Sept. 25, 2010
Teenagers ought to use summers to prepare for CLEP exams. This can save their parents a lot of money for college -- far more than the kids can earn in summer. But they won't do this. They want a job.
The jobs are usually menial. They are also scarce these days.
How about a job that develops skills that can put them through college?
How about a job that teaches sales skills that can be applied to any career?
How about a skill that involves tools that are dirt cheap, that you have around the house?
That skill is making a short YouTube video for businesses, charitable organizations, and special-interest groups. Everyone knows his organization needs a YouTube video, but hardly anyone knows how to make one.
The software is free if you own a Windows-based computer: Microsoft's Movie Maker 2.6. It will do the trick, although Sony Movie Maker 10 is better, and under $100. But anyone can get started on the Microsoft product. Combine this with a camcorder, and he or she is in business. Download it here:
It has weaknesses. There are rival free programs that can be substituted for Movie Maker 2, or else used to supplement it.
If a student can set up a local businessman with a complete package -- promotional video, domain name, simple Website, YouTube channel, Google search strategy -- one sale a month at $1, 000 will generate as much money as an 8-hour-a-day fast food job - - if he can get one.
Some of you are thinking: "Teenager, my foot. I could do this as a hobby and pull an a few thousand extra a year!" You're right.
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