Hey all! So I currently cannot use my account at all 🫠 I was trying to find something in the settings, clicked the wrong thing, and wound up back at the matchmaking process for finding potential clients that you get when you first set up your Willa account. As I had no way to get out of it — even moving to a different browser didn't help — I just blazed through it, skipping all the prompts hoping that my account wouldn't be affected. But noooowww, I'm still stuck in that setup process, frozen on step 3 where you would typically find your first match. 1) Is there any way my account can be restored to how it was, before November 21st? And... 2) Can you please fix the bug that led me down this path? Me getting stuck on that very first setup screen happened to me once before, right when the beta came out, but I managed to get out of it somehow without affecting my account. I'm honestly really surprised this is something that hasn't been fixed — granted I should've said something then, but regardless, why can't you just go to the previous page if you accidentally go to that starting process? Also, happy thanksgiving to those that celebrate !!! :)

Fellow producers, directors, DP’s and videographers, how much of a red flag is this? I work primarily as an editor so I’m not too familiar with pre-production. Most of my coworkers are saying this is no bueno (so it probably is), but I’m interested in hearing some other perspectives. Also, @Aron Levin some feedback, but maybe it would be handy to have categories for different industries on here? General discussions or questions for graphic designers, photographers, videographers, etc. Or maybe there’s a neater, possibly more detailed way to organize different subjects within the community that I’m not aware of.

Hey! Glad to have joined this community, and I'm looking forward to see how it'll grow :) I'm a video editor, based in Pittsburgh and I'm two years into freelancing. When I started, I was super fortunate to have found a great agency and get on board with them as a contracted video editor right as things were getting super busy. Because of their overabundance of work, I barely turned anything down from them, and had all my eggs in that one basket. It was great while it lasted, but because of this, I never really worked on growing my list of clients as much as I should've, and this year has been rough so far for myself and many others in the video and ad side of things. The agency I'm with is barely getting any work, and no other existing clients of mine have anything. The economy and uncertainty from the ad and tech side seemingly halted spending in a large chunk of the video industry and all that on top of the writers strike doesn't seem to be helping either ://// So would anyone like to share some advice? Insight? General info to add on top of any of this? How are others involved in the video and ad industry dealing with the downturn, or have you noticed an uptick in work? It seems to be slowly picking back up based on what I've heard, but I'm still not experiencing the effects of that 🫠🫠🫠

We first launched Willa back in 2020 to help creators and freelancers win more business and spend more time doing what they love. Today, more than 50,000+ creators and freelancers have joined Willa. We've set up the community for THREE reasons: 1. Host valuable content and insights – all in a single space. 💡 2. Help you connect with like-minded peers. 🤝 3. Get DIRECT feedback from our awesome users to build the best product in the world. 🔧 We'll be sharing content and insights in posts and more organized and categorized in the 'Classroom' tab at the top left of this page and in posts. To kick things off, create a post over in "Introductions" and let us know... - Your name - Where you are from - What you do - ... your goals and what you're excited about right now - A link to your channel (but see house rules). See you in the comments! == HOUSE RULES: #1. Collaboration over competition. 🤝💪 #2. Introduce yourself in the comments below and/or over at 'Introductions'... but keep the self-promotion and link sharing to a minimum. 🙅‍♂️📣 #3. Be bold... yet compassionate. Fearless... but kind. 🦁❤️ #4. No bullies. == – Aron Levin, founder @ Willa 👨‍💼✨

Hey everyone, super stoked about Willa and how it is helping Freelancers - and I'm looking forward to getting to know people through Skool and even possibly for collaborations too! Drop by and say hi anytime.