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đź“ą I help freelance videographers become agency owners the simply way, without the expense and stress of hiring a team, and all while remaining in creative control.

01/08/2026

“Charge what you’re worth” is so meaningless.

How is a freelancer supposed to evaluate their worth through their day-rate?

It comes from the value your services brings to the end client. Thats how you price big. That’s how you get out of the rat race.

Side note - this is the last lesson of the series! What a ride. The workshop has grown so much since I began it’s great to see.

Thanks for sticking with me and as always, I’ll see you in the next one.

27/07/2026

£50k a month doesn’t matter.

As soon as you lose love for what was once your hobby you’re going to start to resent this business.

You can make a crap load of money but if you’re waking up everyday working for yourself AND wanting to do literally anything else, it’s game over.

Spec shoots, personal work, content trips - go and find that love again.

Remember why you started this whole thing mate.

22/07/2026

Having payment terms should be part of every creative operators workflow because late payments aren’t just annoying, they can be damaging to your business.

You need money to pay your contractors, invest into the business, pay rent, pay yourself!

But it also weeds out those that will take advantage of your laxity by being very late or worse, not pay you at all.

The bigger the project is the more important it is you get some money in advance - it doesn’t have to be 50% but even 20% locks in the agreement and gets the ball rolling.

It’s not about trust, it’s just business.

20/07/2026

Not backing up your footage could cost you £1000’s

It’s even more appealing to get fast & loose with your storage system because of how expensive drives have become (thanks AI)

But the hard truth is, it’s STILL cheaper than losing a client over lost or corrupt footage.

When you get to a level of working with big, premium brands there’s literally no excuses that they will accept, so suck up the cost and do what you know you should do.

10/07/2026

You make more money with one-off project.

But you have to do WAY more work and ensure you win every pitch you make.

That’s why people get so hot on the idea of retainers, as they are:

- less monthly expense for the client (in terms of cash flow coming in and out per month)
- only requires the first initial sales pitch
- gets easier for yourself over time
- provides that financial headroom for more work

It’s not either-or, it’s about knowing what type of project or client would suit an on-going relationship, and which makes more sense as a one-off production.

I break this down in more detail in my free workshop, just comment SHIFT and I’ll send it over

10/07/2026

Things they did:

- my thinking
- my approach
- the alignment on results

I get it - gear is damn exciting and as a tool it can help you produce great work.

But you need to be put in a position to actually use your camera and skillset in the first place, right?

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