If you want to be a filmmaker, you have to make films. Here are two up-coming competitions you should seriously consider. They offer amazing exposure and one of them has a half-million dollar grand prize and the opportunity to be produced by Ridley Scott!
Archives for February 2012
Little Platforms Can Still Go a Long Way
In my follow up to yesterday’s post about building a platform to survive the new free-conomy, today I offer a few suggestions on how you can build a useful platform for your business without having it reach tens of thousands of people.
Building a Platform and Surviving This New Free-conomy
There’s a growing amount of products, services and education being offered free of charge. You may even see your competition giving away more stuff for free. So how does a small business survive in such a bizarro economy? Good question.
My Top 10 Attendance Tips for WPPI, NAB or Any Large Conference
Large conferences like WPPI, NAB and SXSW can be very overwhelming. Here are my top 7 tips for getting the most out of them (without going broke!)
Ideas Hold Value. Charge Accordingly.
The ideas you bring to the table are valuable. Your rates and how you market yourself should refelct that.
How to Crash and Burn Your Business
Celebrity and high-profile wedding and portrait photographer Joe Photo shares some personal experience on mistakes that made his successful business crash and burn. And how he is rising out of those ashes.
WPPI Meet-up with Ron Dawson and Eugene and Heather Brown
If you’re at WPPI this week, here’s a great networking and educational opportunity.
When Employees or Contractors Steal Clients or Ideas
Eight strategies for how to minimize employees or contractors running away with clients or ideas, and how to handle it when it does happen. Because trust me, it WILL happen.
Ryan Koral Talks About Going Commercial
Today international award-winning event filmmaker Ryan Koral of Epic Motion comments on the creation of his commercial video production company Tell.
Setting Gmail as Your Default Mail Client
A great tip for you Gmail users frustrated by email hot links that launch your desktop mail client.