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...
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How does your firm compare to others in the industry? It's a difficult question for owners to answer. To discover where your firm stands relative to other creative firms, download the Benchmarking Your Creative Firm white paper: REVTHINKING PODCASTListen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify HOLLYWOOD BREAKS PODCASTListen on Apple PodcastsSEARCH Download Benchmarking Your Creative Firm:...
“If we could just do a great project like that then clients would award us more great projects... because great work begets great work. Doesn’t it?” - Joel Pilger Episode 52 of the RevThinking podcast, Joel Pilger tackles a repeating theme that we hear again and again talking with studio owners ‘We have a sales...
“When I made my first documentary I didn’t know I was making content… I just wanted to make it.” - Neil Berkeley In episode 51 of the RevThinking podcast, Joel Pilger talks with Neil Berkeley at Future You Media about the transition creative entrepreneurs dream about: moving into content production. If you run a studio,...
“Look around and see what opportunities there are, and then learn about it. Educate yourself. The only risk in life is for the uneducated.” - Tim Thompson In episode 50 of the RevThinking podcast, we listen in on a talk Tim Thompson delivered at PromaxBDA in New York on the Four Stages of a Creative...
"Jumpstart is the place where creative entrepreneurs learn all the steps you missed out on while you were busy honing your craft." – Robert at Creative Mammals In just a few weeks, the next Jumpstart accelerator gets underway. Over the 90 days that follow a small group of ambitious creative entrepreneurs – with help from RevThink...
“That was one of those moments when I was thought, 'Okay, so there might be more to pitching than just coming up with a great idea, having a great pitch deck, and doing a stunning presentation in front of the clients.' ” - Marko Pfann In episode 49 of the RevThinking podcast, Joel Pilger interviews...
"Data can't be everything; it's not predictive of future habits. It shows you where people have been, but it doesn't show you where people are going." – Steve Viola at FX Networks. The leading entertainment brands are data-driven. Or are they? For this year's Annual Roundtable Podcast at PromaxBDA in New York, RevThink's Joel Pilger and Tim...
Our first annual PromaxBDA Roundtable Podcast with Alberto Scirocco, Josh Norton, PJ Richardson, Lorey Zlotnick and Patalia Tate.
“Your pricing strategy is actually the easiest way to dramatically increase your profits. There’s really nothing else you can do that is so simple to drive bottom-line performance.” - Blair Enns In episode 47 of the RevThinking podcast, Joel Pilger talks with Blair Enns of Win Without Pitching. Their discussion spans a variety of topics including "The...