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April 14th 2010     VideoUniversity Entrepreneurs Greetings , You've paid your taxes. Now it's time to get some of that money back! The US Government produces thousands of videos every year and most of those are produced by independent producers. There's an...

May 11th 2010 Sales Tip Learn to smile before you answer the telephone. It boosts your energy and brightens your voice. Try it for a few days. This really works. Video Growing Quickly on Small Business Websites Small businesses and non profits are rushing to getting...

June 2nd 2010 Get More Referrals 1. Referrals begin when you provide your customers with great service. They'€™ll be happy to spread the word. 2. Ask your customers who else they might know looking for the service you provide. Ask permission to cite them as a...

The Upsell Would you like fries with that? McDonalds is not the only one that uses that sales tactic. For "fries" you can substitute chips and a drink, a cabin with a deck, an HD TV, color highlights in your hair, Business Class, and many more. This is upselling. It...

September 10th 2010 One Sales Call A Day How's business? I know. Well, today it's time to do something about that. Before you do anything else I want you to make just one sales call by email or phone. Seriously, do it right now. Come back to this email when you've...

October 19th 2010 Have you delivered a project on Flash Drive yet? Some wedding videographers are finding they can avoid authoring a BluRay disk by offering the BluRay content encoded on a thumb drive. These drives are certainly not as cheap as BluRay disks but in...

November 4th 2010 Is Web Video a Good Thing? YouTube is now the third most popular site after Google and Facebook. The web is becoming mostly video. I just watched a talk by Chris Anderson, a curator and speaker from TED, a nonprofit devoted to ideas worth spreading...

November 23rd 2010 Greetings , Will Your Business Survive? These are tough times to own a small business. If your business is in the pits, you can turn it around. But you will need to be very honest with yourself, remove all emotion from the process, make the...