How To Guarantee Profit On Animation Produced For A Client - 6 Key Tips

[@muhammadsaadhanif2688]

I really appreciate the tips and always excited to see more videos. Could you make a video on "how to reduce/avoid the revisions in animation and the importance of revision policies? Thanks in advance.

[@StartAStudio]

Great idea. . Happy to cover that in a video very soon. Thanks for question.

[@aleehassan7666]

Why clients run away on freelancing sites when they are quoted about 5K? They are always looking someone to make a long animated videos in cheap prices like under 1K. How to convince them? Or they are not potential clients? Plz answer. And Thanks for your videos keep making them please.

[@StartAStudio]

Hi Alle, Thanks for the question. I can completely relate and know that websites like freelancer.com, fiverr, People Per Hour often have good sounding projects at very low budgets. It's, often a case of people or small companies knowing what they'd like but not having the budget to match it. Plus as with most things, when there are projects with good budgets on those platforms you'll be competing with more studios or individuals on the sites, who have high-quality portfolios and have built up top ratings on the websites. To try and help small studios, I'm about to go live with a new animation project jobs board, focused on bringing in quality clients, with 'good enough' budgets looking to work with small studios. Clients pay to list their job to keep the project quality/budget high. Studios can pitch quickly via the site. Then the client can work with them directly...no % is taken by the website. I'll be sharing a video as we go public with the new jobs site very soon, possibly even this afternoon. If you can get on a call or zoom meeting with clients, it does give you the chance to highlight reasons why a higher budget (£5+) video is worth the investment. i.e. What is a successful video worth to them?... could a great video help them generate £75k or £100k in a year or even 3 years... if so then a £5k investment seems very reasonable. Of course, at the other end, the clients may just not be right for you... move on. Instead, keep improving your own website and online presence, project yourself as an expert in a particular niche, so that companies will eventually come to you. Plus when pitching for work try and get an idea of the ball-park budget as soon as possible to save you wasting your and their time. I hope that helps... and I'll hopefully share a video about the new jobs site later on today.

[@aleehassan7666]

@@StartAStudio thank you much for the detailed answer. I'm really looking forward to your upcoming videos. You seem like a great mentor. I'm also a video editor and animator myself. I wish to learn more from you and maybe we can do something together in future. Keep producing the great work please. respect and love for you

[@gubbothehuggo2771]

The carrot to finish the job huh? Yeah 50% down and more than double your anticipated budget in case of total disaster sounds like a pretty good idea