Should you deduct the books you use in your business? Yes, it's called a professional library and there are just a few stipulations. One of the first questions is whether this is a business or a hobby. According to the IRS "The IRS presumes that an activity is carried...
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Brilliant Video Sells Used Honda for $20,000
This video has had over 6 million views in two weeks. They were asking $500 for the car. They received from Carmax a hilarious-but-real offer to buy the car for $20,000. They accepted and sold the car to Carmax. Here's the Carmax video that bid $20,000 for the car.
Digital Video Marketing Is $135 Billion In The US
The video marketing business may be bigger than we thought. A new study by web-based video editing company Magisto finds the video marketing industry will reach $135 Billion in 2017. This number includes video creation, hosting, distribution, analytics and staff. This...
Profit From International Video Transfers
The Samsung SV-5000W Worldwide VHS Format VCR does a beautiful job of playing PAL, SECAM and NTSC VHS tapes on any TV. You can output to any DVD recorder. It's on Amazon for $1300, but I found a used one on eBay for $150. I've just transferred 4 PAL VHS tapes to DVD...
Documentary Distribution Brings 1 Million
Age of Champions is a documentary that follows five competitors who sprint, leap, and swim for gold at the National Senior Olympics. Includes a 100 year-old tennis champion, 86 year-old pole vaulter, and rough-and-tumble basketball grandmothers who ignore the...
How A Video Business Improves Your Social Life
Did you know that just about half the people who live in Manhattan live alone? While many of them lead very social and active lives, some have little social contact. It is well established that loneliness is not good for your health. Of course you can build a social...
Unlimited 1st Run Movies in Theaters $10/Month
Update - Moviepass is dead as of September 14, 2019 Theatrical subscription service MoviePass offered a monthly fee to $9.95 for all users. That is any movie (excluding IMAX and 3-D) at any theater in the system for any screening—even the opening night of a...
Rent A Drone
It is easy to rent a drone. Drone rental companies have sprung up all over. One such drone rental company is called Lens Rentals (lensrentals.com). They offer the Mavic DJI PRO or a Phantom 4 Pro. From a business point of view, you'd think renting drones a risky...
Study Your Competitors
I'll never forget the marketing person from one of my biggest video production contracts. After I won the contract, I met often with Paula, the marketing person, to outline a script and to plan the video. At one point I asked something about my competitors for this...
Kodak High Speed Photo Scanner
As my transfer business has grown, I've kept an eye out for additional services to offer my clients. Video and film were my mainstays. Then I added slide transfers. I had thought a lot about offering photo scans as well, but you can't do that service with a flatbed...
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