🚨VIDEO EDITORS🚨
I edit three times as fast as I did before!
And saved hundreds and hundreds of hours working with my clients.
I want to share my resources on speeding up the workflow with you guys so you can stop wasting so many hours too.
I put everything together in a
💵 How To Record A High-Converting Loom For Cold Outreach 💵
My Looms get constant responses from businesses and creators with hundreds of thousands of followers.
It’s because they:
- Stand out
- Convey a strong message
- Have personality
- Are fast paced
- Convince the
💵 I booked multiple monthly retainers this month 💵
The lowest is paying me €1000 for 4x10min videos.
If you’re a video editor struggling to book higher paying clients I want to give you some help.
I started doing active outreach only 30 days ago.
Before that I had zero
I'm looking for a website designer who can create a 1 page Wordpress website for me; needs to include some graphic design as well.
If you know anyone please let me know. Retweets appreciated.
Prospect wanted to see a video editing sample.
Want a high retention edit too?
Don't worry; there's enough Joseph for everyone.
DM me. Let's build something together.
Video editors 💻- $$$ QUESTION
How much do you charge for short form content and/or for long form (lets say 10 minute long form to keep things easy)?
I get that all edits are different, and some more complex and expensive.
But looking for averages.
Video editors
Who's doing this for money, and who's doing this because they love editing?
I go first. I love editing; but the only reason I do it for other people is money.
If you’re a video editor and you want to start making more money; you need to start looking deeper into why your clients are actually hiring you.
They are hiring you to:
- save time
- create higher quality products
- make more money
Then think, are there any ways I can help
VIDEO EDITING SAMPLES
See the thread for different face and faceless video edit samples and more information.
Below are some samples of video edits I've done for one of my other businesses. Scriptwriting, narration, and editing were done by myself. Please ignore CTA's in the
I'm starting to get booked, a lot.
So far; every person that asked me for a video editing sample either directly booked me on a monthly retainer
Or
Wants to book me on a monthly retainer but is negotiating prices with me.
(every person besides the first person I made a
When editing shorts; the first 2-3 seconds are crucial
- Makes them stop scrolling (thumb stop rate)
- Immediate hook draws in attention (CTR rate)
- The initial attention dripples down the rest of the short (hold rate)
Do this right and the algorithm will pump it through the
Video editing costs start to rack up once you start expanding business
- Feedback and communication tools
- Royalty free music and asset subscriptions
- Editing Plugins
- Drive storage
- SSD’s
- Better laptop/computer
- Payment processing fees
And then there’s taxes…
My editing gets the job done
But
My communication skills and reliability are better than my editing
And if I had to take a guess, it’s one of the main reasons clients want to work with me.
More client feedback…
Spent 35 hours editing a 12 minute video
I want to see this client blow his channel through the moon.
Have a good night everyone.
You don’t need a million things in your portfolio to get a client.
Clients only need to see
- That you’re capable of making high quality content
- That you’re legit
Everything else is just sales.
Ps. Your standard of low quality might be different to their standard of high
Will start documenting my journey on IG as well. Made my first reel today; link in the comments.
I’m new to IG so all support is welcome + let me know where I can find you guys.
This was heavily, heavily inspired by
@farwavisualss
’s IG game btw; she’s absolutely killing it.
Pro-tip
It’s a lot easier to charge your clients higher from the get-go; then having to continuously ask for raises.
Both in terms of success rate; and your own ease of mind.
I had 0 followers on X 4 days ago.
This account is going to a 1000+ in the next 2 months.
Nobody grows on a community platform by being a bad community member; only taking. People will always see through your bullshit.
Meta-strategy for now:
Give > Take
Gained more than 500 followers in roughly 24 hours.
Went from 0-200 followers in 4 days of effort.
Went from 200-700 in 1 day of effort.
I know I can get to a 1000+ with another 1 day of effort.
It's just a matter of when I feel like doing the effort.
I didn't pay for any
Do you have a strong community?
I don’t mean some friends and family you see once or twice a week.
I mean people you ride with basically every day.
For the past 2 years I’ve travelled the world with like-minded men.
All on the same goal. Living together. Building each other
Business owners and creatives; who use video editors in their business 💻
What separates a great video editor from an average video editor; in terms of your willingness to want to work with them?
Most of you video editors who are being severely underpaid could easily quadruple your income if you were just a little more confident and capable of marketing and selling yourself.
I think this is being read differently then I meant it.
Basically:
You don’t have to be the best editor in the world to finally be self-proclaimed ‘good enough’ to get paid. You don’t need a million pro bono free edits to build up your portfolio before you’re finally ‘good
A harsh lesson that’s good to learn for all you perfectionists.
You don’t need to be the best to win; you just need to win.
You may be the better option. Good for you.
But if I’m in a better position to take the prize, and you’re not. I’m walking home with the prize.
Girls only care about status and money 🤑😍
Funny how almost every guy who regurgitates this point can’t seem to get a girl without status and money.
How about you work on your charisma and limiting beliefs for starters in stead.
Attention is the most valuable currency in today’s day and age.
We all know this.
Yet; I see business who don’t want to invest in the skills and experts that harvest attention.
Great storytelling
Captivating scripts
Expert video editors
Short term thinking. You have a tough
Shhhh....
'Nyepi Day' (day of silence) in Bali
No one's allowed to leave their houses; have lights on or make noise for 24 hours.
Just went for a last swim in the stormy sea. Went back home; and locked my room.
2 packs of bread and a jar of Nutella.
Ready for the silence.
If you’re currently not making money from an outreach method that you’ve properly tested;
Adjust the variables
- offer
- vehicle for outreach
- content
- target audience)
And try again.
I’d say booking at least one client every hundred people you reach out to is realistic
Whatever you're going through right now; you got two options.
1) You go through it pessimistically. Serious. Frustrated. Bitter. Victimized.
2) You go through it optimistically. Head-on, but lighthearted.
Accept your current reality, and choose which option serves you best.
Cold outreach question for video editors
Finding leads on Youtube is easy; you can find emails easily and they all need video editors for their business.
But on X; how do I efficiently approach cold leads knowing that the person actually needs a video editor?
Continued 🧵
The script and narration is only half the process of a great video.
An expert video editor can strengthen your message in ways you wouldn’t think of yourself.
Sell the result not the service.
Not:
I’m a video editor and I make beautiful videos for you in Premiere and AE while honouring our deadlines to the dot.
But rather:
You care about watch time; because it allows for favourable algorithm results and increased ad revenue.
I see
VIdeo editors 💻 (and anyone else, tbh)
A belief is not 'a thing'.
It's a feeling of certainty.
If I say I'm going to bring my video editing agency to $10k/mo with ease; that means nothing in and off itself.
It just means:
I believe that I can get a video editing agency to
You want to spent your days doing what you do best. Growing your business.
Not editing videos.
There’s only so many hours in the day.
Don’t waste them on something that you
1.don’t fully enjoy doing
2.are not excellent at
Outsource them to someone who is.
Like me.
Want
Shout out to my man
@EnekoVadillo
for giving me some insights into how to speed up my outreach process.
Makes me realise, again, how powerful it is to have homies around you who know more than you in areas in which you’re not an expert.
The script and narration is only half the process of a great video.
An expert video editor can strengthen your message in ways you wouldn’t think of yourself.
@rublychan
Found my place through Bookingdotcom; there’s plenty of accommodation you can find through there or Airbnb. Can recommend Bali; great quality of life. Relatively cheap; but you get amazing accommodation for the price. Food is affordable. Great weather. Beaches; mountains; jungle.
Be critical of everything you read; and everyone you look up to.
Social proof is a funny thing.
Same opinion; same person; more followers = more perceived credibility.
No matter the opinion.
It’s human nature; we’re all guilty of it.
So often I see people spit wrong advice
If you want to speed up your AE workflow a bit; Video Copilot’s ‘FX Console’ is a free plugin that allows you to search and drop effects onto the layers way quicker. Really like plugins like this.
@MatiasCuts
- sound engineering is actually very important. I use Adobe Audition and the basic effects I go through are: DeNoise, Parametric Equalizer, Normalise (-0.1db), Compression (Dynamics tab), Normalise again. I also add some additional things and tweak here and there per recording.
It’s actually insane how many of you have your DMs on ‘lock’ and are probably unaware of it.
I won’t even connect with you if you don’t have your DMs open
I literally see people asking them to DM them in their bios and posts; and not having their DMs open.
Sloppy.
@farwavisualss
I know some guys with relatively little followers who make absolute bank.
Market yourself as an expert solution provider in a highly demanded niche service or product and you’ll do all right.
Good use of Sound FX as a video editor is similar to a bass player in a band.
If done right
You shouldn't notice that they're there.
But if they're gone; something's missing.
If you mess up the hook of your video.
You've now wasted so much time, effort and potential profits by having viewers skip the entirety of your video.
All of this; due to a segment of 3-30 seconds.
- Write better scripts
- Get better at narration
- Hire a superb video editor
COPYWRITERS 📜
I'm looking for a copywriter that has experience writing Youtube scripts.
One-time job offer with potential for future work.
DM me some form of portfolio showcasing your experience with writing Youtube scripts