, an award-winning visual communications and digital media company, develops innovative and unique online videos, allowing companies to integrate the power and persuasion of video into their training, sales, marketing, and communication strategies. The Xcelus online video platform tools allow companies to manage, deliver and measure video content to meet the needs of today’s business requirements. Xcelus’ video solutions include sales, marketing, customer support, lead generation, recruiting, and employee communications. Xcelus is a private company founded in 2005 and is based in Provo, Utah.

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Todd R. Corbett
Xcelus, LLC
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The award recognizes the best Utah startups (five years old or less) based on revenue growth and job creation. Previous winners include Utah success stories like Omniture, Skullcandy and Xango.

“We are pleased to be among this elite group of Utah businesses,” said Todd Corbett, President of Xcelus. “We recognize our staff as among the most talented and hard working in the video and Web industry, which links directly to our growth. We anticipate continued success going forward.”

The award was presented at the UVEF Top 25 Under 5 Award ceremony, July 8, 2010 at the Provo Novell Campus in Provo, Utah. UVEF is a volunteer non-profit support group helping Utah entrepreneurs.

Xcelus recently received other awards, including three Horizon Interactive Awards for excellence in interactive media production, and multiple Telly Awards, which recognize “the finest video and film productions, and work created for the Web.” The company has produced video for notable clients including Hitachi, Life Technologies, SirsiDynix, VitalSmarts and Franklin Covey.

About Xcelus
Xcelus develops innovative and unique online videos, allowing companies to integrate the power and persuasion of video into their sales, marketing, and communication strategies. The Xcelus online video platform tools, set to launch later in 2010, will allow companies to manage, deliver and measure video content to meet the needs of today’s business requirements. Xcelus’ video solutions include sales, marketing, customer support, lead generation, recruiting, and employee communications. Xcelus is a private company founded in 2005 and is based in Provo, Utah.

PROVO, Utah–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June marks the fifth year anniversary of Xcelus, LLC., an award-winning visual communications and digital media company. Half of all businesses never reach this milestone, according to the Small Business Administration.

Xcelus, through its experienced team and national network of development professionals, works with businesses to create, write, and produce high quality video and audio using industry-leading technology to engage and inform target audiences.

“The first five years of any business are challenging,” said Todd Corbett, President of Xcelus. “We not only survived them; we thrived. Xcelus houses some of the best talent in the video and Web industry. Businesses are finding that online rich media content, including video, is critical to generating sales and training employees. With the talent and tools we offer, our role is increasingly important.”

Xcelus has earned numerous awards, including three Horizon Interactive Awards for excellence in interactive media production, and multiple Telly Awards, which recognize “the finest video and film productions, and work created for the Web.” The company has produced video for notable clients including Hitachi, Life Technologies, SirsiDynix, VitalSmarts and Franklin Covey.

Xcelus’ business success is due, in large part, to its foresight. When the company launched in 2005, only 40 percent of American households had a broadband internet connection¹, YouTube was preparing to launch², and Internet ad spending was about $198 million³. Today, about 60 percent of households have a broadband connection⁴, users upload 24 hours of YouTube video per minute⁵, and 2010 Internet ad spending is forecasted to reach $25.1 billion⁶.

About Xcelus

Xcelus develops innovative and unique online videos, allowing companies to integrate the power and persuasion of video into their sales, marketing, and communication strategies. The Xcelus online video platform tools, set to launch in July, will allow companies to manage, deliver and measure video content to meet the needs of today’s business requirements. Xcelus’ video solutions include sales, marketing, customer support, lead generation, recruiting, and employee communications. Xcelus is a private company founded in 2005 and is based in Provo, Utah.

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John Pilmer
PilmerPR
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Xcelus’ online video services for this project included instructional design, script development, motion graphics, video shooting and editing, video compression, online video hosting, and employee tracking and reporting.

“This program showcases our complete eLearning solution”, said Todd Corbett, President of Xcelus, LLC.  ”We have a great team of creative professionals who work together to bring an idea to fruition.”

About Xcelus

Xcelus develops innovative and unique online videos, allowing companies to integrate the power and persuasion of video into their training, sales, marketing, and communication strategies. The Xcelus online video platform tools, set to launch in Q4, will allow companies to manage, deliver and measure video content to meet the needs of today’s business requirements. Xcelus’ video solutions include sales, marketing, customer support, lead generation, recruiting, and employee communications. Xcelus is a private company founded in 2005 and is based in Provo, Utah.

To learn more about Xcelus’ social media training, please visit http://www.xcelus.com/training/compliance

Provo UT – May 7, 2010 – Xcelus was recently honored with a prestigious Telly Award for its Vcommerce Online Video produced for Vcommerce (now Channel Intellegence). Xcelus receives its award as part of the 31th Annual Telly Awards. The Telly Awards receives over 13,000 entries annually from the finest ad agencies, production companies, TV stations, cable companies, interactive agencies and corporations in the world.

“The Vcommerce video is a perfect example of a short marketing video”, said Todd Corbett, President of Xcelus, LLC. “We are honored to receive the award and it’s a tribute to the creative employees of Xcelus”.

Founded in 1978, the Telly Awards honor outstanding local, regional, and cable TV commercials and programs, the finest video and film productions, and online film and video. More than 11,000 entries from around the world were reviewed this year and less than 10 percent were chosen as winners of the Silver Telly, the highest honor. A panel of accomplished industry professionals, each a past winner of a Silver Telly, judged the competition and evaluated the entries based on distinction in creative work. For more information on the Telly Awards, visit www.tellyawards.com.

About Xcelus

Xcelus develops innovative and unique online videos, allowing companies to integrate the power and persuasion of video into their sales, marketing, and communication strategies. The Xcelus online video platform tools, set to launch in July, will allow companies to manage, deliver and measure video content to meet the needs of today’s business requirements. Xcelus’ video solutions include sales, marketing, customer support, lead generation, recruiting, and employee communications. Xcelus is a private company founded in 2005 and is based in Provo, Utah.

To learn more, please visit www.xcelus.com

Xcelus’ Online Video Presenter Platform allows sales to view  video analytics in detail about each video message through the platform.   Details about prospects who watched the video, when they watched the video, and if they watched additional video content.

Xcelus’ online video analytics were designed to give sales a quick overview of their prospects video behavior.   A quick glance can show the details of what videos were watched and what percentage of the videos were viewed.

Giving sales teams this type information about their prospects can only enhance their prospecting efforts.  Sales can now adjust their follow-up sales pitch based on viewing habits.

For more information about Xcelus’ Online Video Presenter Platform click here for a video presentation.