26 Video Ideas: A to Z On How To Make Money With Video (page 3)
Quilting and Crafts Classes
Quilting and other folk arts and crafts such as knitting, spinning and needlepoint have clubs all over the country. Document your local group's best techniques and make them available to others who want to learn the craft.
Résumés
Recruiters and employment specialists get a vast stream of resumes whenever they post a job notice. A growing number of job seekers are turning to video to break through the paper clutter and catch the eye of the decision-maker.
Safety Tips
If you've flown on an airliner recently, you may have noticed that they now use video to convey safety information to passengers. Schools, retirement homes and businesses all need to instruct people for safety. A simple safety video can make you a few bucks and maybe even save a life.
Training
At the top end of the training video pyramid are professionals who produce high-dollar training tapes. But there's still plenty of room out there for video hobbyists to work with smaller firms producing videos that help employees learn a skill or do a better job.
University Tours
Live near a college or University? Videotape a tour of the campus that can be made available to prospective students and their parents.
Vacation and Travel
Do you enjoy travel? Record your trips to popular, exotic locales and offer them to local travel agents as video brochures. If you establish a reputation for good work, you can even supplement your fees by having your clients underwrite your adventures in exchange for your services.
Wiffle-ball
What? You thought we were going to say Weddings? Come on. How obvious is that?
Xeriscape videos
Xeriscaping is the use of plants with very low-water requirements in exterior landscaping. In desert communities where water use is critical, a video localized to the specific plants that thrive in the area could be a strong seller to garden clubs as well as some local nurseries.
Yearbooks
High schools, elementary and middle schools have long produced print yearbooks. Often schools are receptive to bringing this tradition into the modern era. This is particularly sensible if your kids attend the school and you'll be videotaping at most of the important events anyway.
Zoo and Museum Tours
If your community has a local zoo or museum, talk to the organization about creating a video tour that can be distributed to shut-ins. A video tour of the park or museum can also be used for promotional purposes. Shoot the zebras, shoot the elephants, just don't shoot the gnus. Why? Because, as you know, no gnus is good gnus.
There you have it: 26 ideas to help you make money with your camcorder. But don't stop there. With a little creativity you can find countless ways to make marketable videos. While these ideas may not propel you into a higher tax bracket, they can help supplement your hobby while you hone your shooting and editing skills.
