Media exposure of your product or service is of paramount importance to your company, and a well designed and carefully crafted commercial video will sell your product in a way that all the printed literature in the world will never be able to do for you.
We were asked by one of our clients how much we would charge to make a short fundraising promotional video to aid in a fund raising event. Of course we would not feel comfortable charging to help a fundraiser so this was all done pro-bono!
We try to look at the local Craigslist most days because sometimes there are people looking for our services. One such posting wanted a videographer to record a music video for posting on YouTube. We sent a quote and waited. No our experience is that 80% of such quotes never receive a reply but in this case we were accepted and agreed a date for the shoot.
This job came through the agency VODIK. They employed us as an independent contractor for their client Agent Advantage. We received a brief covering what their client wanted and then went out to film, edit and produce the final version.