Profitmaking Archives

Budgeting

How to Acquire Capital for Your Video Project or Business

You’ve got a great idea for a video project or business, so the next step would seem to be finding some funding to supplement...

Distribution

How to Create Your Own OTT Streaming Service

Considering the prominence of YouTube when it comes to video sharing, you may have never thought to post your video content on any other...

Distribution

Distribution in the Post-DVD Era

Joshua Siegel

DVDs are still wonderful to many of us movie-lovers. You can hold them, enjoy the artwork, and display your collection on a shelf. You...

Distribution

A Look inside the Film Festival Selection Process

Landon Dyksterhouse

The film festival submission process can be a time of mixed emotions for filmmakers. On one hand, you are feeling elated and are eager...

Promotion

5 Reasons to Start a Newsletter for Your Video Business

Jeff Chaves

An email newsletter is considered one of the most direct and cost-effective marketing tools. If you need proof, just go to your inbox and...

Promotion

How Passion Conferences Use Video Technology to Foster Community

Jeff Chaves

If you had wandered into Passion 2018, you may have thought you were coming into a concert. On January 1-3 Atlanta’s Philips and Infinite...

Promotion

Top 4 tips for successful cold calling

Grinner Hester

My father sold insurance for a living, and in paying just a little bit of attention, I promise if you solicit, it will yield...

Distribution

How to navigate the legalities of distributing video online

Roman Zelichenko and Mark Levy

The Internet, with all its conveniences and complexities, has changed the way videographers watch, share, and interact with video. Video sharing websites like YouTube...

Promotion

Drone industry insiders answer: Can you make a living?

Jeff Chaves

With new regulations and more people than ever flying drones, is it still possible to break into the aerial videography market? Are there still...

Distribution

The Legal Dos and Don’ts of Crowdfunding Videos

Mark Levy

So you’ve decided to raise money for your creative project through crowdfunding. You’ve researched different crowdfunding methods, chosen a platform that fits your needs,...