J. Brad WilkeinSmarthouse Indie Film Marketing & PublicityFive Ways to Make Your Film Trailer Stand Out from the CrowdThere are three essential elements to every successful film release campaign: a trailer, a logline, and a poster. These are the items that…Jun 4, 2019Jun 4, 2019
J. Brad WilkeFive Ways to Make Your Film Trailer Stand Out from the CrowdThere are three essential elements to every successful film release campaign: a trailer, a logline, and a poster. These are the items that…Jun 4, 2019Jun 4, 2019
J. Brad WilkeinSmarthouse Indie Film Marketing & Publicity7 Tips for Pitching Your Film to the MediaYour film had a decent run on the festival circuit and now it’s time to release it on VOD. Maybe you snagged a distributor and their PR…May 1, 2019May 1, 2019
J. Brad WilkeinSmarthouse Indie Film Marketing & PublicityHow to Make the Most of Your First Film FestivalCongratulations! You just received your first film festival acceptance email!Apr 23, 20191Apr 23, 20191
J. Brad WilkeinSmarthouse Indie Film Marketing & Publicity5 Rules for Crafting Loglines That SellWriting the perfect logline is a meticulous pursuit. Equal parts creative inspiration and fastidious editing, the logline, along with the…Apr 11, 20191Apr 11, 20191
J. Brad WilkeinSmarthouse Indie Film Marketing & PublicityGame of Thrones: The Art of the PitchWhat I learned about pitching an idea from Game of Thrones.Apr 4, 2019Apr 4, 2019
J. Brad WilkeinSmarthouse Indie Film Marketing & PublicityIndie Film HashtagsThere are about 500 million tweets sent each day, which comes out to approximately 200 billion tweets per year. Instagram users post more…Nov 26, 2018Nov 26, 2018
J. Brad WilkeNetworking for Indie Film IntrovertsMost people have a love/hate relationship with networking events. We come up with any excuse we can to avoid making small talk and…Sep 24, 2018Sep 24, 2018
J. Brad WilkeinSmarthouse Indie Film Marketing & PublicityOnline Ad Budget CalculatorAlmost all of our independent film clients have questions about the appropriate size of their respective digital advertising budgets. It’s…Jul 24, 2018Jul 24, 2018
J. Brad WilkeDriving iTunes Movie Pre-Orders with Facebook AdsIf you’re an independent filmmaker with a feature film that’s currently on the festival circuit, you’re probably already planning the…Jan 26, 2018Jan 26, 2018