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Ever hear the saying 'Fail Forward'? Without getting too philosophical, here's a TL;DR version of what it means:

"Failing forward means that a person embraces failing as stepping stones for future successes."

The team at Lumen5 live and breathe this saying. Don't believe us? We just launched a full library of icons to help creators make better videos:

Crazy to think failing forward has led us to THAT today! Four years ago, it ws just a dream. Look at these ANCIENT screenshots of us trying to implement icons into the Lumen5 creator way back when:

But enough of the fuzzy stuff. Here's our spotlight on what's happened at Lumen5 these past few months!

Need a new podcast recommendation, anyone? We've got you covered with a lot of new episodes of our Supercharge Marketing podcast brewing, so grab a mug and listen in.

But before we release these tidbits of gold into the wild, we felt it was important to reshare our past episodes!

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We know you love podcasts. So, show us some love and share something you've learned from one of our episodes on LinkedIn and tag @Lumen5 for a chance to win a $100 gift card!
* Note: Competition closes on July 6th, 2022. The winner will be contacted directly.

Ever feel like you can't keep up with social media? The algorithm is constantly changing, people keep changing the way they engage with content, and you just don't have enough time in the day to get things done?

Here are our best tips to get you over that hump (get it? Because Wednesday is hump day). We've packaged it all in a bite-sized blog post to show you how to maximize your video marketing on social media!

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5 + 5 = 10. Lumen5 + 5 = the opportunity for users to make up to 10-minute long videos in Lumen5.

This gives users more flexibility by removing boundaries, like time length, when creating thumb-stopping videos.

Over the last 3 years, the average number of videos over 20 minutes in length grew by 66%. And Vidyard notes that the average length of all business-related video content is over six minutes.

Do you know what that means? You can now create the perfect length videos for things like educational content or live event recaps and creatively tackle harder concepts.

Our AI will also help by making up to 40 scenes when a user chooses "use every sentence in the story". So, that means long-form blog posts or e-books can now be made into videos in Lumen5!

Our Lumen5 captions editor now has the ability to translate 5 new languages.

Translate and localize any of your videos in Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, and German automatically!

According to Hootsuite, more than 70 percent of consumers require information in their language before making a purchase.

So, here's your chance to create more videos in more languages to serve your audiences better!

Wow, this was a longer email than expected. We just have so much going on and we're excited to share it with you!

Failing Forward has allowed us to serve you better and create a tool that reaches a wider audience through different formats while staying visually engaging.

We're happy you're along for the ride and see our failures become successes!

Okay, final thing: follow us on LinkedIn and check out our blog to see what else we're up to!