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Earn Money With Your Video Editing Skills
Never Too Early Never think it's too early to make money with your video editing skills. Of course you may be not ready to edit a documentary or a drama,, but you're by all means equipped to take on projects such as: 1) Wholesale conversion of VHS tapes to VCD/DVD. . 2) VHS tapes into VCD/DVD conversion with the addition of a new soundtrack or titles. 3) Offering video editing service to video camera owners who don't have an editing facility. Let's examine each of the above services in isolation. VHS to VCD/DVD The first service is the easiest to offer. Your task would only be to capture and burn
Some beginning video editors specialise on this service and there are great many folks out there who are anxious to get their precious VHS converted before they fall victim to fungus. Study the Pros You could do well to note the prices charged by professionals and video production houses and if possible get a copy to study the quality. Alternatively, you could do a few demo copies and pass it around to get feedback on the quality. Once you can compare the quality offered by the pros with yours, you'll be able to determine how much you could charge. You could, to attract business, charge 20% below the market rate and offer the best quality you can.
Promoting Your Services When you're starting out the best form of promotion is word of mouth. Offer free service to close friends and relatives. Convert their VHS to VCD or DVD for no charge and tell them you're starting a VHS conversion service and ask them to pass the word around. Show them you're serious about video editing and discuss with them your futire plans of upgrading your editing suite. Once they have faith in what you're doing, they might consider promoting you. You could also promote your services through bulletin boards in your neighbourhood community centre or do online promotions by advertising your services in free web advertising services. If you're a little more ambitious, you could set up a website to promote your services. Advantage The advantage of offering your digital video services at the earliest opportunity is that you would be receiving valuable feedback on your work. This would motivate you to learn new techniques and improve your skills to offer better value to your customers. Never be discouraged if there are no or few takers for your services. Keep trying for it takes a while for the folks out there to learn about what you've to offer.
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