Stop sending outreach like this:
"Hey I'm a video editor, work with me I'll make your videos better."
Nobody cares.
Here's how to actually write outreach that gets replies:
1. Personalize it. mention something specific about their content
2. Be clear. say exactly what you do and who you do it for
3. Don't sound desperate.
4. Provide value upfront, give before you ask
One good outreach message will do more than 100 generic ones.
I re-edited a video for @OpeOmoloye
His original version was genuinely great, but it was missing some essential steps.
1. No music in the video
2. Lack of visuals
3. Flat editing
4. slow pacing
5. rough cuts in video
I worked on those to make it more professional, visual, and engaging.
Let me know your thoughts.
You don't have a skill problem.
you have a marketing problem.
You're good at editing but you have no clients.
And you think the problem is your skills.
It's not.
You're just sitting and expecting clients to come to you.
No social media presence.
No outreach.
Nothing.
That's why you're in the same place you were a year ago.
I re-edited a video for @thegcochrane
His original version was genuinely great, but it was missing some essential steps.
1. No music in the video
2. Lack of visuals
3. Flat editing
4. slow pacing
5. rough cuts in video
I worked on those to make it more professional, visual, and engaging.
Let me know your thoughts.
New editors think the market rewards effort.
It doesn't.
You can pull an all-nighter on an edit, obsess over every frame, spend 10 hours perfecting transitions
Nobody cares.
The market only pays for one thing.
Value.
The sooner you understand this the faster you'll grow.
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Here's a recent edit I did for a prospect.
His original version was genuinely great, but it was missing some essential steps.
1. No music in the video
2. Lack of visuals
3. Flat editing
4. slow pacing
5. rough cuts in video
I worked on those to make it more professional, visual, and engaging.
Let me know your thoughts.
The biggest mistake new editors make.
They watch tutorial after tutorial, but never actually open the software.
They think knowledge alone will make their edits better.
But nothing changes until you take action.
Close YouTube. Open your software. Make something.
That's how you actually get better.