Jumpstart Sessions - Where Creative Entrepreneurs Get Unstuck

Bailey is relatively new to the videography world but is fired up and taking on a lot of projects already. We discuss a few shifts in perspective to help move forward, including capitalizing on existing relationships.

Colin grew up around photography and has experience with events. He's currently working as a freelance camera operator, but is looking to level up his services so he can make more money doing his own projects. 

In this episode, we will discuss:

• How to work towards a goal as fast as possible 
• Outsourcing to the right people 
• Saying no to projects

Joe has a ton of experience with both video production and business management. He has discovered over the years that his passion lies in the niche of sports films. Joe has a very similar clarity assessment chart to Michael, and they discuss having clear goals, creative burnout and how to network with a niche client in mind.

There have been some posts recently regarding messages from photo and video clients who are wondering about their finished product. During the holiday season, we tend to get wrapped up in a LOT, so how do we deal with a 'rude' client?

In this episode, we disucss:

• Managing client expectations 
• Empathy and understanding your client 
• Under-promising and over-delivering 

This episode is all about how to get better paying clients and reach your ideal client. We will dive into what types of offerings you should have, and how to get in front of the right clients. 

In this episode, we disucss:

• Understanding your value and worth 
• Taking on the right projects 
• Cold calling / cold 'emailing'  

What is your gut instinct to do with a lead- send them an email or get them on the phone? How do you think that decision may affect your bottom line? In this episode we talk about why getting your future clients on the phone is am important skill to improve upon and leverage.

Abby is a physical education teacher and basketball coach who loves to travel. Her travel videos have inspired her to become heavily invested in video production. She has several different paths she can envision and is trying to decide where she should place her focus right now.

Andy has recently overcome a series of trials and tribulations in his life and is stuck in a pattern of inaction. He owns a crossfit gym but is very interested in video production, both behind and in front of the camera. Sometimes planning the first steps to action are the hardest and most important.

Jeff has been running full time video production for several years alongside his wife. They both mostly shoot weddings, and have noticed a recent struggle with converting leads into clients. With his current pricing structure packaged by hours, maybe a simple tweak in his wording and offer is the key to booking more wedding clients.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Same-day edits for weddings with a team 
• Consistency and simplicity in pricing

Lance has been in the photography and video production world for about two years, and has done mostly free weddings for experience. He's unclear on what his ultimate goal is and needs some direction.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Confidence 
• Passion for a niche VS indifference
• Planting seeds when networking and following up with email