The Startup Filmmaker’s Journey to Creating an Online Course. 

Follow business-owner Michael as he takes you with him on his journey to create his own course.  All the detail and tangible results, with real-time case study content.

How to Make Videos Load Faster on Your Website: Practical Tips for 2025

How to Make Videos Load Faster on Your Website: Practical Tips for 2025

Nothing tests a visitor’s patience quite like a slow-loading video. Whether it’s a product demo, an educational tutorial, or a marketing campaign, speed matters. Slow video load times not only frustrate users but also drive them away—potentially impacting your site's engagement and search...

30 Best Business Ideas for Women at Home

30 Best Business Ideas for Women at Home

If you're looking for business ideas you can start from home, this guide offers a range of profitable and practical options. You’ll find opportunities to launch online ventures, explore creative pursuits, or offer in-demand services—all from the comfort of your living room. From dropshipping and...

Camtasia vs. Snagit: Which is Better for Video Course Creators?

Camtasia vs. Snagit: Which is Better for Video Course Creators?

Selecting the right software for screen recording or video editing can influence the quality and efficiency of your projects. TechSmith offers two popular options in this space: Camtasia and Snagit. While both are industry-leading tools, they serve distinct purposes.  Camtasia is celebrated for...

Best Video Hosting Sites: A Comprehensive Guide for 2025

Best Video Hosting Sites: A Comprehensive Guide for 2025

If you’re an individual creator or a business aiming to deliver high-quality video content, choosing the right video hosting platform is crucial. Video is increasingly at the heart of online engagement, with platforms evolving to meet the growing demand for seamless content sharing and advanced...

Top Video Portals for Businesses in 2025

Top Video Portals for Businesses in 2025

Taking your business's video content to the next level requires the right platform. With video playing such a key role in marketing and internal communication, finding the right video portal can simplify how content is stored, managed, and shared. In 2025, businesses have more choices than ever...

Master Interactive Video Training: A Guide to Engaging Learning

Master Interactive Video Training: A Guide to Engaging Learning

Interactive video training is changing the way we learn by offering a fresh, hands-on alternative to traditional training methods. Instead of simply watching a video, learners can interact with quizzes, clickable elements, and choose their own path through branching scenarios. This guide breaks...

Product Updates

Release Notes: November 2021

Release Notes: November 2021

New plans are coming! Here on this page is the first time we are announcing this.  In a few weeks we are going to be releasing brand new plans for Spotlightr.  Just in time for Christmas cheer! In the fall of 2020 we started offering only one plan, the Polaris plan, to start our "new" company with...

Release Notes: September 2021

Release Notes: September 2021

In August and September we wanted to make sure we got out a few big features that were planned for the the third quarter and we were able to deliver. Those new features included big updates with the introduction of My Themes as well as Team Accounts. My Themes was a result of our desire to make it...

Release Notes: October 2019

Release Notes: October 2019

In the second half of 2019 our focus is on improving the performance of the player itself. We are working on developing a lightweight version of Spotlightr which will leverage several years of lessons learned in optimizing the performance and delivering video content....

Release Notes: June 2019

Release Notes: June 2019

With the first half of 2019 coming to a close we wanted to identify some of the more comprehensive enhancements to the platform.  That doesn't mean we ignored some of the smaller ones, as these in specific use-cases sometimes carry tremendous value with them. New Play...

Publishing with Embedly

Publishing with Embedly

We're very pleased to announce that Spotlightr oEmbeds are now supported on Embedly, the most utilized provider of third party embeds on content publisher platforms. This means that you will now be able to paste the Spotlightr share link on sites like Medium, Reddit,...