# Business Video Messengers Upgreet for Gmail Lets Sales Professionals Send Personal Video Messages By Alyson Wyers | Published 2016-06-01 | Tech Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/personal-video-messages References: [betalist](https://betalist.com/startups/upgreet) & [upgreet](https://www.upgreet.com/) This startup allows you to send personal video messages through your Gmail account. Based in San Francisco, Upgreet is a new venture that uses the power of video messengers to connect you with sales leads and business contacts. Video messages have become increasingly popular with social media platforms like [Snapchat](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/snapchats-ai-video-lenses), but Upgreet has a distinctly professional tone. Upgreet for Gmail and Google Apps email helps you close more deals by putting a face to a name for your sales leads. It has [seamless integration](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/simplehuman1), so you won't have to interrupt your workflow by dealing with a separate application. It can be easily tailored to your needs, with professional and custom landing pages and attention-grabbing design. The personal video messages trump traditional emails by giving your communications a more human touch. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 3.1/10 - Popularity: 29% | Activity: 57% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Tech](https://www.trendhunter.com/tech) > [Photography](https://www.trendhunter.com/photography) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Personal Video Messaging:** The trend of using personal video messaging for sales and business contacts opens up opportunities for developing more efficient, personalized and compelling communication solutions. - **Seamless Email Integration:** The trend towards seamless email integration of personal video messaging can lead to innovations that are more accessible and easier to use for all types of business professionals. - **Professional Video Messaging:** The trend towards professional video messaging allows for development of software that is more suited for business communication causing a wave of incentives for new innovations for sales communications. ### Who This Affects Most - **Sales Software:** The sales software industry can capitalize on personal video messaging, by developing more powerful solutions that can provide greater connectivity and ultimately improve sales performance. - **Email Tools:** Email tool solutions can improve the user experience by integrating personal video messaging more closely and developing new tools that are more intuitive and easier to use. - **Business Communication:** Business communication software solutions can benefit by capitalizing on personal video messaging trend to develop more sophisticated tools that can make communication both more personal, efficient and effective. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Personalized Video Outreach](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/leadsengager.md) - [Asynchronous Video Messaging](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/videosupport-api.md) - [Personalized AI Outreach Videos](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ubique.md) - [Email Outreach Programs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cold-email-outreach.md) - [Email Video Message Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/vocal-app.md) - [Custom Outreach Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mailmoo.md) - [Gmail Automation Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/gmail-automailer.md) - [AI Video Engagement](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/videco.md) - [Screen-Recording Messaging Platforms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/video-messaging-platform.md)