Documentary Film Promotions & Marketing with Jon Reiss

The playing field for distribution, promotions, and marketing for independent documentary filmmakers seems to be changing daily. But one thing that remains, is Jon Reiss, the veritable guru on all things film distro, promotions, and marketing. And for this week's episode he weighs in on this latest, including how social media marketing and ad placements are becoming a very important part of the doc filmmaker's toolkit. And for my segment, I delve into 5 Tips for Getting Your Documentary Into a Festival ! 5 Tips for Getting Your Documentary Into a Festival Give a good hook Get great sound Enter fests early Evoke emotion Use Film Freeway Topics Discussed the importance of giving great thought to your potential audience before filming partnerships and how they benefit the doc filmmaker how social media plays an integral role in marketing for your doc ad social media over organic social media understanding how your audience gets their information Sponsors & Thank Yous ATHOS Insurance Services Make sure you and your film gear are protected! Over the years, so many of you have asked us about best ways to insure your yourself, your shoots, and your precious film gear. And Aylene and Kat of ATHOS Insurance Services are experts on the subject. Get an INSTANT QUOTE today. ° Free Music Archive – Special Thank You to recording artist, Dlay who supplied music for this week’s episode of TDL . You too can download his music or other artists’ music by going to Free Music Archive today!

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Documentary Film Promotions & Marketing with Jon Reiss is an episode from The Documentary Life by The Documentary Life.

This episode is 40:50 long.

This episode was published on Feb 21, 2020.

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