"'These are the places the growth is going to be and it's not the traditional cable networks anymore so now I need to pivot my business and talking to these people about how I can help them meet their business goals." – Michael Smith In this episode of the RevThinking podcast, Joel Pilger speaks with Michael Smith formerly with Scripps and now independent consultant. He is a recognized thought leader in OTT streaming, known for providing strategic vision and inspirational, collaborative leadersh...
Aug 08, 2019•1 hr 3 min
RevThought episode 005, our newest show on the RevThinking podcast: snackable conversations between Joel Pilger, Tim Thompson, and impromptu guests. Our topic is “Marketing is not for quitters." --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/revthinking/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/revthinking/support
Aug 07, 2019•35 min•Ep. 5
"Oh man everyone's so happy here it's such a cool place to work; but when push came to shove and hard decisions had to be made, that culture exploded." – David Schwarz In this episode of the RevThinking podcast, David Schwarz, at HUSH. n running your business, did you notice that when you started your company, it was all about marketing and growing your business? Then as you move into the later seasons, you start recognizing, "I've got a big need that's different than clients, it's resources!" T...
Jul 24, 2019•1 hr 17 min
RevThought episode 004, our newest show on the RevThinking podcast: snackable conversations between Joel Pilger, Tim Thompson, and impromptu guests. Our topic is “Profit vs. Margin.” --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/revthinking/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/revthinking/support
Jul 19, 2019•27 min
"If you can't get me in the first two seconds, I'm just going to tap out!" – Rita Drucker, Snapchat In our third annual PromaxBDA Roundtable Podcast, we have a conversation with two amazing guests: Andrew Rosen and Rita Drucker. The topic of this years roundtable podcast is a little different, the focus being on content and how the changes in the content landscape are driving the industry in new directions creating disruptions but also giving rise to new opportunities. The guests are, Andrew Ros...
Jul 12, 2019•58 min
RevThought episode 003, our newest show on the RevThinking podcast: snackable conversations between Joel Pilger, Tim Thompson, and impromptu guests. Our topic is “Reactive vs. Proactive.” --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/revthinking/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/revthinking/support
Jun 22, 2019•39 min
“We only know the answers because we are looking for those questions with you.” – Tim Thompson Now for something completely different: in this episode, RevThink client Marcel Ziul, Creative Director / Founder at STATE Design, takes over the RevThinking podcast. Ever brash, bold, and blunt, Marcel turns the tables on RevThink in a candid conversation exploring the why, how, and what of RevThink does in the world in its work with owners of creative firms. Curiously, Marcel even challenges the term...
Jun 19, 2019•1 hr 57 min
"One of the great things about being a creative in the twenty first century is that most things are being done already. There's a certain way of doing things, and once you understand the codes and conventions, then you can gain great traction by doing the opposite." – Richard Holman In this episode of the RevThinking podcast, Richard Holman on the topic of Creativity, Love, and the Power of Ideas.If you are a creative and you get stuck coming up with great ideas, what do you do? You know great i...
Jun 12, 2019•1 hr 7 min
"When I came in, narratives were rousing battle poems that got lost in a PowerPoint deck that just got filed away. But I think right now and what we are trying to do is to be able to translate that into things that can be experienced by more people. " – Matt Taylor In this episode of the RevThinking podcast, Matt Taylor at Deloitte Digital. Unless your head has been in the sand these last few years, you know that these big agencies have been invading the turf normally reserved for the big advert...
May 31, 2019•51 min
Introducing RevThoughts, our newest show on the RevThinking podcast: snackable conversations between RevThink Consultants and impromptu guests. Our first topic is “Marketing Is Not A Website.”
May 14, 2019•43 min
RevThought episode 002, our newest show on the RevThinking podcast: snackable conversations between Joel Pilger, Tim Thompson, and impromptu guests. Our first topic is “Wishing and Snapchatting.” --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/revthinking/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/revthinking/support
May 11, 2019•39 min
"We all didn’t necessarily get into this to only do client work… A graphic designer didn’t start drawing at 5 years old and love that for their entire childhood… to just sit around and go, ‘Why didn’t you pick me? Why didn’t you pick me?’ Like, make something. It doesn’t have to be in the industry... That’s my argument. Don’t make stuff for the industry. The industry doesn’t care.” – Dallas Taylor In our ongoing Profile of the Creative Entrepreneur series, we interview inspiring creative entrepr...
May 03, 2019•1 hr 23 min
"We go through that creation process, we look at what's there...so we know exactly what's going on. We know the trends, we know what works, we know what doesn't work, and we know what brand is doing what." – Yann Lhomme In this episode in our Profile of the Creative Entrepreneur series, Yann Lhomme, CEO and founder of Thinkmojo. In our ongoing Profile of the Creative Entrepreneur series, we interview inspiring creative entrepreneurs to learn about their journey navigating the intersection of cre...
Apr 17, 2019•1 hr 4 min
"The question I really wish they would ask is, "Should I even charge by the hour?" To me it's like a collective hallucination that this is the way professional services are bought and sold." – Jonathan Stark In this episode of the Revthinking podcast, Jonathan Stark speaks about eradicating hourly billing, once and for all. The issue with hourly billing, and what is it about charging by the hour (and structuring your creative business accordingly) that is so harmful.
Apr 08, 2019•1 hr 24 min
"What is it that makes you as the brief writer, what bit of yourself do you put into? Because otherwise it's just a flat piece of paper that could have been written by a robot." – Tim Hughes the Brief Doctor In this episode in our the Revthinking podcast, Tim Hughes, the Brief Doctor discusses the rising importance of this little-understood thing known in our industry as “the creative brief.” As well as tackle questions like “When a creative brief is rescued from mediocrity, what is now possible...
Mar 23, 2019•56 min
"So there's an underlying theme here to all of this: I've just given up on caring about looking stupid and/or failing...I have no qualms trying and then adjusting." – PJ Richardson. In this episode of our Profile of the Creative Entrepreneur series, we speak with PJ Richardson of Creative Studio Laundry. In our ongoing Profile of the Creative Entrepreneur series, we interview inspiring creative entrepreneurs to learn about their journey navigating the intersection of creativity and commerce....
Feb 26, 2019•52 min
"Coming up with the best solution for the visual problem is always going to be your best bet, and if you lose the job…you lost it because the other company thought through the solution in a much different way." – Carolyn Hill As President at Carolyn Reps, Carolyn and her team are experts at solving tough problems to win top projects for production companies and studios. Since 2001, her clients have been awarded well over $100 MM in projects, including campaigns for United Airlines / Olympics, Du...
Feb 06, 2019•46 min
"One of the things I learned in building Bark Bark was that the more specialized we could be, the more successful we were going to be." – Brian Tolleson In this episode in our Profile of the Creative Entrepreneur series, Brian Tolleson of creative studio Bark Bark. In our ongoing Profile of the Creative Entrepreneur series, we interview inspiring creative entrepreneurs to learn about their journey navigating the intersection of creativity and commerce.
Jan 24, 2019•1 hr 3 min
"I look at the digital video marketplace through the supply chain and the thing that I think about that I think is missing in all of digital media publications, is writing from the perspective of, "Okay something happened, why is it worth my time?" – Andrew Rosen In episode 59 of the RevThinking Podcast Tim Thompson sits down with Andrew Rosen of PARQOR to discuss seismic shifts that they have witnessed in the industry in the last few years. To learn more, see parqor.com as well as revthink.com...
Dec 27, 2018•45 min
"There's no cause without capital and capital is what fuels it." - Chris Do In this episode in our Profile of the Creative Entrepreneur series, Chris Do at Blind and The Futur in our series focused on inspired creative entrepreneurs and their journey navigating the intersection of creativity and commerce.
Dec 14, 2018•1 hr 7 min
"The seven ingredients are a common understanding, from consultant to client, on where you are and what kind of work you want to do." – Tim Thompsonn In this initial episode in our new 7 Ingredients podcast series, Tim Thompson shares the 2 A.M. issues every owner faces. In this series we will explore the seven ingredients that make up every creative firm, each with its corresponding goals, strategies, routines as well as the myriad connections between them.
Nov 29, 2018•38 min
“I just want to help people. So we find problems and tie you guys in and we start figuring it out.” – Tim Thompson In Episode 55 of the RevThinking podcast, the RevThink team is gathered together for avocado toast and a discussion around, Who in the world is RevThink? What do we do? How do we work? Who do we work for? And most importantly, what’s our mission? We say we help creative entrepreneurs run a thriving creative business, but what does that mean and what does that really look like?...
Oct 17, 2018•32 min
“Whenever I start getting good at something I completely turn the other direction and somewhere else, and that’s because I don’t want to fit into a formula, I want to fit into happiness.” - Gmunk Designer, Director –– Galactic Crusader. In episode 54 of the RevThinking podcast, Tim Thompson sits down with Gmunk – best known for his work on Tron Legacy and Oblivion – and they discuss the topics of business, design, creativity, and happiness.
Oct 04, 2018•47 min
“As I got older, less and less of my friends were sticking around; it was like they couldn’t retain their career in such a way that they could make a living doing it.” - Tim Thompson In episode 53 of the RevThinking podcast, Tim Thompson is the guest on Christina Mendonsa's A Fresh Agenda podcast. The two discuss Tim’s Four Stages of the Creative Career: how it works, why it's relevant, and what you should do about it if you are a creative entrepreneur navigating your way through the industry....
Sep 20, 2018•36 min
“When I made my first documentary I didn’t know I was making content… I just wanted to make it.” - Neil Berkley In episode 51 of the RevThinking podcast, Neil Berkeley at Future You Media discussing the transition creative entrepreneurs dream about: moving into content production. If you run a studio, agency, or production company, you probably desire to produce long-form stories, films, and the like. You are not alone. There’s just something about the heart of the creative entrepreneur that dre...
Aug 16, 2018•57 min
“Look around and see what opportunities there are, and then learn about it; educate yourself. The only risk in life is for the uneducated.” - Tim Thompson In this episode of the RevThinking podcast, we listen in on a talk Tim Thompson delivered at PromaxBDA in New York on the Four Stages of a Creative Career. In this talk Tim opens your mind to what’s possible when you start looking at the totality of a creative career. Most of us start out as an artist, or an employee somewhere, or a freelancer...
Aug 01, 2018•29 min
“That was one of those moments when I was thought okay, there might be more to pitching than just coming up with a great idea, having a great pitch deck, and doing a stunning presentation in front of the clients.” - Marko Pfann In this episode of the RevThinking podcast, Marko Pfann - RevThink's new European based consultant out of Munich Germany, discusses a variety of topics including Marko's journey in the industry and how he became a consultant, how client perceptions can affect your success...
Jul 10, 2018•55 min
"Data can't be everything and it's not predictive of future habits; it shows you where people have been but it doesn't show you where people are going." – Steve Viola, FX Networks In our second annual PromaxBDA Roundtable Podcast, RevThinkers have a conversation with four amazing guests: Chuck Carey, Marcel Ziul, Meghan Kirsch, and Steve Viola. First off we would like to give a big shout out to Kristen Huffines at Aspire Artist Agency. She sponsored this event and graciously let us use her presi...
Jun 21, 2018•1 hr 1 min
“By paying some attention to your pricing strategy, it’s actually the easiest way to dramatically increase your profits. There’s really nothing else you can do that is so simple to drive bottom-line performance.” - Blair Enns In episode 47 of the RevThinking podcast, Blair Enns of Win Without Pitching discusses a variety of topics including "The S Word," why weak sales is often not a sales problem (but rather a marketing problem), and how many creative entrepreneurs are addicted to the Big Revea...
Jun 14, 2018•46 min
“I predict there is something coming. There is going to be a movement happening within our industry.” - Tim Thompson In this 45th episode of the RevThinking podcast, we talk with RevThink Owner Tim Thompson on the need to make our industry stronger. Today’s episode is a departure from the norm. Today we will explore some news and events that are changing in the industry and even coming to a tipping point. (Spoiler alert - we are doing something about it. Stay tuned till the end to hear the news....
May 31, 2018•27 min
