We built FlowAd because our own ads took too long
FlowAd began inside a software company that needed marketing videos and could not justify the time or the money to make them. This page tells that story, explains what we chose to build, and says who is behind it.
The story
It started with a marketing problem
Running an IT company means promoting it. Cloudemy builds mobile apps, websites and back ends for businesses across India, and like any company we needed to be seen: offers to announce, services to explain, a new launch to mention. Video is where attention is, so we wanted video ads.
Making them turned out to be slow and expensive. An ad meant planning a message, setting a budget, finding a motion designer or a freelancer, briefing them, waiting, asking for changes and waiting again. For one short ad that could take weeks and cost more than the campaign was worth. By the time it was ready, the offer had often moved on.
If a company that builds software struggles with this, a clinic or a restaurant has it harder. They have no design team, no spare afternoon and a budget that rarely stretches to a production studio. So the question became simple. What if the person gave a website and a goal, and got back a finished ad in a few minutes?
I decided to build it myself, and that was the start of FlowAd.
Akash Verma, founder of Cloudemy
What we chose
Motion graphics ads with the work taken out
Three decisions shaped the product.
Evergreen motion graphics
Most tools now chase UGC style clips, where a presenter talks to camera. We went the other way. Animated text, shapes, icons and screens, with a voiceover, do not date the way a face on camera does, and you can update an offer without reshooting.
Regional language support
Businesses everywhere advertise in the language their customers speak. FlowAd starts with Hindi and English, sets Hindi text properly in Devanagari, and will add more languages across India and the world.
Templates with full control
Ready-made templates get you to a finished ad fast. A full editor lets you change anything after that, so the result is yours and not a fixed output.
Who it is for
Premium looking ads at a price a small business can carry
A clinic with three chairs or a restaurant with two branches should be able to run an ad that looks considered. Not because they have a budget for a studio, but because the tool does the planning, the writing, the scenes and the voice.
That is the point of taking planning, budgeting, production, motion design and freelancer coordination out of the process. The owner supplies a website and decides what the ad should achieve. Everything between those two is handled.
We also put limits on ourselves. An ad that invents a statistic is a legal risk for the business running it, so FlowAd will not present a number as fact unless it traces to your site. You can read how that works on how it works.
Minutes
A finished ad from a website, in a few minutes.
Minimal input
A website and a goal are enough to start.
Honest numbers
Claims trace to your site or are flagged.
Your language
English and Hindi voiceover.
The company
Cloudemy Digital Technologies
Cloudemy is a software development company in Lucknow. It has been delivering mobile apps, websites and APIs to startups and businesses across India for more than eight years, and its work covers Android, Flutter and iOS apps, React and Next.js sites, back ends on Node.js and Firebase, UI and UX design, and SEO. FlowAd is the company’s own product, built with the same stack it uses for clients.
- Company
- Cloudemy Digital Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
- Address
- Diamond City Plaza, Jankipuram, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226021, India
- Registrations
- MCA registered, MSME (Udyam) registered, Startup India recognised
- Founder
- Akash Verma, Android and Flutter engineer
- info@cloudemy.in
- Company website
- cloudemy.in
Where it is now
Where FlowAd stands today
FlowAd is in a closed pre-launch stage. The core flow works: read a site, write a script, build the scenes, voice them and edit the result. We are finishing a set of templates before we open the door, and we are letting people in gradually so we can watch how the product behaves as more of you use it.
If you want in, join the waitlist. If you would rather talk first, the contact page has our email and what we can help with. You can also see the templates and the planned pricing now.
FAQ
A few things people ask about us
Who builds and runs FlowAd?
FlowAd is a product of Cloudemy Digital Technologies Pvt. Ltd., a registered software company in Lucknow, India. It is built and maintained by the Cloudemy team, led by its founder, Akash Verma.
Why not use UGC style ad tools?
Those tools depend on a person speaking to camera, and the result tends to date quickly. FlowAd focuses on motion graphics ads that stay relevant for longer and do not need anyone on screen.
Is FlowAd only for businesses in India?
No. FlowAd is built in India and works for any business with a website, anywhere. It launches with Hindi and English, then adds more languages, in India first and then around the world.
Where can I ask something that is not answered here?
Write to info@cloudemy.in. A person reads it.
Help us decide what to build next
Join the waitlist. When your access opens we will ask what you would like to see.
One email, on the day your access opens. Nothing before that.