Doug Thomsen of BT Studio in San Francisco on referrals, a client review campaign, keeping one retainer client by design, a viral backlink, and AI’s limits.
#123 Referrals, Review Campaigns, and One Retainer Client (ft. BT Studio) Read More »
Micah David of STUDiiO on cold calling with Claude, selling social media retainers to restaurants, hourly pricing, and running a video company at 21.
#122 Cold Calls, Claude, and Social Media Retainers (ft. STUDiiO) Read More »
Kyler Beal of Minivan Productions on quarterly profit sharing, slicing pie equity, moving coast to coast, owner salaries, retainers, and grant-funded docs.
#121 Salaries, Slicing Pie, and Quarterly Profit Sharing (ft. Minivan Productions) Read More »
Carlos Foster and Stephen Alberts of Blue Barn Creative on owner-led production, human-made video in the AI era, 70 percent repeat clients, and losing a partner.
#120 Owner-Led and Human-Made in the Age of AI (ft. Blue Barn Creative) Read More »
Vlad Lapich of LV Productions on going from free promo videos to tech launch videos, rebuilding his website with AI, automating proposals, why cold email died, SEO vs Google Ads, and scaling post production.
#119 From Free Promo Videos to Tech Launch Videos (ft. LV Productions) Read More »
Rob Arevalo of 17 Projects on launching two months before COVID, betting real money on marketing, cold calling in NYC, RFPs, and why client retention drives growth.
#118 Invest in Marketing, Win on Retention (ft. 17 Projects) Read More »
Gabe Nazario of Offbeat Creative on building a video business on the side, running a lean team, using AI as an SEO play, chasing retainers, and winning work on trust in NYC.
#117 Winning on Trust in a Crowded Market (ft. Offbeat Creative) Read More »
Most people who start a video production company start because they love being behind the camera. Rob Weiss did the exact opposite.
#116 Why One Video Is Never a Strategy (ft. MultiVision Digital) Read More »
Livalittle’s JD Gonzalez on experience-based hiring, free filmmaking workshops as a networking engine, breaking into the New York market, the realities of filming in NYC, and building his own production apps and CRM with Claude Code.
#115 Experience-Based Hiring & AI Tools (ft. Livalittle) Read More »
