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Guest Post: How to Maximize Revenue Selling on Amazon
Today's guest post comes from filmmaker Jed Riffe who I met this year at Slamdance. He told me that he was ...
Guest Post: Fulfilment Options from Breakthrough Distribution
First off - the next Totbo workshop is in Vancouver in just 2 weeks: February 26 and 27th being organized by DOC ...
PMDs In Action
As you know, Sheri Candler, and I have been reaching out to working Producer's of Marketing and Distribution ...
Troubles at Neoflix – What Fulfillment Alternatives are There for Filmmakers Part 1
Troubles at Neoflix - What Fulfillment Alternatives are There for Filmmakers Part 1
For those of you who have ...
Exciting Times in Park City
While Smith feels that taking his film on the road by himself is the most groundbreaking aspect of his act, I actually feel that the work he has been doing for the past number of years has been what is truly revolutionary about his project. He has created a unique relationship with a large and devoted audience. In essence he has created himself into an artist entrepreneur in the best sense of the term.
Conclusion of Guest Post: The Secrets of The Secret
Today concludes Julie Eckersley's wonderful 5 part series on the methods used by The Secret to create such a ...
Part 4: The Secrets of the Secret
Today is Part 4 of Julie Eckersley's 5 Part amazing Guest Post Series on the distribution and marketing of "The ...
Part 3: The secrets of the Secret
From very early on in the project Byrne identified the key influencers in this area and aligned herself with them. As it was a documentary she could do this by actually using them in the film, but it could also be done by having interviews linked on a website, articles, blog posts etc. She got these people (some of which already had their own community of hundreds of thousands of followers) and she involved them from the beginning.
Part 2: The secrets of the $300 million independent film.
In early 2006, Australian TV producer Rhonda Byrne launched her feature length documentary online. It was called The Secret. The film spread like wildfire around the globe as viewers took up the viral campaign Byrne had begun.
The Secrets of the $300 Million Independent Film
During the Melbourne Think Outside the Box Office Workshop last year, I had the pleasure to meet Julie Eckersley ...
Happy New Year – With Much Appreciation
I want to wish you all a wonderful New Year. I am looking forward to communicating with you on a number of new ...
Lessons from the Lab: Advice to Films Heading for Their Festival Premiere
Almost two weeks ago I wrote a piece for those who did not get into the Sundance or Slamdance Film Festivals. ...
Bomb It 2 Australia Stormie Mills, Ash Keating, TwoOne, Phibs
This past week we launched the Australian section of Bomb It 2. I was especially excited to go to Australia to ...
Guest Post: PMD Training at Break Neck Speed
Today's guest post is from Producer of Marketing and Distribution who lives and works Joe Jestus. Joe introduced ...
Didn’t Get into Sundance? A World of Opportunity Awaits
The Sundance Film Festival has started announcing its slate for the 2011 festival. This has traditionally been a nerve wracking time for independent filmmakers who, in the past, have put so much stock into premiere film festivals like Sundance.
But in the new world of distribution, marketing and audience engagement the world is a much better place than it was just five years ago for the thousands of films that do not get into Sundance, or any other premiere festival.
The New York Times on How Websites Connect Filmmakers to Fans
There is a great survey of filmmakers and their websites (and the importance of one) by Manohla Dargis in the New ...
This Week on Babelgum Bomb It 2 – South East Asia
For this week's Bomb It 2 installment on Babelgum we went back to Asia to look at Jakarta, Singapore and Hong ...
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