Independent Marketing & Distribution for Creatives

Description:

When should you start thinking about marketing and distribution?

Before, during or after writing your script or album? Before, during or after casting or recording? What if you already have a completed movie or album ready to sell? While it's best to strategize from the very beginning, it's never too late to figure out a marketing and distribution plan. Although it might seem overwhelming and confusing to navigate through the distribution landscape of today's marketplace, it doesn't have to be. Join me as we explore effective and efficient ways to market and sell your work.

What we will learn in this Maverick Masterclass:

Marketing:

• Effective Self-Promotion
• Different Kinds of Publicity
• Strategic Planning
• The Marketing Checklist
• Press-Kits
• Distribution/Selling Your Work:
• Who are Producer's Reps, Sales Reps, Aggregators and Distributors?
• Ways To Sell Your Work
• What to Know Before Signing a Contract
• After making, selling and releasing over 17 feature films globally, Steve has a lot of secrets, tips and cautionary advice to share. This workshop is perfect for any artist (actors, musicians, filmmakers) wanting to learn about self-promotion and how to get their work out into the world.

Basic knowledge:

• You should have access to a spreadsheet program like Excel

Anyone who is thinking about making something creative (film, album, book, etc) which will need to be marketed and distributed into the world marketplace. Anyone who has already completed something creative (film, album, book, etc) and now have questions about marketing and distribution.

Course Completion Certificate.

What will you learn:

• You will know how to build a press-kit.
• You will have a better understanding of the "middle men" in distribution.
• You will know how to stand out with alternative marketing techniques.
• You will have a realistic outlook on what kind of a return you will get financially.
• You will have a marketing checklist for effective self-promotion.

Simpliv LLC, a platform for learning and teaching online courses. We basically focus on online learning which helps to learn business concepts, software technology to develop personal and professional goals through video library by recognized industry experts or trainers.

Why Simpliv

With the ever-evolving industry trends, there is a constant need of the professionally designed learning solutions that deliver key innovations on time and on a budget to achieve long-term success.

Simpliv understands the changing needs and allows the global learners to evaluate their technical abilities by aligning the learnings to key business objectives in order to fill the skills gaps that exist in the various business areas including IT, Marketing, Business Development, and much more.