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30 Thoughts On Picking A Producer’s Rep For Your Awesome New Film
Building upon yet another post from HFF's prior era -- but making it twice as great!
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Improve your newsletter game
Since every artist/entrepreneur needs one, might as well do it well, right?
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Q: How do you best prepare for your film's distribution? A: far, far, far in advance.
Since we need a distribution template just to think about it, I built one for you.
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25+ Tips For Packaging Your Project Successfully
An update on my post from 2012
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Let me help you navigate Sh*storm2.0
Some tools for the creative community in prep for the next edition of Trumpworld
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Cinema’s Secret Formulas: How To Build An Audience
#2 in a series of short riffs on giant concepts
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How To Harness The Appeal Of Horror In Your Work
A deep dive conversation with data scientist Stephen Follows
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How To Kill Off Private Equity Investment In Independent Film in America
(And Thus One Of The Most Vibrant Sectors Of Our Culture)
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Best Practices For (Filmmakers) Before You Launch Your Newsletter.
If you do it right, it is not so hard.
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What Sort Of Person Can Run A “Successful” Newsletter?
And why most filmmakers and creative individuals should start right now!
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32 Qualities Of Better Film
A prior post from November 25, 2010 9:25 am
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Pattern Recognition: How To Find More Of What You Love
And avoid the crap that you know you don’t like
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