contest entry by Brett Kosmider of It Was Fate Films

New Orleans is know for its music, its food, and its amalgamation of cultures.  It was originally known as the “Gateway to the Americas” because of it’s strategic location as a port for trade between the United States and the Caribbean/Latin American countries.  In the words of doctoral student Arthur Carpenter, “hemispheric trade was one of New Orleans’s strengths, a point from which to build.”

In the same way, establishing excellence in your wedding filmmaking studio is the Gateway, the “point from which to build” in growing your business, the “port” through which your other prospects will pass.

In striving to run the best wedding filmmaking business imaginable, you will cultivate Gateway skills that will serve you when opportunities knock.  From developing a brand, to selling one’s self, to establishing workflows and systems, maturing as a wedding studio prepares you to grow into markets, wedding and otherwise, that were once beyond the reaches of small producers.

At IN[FOCUS] 2011 in New Orleans, we invite you to “Come through the Gateway,” to be inspired by industry leaders who will share with you how to foster excellence in very specific ways.  With a solid plan, eye-popping work, and universal visibility through the internet, the sky is truly the limit for you!

Click below to register today!