{"id":2907,"date":"2013-06-24T17:06:12","date_gmt":"2013-06-24T15:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.powtoon.com\/blog\/?p=2907"},"modified":"2022-08-07T12:28:27","modified_gmt":"2022-08-07T10:28:27","slug":"how-embarrassing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.powtoon.com\/blog\/how-embarrassing\/","title":{"rendered":"How embarrassing…."},"content":{"rendered":"Read Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes <\/span><\/span>

So you know how we made this big To-Do about Ilya’s (The Chief Executive Unicorn) new Book<\/a>, Right. \u200b Well here is something really\u200b embarrassing\u200b… \u200b It only took 5 minutes for one of the first readers to notice this typo right on the cover. \u200b Can you spot it?<\/p>\n

\"PowToon<\/a><\/p>\n

Well if you didn’t – take a closer look at the word “Secret”. \u200b The\u200b embarrassing\u200b part? In the time it took to correct the error thousands of people downloaded the book<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But there is another side to the story: \u200b only a few short hours later another reader sent this email:<\/p>\n

“I want to share my experience with your platform and book.<\/p>\n

I needed to create a short explainer few months ago and searched for possible options. Being a creative guy I love putting things together on my own but I need them to look great. \u200b I remember logging in playing with the interface with different slides and coming to the conclusion that it will not help me get something great fast.<\/p>\n

Months went by and I kept getting and mostly ignoring your emails until I saw that you want to teach with the book how to make great explainer toons. \u200b I told myself I would click the link and if there is a PDF ill read it. If it is a form or a link to buy something I would close it. \u200b I did not think that I would use your platform but thought I might learn something useful.<\/p>\n

When I read the ebook I was blown away because I understood that I totally missed the workflow you had in mind. I suspect that most people will start editing slides like PowerPoint and will not get great results. The key as I now understand is the story. Obvious to you but I thought that clicking away will result in something useful.<\/p>\n

I now realize that if you add a workflow wizard and make people record timing script and then add slides and shape them even filling the table you have in the book in the app you would give a solution and not just a graphic editor.<\/p>\n

After reading the book and most people don’t read I have much more appreciation for the solution and can picture myself doing something cool with it. In fact last night I started on the script of one on about 10 explainers I need to do for various ventures.<\/p>\n

Hope it helps.<\/p>\n

Roy D.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Roy Makes some great point. \u200b Let us know what you think too! \u200b Here is the link to the corrected version of the book:<\/strong>\u200b https:\/\/www.powtoon.com\/cartoonmarketing\/\u200b <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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