
Learn to build multiple videography and drone businesses by blending video work with travel. Explore online marketing, websites, getting your first clients, and travel tips for working abroad.
Discover ideal Asian bases for travel videographers to base themselves long-term, balancing cost of living, internet speeds, and entrepreneur networks from Chiang Mai to Danang.
Showcase a strong video and audio portfolio on a website or Vimeo/YouTube, brand yourself as the videographer, and actively reach out to businesses with your portfolio link.
Build assets that hold value by creating a stock footage collection, while mastering video editing and leveraging SEO, YouTube, Google Analytics, and email marketing to grow a videography business.
Learn how to build a videography business by focusing on video and audio quality, drone gear, and marketing, with practical insights from Greg Hunt and a thriving Chiang Mai community.
Learn why videographers need a professional website and strong SEO to attract corporate clients, showcase portfolios, and build trust with social proof, fast hosting, and email marketing.
Create online courses for videographers using your camera gear and on-camera practice, published on Udemy or Skillshare, with bundles on your site via Teachable or Thinkific, and collect reviews.
Learn about who I am and my background in Canada and how I became a digital nomad videographer
Here I share how I started from ground zero to building a sustainable business using video
Learn how I built a digital product and what tools and platforms I used to host and market it
I spent a lot of time and money and traveling to find some success abroad in Asia. Here I cut to the chase and share advice I would given my younger self to build an online video business
Get tips on how to do your research for gear and how to test gear by renting
You'll get some of my best tips to improve the look of your videos
Learn to tell a travel music video story with sequential shots—from airport arrivals to hotel check-ins and street scenes. Focus on small details, landmarks, and local context to convey city.
Field Recorder: H5 Zoom
Rode Shotgun mic
Smartlav Mic
Blue Yeti Usb Mic
Drone models will continue to evolve. Learn what features to look for when buying a drone and some tips for learning flying regulation around the world
Shoot diverse vacation content with GoPro, drone, and a Panasonic camera to create underwater footage, stock footage, and online courses monetized on Demi or skill share.
Explore a case study on marketing a digital product on Gumroad via YouTube, showing how to reach over a thousand U.S. customers with a nearly automated passive revenue stream.
Monetize your video skills through freelance work, drone and real estate footage, online courses on Udemy or Skillshare, digital products, affiliate marketing, sponsorships, and remote editing.
Learn which Stock footage agencies to work with in 2016
Improve your online course production value by selecting the right camera and lens, optimizing settings, and upgrading lighting and sound with rent-ready gear.
Explore diverse online business models for videographers, from affiliate marketing and Google AdSense to selling digital products like e-books, stock footage licensing, freelancing, drop shipping, online teaching, and consulting.
Greg Cunningham shares his travel lifestyle podcast experience, covering setup, costs, time, gear, interviews, editing, publishing, dashboard stats, and lessons learned after 20 episodes.
Navigate the Thai six-month multiple-entry visa, including 60 days plus 30-day extensions, with key document requirements. Compare Vancouver and Chiang Mai costs to evaluate the visa’s value for videographers.
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Discover how Chiang Mai's laid-back, coffee-rich culture and active nomad scene create a productive environment for starting an online videography business, with coworking spaces, flexible schedules, and vibrant meetups.
I'm not using my iphone in 2016. I share the smart phone I'm using for
living abroad in 2016 that will cover all your traveling needs from
unlocked sim, support for your favorite apps, and great photos.
As a digital nomad you may have to start a journey traveling alone at times and working on your business. It's not easy. In this lesson I talk about this and share first experiences traveling alone.
I break down monthly expenses for living in Chiang Mai and even share some sample budgets (including my own) for to look at.
I share ideas for where to meet the digital nomad entrepreneurs and
where they tend to hang out. This includes not only places to work, but
also activity groups like hiking and volleyball
Compare Chiang Mai's low cost of living through studio and one-bedroom budgets, then map monthly expenses—from rent and utilities to food, transport, coworking, and gym.
I share my top tips for renting apartments in Chiang Mai Thailand and generally how it works
Start an online videography business by combining essential gear, skills, and marketing. Build a website and business card, then create a smooth pre-sales process to attract referrals and testimonials.
Discover Greg Hong's 2019 travel video gear, including a MacBook Pro X for 4k editing on Windows 10, Panasonic J.J Five, Canon 60D, and the Mavic Air drone.
Explore travel video gear, focusing on versatile lenses with stabilization and fast primes, plus Viltrox AFM2 adapters to use Canon lenses on micro four thirds for brighter footage.
Explore essential travel video gear, from upgrading phones for drone control and on-phone editing with in shot, to portable storage, lighting, external monitors, and compact tripods for on-the-go shoots.
Offers four practical tips for living and working in Bali as a digital nomad, covering visa options, SIM card setup, accommodation near coworking spaces, and getting around by motorbike.
This lecture forecasts which stock footage will excel this year and beyond, highlighting affordable 360 cameras, drones, go pros and Osmo gear, and low-light 4k options.
Improve video quality across cameras by mastering lighting—natural and artificial—timing filming around sunrise or sunset, stabilizing with tripods or rigs, and refining camera settings to focus the subject.
Learn how a videographer upgrades a WordPress site using the Cardinal theme, personalizing header, fonts, templates, and plugins while emphasizing backups and analytics.
Explore eight income models for videographers, including stock footage, teaching online, digital products via Gumroad, Amazon affiliate marketing, Kindle publishing, YouTube ad revenue, video editing, freelance production, and subcontracting.
This course shares the real world knowledge for how to start an online video business with your camera through the use of your video footage, video skills, and a laptop. If you were interested in becoming a more business savy and business minded videographer and photographer this course is for you. This course will especially appeal to aspiring travel videographers and photographers.
It will arm you with the knowledge and blueprint to help you land paid free-lance clients and business models to earn passive income revenue streams. I'm going to help you marry your artistic and technical skills with business skills you need to compete. We're going to cover things like pre-sales, negotiation, invoicing, right through to actual delivery of client videos. This is a practical course that is going to cover actual tools and platforms and tools to help you get a competitive edge as a videographer.
For example, I'm going to explain why you need a website to help clients find you on Internet search engines like google and how I set up my website by taking you behind the scenes. I'm going to share different online business platforms like Gumroad that I use to create and sell digital products using my skills as a videographer.
The other core focus is to build your business while living in another destinations like Chiang Mai in Thailand. This is also known as a concept called Geo-arbritage that Tim Ferris introduced in his book the 4 hour work week. By practicing geo-arbritage you are free to work on your online business anywhere, but if you are starting from ground zero you have to give yourself some time to build up your revenue especially if living in an expensive city like Vancouver, New York, or London. There are several benefits to working abroad in a destination like Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Chiang Mai Thailand has become one of the worlds most popular locations for other like-minded online entrepreneurs (digital nomads) to base themselves, offers a high standard of living at low cost, warm weather, and a great internet and cafe/co work space infrastructure and culture.
This course is going to cover the essential questions like how you find a place to stay, meet people, where to work, and get connected.
I understand the Digital nomad lifestyle may be something you may not know much about as it has only emerged in the past several years with advancements in laptops, Internet speeds, and growing communities. That is why I've included a separate section with an essential living guide to help prepare you and get you started in Chiang Mai Thailand. I cover basics like where to live, meet people, get connected, and prices of apartments.
I made the mistake of starting my business in Vancouver alone in my apartment. I should have come to Chiang Mai, Thailand where I could work with like-minded people. Starting a business is a lot more fun and it makes a lot more sense if you're learning from people that are doing similar things in a unique setting such as Chiang Mai. I hope to see you in your course to start your entrepreneurial journey.