How to find work as a freelancer

If you’re still early in your video editing career and haven’t built up a network of clients, it can be difficult to find work. So, where are the main places you can find video editing work as a freelancer when you’re starting out?In this episode you can learn 8 routes to finding work. It’s more effective if you concentrate on one route at a time.Once you’ve figured out where you are going to look for work, you have to be mindful with how you approach clients if you want them to like and trust you enough to give you the job. If you’d like to know how to contact clients for a higher success rate of receiving jobs, check out the replay of the live Q&A session on ‘How to find freelance work’ (free for Unsplice Pro members).The live Q&A session linked above is just one session that Unsplice Pro members get access to every week! Unsplice Pro is your personal video editing mentor and supporting community combined. Members get support with their video editing career progression through:   •   Weekly career coaching with live group Q&As   •   Monthly immersive creative editing training   •   Social events   •   A community focus on all things video editing   •   A rate assessment on joining to ensure you’re getting paid what you’re worth  Secure your spot in Unsplice Pro before the price doubles!  The first 100 founding members get to say "I was there from the beginning”, and lock in a discounted rate for the duration of their membership.You can get access to everything except the monthly creative training for only £25 per month.And you can improve your storytelling and creative editing for only £24 extra per month.Secure your spot before the price doubles! https://www.unsplice.com/pro  Thank you for listening!  Shiny   Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/kem/lazy-loveLicense code: FNRTIZZZZZ0MH8JMSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-video-editing-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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Film editors have film school, video editors have Unsplice. My name is Shiny, I'm the founder of video editing training school Unsplice, and on The Video Editing Podcast you'll get straight-forward weekly video editing tips, tactics and career advice learned from 15 years as a professional video editor in London. You'll hear coaching calls with editors in the same position as you, as well as from pros at the top of their game and how they got there. We love talking documentaries, commercials, branded content, trailers, and everything in between. Come join our community of editors passionate about the type of work that makes up the majority of the editing job market - video editing. Do you have a question you want answered on the video editing podcast? Just visit https://www.unsplice.com/ask