Would anyone pay for personal tutoring?

Zarxrax · Post by **Zarxrax** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 10:11 pm

Just trying to get some opinions here to see if this might be a profitable business venture :p

Would you be willing to pay for one-on-one (via AIM, Skype, or other methods) instruction from someone?
Complete hand-holding walkthroughs for anything and everything from choosing a solid video idea, to understanding the technical mumbo-jumbo, to learning how to get the most out of your software, to executing your idea in a professional manner. Or anything else you need to know.

I figure if people pay for things like art or music lessons, maybe people would pay for amv'ing lessons. Anyone interested?

SuperFusion · Post by **SuperFusion** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 10:16 pm

lol...

The idea sounds like a quick way to make money. ftw

SSJVegita0609 · Post by **SSJVegita0609** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 10:32 pm

Somehow I don't think this is gonna work...

Kusoyaro · Post by **Kusoyaro** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 10:36 pm

I understand what you're getting at, but there are people out there who that probably think experienced tutelage = automatic contest awards and top 10% presence. Just look at the fact that there exists a thread asking what it takes to get into the top 10%.

godix · Post by **godix** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 12:24 am

Why pay when I just can just bitch and whine in Software Help till someone tells me the answer?

Arigatomina · Post by **Arigatomina** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 1:00 am

It would depend on how much it costs. Not long ago I'd have paid, say, $30 to have someone tell me step by step how to layer two clips in Premiere - via aim. I'm guessing that would have been $30 for maybe ten minutes of explanation. Now that some time has passed, I'd probably only pay $10 for the same explanation (I never did figure out how to do it, but it took forever to download the old trial, and the new version is even bigger).

Main thing is to catch people who are insanely frustrated over something very simple. That should be a good way to make some quick money. Heck, if you're nicer than the help forums for program sites, you could get plenty of customers just by ghosting and picking people up.

Ex: The official 'help' section for Arcsoft's Showbiz movie editor - it was full of 'techs' who knew less about using their own program than I did, and they had to 'ask out' to find out what I meant by 'huffyuv'...it was very depressing.

Flint the Dwarf · Post by **Flint the Dwarf** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 1:02 am

Arigatomina wrote:It would depend on how much it costs. Not long ago I'd have paid, say, $30 to have someone tell me step by step how to layer two clips in Premiere - via aim.

Pft, I'd tell you that for free, but if you're willing to pay...

madbunny · Post by **madbunny** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 1:04 am

I remember something like this came up last year.

Essentially the idea 'then' was to get a group of people that were willing to hold someones hand and get them started in the basics and be a resource. If memory serves it got shot down with lots of flames. I think that it's a valid idea, I mean look at how many people have a hard time with the guides. Not just newbies either, but people that have been editing for a while. Some parts of this hobby are purely gibberish if you don't know what it is already.

I've walked about a dozen people throught the basics on AIM. So I know that there are people out there that are willing to listen and take 'lessons' in that fashion, but I never really got the feeling that they would have paid money for it. On the other hand, I haven't won a crapload of awards either.

My experience with teaching it at school is that the people that are interested usually don't have the funds to make it happen, and the people with the funds are usually savvy enough to figure stuff out on their own.
If you could get booth space at a con, and setup 10-15 computers... I'll bet you could rake it in like they do at Siggraph.

So to answer... maybe.

Tormentor · Post by **Tormentor** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 1:56 am

Well to my mind you won't find any customers by this. Listen I have just started creating Amvs and won the biggest con in Europe with my first vid. A good freind of mine told me the basics and "forced" me to continue editing. Even if one is a great and succesful creator, one should share ones experiences. I am just getting into premiere now, after my freind gave me some advice. I don't think this is the right method to "earn" money. If you don't want to share your experiences and skills for free then keep them.

[Mike of the Desert] · Post by **[Mike of the Desert]** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 2:03 am

The idea is good. BUT is impossible to find someone to pay for this if it is trought AIM & Co.

Personally, if private lessons would exist, I would pay for them. But trough the internet, I don't think it would really work.