Hi everyone,

Arkiva is launching some new products and services for its The Arkiva Store location that is opening soon in Boca Raton, FL.  Video Production and editing, Professional Creative services, Photo Production, Advanced Montage Slideshows, Expanded video encoding services, Advanced Video to Editable files like .Mov, MPEG, MP4, etc..  We use awesome capture hardware and encoding software for capturing and encoding videos.  Our customers really love the quality of the product. 

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Hi everyone.  We are in the final stages of planning for the grand opening of our first Arkiva Store.  One retail store you can walk into for all your archiving needs.  We are also developing an improved website that is more like our store and features 20 more products than we have now.   

Arkiva. Your one place for everything archiving.

Best..

Zachary

Hello World,

Just wanted to give a brief update.  We have switched to new mail servers with better spam filtering.  All email and sharing through the system is working perfectly.  Please email us with any issues or feedback (good or bad)  We are ALWAYS looking to improve our product for you…our customers.

Have a great weekend.

Zachary

Thanksgiving is right around the corner and here at Arkiva we have a lot to be thankful for!  We have our friends, our families, and you, our customers!  We are really looking forward to sharing this beautiful holiday with our families, many of them traveling far to see us.

If you’re having family come for the holiday, this is the perfect opportunity to dig out those old videos and film reels to share them with your family.  No matter what it is you’re grateful for - births, weddings, graduations, achievments - we at Arkiva are ready to take good care of your precious memories.  Don’t wait!  Send your old media in now so we can have it transferred to high-quality DVD or Blu-Ray in time for Thanksgiving.

We’re all wishing you safe travels and good food this holiday - Happy Thanksgiving from Arkiva!

Have you noticed that detail makes everything better?  In the digital age, we get more detail and crisper images in just about everything!  Why take photos with a 3 megapixel camera when you could get 10 megapixels for the same price?  Why watch television on cable when high definition is everywhere?  I can tell you from experience that high definition is totally worth it!  Have you seen a football game lately?

Fortunately, Arkiva has partnered with Motionbox to bring high definition to your home memories!

Have you heard about Motionbox? If you haven’t, you’re truly missing out on incredible technology.  Motionbox is the premier site for online storage and viewing of high definition video.  Not sure what that means?  Try going to Facebook, MySpace, or YouTube and uploading a photo or video.  Now, we love social networking just as much as you do, but I bet you’ll notice the same thing we did - they cut down the quality of the video!  That’s a bummer.  Just when the star of your show is about to blow out the candles or jump out of the plane, the video gets grainy.

Here at Arkiva, we don’t think there is any reason to compromise the quality of your videos just because you want to share them with others!  That’s why our conversion services offer the option of converting (and even editing and enhancing) your precious memories from film reels, Betamax, VHS (even PAL!), and camera cards or tapes not only to DVD, but to Blu-Ray as well!  But it doesn’t stop there!  As a Motionbox customer, we’ll be more than happy to upload your videos not only to your personal Arkiva account - but also to your Motionbox account, where you can store, share, and edit your high definition videos.  Just like Arkiva, Motionbox allows you to store and share a certain number of videos for FREE.  So if you don’t believe me when I tell you Motionbox is the best, you can always check it out for yourself.

Together, we are stronger!

We hope you’ll love Motionbox just as much as we do.  Check them out at http://www.motionbox.com!

Did you know that your Arkiva username is also your free arkiva email account? Just click on the mail icon located on the home page and you  can get started right away.

Wow, it has been a while since I have reported but some amazing things are happening here.  You will hear a lot about them from our new writer Rachel, who goes by the alias, SoarAway.  Here is an awesome blog she started that you should check out.  She is a gifted writer and we are happy to have her onboard.

Versatile Vitality

Dont forget to check us out on twitter, and facebook..

I am looking forward to continuing my blog “On the way up” which profiles and entrepreneuer starting a company from nothing and everything that happens along the way.

Talk to you soon..

 Zachary

Have you ever watched a home movie and wished you could capture some still shots of the video?

It happens every time I watch an old home movie. My parents never fail to intersperse our viewing experience with a variety of sentiments such as, “Awww, I wish we had a picture of that,” and “What a cute face! I love that shot!”

I simply tell them: Your wish is my command.

Of course Arkiva can turn your favorite videos into photos. Just let us know the timing of the shots you wish to capture, and we’ll convert them into .JPEGs, improve the quality, and upload your new photos to your free account.

We’ve got your memories covered.

Until next time…

- Cori

Hello Arkiva!

As we announced in our newsletter yesterday, we have launched video chat and video mail.

Don’t just type your message into an email, record it live right from your
computer!

Go to your Arkiva inbox and click the tab “Arkiva Video Mail.”

From here, you can view and create your very own video mail and send it to anyone you
choose!

I think there is a message already waiting for you…check it out!

You can also video chat  with other Arkiva members right from the
Arkiva website!

Don’t have a webcam? No sweat! You can also enjoy instant messaging with
this feature as well.

Zach and I will be signed into chat every weekday to chat and answer any
questions.

If you wish to chat exclusively with members of one of your Arkiva Groups,
just click the “Video Conference” link at the top of the page.

We are so excited for our new features, and can’t wait for everyone to enjoy
them!

We would also like to thank Melissa of FromMelissasDesk.com for a fabulous review of Arkiva. You can check out the review here.

Don’t forget about Arkiva’s Build-a-Group, Win-a-Prize Contest! You have
until March 23rd to win!

View the details here.

Have a great Wednesday!

Cori

With March on the horizon, now is the perfect time to begin your spring cleaning.

Why not start by digging up all those old VHS tapes? Just gather them all, stick ‘em in a box, and ship ‘em off to Arkiva where we can convert all your memories to DVD and upload them to your free account.

But wait, what will you do with those dusty tapes now that all your memories have been safely transferred and backed up on Arkiva’s servers?

Here are some creative ways to recycle those old VHS tapes:

• Turn them into chocolate: Using the case and tape spools as molds, you can whip up some pretty delicious chocolates! Just make sure you clean them out first!
• Use the cases to store miscellaneous items like loose change.
• Since each cassette is screwed in with five cross-head screws, you can use them to store important items.
• Freecycle it! Visit freecycle.org to donate your VHS tapes to a local group.

I’m sure there are PLENTY more uses for these tapes. Any ideas?

Don’t forget about Arkiva’s Build-a-Group, Win-a-Prize Contest!

Until next time…

-Cori