How to Protect Yourself and Your Money When Marketing and Distributing Your Film

February 19, 2020

1 min read

By the time indie filmmakers are finished with their films, it’s time to market it to the world. Often, marketing happens WAY before the film is finished (as it should). I want to share my experience as a first-time indie documentary filmmaker – the rocky road while working with Distribber and how I got out of the dreadful situation without losing a penny. Some filmmakers weren’t so lucky.

Here’s my one sage advice to know before your market your film, or purchase anything to promote your film!

Topics

Documentary Filmmaking Entrepreneurship Finance

Written by

Fei Wu

Fei Wu is the founder and CEO of Feisworld Media, a Massachusetts-based digital media company helping brands get discovered by people and by AI. An Adobe Global Ambassador and brand partner to ElevenLabs, Synthesia, and 50+ other tech and AI companies, she hosts the Feisworld Podcast (400+ episodes, 500K+ downloads — guests have included Seth Godin, Steve Wozniak, Chris Voss, and Arianna Huffington) and co-created the documentary Feisworld: Live Your Art on Amazon Prime. Fei writes for CNET, Lifehacker, and PCMag, and her work has been featured in Forbes, Harvard Business Review, and WIRED. She has been publishing on the internet since 2014 — long before AI discoverability had a name.

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