I Traded My Filmmaking Skills for $10,000 in Value (and you can too!)

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@stephencorley Ай бұрын

Love it!! My dad use to barter his service when I was a child. I thought it was the coolest thing ever 🤣 hence the reason your video caught my attention 💯 well done brother 👏👏

@austinmeyerfilms Ай бұрын

@@stephencorley thank you! Shout out to your dad for leading the way

@garretmurphy4544 Ай бұрын

Fantastic advice Austin, thank you for sharing!

@austinmeyerfilms Ай бұрын

@@garretmurphy4544 my pleasure! Thanks for watching, Garret 🙏

@tyeblake2612 Ай бұрын

Yep, that’s a great idea! 💡 It seems like everyone is always wanting me to do something for free. Bartering will be my new way from now on…. I’ll have to send you 10% of the profits… lol

@austinmeyerfilms Ай бұрын

@@tyeblake2612 hahah, I appreciate that :) I hear you on the people wanting free work. Hopefully a barter play will work out for some of those 🙏

@filmmakerevolution Ай бұрын

Bartering if they can't afford your full rate is a great idea, going to keep tis in mind for the future

@austinmeyerfilms Ай бұрын

@@filmmakerevolution absolutely! It’s a great way to supplement budgets. Hope you’re able to land some great value when you give it a try 🙌

@sergiypudich Ай бұрын

Great episode, Austin! My few cents: when I shot my latest fiction short I dealt with location (pole dance gym) for a barter - I shoot for them promo video, they give me location for 3 shooting days of my movie :)

@austinmeyerfilms Ай бұрын

@@sergiypudich that’s a perfect way to use the barter right there! Thanks for sharing

@sloop24 Ай бұрын

This is pretty great advise! Thanks!

@austinmeyerfilms Ай бұрын

@@sloop24 thanks for watching!

@SatelliteVideosHD Ай бұрын

great ideas Austin

@austinmeyerfilms Ай бұрын

Thank you!

@Kevr0 Ай бұрын

Awesome video and great ideas

@austinmeyerfilms Ай бұрын

@@Kevr0 thanks for watching!

@sahajnijjar Ай бұрын

Awesome, advice !!

@austinmeyerfilms Ай бұрын

@@sahajnijjar thanks, Sahaj!

@conorkcarroll Ай бұрын

Great video! Would love to try bartering for Airbnbs.. just subbed!

@austinmeyerfilms Ай бұрын

@@conorkcarroll give it a try! If you send out a bunch of messages, I bet you’ll hear back from a couple of them. My partner and I have had some really fun and unique weekend adventures with these. Thanks for the sub!

@olajuwon03 Ай бұрын

omg, awsome video and also great ideas.

@austinmeyerfilms Ай бұрын

@@olajuwon03 thank you! So glad you enjoyed the video

@jbf5030 Ай бұрын

Damn. Thanks for the tip

@austinmeyerfilms Ай бұрын

@@jbf5030 of course! Thanks for watching

@tyeblake2612 Ай бұрын

Austin! How’s my buddy doing!!!

@austinmeyerfilms Ай бұрын

Your buddy is doin great! You?

@AkaBull Ай бұрын

That's petty cool 😎

@austinmeyerfilms Ай бұрын

You’re pretty cool 😎

@AkaBull Ай бұрын

@@austinmeyerfilms lol

@CAMAS_7 Ай бұрын

So glad I found your channel. I’m curious, if you don’t have the “credits” like you have (HBO, Nat Geo, etc), how to you build trust with a business? I.e. the Air BnB example. How can they trust that you’re not going to take the free experience and run, so to speak? I want to travel to the Amazon and there are plenty of ecolodges down there, but how can I convince a lodge in remote Bolivia that a guy from Minnesota will stay true to his word? I mean, I will, but they don’t know that. Thoughts?

@austinmeyerfilms Ай бұрын

Great question! Honestly, I think that a solid portfolio and similar work samples speaks louder than impressive credits for most people you are likely to barter with. Like me doing a story about farmed animals for NatGeo doesn't mean a ton about my ability to film effectively a real estate video. The first AirBnb barter I did was at a friend's property. Then, I used that video to barter for my next one with people who I didn't know. If you can show a similar end product to what you're offering, I think that will take you a long way... So in this instance, I'd find something similar to an ecolodge in Minnesota that you can make a short proof of concept piece with. Then I'd reach out to the ecolodges in the Amazon with that specific video saying something like, "I can make you a video like this..." Does that make sense?

@CAMAS_7 Ай бұрын

@@austinmeyerfilms yes absolutely! It goes a lot farther than, hey look at me, I can edit!