How To Film Weddings

Working with high-end clientele. Most of us want to do it, but almost none of us know how to get there. How do you get those $10,000+ bookings? What is the secret to being able to charge that much? In this episode of the How To Film Weddings Podcast, John sits down with Lindsey and Cherish Conklin, a husband and wife team, and owners of Le Reve Films, based in Southern California. They have been shooting weddings for well over a decade, and have been charging over $10,000 per wedding. John breaks down the steps they took to get into this market. They have filmed weddings for celebrities, and worked with some of the biggest wedding planners in the world. But it wasn’t an easy road! Tune into this week’s episode of the How To Film Weddings Podcast to learn exactly how they have built a business that demands a higher price! Check Out Le Reve, and find out more about what they do with the links below: Website: https://www.lerevefilms.com/ Mentoring: https://www.lerevefilms.com/education Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/lerevefilms Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lerevefilms/ Engage’s Website: http://engagesummits.com/ Wedding Pro Workshops: https://www.weddingpro.com/ The Bridal Masterclass Experience: https://thebridalmasterclassexperience.com/

If you had a song to represent your brand what would it be? This week we're super excited to have Felicia and Maddy of iHeart Creative on the podcast sharing their unique perspective on creating an authentic brand, confetti, and how to win The Price is Right. All this week on the How To Film Weddings Podcast.

This week Ori Swiatkowski of O.Ski Films joins us on the podcast to share her journey as a wedding filmmaker and how she's been able to raise her prices early in her career by keeping her full-time job while she grows her business.

Outsourcing. We get probably 10 emails a week from companies bugging us trying to edit our videos for us. Annoying is a nice way to put it. But here is the problem most of us face. The backlog monster. We get going in our busy season and shoot a ton of weddings, only to realize we have so many to edit. So do we just take forever to edit them ourselves? Do we hire one of these random companies that emails us? The look and feel of your films is SO PERSONAL to your brand. Especially if you are a boutique video company. So trusting someone to edit your films is a huge risk. Recently, John heard about a company called Wedditor. They didn’t reach out to us. We reached out to them. We wanted to make that point because they have NEVER cold called, or cold emailed someone. It has all been word of mouth (check mark number 1 in their favor). After chatting a bit with them, he hired them to edit one of his films. From the moment they began to work together, it was completely different than some of these other companies. Their attention to detail, and making him happy was number 1. John shared the news with Nick about Wedditor, and he began having them do his edits as well. We have both been blown away at how close they are getting on the first version of the films. Fast forward a few months, and we worked out a deal for Wedditor to be one of our show sponsors. This is saying a lot, because we don’t just let anyone sponsor the show. Their team has been nothing short of amazing. Since we started spreading the news about Wedditor, their inbox has been inundated with emails and questions. So we thought it would be best to have them on the show to answer all of the questions about Wedditor, plus provide some knowledge just on the editing front. They edit hundreds of films, and see a lot of the same mistakes over and over again. We answer questions about editing, staying motivated and more. So great to talk to the CEO Michael, and the head of production, Sara, on this episode. For more information about Wedditor check out www.HowToFilmWeddings.com/wedditor and enter promo code HTFW for $50 off your first project. Thanks for keeping the HTFW community strong! Leave us a review, and share this podcast with a friend. Until next time, SEE YA!

Most of us try to sell to people in a way that would appeal to us. But the truth is, there are 4 different buyer types and you need to know what they are if you want to maximize your chances at selling them your services.

Grab a notepad because if you take the info from this week’s episode with Sam Jacobson and apply it, it will change your business. John sat down with Business Expert Sam Jacobson of Ideaction Consulting to talk about the 4 different buyer types, and how we need to approach them in our sales calls.

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