How To Become A Freelance Video Editor in 2023 (in 60 DAYS) 🔥| Make Money Freelancing 💸

BECOMING A FREELANCER VIDEO EDITOR CAN BE EXCITING AND REWARDING CAREER PATH . BUT IT IS NOT SAME AS USUAL YOU HAVE TO WORK HARD A LOT IN THE BEGINING OF YOUR JOURNEY AND IT WILL TAKE A WHILE TO ESTABLISH YOURSELF IN THIS INDUSTRY . BECAUSE OF THIS I HAVE BROUGHT YOU A 60 DAYS WHOLE FRAMEWORK THAT WILL GUIDE THAT WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO TO BECAME A PRO VIDEO EDITOR AND WILL ALSO TEACH YOU HOW YOU WILL GET THE WORK .
THEN IF YOU ARE DEDICATED TO THIS PROFFESSION THEN FOLLOW EVERY STEP I AM GONNA TELL IN THIS BLOG AND THIS WILL MAKE YOU A PRO VIDEO EDITOR IN JUST 60 DAYS .

LET'S START THE 60 DAYS OVERVIEW .....

DAY  1-10 SKILLS ASSESSMENT AND PREPARATION :- 

1. WORK ON YOUR SKILLS :- 

START DOING EDITING ON RAW CLIPS AND EVALUTE YOUR CURRENT VIDEO EDITING SKILLS AND ASLO NOTICE THE PLACE WHERE IMPROVEMENT IS NEED AND ALSO IMPLEMENT NEW PRESET AND NEW TECHNIQUE AS WELL. 

2. UPGRADE YOUR EQUIPMENT :-

SEE IF YOU SEE SOME GROWTH AT THAT MOMENT YOU CAN UPGRADE TO YOUR EQUIPMENT LIKE YOU CAN UPGRADE SPECS OF YOUR COMPUTER OR YOU CAN INVEST MONEY IN EDITING SOFTWARE LIKE (PREMIER PRO , FINAL CUT PRO , ETC...) .

3. CREATE A PORTFOLIO :-

SEE IF YOU WANT TO WORK AS A FREELANCER YOU SHOULD HAVE A GOOD PORTFOLIO OF YOUR BEST VIDEO EDITING PROJECTS BECAUSE YOUR PORTFOLIO WILL SHOWCASE YOUR SKILLS IN FORNT OF YOUR CLIENTS AND YOU SHOULD INCLUDE A VARIETY OF PROJECTS WHICH WILL DEMONSTRATE YOUR VERSATILITY.

DAY 11-20 : NETWORK AND ESTABLISH PRESENCE :-

1. LEVERAGE SOCIAL MEDIA :-

CREATE A PROFESSIONAL PROFILE ON DIFFERENT KIND OF SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM LIKE INSTAGRAM , TWITTER AND LINKEDIN . YOU CAN SHOWCASE YOUR WORK OVER THEIR AND YOU CAN ALSO COLLAB WITH OTHER PROFESSIONALS IN THE INDUSTRY AND YOU CAN ASLO JOIN THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES AND GROUPS .

2. COLLABRATE WITH OTHER'S :- 

YOU CAN WORK WITH OTHER'S PROFESSIONAL'S OF YOUR INDUSTRY LIKE YOU CAN WORK WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE WITH YOU ON THE SAME PLATFORM OR YOU CAN WORK WITH SMALL MEDIA OR A PRODUCTION COMPANY FOR FREE OR YOU CAN REDUCE THE RATE BECAUSE YOU SHOULD ALWAYS FOCUS ON GROWTH AND EXPERIENCE AND YOU CAN ALSO MAKE SOME NETWORK OVER THEIR .

3. ATTEND ONLINE WORKSHOPS :-

YOU SHOULD PARTICIPATE AS MANY AS VIRTUAL EVENTS OF YOUR INDUSTRY YOU CAN ATTEND VARIOUS TYPE'S OF CONFERENCE , WEBINARS REALTED TO VIDEO EDITING . BY ATTENDING THESE WORKSHOPS YOU CAN ENGAGE WITH EXPERTS , YOU CAN ASK QUESTION FROM THEM AND CAN ASLO CONNECT WITH SOME PROFESSIONAL'S AS WELL . 

4. OPTIMIZE YOUR ONLINE PRESENCE :-

YOU SHOULD OPTIMIZE YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILE'S IT WILL HELP YOU TO ENGAGE WITH MORE PEOPLE AND WILL BRING YOU MORE CLIENTS .

DAY 21-40 : FIND FREELANCE VIDEO EDITNG JOBS :- 

1. FREELANCE PLATFORMS :-

NOWDAYS THEIR ARE MANY PLATFORM FOR FREELANCER TO SHOWCASE THEIR WORK YOU CAN MAKE PROFILES ON THAT PLATFORMS SOME OF THE POPULOR PLATFORMS ARE FIVERR , UPWORK ETC .THEIR YOU CAN OPTIMIZE YOUR PROFILE WITH RELEVANT KEYWORDS AND YOU CAN START THEIR .

2. ONLINE JOBS BOARDS :-

REGULARLY CHECK THE ORDERS ON YOUR DIFFERNET SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILES LIKE LINKEDIN JOBS , INDEED ETC . AND WHEN APPLYING FOR WORKS ALWAYS OPTIMIZE YOUR PORTFOLIO .

3. COLD EMAILING :-

SEE IF YOU WANT FAST RESULTS THEN YOU CAN GO TO LOCAL PRODUCTION COMPANIES , AGENCIES AND BUSINESS THAT REQUIRE VIDEO EDITING SERVICES . YOU CAN SEND THEM EMAILS BY TELLING YOUR SELF AND ALSO ATTACH YOUR PROTFOILO WITH THAT .

4. JOIN ONLINE COMMUNITIES :-

SEE YOU CAN JOIN ONLINE GROUPS OR DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES WHICH ARE DEDICATED TO VIDEO EDITING . THEIR YOU CAN FIND SOME PROFESSIONAL'S BUILD RELATION'S WITH THEM ALWAYS SEEK FOR ANY ADVICES AND THEIR YOU CAN BUILT A NETWORK WHICH WILL HELP YOU TO GET WORK . 

DAY 41-60 : REFINE YOUR SKILLS AND CLIENT RELATIONSHIP :- 

1. FOCUS ON CLIENT SATISFACTION :-

SEE ALWAYS GIVE YOUR 100% ON YOUR CLIENT WORK WHICH WILL MAKE THEM SATISFY BECAUSE IF YOU EXCEED YOUR CLIENT EXPECTATIONS AND ALWAYS DELIVER HIGH-QUALITY WORK . AND ALWAYS CONTACT THEM ON REGULAR BASIS WHICH WILL HELP YOU TO BUILD A GOOD CUSTOMER REALTION . 

2. ASK FEEDBACKS AND TESTIMONIALS :-

SEE IF YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR WORK THEN YOU SHOULD ASK FOR FEEDBACKS FROM YOUR CLIENTS THAT WILL HELP YOU IMPROVE MORE AND MORE IN YOUR JOBS AND ALSO REQUEST TESTIMONIALS FOR YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILES OR FREELANCE PLATFORMS BECAUSE IT WILL HELP YOU ATTRACT MORE AND MORE CLIENTS . 

3. STAY UP TO DATE :- 

YOU SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE A HUNGER OF LEARNING NEW THINGS AND TECHNIQUES OF VIDEO EDITNG AND ALWAYS STAY UP TO DATE WITH TRENDS . YOU CAN WATCH TUTORIALS OR TAKE ONLINE CLASSES OR COURSES AND ALWAYS EXPERIMENT WITH NEW TOOLS AND THIS WILL HELP YOU TO IMPROVE YOUR SKILLS . 

4. EXPAND YOUR SERVICES :- 

WHEN YOU NOTICE THAT YOU ARE GOOD IN EDITNG YOU CAN ALSO TRY NEW THINGS LIKE COLOUR GRADING , MOTION GRAPHICS OR SOUND EDITS . BY DOING THIS YOU CAN DIVERSIFY YOU SERVICE'S BY THIS ADDITIONAL THINGS AND WILL ALSO HELP YOU TO EARN MORE . 

CONCLUSION :- 

REMEBER BUILDING A SUCCESSFUL FREELANCE VIDEO EDITNG CARRER TAKE TIME , EFFORT , AND PERSISTANCE . BE PATIENT , CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVE YOUR SKILLS , AND ACTIVELY MARKET YOUR SELF TO SECURE YOUR PROJECTS . GOOD LUCK FOR YOUR JOURNEY TO BECOMING A FREELANCE VIDEO EDITOR .