Get Paying Video Work! - How To Approach Clients As A Freelancer 

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Great starting point. Persistence is key. It takes a certain number of contact points to lock in a client. Never stop following up with clients.

Totally agree with your advice! great video Garrett!

This video is awesome my friend. Any chance of getting a revised version?

Haha, finally new video! :) Yeah, those tips might sound simple and obvious, but I always get surprised how many people don't actually follow them...

This was extremely helpful! I can’t believe that you have so few subscribers because more people should be able to hear this information. I’m really glad that I found my way here.

Great tips! Useful for more than just video work!

The clients i approach have beautiful resorts / properties / amazing looking hospitals etc. half their competitors have one, yet they dont believe they need it. They are like oblivious to the value a video will bring to their establishment. They dont want to spend $400 on a professional video production. Their first reply is we dont have money for all this. The resort clients ask why they should spend on a video when their customers are shooting selfie videos in the resort and posting it free on RU-vid channels and getting 7 figure views. How do you counter this when he says there free videos made by customers (he agrees its amateur quality) but with so many views. Actually there's also the dangerous group of amateurs who call themselves "film production houses" [in reality a homemade mobile phone based YT channel] and barter a free stay to enjoy themselves and in return they will shoot their live experience and post it online (8 figure views !!!). Now what do we do ?

Great video, thank you! Question: If not a website, would not a RU-vid video do in terms of showcasing work?

+sub. Really good one. All of other youtubers TIPS in ONE video.

How do you go about going from one niche to another? I want to do commercial work, but all I have are wedding films. I also don't necessarily have the time to do free work though, so what's a good suggestion for that so I'm not wasting my time and I'm working towards my goals?

How do you get a wedding reel for a wedding gig if you don't have wedding gigs to get for your wedding reel?

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I fucking LOVE YOU MAN. This is what I was looking for so BAAAAAD. My website is weissermedia.com I love what you do and a wish I became such a Profesional like you do. Thank you so DAMM much ❤️

Hey Garrett, sorry for asking you another question -- I'm sure that you're busy and a 1 line response would make my day. After watching your video about making technical and creative proposals and then watching this video, I'm curious how you would approach sending the creative proposal when you're the one who cold emailed a potential client. I understand that if a client were to approach, you the creative proposal would be something that you would do after the RFT is signed. But if you're the one cold emailing potential clients would you show them a creative proposal on the first meeting before the RFT? What would you include in the pitch for a first meeting?

I just LOVED this opening! =)

AWESOME video!! Great content, great personality, very informational. Keep that up. Your channel is definitely going to blow up sometime soon, just keep at it. Great work.

Excellent excellent video! Extremely helpful and timely. Thank you Sir or madam 😉

Thank you Garrett....

If I were to have done anything different with my motion graphics and video career when first starting out, I would have moved to LA sooner. Lots of work in LA and NYC that the other cities don’t have

Wow man this is just dope! I subscribed you because of this episode! Hopefully I can get my first client by watching your videos:) Anyways, I just wanna say thank you for this practical and clear! cheers😊

You put that so simply without too much bs ...... good job man.

watching it again… a lot of informations ℹ️ in this video

This is so informative!!! Thank you for the detailed and straightforward tips, you do deserve so many more subscribers

Amaizing tips! Thank's!!

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one of the best videos on this topics ❤️

What are some tips you wish you knew when you started as a freelance filmmaker?

By any chance do you have any videos on the legal side of creating a legal contract for clients ? Like what does it take to make a contract a legal contract and what type of information should be in it

you're acting like I have money for a website

What camera did you use in this video? Any color grading?

Thanx For sharing all these infos Bro, U Have a new subscriber looking for ur great new content ✨✨✨🎬

Very useful information. Thank you. Greetings from Istanbul.

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Good video! Totally agree with the part where you say how companies reach out months later because they remember you. Don't underestimate that and think your time was wasted talking to these people a while ago. That's how I got my best paying work to date (including lasting relationships with important people). Build a high quality portfolio and then send your work out there. Contact companies who might be interested in your work. If you send 50 emails you might get ignored 45 times, get 4 rejections but eventually there will be 1 offer. That's where it all kicks off.

Excellent video

Awesome video , That random thing flying gets me every time LMAO

What advice do you have for scheduling shoots when you also have a full time job? How do you balance this?

Damn super useful man 💪 Ty👍

Thank you so much for this.

Great video

...or a yes. Great video, thank you, sir or madam.

thank you garrett sammons

This was absolutely so very very valuable. Thank you so much.

Great video, man! Really helpful stuff! Thank you!

The worst clients (and these are the ones who are abundant) are the ones who will never say HEY WE AREN'T INTERESTED NOW ETC. I respect the guys who say NO straight away and save me the time. Instead they will ask you for an email. Then they will say they are interested and you should call them a month later. Then a month later they say there's renovation on their property and to wait 2 months. I give him an option to say NO and that its perfectly OK for us. He refuses to say NO, ignores that message and says he is looking at doing it and i should call after 2 months. Then after 2 months, when you call, he asks who you are,,,, and that he lost your email and could you send it again. Then to tell you he received the email he wants 1 month with several calls from your side. Then after he sees the email he says we can do it after a month. Then after a month he gets pissed that your behind his back. I am still perplexed and dont understand what might be the motive behind this behavior. Are they are bottom feeders looking to see how far you will go or....... probably dont have the money for it. Has anyone faced this issue.

Hello Garrett, very well explained. It's precisely the missing gap of doing business as a freelancer. Thanks and greetings from Switzerland 🇨🇭 Christian

This is the shit right here. Great one, G.

Awesome video

What's the background music in this video?

These tips are soooo solid! Thanks for giving back to the up and coming creators man!

Great video, plenty of help. Appreciate it.

ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS! Great shots, great narrative, great edit, great value. #instaSub

Great video and helpful tips, I have one question for you though. How do you reach out to a company or client offering work while also expecting to make a profit off of it? I’ve often reached out and the potential client gets the impression that I’m offering to do free work forever. Any tips on preventing that situation?

nice job Garrett. 9/10. keep it coming

Thanks for the video and tips

Thank u so much for all the information and i hope u do more videos like this big up ✌

U def got my thumbs up and sub. Thanx u!!!! Been searching YT all day!!! Thanx

Your intro is clearly Hollywood quality... I want to know more, do you have movies? what camera was that? Subscribed

Thanks for sharing such concrete advice! The video was really helpful

Great video!!! Great tips and I will 100% apply them!

Thank you so much for making this video ... never asking me to subscribe and go on a 45 min "free consultation" ... just pure knowledge

Very sincere and practical information. Thank you for sharing and being transparent.

Solid Advise 👊🏾👊🏾

Awesome tips but the clip at 09:15s was the one that got you the sub ;)

Thank you for this great content! Do you have any suggestions with writing contracts? This is where I have the most trouble currently.

You have made a lasting impression on me from this amazing video with genuine & authentic tips - thank you man. The two main things I'm missing: an updated & personalized portfolio (reel) and persistence/follow-up

you are the man