Long before we ever engage on making a conservation video for your organization, there's a good chance some of the work for project has already started. A new year marks new seasons here at WorkCabin Creative where it's all about field work several days per month to capture broll footage. This footage becomes part of our footage library that we can pull from for future inclusion in conservation film projects. Need a clip of a turtle? A muskrat? We've got that!

Saying "No" to work is not easy. But when you have real experience working in conservation, understand the landscape, and the environmental factors of specialized work, you have the skillset to make informed decisions. Such was the case recently. But I still made it an opportunity to provide expertise to the organization that was greatly appreciated. That's the takeaway in this week's episode: Every opportunity is an opportunity to create a lasting impression, even when you (unfortunately) have to turn down work.

In this episode I talk about THE most common question asked about video projects. Videographers aren't trying to be evasive when they can't answer this question right away. That's because every project is different. So we have to know more about your story

The year 2020 has been all about gaining new perspectives. Limited time sales and promotions seemed so gimmicky. Something more was needed in such challenging times. So I did something that was the opposite of what so many small businesses did during the challenges of Covid19

Of all the things that have helped my business, knowing my niche and target market have been the biggest assets to creating career momentum and growth. It has helped build credibility, trust and authenticity within that specific markets. And most importantly, it has led t0 high quality referrals from customers who understand and want the value that I provide

We've all seen those kinds of so-called "creatives" that say in their Facebook bios they are full-time professional photographers or whatever. But look at the volume of photos or videos they post almost every other hour every day on Facebook and the obvious becomes apparent. They are not "full-time" photographers. They are "full-time" Facebook users. The only thing many of these so-called photographers are working for is volume of free Likes and "friends" congratulating and showering praise on them. Here's the problem. That's not work. It's an addiction. And it's definitely NOT the work, life balance of being a real full-time creative who is actually out there earning a living.

For the past two years I've been building a personalized YouTube channel all about helping new filmmakers and videographers. This podcast episode is about the amazing lessons learned growing a channel and why I think YouTube makes you better and smarter at using a social channel vs all the other social channels out there. Find my personal YouTube channel here

A pandemic is certainly a challenging time for creatives. But those of who us who have adapted and continued to serve customers, even in smaller ways, will look back and see this time as success. Maybe not in terms of income generated. But in terms of keeping our businesses alive in some shape or form. Resiliency is a business trait that the right target audience will notice. And these are the customers you want to attract

Unstaged. Unscripted. Two words that strike fear into the hearts of many communications professionals. But really, if you want to resonate as authentic and real, being unstaged and unscripted is powerful for not only being viewed as more genuine but also trustworthy

It's easy to look at someone else and want to be like them, have the same success as they apparently have, do the same kind of work, and measure your own progress based on them. The entire trouble is, doing this will usually only cause you nothing but demoralization and an inability to truly improve because your guide to measuring yourself and your success is not your own