116: How To Improve Your Business Using Simple Daily Practices w/ Travis Hull
The journey of improving and refining your business may seem vast and daunting. If you’re trying to do it all at once, you’ll likely end up frustrated and not much further along than you are already. But if you can move that needle forward just a little bit every day, then you’re going to see significant improvement before too long. And, today's guest, Travis Hull, knows all about how the small steps can make for major positive changes!
Travis is the founder of Talking Heads Studio and his studio works with businesses and brands from around the country as well as at home in Orlando, FL. Travis helps all sorts of clients tell their stories through video, photography, and event production, be they a local non-profit or the NFL.
Travis and I sit down to talk about finding businesses to work with that share his mission of helping people improve their lives and the challenges and rewards of that endeavor. We also chat about what it means to make meaningful relationships as a filmmaker and the countless ways that this can pay off. Travis ends by sharing some great advice on how to find work with major brands even if you’re a small studio.
How have you leveraged business relationships to find work with the brands you want to work with? Let me know in the comments on the episode page!
In this episode:
- Taking your skills as a filmmaker into the realm of event production
- Seeking out businesses to work with that don’t just pay your bills but help to improve people’s lives
- Discovering the little daily practices that you can do to improve both your business and the world around you
- Finding value when meeting and connecting with people that go beyond mere business relationships
- Being humble enough to learn new things that will help improve your business
- How to find work with a big national brand when you have no idea where to start
Quotes:
“Shooting weddings you get one take. So now, telling stories with national brands and being able to go in and think ahead, making sure your equipment and crew and everything are lined up, so when that CEO that makes thousands of dollars an hour walks in the room, you’re ready to roll and you’re ready to kill it for ‘em.” [11:43]
“I think a large part of the success of our business is building relationships and having a good network of people around you that support you or refer people to you or whatever it may be. That way when I need them, they’re there and when they need me I’m there.” [22:57]
“We try to build a culture that when someone comes in the door of our studio, they’re super relaxed at all times, especially if we’re going for an emotional interview. We don’t want them to pay attention to the lights, the camera, anything.” [34:13]
Links:
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