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We’re thrilled to announce that Ziggeo has launched an open source recruiting tool. Currently used by Seth Godin in recruiting summer interns and developed in conjunction with Union Square Ventures for their analyst recruitment process, this tool lets candidates record and directly submit videos of themselves. By integrating our solution into your site or platform, you’ll […]
Read More »In case you’re wondering what our open source video recruiting tool looks like, here are two screenshots. The first one shows part of the applicants’ process: The second one shows the recruiters’ dashboard: — Ziggeo API provides an easy and secure way to integrate recording and playing of videos into any site.
Read More »Building a simple recruiting tool like our open source system is a two-sided system that allows applicants to go through a submission process and recruiters to go through an evaluation process. The submission process involves a couple of forms and video recordings. Every submission, of course, would be stored as a row in a database system. […]
Read More »If you want to install our open source recruiting tool yourself, here is how to do it: Obtain our code Clone our repository into an empty directory. Delete .git directory Obtain Heroku Go to Heroku and create an account Create a Heroku application Add a Credit Card Install the Heroku Toolbelt Set up MongoDB Using ObjectRocket […]
Read More »For those of you who have been following our blog, you may have noticed a neat addition: when you want to add comments to a blog post you now have a choice to add a written comment or a video comment. Just hit “reply” to this post and you’ll see what I mean. Now you […]
Read More »With Yelp’s announcement that it’s adding video reviews to its site, we believe that more and more sites will begin to see the benefits of video reviews. As this article in Business Insider explained, the idea behind Yelp’s video reviews is to fully capture the atmosphere of a place, complete with music, lighting, etc. — more […]
Read More »57% of consumers say that watching videos about products makes them more confident in online purchase decisions (MediaPost, 2013). And shoppers who view video are nearly 2x more likely to purchase (Internet Retailer, 2012). Now with Ziggeo’s API, any e-commerce site can let customers easily record reviews right from their phones and directly submit them […]
Read More »An open source version of the recruiting tool used by Union Square Ventures (USV), based on Ziggeo’s API, has just been posted. One of the first to incorporate Ziggeo’s API for video recording and playback, Union Square Ventures created a recruiting tool to help fill two open analyst positions. The tool lets each candidate record […]
Read More »Ziggeo’s API for video recording and playback is a wonderful tool to enrich your event or conference. There are a number of ways this can be done; we’ve listed just a few: Figure out which speakers are right for your conference by having them recording and submit a short video on what they will discuss […]
Read More »Ziggeo’s API is the ideal way to personalize e-gift cards. You’ll now be able to easily include personal video messages together with your e-gift card which should delight any recipient. Imagine sending someone an e-gift card and including a personalized video message telling that person how you much you love them or how you’re thinking […]
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