"The 7 Ingredients to us - and the reason why we have a Facebook group called the 7 Ingredients, and why we refer to it so much - is to have a common understanding, from consultant to client, on where you are and what kind of work you want to do." – Tim Thompson In...
Articles
Articles, podcasts, and other resources.
Everyone has a sales problem. So how will your creative business thrive? Regardless of specialty, revenue, or even profitability, every owner thinks he/she has a sales problem. The real questions are how does a company generate more leads and capture more revenue? On December 11th, Tim Thompson & Joel Pilger from Revthink will be...
In this next episode in our Profiles of the Creative Entrepreneur series, we interview Josh Norton, President at NYC-based motion design studio Bigstar.
“I just want to help people. So we find problems, and tie you guys in, and we start figuring it out.” – Tim Thompson In Episode 55 of the podcast, Team RevThink gathered for avocado toast in West Hollywood and answered questions like: Who in the world is RevThink? What do we do? How do...
“Whenever I start getting good at something I completely turn the other direction and go somewhere else. Because I don’t want to fit into a formula, I want to fit into happiness." – Bradley Munkowitz a.k.a. GMUNK "Designer, Director, Galactic Crusader whose work is characterized as a hybrid of Science Fiction themes informed by Psychedelic...
RevThink consultant Joel Pilger is speaking at the Art + Design Club at the New York City College of Technology. His topic will focus on the business of design to help students and alumni embrace the counterintuitive concepts which fuel today's leading creative businesses. WHEN Thursday October 11 12:45 PM to 2:00 PM WHERE New...
The Genius Gap Getting to the heart of what unleashes great creative. On October 26, 2018 at 3:30pm, RevThink's Joel Pilger is delivering a workshop at the Bend Design Conference called "The Genius Gap: Unleashing Great Creative." The Bend Design Conference is three days of talks, interactive workshops, hands-on exhibits, and collaboration-sparking conversations for everyone who’s curious...
“As I got older, less and less of my friends were sticking around; it was like they couldn’t retain their career in such a way that they could make a living doing it.” - Tim Thompson In episode 53 of the RevThinking podcast, Tim Thompson is the guest on A Fresh Agenda, the podcast from...
Hope is not a plan. So how will your creative business thrive? On Wednesday October 3rd, Tim Thompson hosted a workshop “Hope Is Not A Plan” brought to you by the NYC Department of Small Business Services. This session focused on how your creative firm’s positioning can be the catalyst to successful sales. Attendee's walked...
The steak has lost its sizzle. Be honest. When business gets slow at your creative firm, someone usually suggests: "Let's cut a new showreel!" Ah, the showreel montage. That classic, rapid-fire, glitzy compilation of all your best work. The first demo reels I ever saw came from legendary studios like Pittard Sullivan, GRFX Novocom and Telezign. They gave me goosebumps! But...