Best strategies to optimize my Drone company?

My question is where is your money base right now? what are you doing that draws the most income? I will assume its wedding photography. Drone shots would be that added bonus that I am sure is unique in your market. ( and I would charge for that "Session" accordingly ) but that is not going to take you away from just shooting a "regular" wedding.

The market that I would be reaching out to is the hospitality industry and the real estate industry. Hotels and the like would LOVE to have these images of their properties. So would the real estate industry. You could keep your wedding gigs on the week ends and do this stuff during the week.

That's an awesome idea too!! Didn't think about that honestly.
What do you think I should pay them for referring me?
What kind of partnership plan should I propose?
Actually I didn't start my AdWords campaign yet but I'm planning to start it as soon as possible.

I've started focusing on doing more videos where I am at (more money and I enjoy doing them) and have really been looking at adding this type of footage (nobody else here doing it).

I think you could really expand on what you are offering to cover a lot of different businesses.

An example would be the trucking company video you have. A video for a freight company with footage of trucks, office, warehouse works well, but adding the overview of the the size of the facilities really adds a WOW factor.

A new housing development with footage from above of houses, lots, clubhouse, etc.

A recreation park showing picnic areas, pool, ball fields, etc.

Any type of event (what I started out doing and still do).

I don't think there is any limit to how this type of video footage would work, especially put together right.

If you don't mind me asking, any recommendations on a nice starter set up? Would really like to give this a try.

Yes! That's a good idea too. Do you have any advice on how should I be charged for it?
I mean : Should I be charged for each video like I do for every other customer? Or should I make another kind of plan for real estate agency/agents?
Thanks in advance.
You are great.

Do you mean real estate agents or agency/company? And what should I survey them about?
What do you mean exactly with survey?
Thanks (I'm not sure if there are singular agents here or just only companies).

Yes. That's true! Do you think that I should remove the drones images on the first layer of the slider and put, instead, some photos of an air view of the drone?

Yes . I never really noticed that and I have just also tried to edit an old drone video and make it better with that technique.
It definitely is! That's a wonderful idea (the 3 seconds transition).
The unique things that leaves me doubts is that I'm not sure how to always make about 3 seconds of transitions if the video should be of about 10 minutes.
Let me explain better.
Let's say for example that I have made some drones videos for a company and that most of that are 3-4 minutes videos(which then I have to join to make a long video). How do I use the transition in one same video?
For example if I have a video where I show the whole roof of an house 3 seconds won't be enough.
How can I do the transitions in this case?
Thank you in advance. You are awesome.

I'm glad to hear this. I hope you will be able to really grow up the business.
I completely agree about the "artistic" aspect of this job and I'll definetely remove the drones snapshot from the website this evening.
Thank you.

Dude, trust me on this, get a good video demo together and get with all of the studios and production companies in a 250 mile radius of where you're located, letting them know you have the ability to do this. You will never sell enough direct business to survive in this space, your offer is one piece of a bigger puzzle. A business will not see any benefit from one single aerial video - it needs to be used in conjunction with other videos of their facilities and their marketing message. The studios who make commercials for businesses will bridge that gap and will upsell your service to everyone they have a deal with.

First off.. have to agree with the advice that RonRule gave.. really how could you not. I might add one little bit to the list of contacts thati would offer my services to, and that would be any advert firm and web designer in the area.

They are right you really only have a "Piece" of the puzzle. and I might think that maybe that is why as cool as the video work is, its not WOW. SO may integrating some "regular" video might not be a bad thing.

In regards to below. you had 2 that seemed interested and 2 that were no go's. well the no go's I am betting are probably more closable than the 2 that seemed excited.

They presented the objection of having a poor season, and the season almost being over. ( just to let you know I spent 10 years in a beach market so I understand this argument. ) #1 I would have shot back "You don't want to repeat that next year do you?" - in reference to the poor season numbers. And with the almost end of season.. well NOW is the perfect time to get the imagery you need. "you want your facility full of tan relaxed folks right?" "Its hard to shoot this type of footage in March when you think you will need it." Now is the time. you will get a nice finished video that you can use through the winter to bring attention to your facility / service. You can place it on youtube, post it on face book. Do you have a website? your web developer would love the use of this tool. <-- and use the word "tool"

Offer a 2 for one deal. Two 1 minute videos for the price of one. ( use 10 second outro's on each with their information on it. us a 5 second intro.. so you only need 45 seconds of video or roughly 15 segments ) I would look at getting a cutie cutie to extend the intro on one of these "Hello, and welcome to Paradise Cabana's we offer this that and the other"

So the thing that has been mentioned time and again is ensuring you have 1 kick tail demo. I would suggest 2 or 3. One for your more industrial stuff... maybe 1 for the touristy stuff, one for the weddings and another for your facility ( hotels and cabana beaches type stuff )

The quality of these demos will help you in your price. you should easily get 1500 for the package above. NO LESS than 1000. but the DEMO's need to be spot on. Video and audio.. its all about the demo. Even visual stuff like websites it many times comes down to the portfolio. so you want to ENSURE you are putting your best foot forward.

I've done aerial photography for over 20 years from full sized planes and helicopters.

Technology has created these great drones that are excellent for low level video and photography but the rules and regulations are far behind. In the US, you can't use drones for commercial aerial photograhy or videos.

FAA address myths about using drones for commercial use

The FAA is studying it and will release new guidelines in the near future. Knowing the FAA it's probably not going to be favorable and will probably require some kind of licensing and could be hard to comply with.

Yes there are a lot of people doing commercial photography and video in the U.S. with them but it's risky. There are concerns with liability and if someone complains about you you could have problems. The other problem is they keep geting bigger and heavier and more powerful. There have been people hurt and rarely killed by the more powerful ones.

They have really caught the attenion of the media. Almost daily there is something negative in the news about people flying drones over stadiums full of people, in national parks, crashing somewhere or invading peoples privacy. In most cases what happened was harmless, but the media spins it in a way to make them seem like a real threat or hazard.

That being said I enjoying flying them for fun and the qualify keeps getting better but wouldn't recommend starting a business with them in the US until the new regulations are released.