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RSS:- Twenty-twelve 2012 | Here are a few of my favorite things…but, actually, ten December 30, 2011 ADM
- 10 Ways to Better Leverage Your 2011 Blog Archive for 2012… December 28, 2011 ADM
- “Twitter tickles my gray matter,” says @tiffanyshlain December 27, 2011 ADM
- Your PMD As Your CCO = Chief Content Officer December 27, 2011 ADM
- Introducing “My Three Words” for 2012 | More to come… December 25, 2011 ADM
- Meaningful and Personalized Pledge Reward Gifts on Kickstarter of IndieGogo December 23, 2011 ADM
- David Meerman Scott’s “Newsjacking:” How Indie Filmmakers Can Use It To Their Advantage… December 22, 2011 ADM
- Marketing and Distributing Your Indie Film or Doc…Like a Carpenter December 21, 2011 ADM
- Repurposing your online content creates multiple touchpoints for your marketing strategy December 20, 2011 ADM
- Factors preventing indies from securing distribution… December 19, 2011 ADM
Category Archives: Documentary
“Twitter tickles my gray matter,” says @tiffanyshlain
The other day I was tweeting with Tiffany Shlain (IMDb), director of Connected: An Autobiography About Love, Death & Technology when she came out with this amazing zinger I thought I’d share: Twitter tickles my gray matter… I thought it … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, Audience, Blogging, Community, Documentary, PMD-For-Hire, Twitter
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Marketing and Distributing Your Indie Film or Doc…Like a Carpenter
I’m often asked by clients why I don’t prefer automating elements of my marketing function for their films or docs. Why I devote countless hours to achieving a kind of rhythm with their projects’ marketing in a more “manual” – … Continue reading
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*Further* differences between Canadian and American indie filmmakers…
Yesterday’s post about the differences between Canadian and American filmmakers garnered a couple of interesting replies at the blog. It would seem there are more than just a handful of people who’ve been thinking about the same issue and … Continue reading
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#BLOODSWORTH | Gregory Bayne puts on yet *another* Kickstarter clinic…
UPDATE: Click to RT! I’m an abiding fan of Gregory Bayne’s craft and have been so for nearly a year’s time, ever since Sundance 2011. Over the year I’ve known him, he seems to go from strength to strength to…strength, yet … Continue reading
Posted in Audience, Blogging, Comment Streams, Community, Crowdfunding, Curate-A-Film, DIY, Documentary, Twitter, Vimeo, YouTube
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Characteristics of the “Democratized Filmmaking Era” – Part 2
The other day I was discussing the perils of the “democratized filmmaking era.” I outlined a few scenarios how the mere fact of having unlimited choice or unfettered access to contents, technology, and gear wasn’t necessarily all it was cracked … Continue reading
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The PMD | Problems with taking public funding from The Man
My clients know I’m not a huge advocate of financing your film or documentary project through soft money sources. It’s typically not a strategy I include in a list of … Continue reading
Posted in Accessories, Blogging, Community, Distribution, DIY, Documentary, Film Festivals, Paperwork, Pitch Materials
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The PMD | It’s *not* all in the numbers…
I was enjoying this little Christopher Penn update the other day, a post on metrics and how your film’s story isn’t always to be found strictly in the numbers. Penn describes how absolute figures, on the face of them, aren’t … Continue reading
Posted in Audience, Blogging, Books and Reviews, Comment Streams, Community, Distribution, DIY, Documentary, DVD, Email Marketing, Facebook, Film Festivals, iTunes, Live Events, PR, Press, VOD
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The PMD | Finding the Focus of Your Marketing Efforts…
Self-marketing and self-distributing an independent project of any kind – be it a feature film or a documentary – isn’t for the timid. The enormous volumes of time needed to complete even the simplest of tasks always threaten to yank … Continue reading
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The PMD | Are you an indie film community person? A quick checklist…
Indie film is a full-on community effort. We’re all in this together and the rising tide raises all our boats. The better you do, the better I do, so if you’re strictly in the game for self-interest that alone should … Continue reading
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Your PMD As Your CCO = Chief Content Officer
If you’re into online marketing at all you might have already come across the new-fangled Chief Content Officer’s (CCO’s) position. It was a relatively new designation created over the past couple of years to address the critical need for those … Continue reading →