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Are You Licensing Your Film's Music Properly? w/ Jeremiah Benzion of Artlist.io
A few years into my video career I got a big time scare. Not one, but two filmmaker friends of mine were sued by big record labels for using unlicensed music on a couple of videos that happened to go viral. I’m...
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How To Overcome Client Objections With Strategic Storytelling w/ Bill Baker
As filmmakers, most of us spend the majority of our time thinking about how we can best tell the stories of our clients. When it comes to our own businesses however, we often neglect to think about the stories that...
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Why Most Passion Projects Fail And How To Change That w/ Patrick Moreau of Stillmotion
Most of us didn’t get into filmmaking in the first place to take on clients and run businesses. When we picked up a camera for the first time and were captivated by what we could do with it, it was because we...
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Does Your Business Allow You Freedom To Take Smart Risks? w/ Abraham Joffe
So many of us work primarily as corporate or wedding filmmakers - and love what we do - but have dreams of doing more. Of pursuing passion projects and making a living from them. It can be hard to know where to start,...
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Shoot Practical Videography w/ Dennis Abad
We might not realize it, but a lot of us waste a huge amount of our client's time - and money - on set by being impractical in the way we approach our gigs. Dennis Abad is a Manila, Philippines based filmmaker,...
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One Skill That Will Lead To More Success In Your Business and Life w/ Matt Thompson
Let’s face it: It can be hard being a self employed filmmaker. Not only do we have to worry about how to run our businesses better, find new leads, and keep the lights on, but we also need to continuously improve our...
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How To Build A Successful Creative Team w/ David Aguilar of Archaius Creative
Have you ever thought about moving past the solopreneur, one person band, or maybe husband/wife duo business model and build up a team around you? Those of us who have made the leap to hiring a team often only...
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How To Network Your Way To Dream Clients w/ Caleb Lee of East West Productions
We’ve talked before on the show about how to start landing high end weddings and corporate clients, but I don’t know if anyone has ever laid out the strategy in such simple terms as today’s guest, Caleb Lee. Don’t be...
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Your Creative Business Questions Answered w/ Matt & Ryan
We’re going to try something a bit different on the podcast this week, but I think you’re going to enjoy it. Since launching the Studio Sherpas podcast we’ve received a ton of questions both from listeners, as well as...
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Why You Need To Ditch The Shortcuts And Do The Work w/ Dane Sanders
Ok, so to be completely honest, I don’t even know how to sum up my conversation with today’s guest, Dane Sanders. I left our call completely jacked up, inspired, and motivated to be better, and I have a feeling this...
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Throwback: Why You Need To Ditch The Shortcuts And Do The Work w/ Dane Sanders
This week we're throwing it back to one of our all-time greatest hit episodes, and one that personally had the some of the greatest impact on me and my business. We're talking with Dane Sanders all about what it means...
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How To Make Room For Education In Your Business w/ Jen Moon
Ok, so first off I want to share that Matt and I were called out by one of our followers a couple of weeks ago about the lack of women we have on the podcast. This was by no means an intentional decision but rather a...
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