Ron Dawson is an accomplished video producer and entrepreneur. His experience in small business marketing and management spans two decades including:
- Running his own venture consulting company while a business major at U.C. Berkely
- Becoming VP of Operations for a film and video software company in Burbank, CA;
- 2.5 years as a business marking manager for Quicken Small Business at Intuit
- And now, CEO/Creative Director for Cinematic Studios/Dare Dreamer Media.
Coaching for Professional Video Producers
Ron has gained notoriety as an award-winning videographer, a speaker at international conventions like WEVA and WPPI, a regular columnist for EventDV magazine (writing on business and marketing topics), podcast producer, and member of the EventDV 25 (one of the top 25 most influential event video producers as voted by peers), and a co-author (with his wife Tasra) on a new book by Peachpit Press on creative ways to grow your independent video business. Ron brings his 20+ years of business experience, plus his 7 years as a professional video producer (including five years specifically in the event video world), to help you grow your business. Coaching topics include:
- Effective pricing and getting paid what you’re worth
- Sales and marketing
- Building a brand (and why that’s important)
- New media production (podcasting, etc.)
- Using social networking (e.g. Facebook, Twitter) in your marketing mix
- Build a blog if you don’t already have one
- Video blogging
- Hiring employees vs. contractors
- Contract creation and negotiations
- Targeting your audience
- Pros and cons of building a high volume business
- Pros and cons of building low volume (high fee) business
- The importance of outsourcing
- And so much more!
The Investment
Coaching sessions are available via phone and are sold in blocks of 1, 3, and 6 hour sessions. The rates are as follows:
- $100 for 1 hour
- $275 for 3 hours
- $500 for 6 hours
Contact Ron directly at ron@daredreamer.net to book your sessions today.
