How Do I Share My How-To?

It's really pretty easy, pictures and videos of the steps it takes to complete your project are stored on google video and picasaWeb. The "final" video is stored on YouTube. All this is controlled by our Creator's Tools. Basically, you start a project by writing up the project idea.

Step 1. Sign up for a free Creator's Account to gain access to the Creator's Tools.

Step 2. Login

Step 3. Push the "Create New Project" button on the Creator's Tools. Make a name (you can change it later) for your project. And describe your plans to use as notes to guide the creation of the steps.

Step 4. When you've finished providing all the steps to your project, shooting the videos and saving to google video via the Creator's Tool Panel, you are ready to write the introductory paragraph with an interesting story of how you did it, or how you do it in the case of a professional services presentation.

Step 5. Last but not least create and upload the video (to YouTube) which is the video that will be used to summarize the project. If you were building a robot, this final video would show the robot running around, doing fun things that will inspire others to create their version of your project.

That's it... Watch the views and ratings for your project pile up along with the sales commissions! Or get a customer because you showed how you remodel a house. Or sell your own kit online through your e-Bay store.

FAQ About Becoming A Creator

Q. Why would I go to all that work, building something, then put it on a website like C What I Can Do? What's the point?

A. Actually, there are a couple of forms for a reward:

1. You get rated as an author. Lots of good ratings looks good on your resume.
2. You Make Money!

That's right, we make distribution deals with Vendors, when someone buys a part for their project by clicking on the link to that vendor, our site CwhatIcanDo.com gets a comission for the sale. Depending on the vendor, CwhatIcanDo.com may make 5 to 10 percent.

CwhatIcanDo.com then shares that money with you: The creator who's project inspired the builder to click and buy right from your project!

We make monthly or quarterly payments to you based on your sales from your project. The website makes money to keep it running - - YOU Make Money when someone buys a part and builds it into Their Version of your project. And, if YOU have a basement full of red leds and build a red led project - we'll send you customers who are inspired to build your blinking light device. Not only that, if you sell PC boards, you may link to your own sales. (In most cases, CwhatIcanDo will need a comission to keep the site going, but you'll get your percentage of the comission on your own sales!) The same with books! We encourage project builders to make books. In fact, CwhatIcanDo is a great place to get rated as an author. 'Betcha get a better deal from your publisher...

Of course, it is possible that your project won't make you any money, because someone built something even cooler than yours (maybe even inspired by your project.) Maybe you just want to show your version of another project... It's done in the spirit of the web: Sharing ideas. And it's fun when it's done in the spirit of sharing and getting your hands dirty building a project on your own.

It's Easy To:

C - What - I - Can - Do

• Sign up - Get ID and Password

• Plan and Create a Project That Someone Might Enjoy and May Even Want to Build

• Link to your creation on your favorite social networking site or blog.

• Become famous! Because your projects get a lot of Hits!