Business & Profitability Get Clients Without Cold Calling I don’t know about you, but I HATE cold calling. I hate having to try and pitch myself - I just feel like a sleazy salesman.…Andrew BartlettSeptember 16, 2021
Business & Profitability How To Navigate Using Client Project Footage For Stock What do you do when you want to use footage from a client project as stock footage? How can you approach the conversation and what…Bethany MeckleApril 12, 2021
Business & Profitability How to Change Your Video Rates What do you do when a client returns to you for more work, but your rates have changed? If you've have experience with this situation,…Bethany MeckleSeptember 9, 2020
Business & Profitability When You Have Different Expectations How do you respond when you realize your client had a different expectation that you did? What are some ways to avoid miscommunication during pre-production?…Bethany MeckleAugust 3, 2020
Business & Profitability How Much To Charge Clients How much is too much when charging a client? Are you charging enough? How do you know how much the client will be willing to…Bethany MeckleDecember 3, 2019
Business & Profitability When To Start Charging Clients When is the right time to start charging for promotional videos? When is it practical to do work for free? This week we are looking…Bethany MeckleNovember 26, 2019
Business & ProfitabilityCareer Creating an Effective Call to Action W hen creating a promotional video, the goal is usually to get a response of some kind from the viewer, such as to buy a…Bethany MeckleSeptember 17, 2019
Business & Profitability How Much Should I Charge a Client? T he goal as a promotional filmmaker is to make a living. But that involves the somewhat awkward and definitely scary decision of deciding how…Bethany MeckleJuly 9, 2019
Business & ProfitabilityCareerFood for thought Failure Is Your Secret Weapon F ailure hurts. It looks bad, people laugh at you for it, and it’s not easy to face up to. Failure seems to reflect badly…Jonathan BartlettMay 24, 2019
Business & Profitability Winner of Best Young Filmmaker Award Shares His MU Experience At MU, we love hearing the stories of our students success. First, we wanted to let you know that registration for the Fall MU Course…Bethany MeckleJuly 6, 2018