Directing all day.
Selling all night.
Sales squeezed between shoots.
Most studio founders are the whole sales team. Prospecting happens in the van, follow-ups get written after a long edit, and the moment a big project lands, outreach stops, so the next quarter goes quiet. The craft suffers, and so does the pipeline.
Lead gen handled. Craft protected.
We run managed LinkedIn and email outbound as your lead generation team: we pick the brands and agencies that buy video, write to them in your voice, handle every reply and book qualified meetings into your calendar. Your only job is to show up for the call, then go make something great.
From blank list
to booked call.
No mystery, no black box. Here is what happens after you say go.
Get to know you
We dig into your work, rates and favourite projects, and agree which companies you actually want as clients.
Set up the tools
Separate email domains, warmed-up inboxes, a sharper LinkedIn profile and contact lists checked by hand.
Start the outreach
LinkedIn messages and cold emails go out together, written around your projects rather than a template.
Handle the replies
We answer every response, check budget and timing, and drop confirmed calls into your diary.
Keep improving
A short weekly report, new message tests and fresh lists, so month six beats month one.
The full marketing stack.
Run for you.
Eight services, one goal: steady, qualified work for your production company while you stay behind the camera. Start with one channel or combine them. Every message, ad and script is approved by you before it goes live.
LinkedIn outreach & presence
Be the studio buyers already recognise when your message arrives.
We tidy up your profile so a marketing lead understands your work in five seconds, then start personal conversations with the people who commission video.
You receive: A rewritten profile, a researched prospect list and weekly reply notes.
- Profile headline, About and Featured section built around your reel
- Prospect lists of brand, agency and in-house marketing decision-makers
- Connection notes and follow-ups written in your voice, approved by you
- Light post plan: behind-the-scenes, case studies, short clips
- Follow-ups with profile viewers and people who engage with your posts
Instagram for studios
Turn the feed into a showreel that brings enquiries.
Your best footage already lives here. We shape it into a portfolio that tells visitors what you shoot, who for, and how to book you.
You receive: A monthly content calendar, captions, and a tidy profile with a clear booking link.
- Bio, highlights and link-in-bio set up as a mini sales page
- Reels and carousel plan from your existing footage and BTS
- Captions and hashtags tuned for local and niche searches
- DM replies to enquiries, with qualified leads passed to you
- Simple monthly report: reach, saves, enquiries
Meta ads (Facebook & Instagram)
Put your reel in front of people ready to hire.
Paid campaigns for when you want enquiries on demand: weddings, events, local businesses or brand clients, depending on what you sell.
You receive: Campaign setup, ad creative cut from your footage, and a weekly performance summary.
- Audience and offer planning before any money is spent
- Ad cuts and hooks edited from your own clips
- Lead forms or landing-page traffic, with tracking (Meta Pixel) installed
- Budget pacing, testing and weekly optimisation
- Every lead followed up quickly so ad spend isn't wasted
Cold email & email marketing
Reach new buyers and keep past clients warm.
Two tracks: careful cold email to new prospects, and a simple newsletter to the contacts who already know your work.
You receive: Separate sending domains, written sequences, and a list of every reply.
- Dedicated, warmed-up domains so your main inbox stays safe
- Personalised cold sequences built around relevant projects
- Monthly newsletter or project showcase for past clients and leads
- Win-back emails for clients who haven't booked in a while
- Deliverability checks and reply tracking
Cold calling
A real voice for the leads worth a phone call.
Some buyers answer the phone faster than an inbox. We call warm and well-researched prospects to qualify interest and set the next step.
You receive: Call scripts you approve, call notes in your CRM, and booked follow-ups.
- Scripts and objection notes written for video buyers
- Calls to warm leads: email openers, form fills, past enquiries
- Qualification on budget, timing and project type
- Callbacks scheduled, nothing left hanging
- Call notes logged where your team can see them
Appointment setting
Only the calls worth leaving the edit suite for.
Every channel above feeds one place. We answer replies, check fit and book qualified meetings straight into your calendar with context attached.
You receive: Booked calls with a short brief on each prospect, plus a weekly pipeline summary.
- Fast replies across LinkedIn, email, Instagram DMs and ad leads
- Qualification against your ideal client and minimum budget
- Calendar booking, confirmations and reminders
- A prep note before each call: company, project, budget, timing
- No-show follow-up and rebooking
Instagram page creation
A professional Instagram presence from day one.
For new studios, rebrands, or accounts that grew messy. We build an Instagram business profile that looks like a production company and is ready for enquiries from the first post.
You receive: A launched business profile, a branded grid of your first 9 posts, and highlight covers.
- Business/creator account set up with contact and booking buttons
- Handle, name and bio written for search and clarity
- Profile image, highlight covers and grid style matched to your brand
- First 9 posts planned and laid out from your reel and BTS
- Linked to Facebook and Meta Business Suite, ready for ads
Facebook page creation
The page clients and ad platforms expect to find.
Many brand clients and local businesses still check Facebook, and Meta ads need a proper page behind them. We build and brand it so it supports your sales instead of sitting empty.
You receive: A complete, branded Facebook business page connected to Meta Business Suite.
- Page created with category, services, location and contact details
- Cover and profile artwork designed around your footage
- About, services and call-to-action button set to book a call
- Reviews and recommendations enabled, with first posts published
- Meta Business Suite, ad account and Pixel set up correctly
How every service runs: agree the goal (who you want to work with, budget, scope) → build and approve (you review copy, creative and lists) → launch and learn (weekly results decide what we do next).
Your options,
side by side.
| Who does the chasing? | Slatelift | General marketing agency | Hiring in-house | Freelance caller |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knows how video gets bought | It's all we do | Still learning | If you hire well | Rarely |
| Runs LinkedIn and email for you | Yes, both | Often just one | Maybe | Partial |
| Your hours spent on lead gen | About 30 min/week | A few hours | Managing a hire | Constant supervision |
| Up and running in | About 3 weeks | 4–8 weeks | Up to 6 months | Hard to say |
| Senior sales advice | Every week, included | Extra cost | On you | No |
| Replies answered, calls booked | Yes | Sometimes | Yes | Hit and miss |
| If results fall short | Free month | Long contract | Expensive to undo | Reputation risk |
From $1,000 to $1,950.
Pick your scene.
Plans start at $1,000/month for one channel and go up to $1,950/month for the full marketing and outbound stack. Exact scope is agreed before work starts. Meta ad spend is paid directly to Meta and is not included. Prices in USD.
Starter
One channel, done properly.
- LinkedIn outreach or Instagram/Facebook page setup
- Profile or page branding
- Monthly report
- Month-to-month
Growth
Outbound that books meetings.
- LinkedIn + cold email outreach
- Appointment setting into your calendar
- Weekly sales call
- Meeting target with a free-month guarantee
Studio
Outbound plus social and ads.
- Everything in Growth
- Instagram management + Meta ads management
- Cold calling to warm leads
- Email marketing to past clients
Full stack
Your entire new-business team.
- All eight services, every channel
- Dedicated strategist and caller
- Ad creative cut from your footage
- Priority reporting and planning
Many studios.
Same relief.
Before Slatelift, our founder ran lead generation for many videography clients: production studios, wedding and event videographers, and commercial shooters. The same story kept coming up. Names are kept private; the notes below are illustrative of that work, not direct quotes.
"The outreach kept running through our busiest shoot weeks, which is exactly when we used to go silent."
Production studio founderCommercial video · illustrative client note"I stopped writing cold messages at midnight after an edit. The calls just showed up in my calendar."
Independent videographerBrand & event work · illustrative client note"Someone else handled the chasing, so my team could stay on the craft."
Creative director, small video teamCorporate film · illustrative client noteThings people
ask first.
Which services can I start with?
Any one of them. Many studios start with LinkedIn outreach and appointment setting, then add Instagram, Meta ads, email or calling once the basics are working. Plans start at $1,000/month; scope and cost are agreed before work begins.
Do you guarantee a number of clients?
No one honestly can promise signed clients: results depend on your offer, pricing and timing. We agree a meeting target, report on it weekly, and on Growth plans and above you get a free month if we miss it.
How much of my time does lead generation take?
About 30 minutes a week: approve messages, glance at the report and take the calls. We do the prospecting, follow-ups and booking so you can focus on shooting and editing.
What exactly do you do for a production company?
We map the brands, agencies and in-house marketing teams that regularly commission video, find the decision-makers, and reach them through personalised LinkedIn and cold email sequences. Interested replies are qualified and booked straight into your calendar.
Whose name is on the messages?
Yours. You sign off on every script before a single message goes out.
Could cold email hurt our normal email?
No. Outreach runs from separate domains we warm up slowly, so your everyday inbox is untouched.
When do the first calls happen?
Outreach starts in roughly three weeks. Most studios are talking to new prospects inside month one.
Are you a fit for a solo videographer?
Usually we work with production companies and established videographers ready for brand and agency work. If that's you, let's talk.
Simple
to begin.
Say hello
Two minutes on the form. That's the last cold outreach you'll write.
Have a chat
Thirty minutes with us to look at your pipeline and see if we fit.
Go live
We set everything up and your outreach starts in about three weeks.
Thirty minutes.
Your pipeline, in focus.
A free 30-minute video call with Sarfaraz about the clients you want and how to reach them. No calendar app needed: just send a request.
- 1Pick a day and time that suits you.
- 2We email you within one working day to confirm.
- 3You get a video call link. That's it.
Mon–Fri · 30 min · Free · Video call
Prefer email? Write to sarfaraz@slatelift.com
Hand us the leads.
Keep the craft.
Tell us the projects you want more of. We'll run the lead generation so you can focus on making them. A few spots open each quarter.
Fill in your name and email (the rest is optional) → Sarfaraz replies personally within one working day.