May 22, 2008
You’re either lucky or you’re not. I am lucky. Yesterday, Denise and I woke up in Indiana and went to sleep in San Francisco. We had lunch at McCormick & Kuleto’s Seafood Restaurant at Ghirardelli Square. It overlooks Fisherman’s Wharf and San Francisco Bay. What an awesome view! Denise had some seafood chowder thing and was totally delighted by it. I had fish tacos and washed them down with a Sauvignon Blanc. Yum!

You’re either lucky or you’re not. I am lucky. Yesterday, Denise and I woke up in Indiana and went to sleep in San Francisco. We had lunch at McCormick & Kuleto’s Seafood Restaurant at Ghirardelli Square. It overlooks Fisherman’s Wharf and San Francisco Bay. What an awesome view! Denise had some seafood chowder thing and was totally delighted by it. I had fish tacos and washed them down with a Sauvignon Blanc. Yum!

It was 90 degrees yesterday in San Francisco. I think it was Mark Twain who said that the coldest winter he ever spent was a summer in San Francisco. Something like that anyway. It was a lucky day for warm weather in the city by the bay.

We make our own luck, don’t we? I chose to be here yesterday and today (I have a Show ‘N Tell here on Saturday). I did not choose the weather. That was pure luck. The fact is that I expected the weather to be nice and warm. And it was. I expect to be lucky.

They say that luck is when preparedness meets opportunity. Home Video Studio offers you the opportunity to stay at home and make a nice living doing video production and post-production. If you are reading this now, there is a good chance you wish to make a change in your life and that you see yourself running your own video business. You can stay where you are now or you can choose to respond to what we have to offer and change your life for the better. Your choice.

I choose to do something I love. My passion is helping people into their own video business. For right now, I choose to do it here in San Francisco. I urge you to come join me in Indianapolis, Fort Lauderdale, and Burbank, California or even in Joliet, Illinois. I will be in all of those cities soon. I can teach you how to make money with video and how to transition from your current job to a full time career in video. It’s your turn to choose.

Let’s chat about it. Call my cell: 866-714-1956.

"May the force be with you..."

Robert Hanley

CEO and Founder

Home Video Studio

Categories: Home Video Business
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May 14, 2008
As president and CEO of Home Video Studio, I have many tasks. I must wear many hats. I like these hats and don’t mind switching from one hat to another, or just piling them all on at once if need be. For a good deal of last week at NAB, I was wearing my "new equipment hat". If you like video gear, cameras, lighting, computers, software, etc., then you would like NAB 2008, the annual convention for anyone and everyone with an interest in video. If you were at the show last week, you saw a lot of cool stuff, acres of video equipment. What was not to like?

As president and CEO of Home Video Studio, I have many tasks. I must wear many hats. I like these hats and don’t mind switching from one hat to another, or just piling them all on at once if need be. For a good deal of last week at NAB, I was wearing my "new equipment hat". If you like video gear, cameras, lighting, computers, software, etc., then you would like NAB 2008, the annual convention for anyone and everyone with an interest in video. If you were at the show last week, you saw a lot of cool stuff, acres of video equipment. What was not to like?

Most of us drool over anything tech. Most of us, meaning almost anyone reading this blog, nearly everyone who was at NAB, and those of you who want to start your own video business, or expand the one you have. I include myself in the drooling category with one noted exception. I can turn the drooling on and off. I can and do take the emotion out of the high-tech, super-cool new computer and video equipment. It’s not the equipment. It’s what we teach you to do with the equipment.
I can go out today, with a ten-year-old camcorder, store-bought software and a little drive and determination and make tons of money with video. You see it is not the equipment that makes the difference. It is what you do with it. And that is not to say that means how great you are or how creative you are. Creative people and creative video people are a dime a dozen (have I used that clichÈ yet?). What HVS teaches is making money with video. To do that it helps to have the best darn equipment package in the industry and that is one of the things we offer. It’s also why our packages start at $100,000.00 plus. It takes just a bit of gear to start up a Home Video Studio! Well equipped? Yes. Well equipped to make a business out of video. Absolutely!
 
Let’s chat about it. Call my cell: 866-714-1956.
 
 
"May the force be with you..."

 

Robert Hanley
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Home Video Studio
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May 6, 2008

Dateline: LAS VEGAS, NV, Sunday, April 13, 8:00 p.m. Las Vegas, NV. NAB and FMC Content Creators Party.  

Flashback ninety days or so - I was making our NAB reservations and saw the following on the NAB registration form: Come relax Sunday night and enjoy great food, cocktails and entertainment at the hottest and most exclusive location on the Vegas Strip - the PURE Nightclub at Caesars Palace. This private function is a great opportunity to meet and network with industry professionals and peers including the Post|Production World Conference speakers. Since I am both a content creator and a content modifier, I registered for the event at a whopping $85.00 per ticket (it takes money to make money).

Dateline: LAS VEGAS, NV, Sunday, April 13, 8:00 p.m. Las Vegas, NV. NAB and FMC Content Creators Party.  

Flashback ninety days or so - I was making our NAB reservations and saw the following on the NAB registration form: Come relax Sunday night and enjoy great food, cocktails and entertainment at the hottest and most exclusive location on the Vegas Strip - the PURE Nightclub at Caesars Palace. This private function is a great opportunity to meet and network with industry professionals and peers including the Post|Production World Conference speakers. Since I am both a content creator and a content modifier, I registered for the event at a whopping $85.00 per ticket (it takes money to make money).

Denise and I presented ourselves promptly at 7:45 p.m. and then cooled our heels for the next fifteen minutes (at least she did, I was not wearing heels!). We are both well-heeled though, so when the doors opened, we walked in with the rest of the crowd and began to mingle. PURE is a stunning nightclub. The outdoor patio has a beautiful view of the Las Vegas strip. I imagine on a regular evening, PURE would be absolutely packed. It was nice to be there in a less crowded environment. The usual suspects were at this event. I can't say I saw a familiar face, but I did meet some new people and made some good connections, so that was a good thing. I met Michael Horton of the Los Angeles Final Cut Pro Users Group (LAFCPUG) and some U.S. ARMY video specialists from Ft. Bragg. One of them had an uncanny resemblance to Russell Crowe. The crowd was very diversified! I would say that almost everyone there was a creator of content - a video producer or a video production company in some manner or fashion.


Back to making money with video. That's what we do at Home Video Studio. We make money by both creating content and by modifying and duplicating content.

It's interesting for me to point out here that Home Video Studio is not a video production company. We are a video post-production company that does video production. Translation: We are both creators and modifiers of content. And there is more content being created now than at any other time in the short history of film and video. This is so important. What a great time to quit your current job and pursue your dream!

Look, there are tons of video production companies and video producers are a dime a dozen. That may lead you to think that there is a lot of competition or that the video business is over saturated. Not true. One of the most frequent questions I get is the "competition" question. We love competition! Competition is good. It makes any business stronger (if that business acts instead of reacts to their competition). Lesson one: Home Video Studio is not a video production company. We are a video post-production company that does video production. This allows us to pick and choose the videos we produce and frees us up to do outstanding and profitable post-production. We are both creators and modifiers of content.

And mining that content is PURE GOLD.

Let's chat about it. Call my cell: 866-714-1956.


"May the force be with you.."


Robert Hanley
CEO and Founder
Home Video Studio

Categories: Home Based Business
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