Your opinion on this niche?

Broadcasting is sort of a different thing altogether. I'm in a similar situation as you. I went to Full Sail and paid $50k in tuition and loans only to graduate and get a $13hr job at a studio, and I was one of the lucky ones. That's what I'm trying to let people know...that you don't have to pay that much money or go to school even to get into the AV business.

This is more about corporate AV. Events typically held at hotels and convention centers. I worked as a project manager for about 6 years traveling the country managing these events. We would hire freelance technicians in each city we went to paying on average $300 for a 10-hour day.

It's not that hard to get into the freelancer market. Sure you have to start out small, but as I said, even starting out you can get $200 per day easy. If you charge $100 per day, you'd have more opportunities than you could handle.

My plan is to provide the current program at $147. This includes Audio, Video, and Lighting manuals that teach the core techniques and equipment. We also include a career starter guide that explains the best ways to get into a job quickly. We will add more content and valuable information along the way, and those who have purchased already will get this new information free of charge.

For those customers that would like a little more help, we're thinking about doing an "elite membership" which would include our personal help in finding work. Both myself and my partner have long been working as labor brokers for the AV Industry and provide freelancers with work. So, we would do the same for thing for these members. In the future, we will probably begin a certification program that includes testing.

There are many opportunities for adding income streams to out business. Although its quite expensive these days to place an ad on one of the major job posting sites, if someone were to do this, they ROI would be incredible I think.

Thanks so much! I completely agree that our best marketing opportunities will come from the career opportunity sites and job posting sites. As far as going after AV-related forums and lists, I think these people may already be involved to where they don't need our training. I'm thinking we need to go after those that are unfamiliar with the industry and don't even know it exists.

I have several friends that I went to school with that are running audio in smokey clubs each night for horrible bands and getting paid peanuts for it. When I tell them they could run audio for corporate events, which is much easier, and get paid much more than where they are, they are confused on what I'm talking about. They aren't even aware that such opportunities exist.

It's those people that I think we need to target. I'm hoping that the affiliate marketers on warrior forum have the experience and know-how to get promotion exactly where it needs to be....and make a great commission while doing it.

Awesome! It's good to know that someone on here can back up my claims to how much techs can be paid. I've done events in Palm Springs and L.A. where freelancers would accept no less than $600 per day. These were experienced video engineers, but they were getting work at this rate regularly. It doesn't take long to build up to this rate if you're willing to learn the skills.

Thanks for the advice! I feel like this will be a profitable niche, its just a matter of finding the good spots to promote. Because this isn't a typical niche that affiliate marketers would work for, I think it has pros and cons. On the one hand, they may be able to think outside the box and find interesting new ways to sell this product. On the other hand, it may be something that doesn't interest affiliate marketers because it is so different than most products they promote.