How To Grow Your YouTube Audience And Have Your Film Reach Millions
Webinar hosted by: Michael Wormser
Co-Founder & Producer, Cinemand Films at Producer of over 70 Projects for Netflix, Legendary, Lakeshore, Hulu and more
Michael Wormser currently operates Level 10 Films, a film and digital production company. Prior to that he served as Head of Production at Maker Studios, where he successfully developed, produced and distributed video content online and brought viewership of the content from 40 million monthly viewers to 250 million monthly viewers. He was also the Executive Producer at BlackboxTV and recently partnered with YouTuber/Actor Joey Graceffa to produce the hit web series Storytellers, which has received over 6 Million views to date. Michael also produced the YouTube Movie Smiley starring Youtube personalities Shane Dawson and Toby Turner, which currently boasts over 30 Million trailer views and received distribution in AMC Theaters. Michael also produced the Hulu series Tease for Fox Television Studios. Full Bio »
Webinar Summary
Learn directly from Producer Michael Wormser, whose online distribution projects have reached over 30 million viewers!
Never has there been a more opportune time than now for filmmakers to directly reach a global audience. YouTube has not only provided the mechanics to do so, but also provides the bandwidth, platform, and global audience - all at the low low cost of FREE hundred dollars! Yes, that's right, FREE.
Thousands of people across the world are using this platform to earn a living telling their stories, creating content based on their vision and their voice… Now it’s your turn to help carry your message to the masses. Many people create wonderful YouTube channels that go unseen. Stage 32 is here to help make sure that doesn't happen to you!
In this Stage 32 Next Level Webinar, your host Michael Wormser will teach you how you can harness YouTube to create your own network of content for your film and build a massive fan base. Michael will show you brick by brick how you can turn your film into tangible content, culminating that into a functioning channel, and ultimately helping you get to your target goals and have your film reach an audience of millions of viewers.
Your host Michael Wormser operates Level 10 Films, a film and digital production company. Prior to that he served as Head of Production at Maker Studios, Executive Producer at BlackboxTV and recently partnered with YouTuber/Actor Joey Graceffa to produce the hit web series Storytellers, which has received over 6 Million views to date. Michael also produced the YouTube Movie Smiley, starring Shane Dawson and Toby Turner, that currently boasts over 30 Million trailer views, and the Hulu series Tease for Fox Television Studios.
What You'll Learn
- Finding your core vision and telling your film's story
- Identify how your film fits in with the marketplace
- Formatting your film into a brand
- How to properly program your channel
- Why it’s important to access your available resources
- Why it’s important to collaborate with other influencers
- How to market and promote your film through strategic partnerships with other YouTube channels
- How to drive audiences across your network from video to video
- How to build a community around your film
- How to use annotations to build your subscriber base
- How to use social amplification as a marketing strategy
- Gaining consistent views on your channel
- How to identify what your audience wants to watch
- Ways to leverage your audience
- Identifying your audience through analytics and GeoTargeting
- Recorded, in-depth Q&A with Michael!
About Your Instructor
Michael Wormser
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