Stop Sending Proposals as PDFs

Most video producers send proposals the same way. You pull something together in Google Docs or a PDF, attach it to an email, and hope the client reads the right version. They reply with questions. You send a revised version. They forward it to someone else on their team who asks the same questions again.

By the time they say yes, you've spent more time on the proposal than you budgeted for pre-production.

We're video producers too — and we know that's just the beginning of the problem. When you're starting out, Google Docs gets the job done. As your business grows, you start building custom documents, adding tools, stacking subscriptions just to cover each phase of the client process. And none of it talks to each other. So when a client wants to change the scope, you're manually updating the proposal, revising the contract, adjusting the invoice — all separately, all by hand. Every time.

That's the problem FirstSlate was built to fix.

You build your proposal in the dashboard: a scoped package with clear pricing, plus optional add-ons the client can take or leave. Send your client a link. They open it, read through what's included, choose their add-ons, sign, and accept. No PDF, no back-and-forth, no version confusion. When scope changes, you update one place and everything reflects it. You get a notification when they accept, and the project moves forward, cleanly.

One tool. One workflow. No patchwork.