Bryce Leverich
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Sorry Mike,
We are moving to an existing facility owned by my family, so the need to include moving expenses/lease is not the case with us. The information about being in business over a decade is because there are two of us with over 12 years experience in our niche. I should put “Over a decade of experience, collectively”.
We are primarily a post house at the moment, once we are able to purchase cameras we will begin production.Please don’t read too heavily into the website. It has not officially been launched and it is still in developmental stages. It changes almost daily.
I have done quite a bit of research in lease-to-own through TEAC (Duplication) and Sony (cameras), and I think that this may be the best option. They both offer low “interest rates”.
I appreciate all of your advice, and I will take it to heart.
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Ron, man… Definitely blunt. I would assume that you would want every kid with a laptop in your market. I could only imagine them making your product and company look better.
I have been doing this for eight years, and I have the clients to support a business. As far as advertising goes… yes, I need to advertise. My niche is small, and none of my clients are local. There are trade magazines that I need to be in.
I don’t plan on running from this business. I have been doing it for a pretty good amount of time, I love my work, and I love my clients. Maybe it’s different for me, I don’t run a production business, I run a very small niche production business. No, I couldn’t see myself shooting car/furniture commercials everyday, but what I do shoot definitely is my passion… and it pay the bills quite nicely.
So, do you have any advice as to how to get startup?
Bryce Leverich
Co-Owner/Creative
Meijin Media LLC
http://www.myspace.com/meijinmedia
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I really have no idea what you guys are talking about 🙂 What link 🙂
Bryce Leverich
Co-Owner/CreativeSwim Co.
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Ha true… The website link and the secrecy are great… Well it’s no secret what I do, but the client is somewhat secure 🙂
Bryce Leverich
Co-Owner/Creative
Meijin Media LLC
http://www.myspace.com/meijinmedia
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Thanks guys! These are all great points.
I think I will counter offer with an amendment to their contract. I will probably just tell them that I need a list of their clients that they are most concerned with. It’s just that this company has the mentality that ALL SWIMMERS are their clients, which claiming an entire niche is pretty obsurd in my opinion. They contract they want me to sigh is very vague “Cannot approach our clients”… What does that mean? It’s very easily adjusted to mean “anyone that we see fit”, and I can’t do that. Pretty much, I approach a client and if the company sees value in that client, then they can snag them. Doesn’t seem very fair for a company to tell me, as a freelancer, who I can and cannot approach and do business with.
Too bad this client is currently my BEST client…
Thanks
Bryce Leverich
Co-Owner/Creative
Meijin Media LLC
http://www.myspace.com/meijinmedia
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Pretty much, that’s what they are saying. If I start my own business in their niche, regardless of whether or not I am offering a completely different product than what they offer, they will drop me if I do not sign the First Right of Refusal contract.
Like I said, I am not offering the same product they offer, and the only thing I am really concerned about is GIVING them my new product idea through this contract.
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Well it does seem to be a pretty easy typo to make. Maybe he/she just wanted you to know that he/she does, in fact, know how to spell conventional, and that it was a typo and not a misspelling.
Is this person your employee? If so, I can imagine them not wanting you to think that they cannot spell correctly.
My opinion is, everyone makes mistakes, and a simple switch of the “I” and “O” is going to happen sometimes. That’s why quality control before anything is handed off to a client is important.
At my old place of employment, we as editors, had to sit down with a producer and WATCH everything that went out before a client picked it up. This usually eliminated any small typos or misspellings like this one.
My reaction would have been, “Well, let’s look at everything else while we are here. Regardless whether or not it was a typo or misspelling, this cannot go out to a client like this. So let’s check all of our type just to make sure.” Then I would have them scrub to each super to check any spelling. I wouldn’t make a big deal out of this, but I would make a note that it happened… Just in case this started to become an ongoing problem with this particular editor.
Good lukc! Darn it, see what I mean!
~Bryce
Bryce Leverich
Co-Owner/Creative
Meijin Media LLC
http://www.myspace.com/meijinmedia
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John,
I have a client that ALWAYS gets me the raw tape and elements “A week after the final is due”. So I find myself always being asked to “rush” the job. Most of the time they are understanding that the rush was due to them not producing the raw in a timely fashion, so implementing a rush charge is never argued. As far as how much I charge, I usually charge 50% more if it is a rush. So if I normally charge $800 for an edit, I charge $1200 for the same project on a rushed basis.The same client also gave me a rush job last year, that was going to require me to work on Thanksgiving. This was charged at double. I explained to the client that not only was the project rushed, but it was requiring me to work on a Holiday. They had no problems at all with paying me double my normal editing flat fee for this particular project.
I think that most clients have been asked to complete a rush job themselves, and most people understand that working long hours, no sleep, putting aside personal events and dedicating your days and nights to them in order to get something done is Over and Above what you normally charge for. I have never run into a client that said, “Sorry, I can’t pay more for a rush”. If they did not want to pay more, then they simply told me to take my time, and they would bite the consequences for not having the product in on time. Although with that situation, I always have it in an email, in case the client tells their producers/boss that it was my fault I can defend myself with the email if needed.
Good luck!
~Bryce Leverich
Owner, Meijin Media LLC
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Brendan,
Its AWESOME that you mentioned SWOT. ALL of the clients that I work with are also part of a consulting firm that teaches the SWOT analysis. All of my clients are in a very VERY small niche, and I have been a part of this niche for over six years, really shooting and producing nothing else.They do not question my ability or knowledge to get the project done, because as stated above, I have been working with them on other projects concerning the same subject matter for quite some time. That leaves me to the conclusion that it comes down to money and the economy. All of my main clients are in the service business themselves, and not only is it a service business, but this service is considered a “luxury” by most. So with this economy, luxury-expenses are a hard sale.
I have several phone meetings coming up with my prospects, and I will implement down-right asking for the commitment. We require a 1/3 payment upon booking, and I will try to get that once they say that they are, in fact, willing to go forward.
Thanks everyone for your help, I will do my best to implement the techniques as mentioned above. I will let you know how everything goes down.
~Bryce
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That’s the first thing I am going to try to do. We usually use a CG background on the “title page” so maybe I can find the exact CG we used, and matte it out to cover the 3, then add the 4 on top. That would be the easiest route… I am keeping all of my extremities crossed.