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VBA Member Exclusive -"Marketing Your Video Business Course" Check Out A Sample Lesson! A clear understanding of the marketing process, as well as the ability to utilize basic marketing techniques will help you to attract and retain clients. Don’t think you have the skills? Exclusive new online series helps you discover how changing your mindset can make a profound – and positive – difference in the way you run your business and save you thousands of dollars previously wasted in lost time and poor advertising. Read more » Download Our Latest Video Course: "Your Home-Based Video Business - Success Without Stress!" Have you ever completely sat down and set out your goals for your home-based business, worked out a plan for success, then followed that plan, step-by-step? Ever feel too isolated, cut off, disconnected? Barking dogs, noisy kids have you flummoxed? You know the pitfalls – now discover the possibilities, Knowing what you’re up against, and knowing some of the tricks and techniques available to you makes your chances of success and profitability even better! Read more » Make Sure Your Customers Can Find You -Brand New Online Course Search Engine Optimization is the science of making sure your web pages are designed in such a way that search engines can find, index, and rank them according to the value of their content. You can spend lots of money paying someone to help your site get listed at the top of the most popular local search engines, or you can learn to do it yourself, for free, using our new proprietary online video course. Read more »

DOWNLOAD: Complete Set of Video Business Forms Over 100 essential forms for the independent videographer and video production business owner, from contracts to EDL edit decision lists to talent releases to duplication order forms to location shoot checklists to project tracking forms, rental agreements, script cover pages, proposals, program budget forms...it's all here and it's all yours. Read more » TV Spot Copywriting Secrets Revealed! Why are some TV spots tremendously effective, while others just fall on deaf ears? The secret is in the way they're written. This very unique Special Report was written by VBA member Randy Brown, an accomplished scriptwriter and producer. His "3 Magic Words" will help you write truly effective television commercials. Read more » DOWNLOAD "Bound by Law" This colorful, easy reading book, produced by a major university, reaches beyond documentary film to provide a commentary on the most pressing issues facing law, art, property and an increasingly digital world of remixed culture. A good copyright resource for you and your clients. Read more » 9 Easy Ways To Promote Your Business Without Advertising. It's a fact that every video business MUST be in the public eye. You need customers; people need your goods and services. It's an alliance for mutual benefit! But if potential clients and customers don't know you exist, or can't find you -what do you do? Read more » DOWNLOAD: A Guide To Using Talent Releases When do you need them? When are they absolutely unnecessary? It can be very frustrating trying to determine when you must use talent releases -and then, are they the right kind? Steve Yankee's popular book, in downloadable form, gives you the inside scoop on using talent and model releases. Read more »

How To Compete With PowerPoint - And Win Corporate clients turning down your video productions in favor of internally-produced presentations? VBA Advisory Board member David Solberg, a seasoned video producer, gives us some excellent insights into making the most of a touchy situation. Read more » DOWNLOAD: Brides' Guide to Choosing A Perfect Wedding Videographer Bridal videographer and VBA member Britta Bergacs prepared this interesting and informative article. Members can download it and immediately put it to use for their own promotions, either as the basis of a brochure, an email campaign, even as a newspaper or website article. Read more » DOWNLOAD: Renting Your Video Equipment For Profit. Want to rent out your equipment? Here's Steve Yankee's classic eBook on how to set up a profitable video equipment rental business. Includes all the forms required to get started. Read more » Online Video Workshop: "Positioning Your Video Business” This new online video business training presentation will help you identify key points of your current position in your marketplace, and reveal new areas you can focus on to maximize both your value to your customers and your profitability. Downloadable worksheets help guide you through the process to profitability. Read more » Get Paid On Time Clients slow in getting you your money? Here's Steve Yankee's popular Special Report on how to get your clients to pay you on time ... and what to do when they don't get you the check when it's promised! Read more » More Featured Resources »