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Twenty-twelve 2012 | Here are a few of my favorite things…but, actually, ten

  Here we go, a sneak preview of the list of things I’d like to have happen for next year…in no particular order, but definitely in terms of priority. These are things which definitely need to be attacked, stat. These … Continue reading

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“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

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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

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Introducing “My Three Words” for 2012 | More to come…

The words pictured above weren’t my 2011 “three words,” those were C.C. Chapman’s, co-author of the bestselling Content Rules. Mine were actually these (and while you’re at it, don’t forget to watch this). Sadly, I couldn’t track down a suitable … Continue reading

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Meaningful and Personalized Pledge Reward Gifts on Kickstarter of IndieGogo

  The Holiday Season is upon us – the Friday before The Big Sleep, The Downtime, “Xmas Eve Eve,” it is – and folks around the indiesphere are wondering what sort of Yuletide gifts they’ll be getting beneath the pagan … Continue reading

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David Meerman Scott’s “Newsjacking:” How Indie Filmmakers Can Use It To Their Advantage…

  So what’s newsjacking, you ask? Well, depends very much on which industry we’re discussing. But as concerns the independent filmmaking game, newsjacking outlines a process whereby filmmakers can insinuate word of their projects or stories into prominent breaking news … Continue reading

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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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Repurposing your online content creates multiple touchpoints for your marketing strategy

As I go about preparing content production schedules for my clients, I often make a point of advising them to design and craft contents that have long-tail value built-in from the get-go. By “long-tail value,” I’m referring to the ability … Continue reading

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Factors preventing indies from securing distribution…

Securing distribution: the success ratios between films trying to do so versus those films which fail… Yeah, I suppose I could share with you several rough stats from my own portfolio of indie docs and features I’ve PMDed for over … Continue reading

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Your 2012 New Year’s Resolution Trial Run | How Is It Going So Far?

We’re well past the mid-way point of December oh-eleven, on a beeline for Xmas. ‘Round about this time of year, you should be well into your “trial run” of your 2012 New Year’s Resolutions. You should either be suffering a … Continue reading

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