Commission: Research into business and building a client base

When researching into the world of becoming a freelance videographer, I cam across a video by a YouTuber called Jed Lilley. He discusses how he found starting his own business and building a client base. Its all well and good watching a video of a 50year old American videographer, but I really can't relate. This is why Found this video so interesting; the business founder talking the video is roughly my age and in a very similar position to me. In the video he gives some really useful tips I too could apply in my work:

The Snowball Effect
"you start working or free, you get more and more clients as time goes on, the business develops and by the end of it you're literally getting jobs left, right and centre."

Confidence
Confidence is key in starting any business. This comes with doing something you love doing, something you're passionate about. "Fake it till you make it". This was good advice and I can completely relate. Whilst I know I am fully competent of making a quality video, I'm still not completely industry standard yet and this is my first client video, and its a very high end video. SO this means that I've bee thrown into the deep end, but this is only a confidence boost if done successfully. In order to ensure I am confident I have planned my ideas thoroughly and drawn out a proposal treatment for each video, researched the market to see my competitors and storyboarded ideas. Being confident in my ideas means I can be confident in my ability.


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