Making money with my HVX-200 possible?

I used the HVX to get my foot in the door of more than a few gigs when I started out with no experience.

A lot of people who don't know better will hire for the camera because that's what they've heard about (I started out by soaking up DVX gigs, basically telling people who were requesting a DVX that this is the new DVX that does HD). When I didn't have a proper demo reel or enough connections/word-of-mouth, that got me the experience I needed to put my ability ahead of the camera.

Somebody who really knows what they're looking for won't hire you because of the camera when it would be worth it to hire an experienced DP and rent the camera, but, that said, the people who don't know what they're looking for have money, too.

After enough of those gigs, however, now I pretty much do everything word-of-mouth and use the time that I'd spent searching for work to write and do my own projects.
 
The camera has affored me to travel to over 20+ countries in the past three years. All business is word of mouth. Go beyond what a client asks for and they will go beyond what you'd expect them to do: they will find you new clients. I work about 3 months out of the year and travel the rest.

Oh yeah, and focus. You don't have to sell videos to everyone in the world. Find a market; car dealers, real estate, auto makers, whatever and become the specialist to that market. Also remember that what you advertise, what you sell and what you make money on can be three different things. McDonalds advertises their hamburgers, it's what they are known for. But, they sell happy meals and make money on soft drinks and french fries sales. Focus, focus, focus. Find your niche.
 
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Jeremy7 said:
McDonalds advertises their hamburgers, it's what they are known for. But, they sell happy meals and make money on soft drinks and french fries sales. Focus, focus, focus. Find your niche.
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As a quick tangent (only because I find this insteresting) - I once read an interview with the CEO of McDonald's who said that they are not in the hamburger business... they are in the real estate business. McDonald's owns the vast majority of property that its locations are in - they then rent the building to the franchise owner.

Fascinating side note - to me anyhow.
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