Making money with your photography and Video is one of the most rewarding Experiences you will ever have but it's Not easy so this video is going to be a Crash course on how to start making cold Hard cash with your camera as fast as Possible we're going to go over five key Strategies that are going to help you Make more money if you already have a Business or someone that's just starting Out you definitely want to hear this Also thank you to our sponsor taylor Brands for sponsoring this video more on Them later alright guys so before we get Started i want to give you a bonus tip And this is a key piece of information That's going to help tie everything we Talk about today and that is to work With businesses instead of individuals The reason for this is really simple the Way you're going to make money with your Photos and videos is by helping a Business solve problems and fill their Needs now a person or an individual may Have problems and needs maybe once a Month maybe once every other month but If you work with an overall business They have problems every hour every Minute every day every week and they Have the potential of becoming a regular Client so instead of working with Individual realtors i recommend going to A realtor branch and work with all of Them instead of working with individual
Music artists i recommend going directly To the music label and becoming the Video guy for the music label instead of Working with individual models go to the Modeling agency and becoming their video Guy or photo guy whatever you're into But essentially a business can become a Regular client making you regular money Where an individual may not need you as Often so finally let's get into the First tip of this video and that is to Show value as a professional in the Right way now the place that you're Going to show value the easiest and Probably the first thing a client will See is your portfolio Do not click off i promise this will not Be some generic advice about have a nice Portfolio what you do need to do is have Completed and finished work and Presented as a package that shows your Client how your projects are going to Bring them value kind of complicated but Let me explain a lot of times what most People do is they put up a bunch of Pretty photos pretty pictures pretty Videos and it's one all over the place And two your client doesn't have the Same appreciation for good videos and Good photos the way you do they probably Work in accounting they probably look at Real estate they don't really care about Good looking images what your client Cares about is how will you make the
Money how will you make their life Easier how will you benefit their Business so for that reason you need to Present everything you do for your Client as a package if you're working With a real estate office instead of Just showing a bunch of pretty house Tours what you also need to show is How quickly that house sold how long That house was on the market before you Did the house tour and how long it took For that house to sell and how quickly You benefited your real estate agent you May not always have access to this data And you may need to ask your client for It but if you're doing a good job for Your client they're going to be very Happy to give you this information Because you've directly impacted them in A positive way and trust me clients love To tell you when they're succeeding and I promise you this can be applied to any Niche of clients clothing Jewelry Nightclub videos entertainment wedding Films whatever you're interested in This methodology will apply because all You're really doing is you're showing Your work then directly underneath You're showing a success story for that Client and by doing this you're going to Be able to show the client that you're Currently pitching hey this could be you And by being able to see themselves as
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Warren buffet or rich people but the Quote's really interesting the most Successful businesses out there Sell something that cost the business a Penny to make Costs the consumer a dollar to buy And people want to use it every single Day Because it is so valuable to them a good Example is toothpaste soap toilet paper Your daily essentials it costs the Company quite literally pennies on the Dollar to make toothpaste soap and Toilet paper but we pay a premium for Them and we use it often that is a thing That people will never stop using Whether times are good or bad so you Want to pick clients and niches that Will allow you to make Work for them very easily without a ton Of upfront expensive without a ton of Complexity on your part it should cost You Very little stress like a penny in Stress But it should bring you the value of Money and whatever else you want from These projects in the form of at least a Dollar a penny of your stress for a Dollar of value to you and your product Should be so valuable to the client and This is key you have to produce good Work because it has to bring value to Your client but your product should be
So valuable to the client that they Probably know you don't spend a lot of Money on it they probably know it's very Easy for you but they want to keep Hiring you again and again because it Does really good things for them and if You pick the right client that costs you A penny in terms of stress and resources You can easily do four five six videos a Week and even if you charge something Really low like a hundred and fifty Dollars per video If you do five of them in a week you Have a thousand dollars all right so if You're still watching this video you're Probably pretty excited to learn how do I start making money how do i actually Get the clients to read my email Message me back saying something like Hey we're interested in working with you Hey let's start this project how do you Get that to happen here's the thing Most video and photo guys send the worst Emails it's something like hi my name is John i do photos can i work with you if You have any needs for photos let me Know That does nothing for a client it's just Like okay cool if i want to spend money For photos whatever that means I guess i'll reach out to this guy Unless the client knows what you can do For them that email does nothing for Them so what you want to do is you want
To send an email telling them who you Are Hi my name is john i do photos What you can do for them Hi i do photos specializing in real Estate photography my clients generally Tend to sell their properties within a Week of the listing that they create With me i've helped over 50 real estate Agents Do this and i generally make them a Blank other commission or whatever right There's your sales page hey this is what I'm going to do for you Would you like to work together i've Taken a look at what your business does Maybe it's a clothing brand i've taken a Look at what your business does i think You guys can benefit in doing this this This ecommerce photos branding videos Social media marketing for your clothing Brands We can do this for you i'd love to have A chat with you And then depending on how much you're Charging if it's something low like a Thousand two thousand just tell them in The email they'll know but if something Really high like thirty thousand forty Thousand generally people wanna talk to A real person on the phone Before they wanna make that purchase Because it's so much and they probably Have a bunch of questions but something
Low like five hundred dollars thousand Dollars two thousand dollars you can Just get you can just convert them in The email and it's always good if you Have some kind of Sign up link in your email something Where they can pay right away in this Way that sales process just moves way Faster but overall let's quickly recap You want to send an email with who you Are What kind of work you do In that market and how you benefit your Clients and then lastly you want to talk About a project you can do with them and How you can benefit them with a sales Video a marketing video training video Whatever niche you're in and having Talked about all this most likely you're Very close to leaving this video you're Very very very close to being like Alright cool on board i'm moving on but That's why i see the best tip in this Video till the very end if you're still Here Leave me a comment because you know You're part of the later gang but i Saved the best information for the very End and that is turn your skills Into a service one of the biggest Mistakes i personally made and i saw all Of my friends make as we started to Develop careers in photography video and Film is that nobody ever spent the time
Learning on the weekends and developing New skills the best thing you can do to Make more money is actively teach Yourself new skills and then turn those Skills into paid services let me give You an example if you spend a weekend Just taking an online course watching Youtube videos on how to color grade or Do beauty retouching how to do product Retouching and you get decent at it Start monday you now offer a 50 photo Retouching you now offer a hundred Dollar video color grade service if You're just starting off go with Something low so you get more chances to Practice for a low cost because you know You're getting basically paid to learn And this way if you do this often enough You can slowly Build up skills on a daily if not weekly Basis And slowly start charging for those Basically you're increasing your Capacity To make money Every single week as soon as you pick up A new skill great that's a new thing i Can charge for as soon as i learn Something new great that's a new thing i Can charge for and by doing this Consistently you are going to make more Money every day every week every month Every year And you might be wondering so what is
The best place for me to start picking Up new skills well there's always Youtube but youtube is all over the Place and there's no consistent and Concrete way to actively pick up new Skills New information and have it be efficient Without spending hours just browsing Youtube looking to see what's good for That reason i recommend checking out our Side hustle pro course this is a course That me and my team everyone on this Channel developed specifically to teach You guys how to start making money with Your camera doing other photography or Video for businesses this is a super Structured program by spending only About an hour a day within a week you Will have developed new skills on not Only how to make more money with your Camera by servicing clients because There's a ton of business information in There but also you'll actually learn how To shoot better make better images with Your camera because there's a lot in There on how to actually shoot i was a Professional cinematographer for almost 10 years there's a host of knowledge That i put into that course from my Experience in the industry also having Been on the sale side for not only film Businesses but for production companies There's a host of knowledge in there From how to do business properly i've
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