The Ultimate Filmmaker’s Business Guide
The Ultimate FIlmmaker’s Business Guide now comes with a downloadable video to follow along with the guide and learn even more tips & tricks on how to run your business!
Are you ready to take your freelance work to the next level?
What’s Inside the Guide?
The Ultimate Filmmaker’s Business Guide now comes with downloadable videos to walk you through the guide and share even more tips and tricks about how to run your video business!
Section 1
Setting Up Your Business
Business Structure
Independent Contractors
Business Name
Social Media
EIN
Business Licenses
How We Structure Our Business
W-9, 1099 & 1096 Templates
Section 2
Building Your Client Base
Developing Relationships
How to Get More Clients
Leads
SPIN Sales
Cold Calls & Emails
Email Templates
Business Writing
Section 3
Pricing $
Pricing Questions & Structures
Developing a Base Rate
How We Charge
Pricing Tips & Tricks
Job Filter
Saying No
Charity
Discounts & Trade
Section 4
Money
Money Flow
Making Money
Accounting
Spending Money
Saving Money
Paying Taxes
Section 5
Subscriptions & Software
File Sharing
Editing
Insurance
Accounting
Marketing
Travel/Locations
Subscription & Software Tips & Tricks
Section 6
Personal
Health Insurance & HSAs
Buying a House or Something BIG
Retirement
Personal Budgeting
Personal Finance Tips & Tricks
Section 7
Elements of a Successful Project
Pitch
Estimate
Invoice
Contract
Project Tips & Tricks
Pre-Production
Production
Post Production
Section 8
Gear & Glossary
Hyperlinks
What makes this guide worth it?
You get the ACTUAL templates that we use every single day to send to clients. Contracts, estimates, invoices. If we use it, now you can too.
Videos to walk you through the guide and share even more tips & tricks than what’s in the written portion.
We wrote the guide that WE wanted for ourselves as creatives. This is the ONLY business guide made exclusively for videographers, that JUST contains info related to your business.
This guide is interactive, meaning you can use the “find” function to jump to whatever you need to know, click to be taken directly to referenced pages or external links and copy & paste.
Not ready for the whole guide?
We’ve broken up The Ultimate Filmmaker’s Business Guide into 4 parts to help you wherever you may need it most.
Setting up your Business for Success
$20
Includes ebook and video for Sections 1, 2, 5 & 8
Elements of a Successful Project
$20
Includes ebook and video for Sections 7 & 8
Contract
$99
Includes an in depth break down (in writing and in video) of every element of our contract, plus our contract for you to use as a template
Money
$65
Includes ebook and video for Sections 3, 4, 6, & 8
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What People Are Saying
“You could pick up most business guides and find a solution to a problem, only this guide delivers the empathy and care that is REQUIRED for a person starting out in this crazy industry. I don’t have the space to elaborate on what I learned after reading this thing. This is an effective and thoughtful action plan that will boost your business and ability to execute. Just spend the money.”
“If you’re a freelance filmmaker, this guide is like the business coach you never knew you needed. It put me light years ahead of where I would have been without it, and Zac and Kelly’s 1:1 business mentoring is priceless.”
“There is so much that goes into starting your own videography/content creation business, much less being successful and making money at it! With not that many reliable resources, or people out there willing to share their own knowledge of how they successfully run their own company, it can be overwhelming and straight up confusing. Kelly and Zac have done all the dirty work for you with this guide. Everything you need to know to apply to your own business, down to every detail, is there. Even if you already have your business up and running, it’s still such a good resource to see how others in your or related field do things that could help you improve yours!”
““They’ve taken crucial information and made it easy to digest! Cover all your bases and gain insight into every aspect of running your videography business. And I mean everything.””
FAQs
Why is it $200?
We’d like to think this ebook is priceless but here are a couple of reasons we stand behind our price point:
-The value of getting a lawyer-reviewed contract alone is worth more than $200
-Savings or bonuses from our referral links are valued at over $200
-We’ve done well over 200 hours of research to put all this information together in one place so you don’t have to. If your time is worth more than $1 an hour, we’d say it’s worth it ;)
-You’ll get the full 48 page ebook PLUS videos sharing even more tips & tricks than what’s in writing
Will this teach me how to shoot video?
No. This guide is strictly about the business side of things.
Can I download this on multiple computers?
We know technical errors and computer crashes happen and that you may use more than one device. So, we've given you 3 downloads within 5 days of purchase of this ebook to have it with you when and where you need it.
Is it refundable?
Because of the nature of a downloadable ebook, all sales are final. We welcome your feedback on anything in the guide that can help us be better!
What if I live outside of the US?
The sections on setting up your business and taxes may differ for you, but there are still many applicable systems and templates that will be useful for creators from any country.
What happens if there are updates?
We’re always looking to learn and grow, and things like tax laws are constantly changing so there will be additions made to this book over the years. We will offer expansions to the business guide for purchase and/or make announcements to our community when that occurs.
Are you ready to become a confident, creative entrepreneur?
Ebook and videos to answer all of your video business related questions
48 pages FULL of information on how to run your video business
Templates and referral links that can immediately return the price you paid
Plus, it’s a tax write off!!