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Tips for beginning video shopper.

May 29, 2015 08:57PM
Hi, I am interested in the branching out into video shopping. I purchased my own equipment this week. I'm looking for tips or suggestions on to get started. I did apply for several different companies that I know specify in video shopping. Any suggestions on networking?

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/29/2015 09:00PM by blimon.
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May 29, 2015 09:53PM
There are a couple of certification programs out there. Video Shopping Pros has a course every couple of months in a different city. MSPA offers a course as well. The IMSC also has classes with their conferences. Also look into the Video Shopping Network. (VSN)

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May 30, 2015 01:40PM
If you go to the VSN site there is a way to upload a short test video for the major video MSCs to review.

Based in MD, near DC
Shopping from the Carolinas to New York
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May 31, 2015 03:38AM
This may be a stupid question but...I'm gonna ask anyway! Haha! How is the device concealed? It looked to me like they try to make it look like a button? Is that right?
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May 31, 2015 01:23PM
It is a button fixed to screw onto the mini-camera. You modify a shirt so that the mini-cam fits thru a button hole, screw on the button cover and run the wires from the back of the camera to the little recording unit, which will fit into a pocket. A set of button covers of different sizes comes with the kit.

Based in MD, near DC
Shopping from the Carolinas to New York
Have video cam; will travel

Poor customer service? Don't get mad; get video.
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June 01, 2015 03:44AM
I did my first five video shops in the past week. Duct tape is my friend. The camera always wanted to point up so i had to tape it to my blouse to stay down. I also taped over the SD card slot ,and where the cord attaches to the camera. I lost one shop because the cord came lose from thecamera.
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June 01, 2015 12:16PM
wozwoman,
Just be sure that you do not tape over the vent slots on the back of the button camera. The heat build-up will greatly shorten the life of the camera!

Based in MD, near DC
Shopping from the Carolinas to New York
Have video cam; will travel

Poor customer service? Don't get mad; get video.
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June 01, 2015 12:35PM
Also, you'll have better luck with the black electrical tape than duct tape. It's easier to remove and the residue doesn't build up as fast.

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June 01, 2015 12:53PM
As usual, JB is correct!

Based in MD, near DC
Shopping from the Carolinas to New York
Have video cam; will travel

Poor customer service? Don't get mad; get video.
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June 01, 2015 04:27PM
Thanks for all the advice!
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June 02, 2015 06:08PM
I am correct only because I had a great mentor to help me through my first shop.

@walesmaven wrote:

As usual, JB is correct!

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Have PV-500 & willing to travel.
"Answers are easy. It's asking the right questions which is hard." (The Fourth Doctor, The Face of Evil, 1977)

"Somedays you're the pigeon, somedays you're the statue.” J. Andrew Taylor

"I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him." Galileo Galilei
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