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Monthly videographer in Sarasota
Updated September 22, 2026
The same two people show up every month, film for a morning, and the rest of the month posts itself. That's a video retainer. It's cheaper than one day-rate shoot plus editing, and it's the only way an owner posts consistently for a year. Sarasota is about an hour south of us on I-75. We're a Tampa crew and we say so.
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What does a monthly videographer include?
One shoot day a month at your place. The scripts written before we arrive. The editing after. Captions, scheduling and posting three times a week. And RSoperations, where you approve cuts, see the calendar and watch leads land. Two people you can text. There is no software bill.
When does a retainer beat paying per project?
When you'll need video again next month, which for a business trying to grow on social is always. A per-project shoot at $1,200 to $3,000 a day (INDIRAP, 2026) plus editing buys one thing once. A retainer at $1,000 a month buys a shoot day, the edit, the posting and the platform, every month, and the footage bank grows so gaps can't happen.
A one-off beats a retainer when the job really is one thing: a grand opening, a brand film, a show. We do those too, by the day.
How fast do we start?
A planning call, then the first shoot usually inside two weeks. First cuts land in week one after the shoot, and posting starts as soon as they clear. Month to month. No annual lock-in.
How does a monthly videographer work in Sarasota?
Sarasota is about an hour south of us on I-75. We're a Tampa crew and we say so. Sarasota adds a travel line we put on the quote before you commit. It has never been the thing that decided a project. Sarasota, Bradenton, Lakewood Ranch and Venice, on the same terms.
Who we film in Sarasota: gyms and coaching brands, brokers and realtors on the keys and in Lakewood Ranch, venues, boat businesses and founders. The owner is the brand in every one of those, so the camera points at the owner and the business rides behind. The planning, editing, captions and posting run from Tampa either way, and you approve cuts from your phone in RSoperations.
Here's where I disagree with most Sarasota videographers
They sell days. A day gets you files. Nobody's business grew from files on a hard drive. Sell the month: the plan, the shoot, the cuts, the posts, the board where the lead shows up. That's the whole job, and it's the part a day rate skips.
Ricky Harrington, co-founder
What it costs
A monthly retainer starts at $1,000 a month for a solo expert or owner and $3,000 a month for a business building more than one person or brand. Both include the planning, a shoot day, the editing, the posting and RSoperations. Month to month, two rounds of revisions on every cut. Sarasota adds a travel line we put on the quote before you commit. It has never been the thing that decided a project.
The full breakdown is on the pricing page. Book a call and we give you one number, not a menu.
Questions people ask first
- How many videos a month?
- Enough to post three times a week, every week. Usually twelve to twenty short pieces from one shoot day, plus photos.
- Can I pause a month?
- Retainers run month to month, so yes. We'll tell you honestly that a gap costs reach, because the platform stops showing you to people when you give it nothing.
- Do you post for us?
- Yes. You approve the cuts in RSoperations. The calendar is ours to run.
- Is there a travel charge for Sarasota?
- Sarasota adds a travel line we put on the quote before you commit. It has never been the thing that decided a project. Sarasota, Bradenton, Lakewood Ranch and Venice, on the same terms.
- How fast can you start in Sarasota?
- A planning call this week, then the first shoot usually inside two weeks. We plan the shoot day tighter than usual, because we're not coming back on Thursday for the thing we missed.