The Drone Trainer Podcast

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044. Construction Progress with Kyle Ventler Oct 10, 2018

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If you're looking to make the jump from sporadic revenue to scalable and consistent growth in your drone business, TDT Pro is for you!

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Kyle Ventler is flying out of the Seattle area, flying construction sites to capture progression footage. He has been taking standard photos and videos of construction sites, and has now come up with a new technique to count anchor bolts at construction sites. He's developed this technique based on a drone mapping combination of Drone Deploy and Agremo. Yes, Agremo is marketed as an agricultural product, however Kyle has found a way to utilize it in his construction drone work. Very cool and innovative!

043. Drone Augmented Reality with Chris Brisendine Oct 03, 2018

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If you're looking to make the jump from sporadic revenue to scalable and consistent growth in your drone business, TDT Pro is for you!

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Chris Brisendine has developed an augmented reality solution for drones, that he envisions will be used heavily in public safety response. He has a connection with emergency management in Paris Tennessee, which has allowed him to access useful data to utilize in his app. There is 911 information, home values, colour of houses, and more, but the real value comes in his ability to create overlays. Roads, dropping pins, and damage assessments can be done in real time using Chris' augmented reality solution.

042. Selling Drone Prints with Merr Watson Sep 26, 2018

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If you're looking to make the jump from sporadic revenue to scalable and consistent growth in your drone business, TDT Pro is for you!

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Merr Watson was born in the Philippines and moved to Perth about 8 years ago. She is a content creator, who is using her drone to capture stunning photos and videos at the beach.

Merr was approached by Mike at Riptide Prints who offered her the opportunity to easily sell her prints online. Riptide takes care of all the printing, framing, and shipping, while still providing Merr the majority of the profit. Think she is a fan of that? YOU BET!

041. Connecticut Drone Pilot Ryan Hargraves Sep 19, 2018

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If you're looking to make the jump from sporadic revenue to scalable and consistent growth in your drone business, TDT Pro is for you!

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Ryan Hargraves has been a photographer for 10 years, and has now added drones to his arsenal. He takes a lot of real estate photos, and adding the drone to his business has been very financially beneficial to his business.

Ryan owns the DJI Mavic, Inspire 1, and Phantom 4 Pro, and discusses why he chooses one over the other based on the type of job that he's doing. Since he has a few smaller capable units, you're probably not going to be surprised to hear why his Inspire 1 is mostly sitting around collecting dust.

040. Drone Insurance with Evan Garmon Sep 12, 2018

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If you're looking to make the jump from sporadic revenue to scalable and consistent growth in your drone business, TDT Pro is for you!

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Evan Garmon is an insurance agent based in Indiana, servicing drone pilots from all across the United States. Evan has been working in the insurance industry since 2013, and started to specialize in drone insurance in 2015 with Harpenau Insurance. His description on their website says that Evan loves drones, reading, fitness, and pumpkin carving. Rest assured, we're only going to talk about the first point in this interview ;)

Evan and I discuss trends in the drone insurance industry, as well as the brand of drones that he's insuring. I'm sure that most of you aren't going to be surprised when you hear which drone company is taking 95% of his business, but may be surprised about the other 5%.

We also chat about what different kinds of coverages mean for you, and the type and frequency of claims that he has had.

039. Manchester Drone Pilot Ella McKendrick Sep 05, 2018

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If you're looking to make the jump from sporadic revenue to scalable and consistent growth in your drone business, TDT Pro is for you!

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Ella McKendrick is a recreational drone pilot who is also using her drone to promote her lifestyle brand. Listen in as she discuss her editing process, Instagram advertising strategies, and why she is shooting JPG instead of RAW photos!

When speaking about Instagram ads, Ella gives us tips on how to best target your ads so that you're not just throwing your money into the wind. Strategies discussed include age, gender, and location targeting based on your desired audience.

If you're already promoting your drone business via Instagram or Facebook ads, how's it going? Do you find that you're getting the desired results from it? Have you thought about utilizing brand ambassadors? If you're not sure what that is, listen in as Ella discusses how she uses brand ambassadors, and how much it costs to have someone else promote her product.

037. DJI Mavic 2 Pro Review Aug 29, 2018

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If you're looking to make the jump from sporadic revenue to scalable and consistent growth in your drone business, TDT Pro is for you!

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Who else was excited with the announcement and immediate release of the DJI Mavic 2 series drones! We all knew it was coming, but now that it's finally here we can get some real world reviews of the new series as they've already started landing in people's hands around the world.

Elijah Browning, a commercial drone pilot from Michigan was one of the lucky ones to get his hands on a DJI Mavic 2 Pro right away after release, and he's been awesome enough to hop on the show and share his thoughts on this new drone!

038. Solar Panels and Drones with Sinuhe Montoya Aug 29, 2018

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Sinuhe Montoya is a drone pilot who saw an opportunity to use his drone to help get solar panels installed. How does that happen? Well, he actually doesn't invite any of the installers with him, but instead he runs everything through his business DroneQuote. How does that work? Well without giving it all away, he saw a need to eliminate painful in home solar panel sales calls by pre-shooting with his drone. Once a home has been shot, he sends the opportunity out to other installers who then bid on the job! Pretty awesome idea, isn't it?

036. My turn to be the guest! Hey, it's The UAV Digest! Aug 17, 2018

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If you're looking to make the jump from sporadic revenue to scalable and consistent growth in your drone business, TDT Pro is for you!

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The tables have turned a bit in this episode, in that I'm not the host but rather the guest as I have a chat with Max and David over at The UAV Digest! The UAV Digest is a great podcast for finding out the latest industry news, and I wanted to share it with all of you!

Have a listen as I'm on the other side of the table, discussing trends in the UAV industry, as well as our predictions for the future. I really think that you're going to enjoy the episode, so when you're finished listening be sure to subscribe to both this podcast, The Drone Trainer, as well as The UAV Digest!

035. Flying Drones in Belgium with Halil Berisha Aug 16, 2018

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If you're looking to make the jump from sporadic revenue to scalable and consistent growth in your drone business, TDT Pro is for you!

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Halil Berisha is a drone photographer based in Belgium, who is looking to turn commercial. In this episode, Halil discusses the difference in drone licensing in Belgium, and why he is looking to obtain his license in a neighbouring country instead.

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