Eric Bourn from Guardian Imaging Solutions turned one of his drone gigs into a full-time job! Now, Eric works for a cell tower company where he uses drones to do cell tower audits. Eric went through our Drone Business Mastery program, which is on sale until Friday (1/28) at 11:59PM…
Meet Robert Nix from RE Drone SC. Robert has scaled his business by creating content and demo reels. He's also created a strong Google My Business listing, which has helped him land lots of real estate jobs, including a $1 million listing that he'll be providing drone photos and videos…
Brian Koester is the owner of Southbay Drone Services. Brian has had success with drone mapping and construction progress documentation. One of the things that helped Brian reach the $1K/month milestone with his business was the Drone Business Mastery program, which is on sale until Friday (1/28) at 11:59PM eastern…
Gaelen Genetti started his drone business, Sonoma Aerial Services, about a year and a half ago. Since then, he's been able to successfully scale his business to where he's reached the $1K/month milestone! One of the things that helped Gaelen reach this milestone was the Drone Business Mastery program, which…
This is Ethan Thompson from Thompson Droneworx. Ethan is one of our $1K Club awardees, which means that his business has made at least $1K in a month. In this video, Ethan shares his story and his advice for future drone business owners. One of the things that helped Ethan…
We hope that you're able to tune in live on Monday (1/24) at 8PM eastern time for our first ever $1K Club Awards Ceremony! During the ceremony, we'll be recognizing our new $1K Club members, and each of them will have the chance to share their story and any advice…
*Join us for a live replay of this training, as well as a live Q&A, on tonight (12/9) at 8PM eastern time!* During this training, we talked about how Rut went from dropping out of college and moving to America in 2015, to now running a 6-figure drone business doing…
We're excited to announce that our drone mapping course is officially here! Drone Mapping and Modeling Fundamentals will teach you how to use drones to create accurate aerial maps and models. The course will normally be $399, but until Friday (12/10) at midnight eastern time, we're giving you $200 off...…
Danny Elassad from Mole Media and Hoverscape joins us this week to talk about his full-time drone job AND his drone side hustle! Danny is the chief remote pilot at Hoverscape, where he uses drones to create “digital twins” (extremely accurate, high resolution 3D models) of large structures, like telecom…
Get in on our Aerial Roof Challenge! Submit your content and answers by Tuesday, October 26th! By entering the challenge you will be entered to win a DJI Mini 2, our Aerial Roof Inspection Pro course, and our Aerial Solar Inspection Pro course. All together that stuff is normally over…
This week, our guest is Thom Monterville from NexGen Drones, LLC. Currently, Thom’s business is focused on agriculture and mapping drone services. In this episode, Thom talks about how he started his business, how he landed his first paid job (which happened to be with one of the largest cattle…
Patrick Whalen of Backstage Aerial joins us this week to talk about how he grew his business from making $0 to making 6 figures in less than a year. When Patrick’s job was affected by the pandemic, he decided to invest in a drone and get his Part 107 license.…
We're excited to announce that we're hosting a one-page business plan contest (where you can win some cool prizes), so be sure to keep reading! Many drone pilots dream about using their drone to make money, and maybe even starting their own drone business. But thinking about actually starting a…
In this video, Drone Launch Academy founder David Young explains everything you need to know about the FAA’s TRUST (The Recreational UAV Safety Test). 00:23 – What is the TRUST exam? 01:51 – Where do I go to take the TRUST exam? 03:26 – Do test administrators keep my data?…
In this video, Drone Launch Academy founder David Young walks you through the FAA’s TRUST, which is a test that recreational drone pilots must pass. (Don’t worry – it’s free, super easy, and impossible to fail!) If you’re ready to take the TRUST exam, you can do so at https://dronelaunchacademy.com/trust/…
This week, Guillermo Wenzel joins us to talk about how he’s built and scaled his drone business, Drone Sky Visuals. Since starting his business in 2019, Guillermo has gotten experience working in the real estate, construction, inspection, and event industries. During this episode, he talks about how he’s used word-of-mouth…
This week on the Drone to $1K Podcast, you’ll get to hear from Derek Cameron of 3805 Productions. Derek does photography and videography, as well as 3D mapping and modeling. Derek first started his business just before the country shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic. As a result, he’s…
Our guest on this week’s episode is Jeff Carrillo from Tarillo Vue. Over the past few years, Jeff has used drones to do creative work and inspection work for clients in many industries. One of the services he specializes in is drone thermography. During the episode, Jeff talks about how…
Merrill McKee from Northern Perspectives joins us on this week’s episode of the Drone to $1K Podcast. Merrill went from listening to the Drone to $1K Podcast and hoping to someday achieve what our guests have accomplished, to now being a D$1K Podcast guest himself – which means that he…
Our guest this week is James Grace of JMG Aerial Imagery. James provides aerial photography and videography services for clients in the construction and real estate industries. Before starting his own drone business in early 2019, James worked in post-production at Warner Brothers and Sony Pictures. While there, he learned…
This week, Kevin Olson of Maryland Drone Guy joins us to talk about his aerial photography and videographer business, which he’s successfully grown over the past year. Kevin first started flying drones at the beginning of the COVID pandemic and got his Part 107 license last July. Since then, Kevin…
Season 4 of the Drone to $1K Podcast is officially here! In this week’s episode, Jen Allen of Wildwood Media tells us all about how she’s used drones to capture aerial photos and videos for her real estate and wedding clients. Jen has been doing wedding photography and videography with…
Thinking about joining our Drone to $1K program? We will be live at 8pm eastern to show you more details about the program and answer any last minute questions you have before the discount period is over!
Here's a replay of last night's training on how to start and grow a profitable drone business. Here are a few time stamps you can jump to: 00:02:16 - Training starts 01:02:35 - What's inside the Drone to $1K program 01:06:10 - Announcing the deal we have going on for…