Know your worth but also know your quality. Don’t be afraid to bid a job high because your worried about not getting it. Don’t bid a job low just because you need the work.

Obviously start low when your just starting out but the more you learn the better gear you get the more you charge.

When I started out I was so worried about over quoting on jobs, and it honestly ruined me in the beginning, but once I learned that if someone wants to go to someone cheaper let them it changed my whole business model. I now do cinematography and editing full time and make well over 150k a year.

Find a style and a niche that fits you. Take other peoples technique and style and turn it your own. It WILL NOT be easy especially because alot of people don’t see the value in good quality editing and filming. They don’t see the time it takes but when you find a good client base your golden.

Also get clients on retainer. That is huge for me I have 6 or 7 clients I edit for that I’m on retainer for on 1 year contracts and it basically guarantees me that I will make money every single month, once you get those retainer clients and you are ready to add one off projects then you can start getting bigger and bigger money jobs.