The Freelancers guide to getting hired by agencies with Amy Marshall. EP #289

Here's a sneak peek at what you'll hear:An insider's advice to freelancers who want to become the go-to videographer for ad agencies. (Follow this advice and you can potentially be on speed dial for multiple agencies. - 1:30)An outreach marketing fallacy that keeps video freelancers from picking up new business. (Buying into this fallacy will castrate all your marketing efforts - 2:00)How NOT to do outreach marketing. (If your outreach marketing sounds like the example given at 4:20, then you'll want to change that right quick. Here's how...)A ridiculously simple way (yet overlooked by most people) to get on the radar of producers and directors of big agencies who hire video freelancers. - 5:00Why video freelancers should think more like sleazy car salesmen. - 6:00Key people to approach inside an ad agency if you're a videographer looking for work. - 11:00Den's "how NOT to turn up to a corporate gig" story. (Megadeth were a great '80s metal band but rocking up to a corporate gig looking like one of the band members is probably not a great idea. - 13:00)A crackbrained thing many video freelancers do to their fees when working for big agencies. Doing this will always backfire.  - 16:30The surprising power of being organized. (It ain't sexy. It ain't exciting, but by golly, this one attribute will get a videographer more work than just about anything else. - 18:00)The pros and cons of working for an ad agency as a hired videographer. - 22:00A classy way to deal with producers and directors who have the creativity of a house brick. - 24:00Mentoring options : www.denlennie.comConnect with Den on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/den_lennie