Hey, I'm Nick Frederick, founder of Evolved Media. If you've found your way to this first post, you're probably a business owner somewhere in the Hudson Valley wondering whether video is worth it, whether marketing is worth it, or whether we're worth it. Fair questions. Here's where we came from and what we actually believe.
Why we started
I started Evolved Media because I kept seeing the same thing everywhere I went in the Hudson Valley: incredible businesses that were basically invisible online. The restaurant with the best food in town had a blurry phone photo as its entire internet presence. The contractor doing beautiful work had nothing to show for it but word of mouth. Meanwhile, their competition, often with a worse product, was posting constantly and pulling in customers.
That gap bothered me. The tools to look as good online as you are in person exist. They just weren't reaching local businesses at a price and pace that made sense. Big agencies quote five figures and talk in jargon. DIY means a busy owner burning nights fighting an editing app. There had to be a middle: cinematic, professional content, made by people who live here, at prices a real local business can actually say yes to.
So that became the company. Evolved Media Production LLC, born and based in the Hudson Valley.
What we believe
Our whole philosophy fits in one line, and it's on the front page of this site: we turn views into customers. Pretty footage that doesn't ring your phone is art, not marketing. Everything we shoot, from brand films and social reels to drone and aerial video and product photography, is built to do a job: get the right people through your door.
A few more things we hold ourselves to. Straight answers on price: our packages start at $350 and you'll always know your exact number before we roll a single frame. Shot local. We serve Poughkeepsie, Kingston, Newburgh, Middletown, Highland, and out to Westchester, and we know what plays here because we live here. And speed: one shoot day with us gives you weeks of content for Instagram, TikTok, your website, and your Google listing.
Who we work with
Restaurants and bars. Shops and product brands. Contractors and builders. Real estate. Cannabis businesses navigating the New York market. If you make or do something good in the Hudson Valley and want more people to know about it, you're who this company was built for. Some of the work is in our portfolio. The rest is out there working on our clients' feeds right now.
What this blog will be
Once a week or so, we'll post something useful here: what video actually costs (real numbers), what's working on social for local businesses right now, drone rules for New York shoots, how to get more from your Google listing. The questions clients ask us across the table, answered in public.
Thanks for reading the first one. If you're ready to stop being the best-kept secret in your town, let's talk.