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OTHER IDEAS FOR MONEY-MAKING VIDEOCAMERA SERVICES
VIDEO YEARBOOKS
These are growing in popularity. They usually consist of short
scenes of important high school events, such as sports, clubs,
candid "people scenes," still photo montages, and other
memorable items for the students. A well edited hour-long video
should be able to be sold for $15 to $30, depending upon the
editing complexity of the video and the size of the school. The
larger the school, the more you can expect to sell.
You should first contact the school administration with this
idea. Put together a good presentation for them, explaining
your services and how your video yearbook will work with the
regular yearbook as an added remembrance. A good idea is to
offer to donate a portion, $2 for example, per tape sold to a
school fund or student-supported charity. After the
administration, you will probably need to speak to the school
board, principals, and school yearbook sponsors. This work will
be worth it, though.
Try to include in your tape, from time to time, current events
or subjects which will remind the viewers about what was going
on at the time they were in school. One caution, though.
Be
careful about including copyrighted items, such as popular
songs, in your tape. You will need to get permission from the
copyright holders or risk legal action.
The best way to sell your tape is to obtain permission to
distribute a flyer to the students in the school at the same
time as the regular yearbook information is distributed. Then,
follow up later in the year, giving those who haven't ordered
yet another opportunity. Finally, give another chance at the
end of the school year.
From time to time, go to the school and shoot material. Get
sporting events, clubs, quiz bowl tournaments, science fairs,
special events, pep rallies, ordinary day-to-day video, and, of
course, graduation. If you're ambitious, do a video yearbook
for each class! That way, students can end their high school
years with a four-video set, documenting that time of their
lives from start to finish!
DUBBING AND DUPLICATING
Here's an easy service to offer. With a film-to-video transfer
device, commonly available for under $100, and a movie
projector, you can put customer's old home movies on video tape.
There are a few different types of transfer devices available.
The best place to check would be your local quality camera shop.
You should be able to charge around $20 per hour of film for
this service. A good idea is to add background music to the
home movies. Copyright-free music is widely available on CD.
Check advertising and marketing magazines such as Advertising
Age for ads.
You can also offer a duplicating service for customer's home
videos, so they can give relatives (or America's Funniest Home
Videos) a copy. You can usually charge a flat fee for this
service, depending upon the length of the tape. Editing
together still photos is also a good service to offer,
particularly to people who travel frequently.
There are many other areas just starting to be tapped - video
resumes, video postcards, even video wills. If you come up with
a good original idea, research the market for it. If you find
a
reasonable amount of people will be interested in your new
service, you may just have a winner on your hands!
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High
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PR & Media Relations in Spanish - Website positioning
OTHER IDEAS FOR MONEY-MAKING VIDEOCAMERA SERVICES
VIDEO YEARBOOKS
These are growing in popularity. They usually consist of short
scenes of important high school events, such as sports, clubs,
candid "people scenes," still photo montages, and other
memorable items for the students. A well edited hour-long video
should be able to be sold for $15 to $30, depending upon the
editing complexity of the video and the size of the school. The
larger the school, the more you can expect to sell.
You should first contact the school administration with this
idea. Put together a good presentation for them, explaining
your services and how your video yearbook will work with the
regular yearbook as an added remembrance. A good idea is to
offer to donate a portion, $2 for example, per tape sold to a
school fund or student-supported charity. After the
administration, you will probably need to speak to the school
board, principals, and school yearbook sponsors. This work will
be worth it, though.
Try to include in your tape, from time to time, current events
or subjects which will remind the viewers about what was going
on at the time they were in school. One caution, though. Be
careful about including copyrighted items, such as popular
songs, in your tape. You will need to get permission from the
copyright holders or risk legal action.
The best way to sell your tape is to obtain permission to
distribute a flyer to the students in the school at the same
time as the regular yearbook information is distributed. Then,
follow up later in the year, giving those who haven't ordered
yet another opportunity. Finally, give another chance at the
end of the school year.
From time to time, go to the school and shoot material. Get
sporting events, clubs, quiz bowl tournaments, science fairs,
special events, pep rallies, ordinary day-to-day video, and, of
course, graduation. If you're ambitious, do a video yearbook
for each class! That way, students can end their high school
years with a four-video set, documenting that time of their
lives from start to finish!
DUBBING AND DUPLICATING
Here's an easy service to offer. With a film-to-video transfer
device, commonly available for under $100, and a movie
projector, you can put customer's old home movies on video tape.
There are a few different types of transfer devices available.
The best place to check would be your local quality camera shop.
You should be able to charge around $20 per hour of film for
this service. A good idea is to add background music to the
home movies. Copyright-free music is widely available on CD.
Check advertising and marketing magazines such as Advertising
Age for ads.
You can also offer a duplicating service for customer's home
videos, so they can give relatives (or America's Funniest Home
Videos) a copy. You can usually charge a flat fee for this
service, depending upon the length of the tape. Editing
together still photos is also a good service to offer,
particularly to people who travel frequently.
There are many other areas just starting to be tapped - video
resumes, video postcards, even video wills. If you come up with
a good original idea, research the market for it. If you find a
reasonable amount of people will be interested in your new
service, you may just have a winner on your hands!
