Remove ums from your sales videos
A short personal video can beat a long email, but only if it sounds sure of itself. erm finds the ums, uhs and awkward pauses in your sales video and removes the filler words before you hit send.
Sales videos that sound confident
Prospects judge you in the first few seconds. A clean opening and a steady pace say you respect their time, while a run of ums says you haven’t prepared.
What erm finds
Hi Sam, um, I watched your talk last week and uh… 2.4 s pause I think we could help your team ship faster.
How erm helps with sales videos
- Fix a good take that has a few stumbles instead of recording ten more.
- Keeps recordings of customers and deals on your own Mac, not on someone else’s servers.
- Quick enough to use for a single video, with no project to set up.
- No account, so there is nothing for your IT team to approve beyond the app.
Remove filler words from sales videos in three steps
- Drop in your video. A .mov, .mp4 or .m4v of any length, from your camera, phone or screen recorder.
- Review the cuts. erm marks each um, erm, uh and long pause. Keep any you like.
- Save the edit. Done on your Mac. Nothing is uploaded.
Prefer to do it by hand? Read how to remove ums from a video on a Mac, with or without erm.
Tips for cleaner sales videos
- Say the prospect’s name and why you’re getting in touch in the first sentence, then check that sentence is clean.
- Keep it under two minutes. Taking out the fillers often saves more time than you expect.
- Record a few in a row, then clean them one after another. Each one only needs a quick review.
Questions
Is it quick enough for one-off videos?
Yes. Drop in the video, check the suggested cuts and save. There’s no account or project to set up first.
Does the video get uploaded anywhere?
No. Everything happens on your Mac and nothing is uploaded.
Does it work with Loom or Vidyard recordings?
If you can download the recording as a .mov or .mp4 file, yes. Clean it in erm, then upload or send the edited file.
Will prospects be able to tell it was edited?
Pauses are shortened rather than removed, and the joins keep the sound of your room, so it plays as one natural take.
Other ways to use erm
Product demos
A live walkthrough fills up with “um”, “uh” and silences while you hunt for the right screen. erm finds those filler words and long pauses in your demo video, you choose which go, and it cuts them out on your Mac.
Founder and LinkedIn videos
Posting a video of yourself is easier when you know the ums will be gone. Say it naturally, and erm finds the filler words and long pauses in your talking-head video so you can cut them before you post.
Screen recordings
Talking while you click is hard. The voiceover fills with ums and long gaps while you look for the thing to show. erm finds those filler words and silences in your screen recording or tutorial and cuts them out.