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Four Simple Rules for Marketing Your Film (And Why Social Media May Not Be for You)

By Reid Rosefelt

4-Simple-RulesI’ve been a film publicist for 35 years and have worked on hundreds of movies.  Whether a film ended up grossing a hundred thousand or a hundred million, my approach has always been essentially the same.

1) Be Consistent With Positioning

The  most important task for a marketer is to find a description of the film that accentuates its strengths, minimizes its weaknesses, and makes you want to see it.  In the trade this is called “positioning.”