It is not easy at all to find a good and affordable service to create a viral video to promote your brand. The services are very few and rates are very high. A good way out is to search for a self-employed or freelance video creator throughout film making forums and communities. Join and participate - there are a lot of benefits you can get from them:

• Build long-term relationships with truly creative people you will be able to turn to each time you need to spice up your promotional campaign;
• Find inspiration by reviewing and rating others’ work: create unique advertising campaigns;
• Promote your own video, ask for advice and recommendations.

The only time you will need to seek out a professional is when it comes to finding an experienced video search engine optimization company. This will save you time and money when it comes to creating exposure for your newly created video. Otherwise take a look at the great options out there.

Filmmaking Forums

StudentFilms forum is a very active community of filmmaking students and experts sharing their diaries, tutorials and books. It is more about education than networking but you should check it out if you seek expert advice and educated approach.

B-roll is a fairly active forum discussing video creation. You will see members reviewing each other’s movies (Video Critique section), discussing technical issues and tools (Video Editing forum), sharing news and articles (News board). The forum also contains a separate section for self-employed filmmakers called “Freelance” where you can search for a creative and reliable partner.

Filmmaking.net is another great forum uniting independent film makers under its roof. It is more oriented to creating movies and documentary than to discussing short viral videos and commercials. However you will be able to find a bunch of talented people there who will recommend a good video creation service for you. Besides, you can post your own job offer - they have a separate forum for people searching for film making service.

Filmmaking Social Networks

Shortfilms.com is a community encouraging self-employed film makers to upload and advertise their videos. With it you can choose a good film maker to create a viral video for you by viewing their creations. The site has a huge tag cloud for you to easily navigate throughout the videos.

OpenFilm is another cool place to check. It has quite an active community and a large database of independent movies to browse. You might also want to take a look at their Awards section for most popular picks.