MAKE UP TO $3,000 A DAY WITH YOUR VCR

MAKE UP TO $3,000 A DAY WITH YOUR VCR

Videocassette technology has created a whole new opportunity in,

of all places, the area of still photography. Instead of having

to take on the endless hassle of correctly arranging hundreds of

35 millimeter slides in slide trays, many people are choosing to

have their slides transferred onto videotape for more compact

storage and easier viewing. Most of these family treasures are

transferred to the popular VHS format.

Photographs can also be copied to videotape in a similar way. By

copying photographs to videotape, you cut your storage needs and

you greatly increase the convenience of viewing the pictures. You

can also make as many copies as you want, so that the loss of a

tape isn't a tragic loss of family history, as it might be with a

single photograph. A typical videotape can hold two hundred or

more slides showing for five to ten seconds each. You can tailor

the timing to the customer's desires.

You don't need a great deal of electronic background or special

skills to do effective videotape transfers, although knowledge of

the audio/video field can help spark new ideas for your business.

The equipment for making these transfers will cost you between

one and two thousand dollars for enough equipment to get started.

You may want to rent some equipment at first, to see how

successful you can be in your area without committing to a large

investment.

You may want to start off by specializing in the slide transfers.

For your work you can earn anywhere from fifty to three hundred

dollars per tape. As you grow familiar with the work, you can add

music, voice overs and graphics to the tapes, value-added

services that can earn you even more money.

Not only can you put slides and photos on videotape. Transferring

eight millimeter film or Betamax tapes to VHS has become popular

as these formats go out of style. If you can't afford the

equipment for this work at first, you may choose to broker the

jobs to large transfer outfits until such time as you do acquire

the capability.

Videotape is a wildly popular medium right now because it's

versatile, convenient and inexpensive. For the entrepreneur, that

versatility spells opportunity. You can hook up with camera

stores, pharmacies, department stores or other outlets that will

send their transfer work to you. And you can come up with new

ways to appeal to the general public, expanding your moneymaking

opportunities with new ways of saving their memories.