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Smithtown, NY

Instagram content for Smithtown businesses, made at your place.

Core Media Co. is a video production studio at 523 Lake Avenue in Saint James, a hamlet of the Town of Smithtown, a short drive from Main Street in Smithtown. We film at your restaurant, shop, salon, gym, or office, on Main Street, in the Village of the Branch, or anywhere else in the town, or at our studio, and turn it into Instagram content you can post all month.

Each monthly plan delivers a set number of finished pieces: short form video for Reels, and static and carousel posts, formatted for each platform, with captions, ready to post. Everything lands in a shared folder. You post it, or hand it to whoever runs your account, and you own the finished work, with no usage restrictions.

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Who it is for

Businesses on Main Street and across the Town of Smithtown

For businesses whose reputation gets formed on Instagram before anyone walks in, from the storefronts along Main Street, where Routes 25 and 25A run together past the Smithtown Bull, to Kings Park, Nesconset, and the rest of the town.

  • Restaurants and cafes

    The dining room, the kitchen, and the plates, filmed around your service so the camera never gets in the way of a table.

  • Salons, barbers, and med spas

    The chairs, the team, and the finished work, with permission from anyone who appears on camera.

  • Contractors and home services

    The crew on the job and the finished room or yard, filmed on site around your schedule.

  • Gyms and fitness studios

    Classes, coaches, and the floor itself, filmed during a real session or before you open.

  • Shops on Main Street

    The window, the shelves, and the person behind the counter who knows every item in the store.

  • Offices

    Your people and how you work with clients, filmed at your office or at our studio in Saint James.

Title agencies and lenders have their own notes on how the work is structured on the For Business page.

A content month

What a month of content looks like

Three tiers, the same ones on the For Business page and the same in every town. Partner is $1,500, Partner+ is $2,750, and Flagship is $4,000 per month, each with a six-month minimum term, then month to month. Every tier includes a content calendar planned in advance.

  • Partner

    $1,500per month
    • 1 content day per month
    • 4 to 6 finished pieces per month
    • Your office or our studio
    • Monthly content calendar
    • 5 business day turnaround
    • Event coverage as an add-on
    • Strategy session at onboarding

  • Partner+

    Recommended
    $2,750per month
    • 2 content days per month
    • 1 long form video of 5 to 10 minutes, 10 short form pieces, and 3 to 4 static or carousel posts per month
    • Your office or our studio
    • Monthly content calendar
    • 3 business day turnaround
    • Event coverage as an add-on
    • Strategy session at onboarding

  • Flagship

    $4,000per month
    • Weekly presence
    • 16+ finished pieces per month
    • Your office and our studio, plus events
    • Monthly content calendar
    • 48 hour turnaround
    • Event coverage included
    • Quarterly strategy session

Every tier includes shooting, editing, captions, platform cuts, and a shared delivery folder. You own the finished work, with no usage restrictions. Six-month minimum term, then month to month.

Process

How a shoot day at your business works

  1. Discovery call, 20 minutes

    We ask about your goals, your customers, and what you want to be known for. No filming yet.

  2. Content plan, one week

    You get a month-one calendar with concepts and formats before anyone points a camera, so you know which pieces are Reels and which are posts.

  3. Content day at your place

    Half a day at your shop, restaurant, salon, or office, or at our studio on Lake Avenue in Saint James. We bring the full setup and batch the month's pieces in one visit.

  4. Delivery, ready to post

    Finished pieces in your shared folder, edited, formatted for each platform, and handed over with captions. You post them.

  5. Monthly rhythm

    Same day each month, plus a short check-in on what performed.

Testimonials

What Our Clients Say

From our Google reviews.

"Chase is a talented photographer with an excellent eye for perfection. As a professional business owner he takes a great deal of pride with scheduling and following up and always goes the extra mile. We highly recommend Core Media for all you photography needs!"

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Andre LaBarbera

"This was my first project with Core Media. As a realtor I always have videos of my listings but on this very special new construction, I need something truly different and special. Core Media took my photos and made a video come to life showing real people in all different rooms. This gave me a new way to showcase the home and really portray what it looks like to live there. Realistic plus many creative twists, made this video a show stopper. I highly recommend them."

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Monique J Serena

Realtor

"If you need photos or video content, Core Media is your go to! Chase was amazing. This was my first time creating a video for one of my luxury listings, and he made the entire process so easy. He handled everything from the content and music to providing scripts for me to choose from and made me feel completely at ease in front of the camera. The video came out perfect, and I received so many compliments!"

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Cindy Quinn

Questions

Questions Smithtown businesses ask us

Will you come to our business in Smithtown to film?
Yes. Content days happen at your restaurant, shop, salon, gym, or office, on Main Street or anywhere else in the Town of Smithtown, or at our studio at 523 Lake Avenue in Saint James if that is easier. We are mobile and bring the full setup. A content day is usually half a day, and we batch the month's pieces in that one visit.
How many Instagram Reels do we get each month?
It depends on the tier. Partner is 4 to 6 finished pieces a month from 1 content day. Partner+ is 10 short form pieces, 3 to 4 static or carousel posts, and 1 long form video of 5 to 10 minutes a month, from 2 content days. Flagship is 16+ finished pieces a month with a weekly presence. The content calendar sets which pieces are Reels before anything is filmed.
Is Core Media Co. based in Smithtown?
Close to it. The studio is at 523 Lake Avenue in Saint James, which is itself a hamlet of the Town of Smithtown, so Main Street in Smithtown is a short drive. Where your business is in the town does not change the tiers or the price.
Do you post to our Instagram for us?
No. We make the content and hand it over ready to post: the finished files and their captions, formatted for each platform, in a shared folder. You post them, or pass them to whoever runs your account. Posting stays with you.
Do we get the raw files?
You get the finished work: every piece edited, captioned, and cut for each platform, in a shared folder, and you own it once it is paid for, with no usage restrictions. Raw and unused footage and project files stay with us unless your agreement says otherwise. If you want them, we can write that into the agreement, usually for an additional fee.
How fast do we get the finished content?
5 business days on Partner, 3 on Partner+, and 48 hours on Flagship. Before the first shoot, the content plan takes one week, so you see a month-one calendar before anyone points a camera.

More from the studio

Book a call

Book a 20-minute call.

Tell us what you are trying to do. If it is a fit, we send an agreement and pick a date.

Replies within one business day. Signed agreement on every job. You own the finished work.

Prefer to write? Send us a note at studio@thecoremedia.co

Core Media Co.523 Lake Avenue
Saint James, NY 11780studio@thecoremedia.co

Based in Saint James. Working across Smithtown, Huntington, Port Jefferson, and all of Suffolk and Nassau County.