Tuesday, February 23, 2016

How Do You Transfer iPhone and Android Video to the Cloud? Answer: DVA & Digital Video Archive!

I received this question the other day from Kasey via facebook: “How long would it take to transfer videos from iPhone to dvd? Hours? Days? Need to plan to be without my phone. Thank you so much. Love what you do.”

Kasey… thank you! We love what we do too!

Kasey brings up a great question and a big problem for millions of people who are recording video on their smartphones. How in the heck to get that video off of the phone and then into a format that can be useful to people? How do you transfer video to the cloud? How do you transfer your iPhone video? How do you transfer your Android video? And even how do you transfer VHS to the cloud?

Digital Video Archive (DVA) is the answer. While it is possible to transfer smartphone to DVD, that is not a great solution. A smartphone transfer to DVA allows anyone to experience their video content on any device they wish – computer, laptop, smart TV, tablet and of course your smartphone!

You can get a free DVA account at www.DigitalVideoArchive.com and actually start uploading your iPhone or Android video today. Once uploaded, you can instantly share your videos with anyone on the planet.

"Instantly share your video with anyone on the planet!"

With DVA you can upload videos directly from your phone, tablet or computer to your personal DVA account: Friends, Family, Kids, Babies, Weddings, Births, Parties, Vacations, Sports, Prom, Graduations, Birthdays, Anniversaries, Cookouts and everyday life. The list is endless. Once they're uploaded to your Digital Video Archive, you can invite your viewers - friends and family. Your DVA experience is just beginning.

If you've got old film, video or DVDs, a Digital Video Archive Authorized Rep can assist. You can find a DVA Authorized Rep at: www.digitalvideoarchive.com/dva-pros.cfm

Once you have opened a free DVA (Video to the Cloud) Account you will want to invite viewers - your friends and family. Decide which of your videos (DVAs) you want each viewer to see. You can let everyone see everything or choose certain individuals to see select DVAs. For example, you may want everyone to see your wedding videos, but only share the delivery of your first born with someone special. Anyone you invite to be a viewer will receive an invitation to create their own free DVA account. Then, when they log into their new Digital Video Archive, they will see the videos you have chosen for them, plus they can immediately start uploading their own videos, inviting viewers and sharing their new DVAs.

As you add more friends and family and share video with them you will begin building your own Digital Video Archive as well. Your viewers will share their video with you too - those precious and special moments and memories both recent and from the past. Everyone can now have all of the family videos and memories in their own Digital Video Archive. Sharing DVAs and receiving shared DVAs with your Digital Video Archive community is really fun!


Now with all of your videos in one place (smartphone and old home movies) you can organize them any way you want: by subject, by date, by person - you decide. Put in titles and descriptions. Plus you can be creative as you want to be with our easy-to-use online editor. Combine clips. Cut parts you don't want. Add titles, transitions, and effects. Choose themes. With DVA’s sharing feature you can collaborate with your friends, family and colleagues.





So for Kasey from Facebook… and everyone else on the planet… You can transfer your iPhone video to the cloud via DVA – Digital Video Archive!







For more information go to www.DigitalVideoArchive.com.

For transferring old home movies to the cloud (Digital Video Archive) you can go to http://digitalvideoarchive.com/dva-legacy.cfm.

If you are a content producer and want to convert video to the cloud go to

For video, audio and DVD transfer go to www.homemovietransfer.com.

And if you want to change careers and start your own video production business go to www.myhomevideostudio.com.

Oh and one last thing, if you are in Indiana and want drop off film or video go to www.Homevideostuido.com/cas.

And one more last thing… want to find an Home Video Studio location near you? Go to www.HomeVideoStudio.com.

May the Force be with You

Robert Hanley
1-866-714-1956








Friday, February 12, 2016

Breaking $36,000.00 in 35 Days & Breaking into the Video Production Business - Home Video Studio Origin Stories



Robert Hanley President, Home Video Studio
$36,000 in 35 Days! That is pretty amazing and yet it is normal for our Home Video Studio. After all these years, I still run my own studio out of my house and I still make tons of money. I love the money part but I have a real serious passion for editing and transferring video and for helping other people establish their own Home Video Studios.

So how do you make that final Leap of Faith that allows you to jump into Home Video Studio and run your own business? I can point you to how others who have come before you have done it.

Many owners have journeyed to Indianapolis. They have either attended a Show ‘N Tell Saturday or have picked their own personal day to come meet me and see our studio.  I fondly remember owners such as Chad Godfrey, David Gardner, Andy Conte, Tony and Lori Melendez, Pete Gallo, John and Tammy Montgomery, Peter and Sharon Galluzzo and many, many more when they came to SNT.

David Gardner Ottawa, Ontario Canada
Others purchased over the phone and email: Dan Weiniger, Roy Wilson, Jack Bara, Arthur Bradshaw, Eli Brollo, Mark Kaiser, Richard Lopez, Chris Moen, Michael Ondrasik and many, many more. We had conversations, webinars and emails and then they signed on the dotted line.

Chad, Tony & Lori, Pete, Peter & Sharon, Arthur and Chris started part-time.

John & Tammy, David, Michael, Eli, Mark, Richard and Dan started full-time.

Tony Melendez & Alan Fon
Chad was in audio. Tony was a teacher. Lori ran a daycare. Peter was in high end IT. Arthur worked for a big company. Chris worked for a home theatre company. John was retired Navy. Tammy was a stay at home Mom. David was running his own video production company already. Richard was an auto service manager. Eli was in-between. Dan had had many positions and was a stay-at-home dad.

Eli was living in Shanghai and wanted to move to Alaska. She purchased over the phone and shortly after that arrived for Advanced Training! Chad and his wife were expecting their first child. Michael wanted to leave Fed Ex. Roy was a nuclear plant engineer and had a passion for video.

Every one is different and yet the same. Everyone has his or her “HVS Origin” story. It’s that moment when they made the decision to move forward. They made a decision to take the next step. Everyone had their own fears but they all took the Leap of Faith.

I invite you to take your own Leap of Faith. Call me. Come See me. Email me. Take the next step. Don’t fall back into the same old rut.  

Chad Godfrey setting up a shot in his studio
We have a lot of opportunities coming up. You can attend the February 20th Show ‘N Tell. We also have a fantastic Show ‘N Tell coming up on March 5thThat one is our Advanced Training Show ‘N Tell so you will meet Chad, Tony, John and Arthur and many more of our owners at that event.

Here is the way Show ‘N Tell Saturday works. We start on Friday. We always have a nice dinner on Friday night. This is a “break-the-ice” dinner and you will meet me and my wife Denise and other SNT attendees. At the March 5th SNT several owners will join us for dinner on Friday evening. So you will get to chat with them that night and again at breakfast on Saturday.

We start early on Saturday. We will take you through everything about starting and running a Home Video Studio that day. SNT is held at my Home Video Studio so you will be right in my studio the entire day. This gives you a chance to see our studio equipment, our jobs in house and of course the content and context of HVS. This is a marvelous day and a day that changes lives. I urge you to attend.

Here’s what it takes to attend. You need to call me at 317-358-5932 or email me at Robert@homevideostudio.com and make arrangements to attend. Space is always limited and especially at our Advanced Training Show ‘N Tell.  Give me a call and we can discuss your situation and what it takes to attend. We do credit you for your travel, meals, car rental and hotel should you come aboard.

Advanced Training in Indianapolis Jonathan's Class
Now for those of you who want to be like Eli Brollo… there is still time to call me and attend Advanced Training 2016 as an owner! Get a jump start! I have been helping people make a transition into running their own studio for over fifteen years. Eli’s story is a great example of making it happen. Eli called me on a Friday and a few weeks later she was in Indianapolis her first training. I recall that she even attended mass with Denise and I on that first trip into Indy.  Eli was living in Shanghai China! Today she lives in Anchorage, Alaska and runs her own Home Video Studio from her home.



Everyone has situations, obligations, kids being born and children getting ready to go to college. You want to know the really scary thing? The really scary thing is to continue to do what you have been doing and not taking action. We’re all going to die. None of us are getting out of here alive but some of us (hopefully you too) will have lived our lives with gusto, taken opportunities when they appeared, broken though the fear and become more than we were. Plus we will have left a legacy and pathway for our children to follow.
The Home Video Studio Family

Join us. Join the Home Video Studio Family.  Call me at 317-358-5932 or toll free 866-714-1956. You can also email me: Robert@homevideostudio.com.

Remember, I just made over $36,000.00 in 35 days! I can teach you to do the same thing.

May the Force be with You!

Best regards,

Robert Hanley
Producer/Director/Editor
President & Founder Home Video Studio.