Dario and Kyrill break down the four red flags to watch for when a new lead approaches: vague goals, budget secrecy, gut-feeling alarms, and no video strategy.
#37 4 Red Flags with New Business Leads Read More »
Adam Duguay of Coelement on buying out his partners to keep the brand, staying small on purpose, contingency budgets, and winning clients on experience in a small market.
#36 How to Improve the Client Experience (ft. Coelement) Read More »
Spencer Stanley of Vanguard Creative on freelancers vs full-time hires, slow growth, why retainers rarely fit B2B video, and finding B2B leads on Google and LinkedIn.
#35 Growing Your Video Production Business (ft. Vanguard Creative) Read More »
Dario and Kyrill review 2022: the systems, lead-filtering, pricing, crew, and first-hire lessons that turned Lapse Productions into a real video business.
#34 Video Production Lessons for 2022 Read More »
Agency NineSix co-founders Michael McMullin and Matthew Smith on running a Montreal production agency and rental studio, choosing a partner, scaling carefully, and why adaptability is survivability.
#33 How to Adapt and Evolve Your Business (ft. Agency NineSix) Read More »
Tripwire Media’s Doug Darling on strategic storytelling, using process to build client trust, qualifying leads by budget, and growing a 14-person video team in Winnipeg.
#32 Strategy and Building Teams (ft. Tripwire Media) Read More »
Maddy O’Shaughnessy of Impossible Studios on vetting and managing talent for commercial shoots: word of mouth vs cold outreach, reading budgets and reels, and day-rate red flags.
#31 Vetting and Managing Talent (ft. Impossible Studios) Read More »
Sasha Ulyanov of August Media on improving your business processes on an ongoing basis, using metrics to guide decisions, clearing bottlenecks, and setting client expectations.
#30 How to Improve Business Processes (ft. August Media) Read More »
Light Factory’s Brett Connors on why two directors beat one on corporate shoots, auditing your systems before they mutate, social-cut chaos, and branded docs as testimonials.
#29 Benefits of Co-Directing (ft. Light Factory) Read More »
