So Im struggling to find out where to focus. I've been making videos for about 7 years, and have a lot of experience doing work for a variety of client types, churches, trade companies and a few weddings. Should I have separate portfolios for things like short films, commercial work, and weddings?
Hi Alex - Besides Social Media (Instagram, Facebook, etc), where is the best place to showcase all of the videos you have produced and edited for various companies in order to show perspective companies what type of work you could do? Should you set up a website and divide it up by category such as the type of industry and then display all of the videos within each category which are linked to a dedicated TH-cam channel for your portfolio? If a website should be used, are there any specific hosting platforms such as SquareSpace or Wix that you recommend which will not require the videographer to have to know web design in a lot of detail to avoid such a steep learning curve which might slow down the overall progress of actually being able to display your portfolio?
Hey Mike, I definitely recommend having a website. It not only looks professional it also is your own space, whereas IG, FB etc. could shut down or close your access any day. I think it's great to set up a website and then either make project sets between industries or depending on how many projects you have, set them up in a gallery with a page for each that explains a bit more about the project, scope and result. Connecting to VIMEO or TH-cam is then great for the videos. TH-cam is probably the easiest with a dedicated channel because it's free. I used to be on Squarespace and it's completely fine. Easy to set up but it comes with a lot of limitations if you want to customise a lot. I haven't tried Wix but heard great things. I switched to Shopify but only because I needed something that was more store-focused and Squarespace was lacking too many features in that regard or making it too expensive. If you just want to host your portfolio and perhaps have a About and Pricing page, then either would be fine and I'd proabably just go with the cheaper option myself.
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So Im struggling to find out where to focus. I've been making videos for about 7 years, and have a lot of experience doing work for a variety of client types, churches, trade companies and a few weddings. Should I have separate portfolios for things like short films, commercial work, and weddings?
Hi Alex - Besides Social Media (Instagram, Facebook, etc), where is the best place to showcase all of the videos you have produced and edited for various companies in order to show perspective companies what type of work you could do?
Should you set up a website and divide it up by category such as the type of industry and then display all of the videos within each category which are linked to a dedicated TH-cam channel for your portfolio?
If a website should be used, are there any specific hosting platforms such as SquareSpace or Wix that you recommend which will not require the videographer to have to know web design in a lot of detail to avoid such a steep learning curve which might slow down the overall progress of actually being able to display your portfolio?
Hey Mike,
I definitely recommend having a website. It not only looks professional it also is your own space, whereas IG, FB etc. could shut down or close your access any day.
I think it's great to set up a website and then either make project sets between industries or depending on how many projects you have, set them up in a gallery with a page for each that explains a bit more about the project, scope and result. Connecting to VIMEO or TH-cam is then great for the videos. TH-cam is probably the easiest with a dedicated channel because it's free.
I used to be on Squarespace and it's completely fine. Easy to set up but it comes with a lot of limitations if you want to customise a lot. I haven't tried Wix but heard great things. I switched to Shopify but only because I needed something that was more store-focused and Squarespace was lacking too many features in that regard or making it too expensive.
If you just want to host your portfolio and perhaps have a About and Pricing page, then either would be fine and I'd proabably just go with the cheaper option myself.
@@AlexBjorstorp Thank you for all of that helpful information!