He Stopped Filming. His Instagram Following Grew 4x.
After a fire, this realtor couldn't film video and still 4x’d his Instagram following with HeyGen. In 2024, a fire in the unit above Craig Veroni's home changed everything. Craig spent more than a decade as a film and TV actor before becoming a real estate agent in Vancouver. His YouTube neighbourhood tours drove about 75% of his business. Then the fire caused a flood that destroyed 60% of his family's belongings and damaged more than 75% of their home. Displaced and without a place to film, he stopped making videos. His leads started to slow. "In the back of my head all the time was, how do I get back to doing the video content?" This is how Craig got back on camera without filming. He built a digital twin with HeyGen from his existing video library, wrote and fact-checked every script himself, and started posting local news Reels twice a day. In about 10 months, his Instagram following grew from roughly 1,500 to nearly 6,000. His videos now reach more than 770,000 accounts a month. Strangers recognize him in person. One even pulled over while Craig was walking his dog to thank him for his videos. CHAPTERS 0:00 A fire in the unit above 0:19 Meet Craig Veroni 0:38 Everything comes to a crashing halt 1:23 Finding a way back on camera 1:59 Building his Personal Avatar 2:13 Posting every single day 2:31 Can a Personal Avatar be authentic? 3:06 Using HeyGen for his listings 3:27 What HeyGen gave him 3:44 "Are you related to Craig Veroni?" Read Craig's full story: https://www.heygen.com/customer-stories/craig-veroni 👉 Try HeyGen: heygen.com/yt 🔔 Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@heygen_official?sub_confirmation=1 Discord: https://discord.com/invite/czCNgN4yZe X: https://x.com/HeyGen Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HeyGen.FB/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/heygen/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heygen_official/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@heygen.com