The AI Video Freelancer's Playbook: How to Land, Price, and Deliver Client Work, by Chase Donovan.

Two weeks into running a small ad campaign to find video clients, I already had project proposals from two people who worked at local TV stations. Not because they were curious about AI. Because they needed video content, fast and affordable, and traditional production couldn't deliver either.

That's the real story behind this book, and it's the opposite of every "$10K a month with AI" guide flooding the market right now.

AI-generated video has crossed from novelty into a genuinely usable service, and small businesses that could never afford a real production budget are actively looking for someone who can deliver it well. This book is the operating manual for becoming that person.

Inside, you'll learn how to price your work using real 2026 market data instead of guessing (and why underpricing yourself trains every client to expect a discount), how to build a repeatable quote system that gets you paid without awkward negotiations, how to find your first clients even with zero portfolio, and how to protect your delivery with a simple watermark technique that makes non-payment a non-issue.

You'll also get the tactics nobody talks about: why a voice note closes more deals than a text reply, how to turn a single $150 quote into a $400 recurring package with one sentence, and why targeting businesses instead of "dreamer" clients will save you from months of chasing people who were never going to pay.

No hype. No unverifiable income claims. Just the pricing, workflow, and client-handling systems from someone who's actually run this as a business, written so you can run it as one too.

For freelancers, editors, and side-hustlers ready to treat AI video as a real trade, not a lottery ticket.