If you’re like really, really new to the concept of making money and winning prizes by entering multiple video contests, Happy Joel is a guy you should study and Films4prizes.com is a site you should bookmark and check every, single day.  Joel’s won like a billion dollars by entering video contests (correction: figure is closer to $200,000) and shares his secret to winning in the above interview.  Spoiler alert: His secret tip is just to put the work in and enter ‘cause you never know when you might win.  That’s simple but excellent advice.  I know a ton of filmmakers and I tell them over and over that they should give video contests a shot.  Some seem tempted and I’ve even helped a few people find contests and plan entries but in the end, the chicken out.  They don’t want to risk spending their time, money and effort on something that might not pay off.

And that right there is why video contests ARE worth the time, money and effort.  Though they’ve really grown in popularity, there are still a ton of video contests that are getting very few entries.  So don’t be a wuss.  Get over to films4prizes.com, pick a contest that sounds fun and go for it.