As Christi said, better late than never: Lists- Doc, You Meant Airy? (299) Puppets (53) Cinnamon Tography (73) Saw the Film First but Still Need to Read the Book (3) Discussions- Top Trailers of 2008 Latest unknown fave Predictions and Commentary, 2009 Please Explain to Me Why Slumdog Millionaire Does Not Suck Advertisements

As I said more than once during Spout’s sponsored day at the Slamdance Film Festival, I just dig getting a bunch of people in a room and talking about what works and what doesn’t, regardless of the topic. I don’t care if you’re discussing lawn care solutions, social media marketing or, as was the case … Continue reading Spout keeps the Slamdance conversation going

So much good stuff happening in the Spout discussion and group communities lately. Discussions: The Worst of 2008 Movies Spout Needs to Watch Oscar Buzz and Awards Season 2009 APPALOOSA DVD Giveaway Best Movie Lists — DVD giveaway Lists: L.A. is Like . . . Nowhere (36) Golden Globes Winners, 2009 (12) Films featuring Hillary Clinton (34) Breaking … Continue reading What’s Buzzing: The Spout Community 1/14/09

As you might have noticed lately, Spout is working on a number of fronts to further the connection between awareness (the goal of a marketing campaign) and consumption (the goal of a distribution strategy) for filmmakers and other stakeholders in a film’s success. It’s important to remember, though, that continued conversation plays a big role … Continue reading Spout sponsors Slamdance marketing and distribution panel

Once again the Spout team is heading to the Sundance Film Festival. Karina Longworth, FilmCouch’s Paul Moore and Kevin Kelly will all be there writing reviews, doing interviews and bringing you all the latest and greatest of the news from the first major film-world event of the year. Spout’s COO Bill Holsinger-Robinson will also be … Continue reading Spout at the Sundance Film Festival

Spout is always looking for two things: 1) Ways to make sure worthwhile films are seen by an audience, regardless of platform and 2) Like-minded partners to be working with. That’s why today is such an exciting day. We’re thrilled to announce a partnership with online distribution site MeDeploy that gives independent filmmakers the ability … Continue reading Spout and MeDeploy partner to help independent filmmakers

Now that we’re post-Christmas it’s time to highlight once again some of the discussions and lists going on and being created by the members of the Spout community. If you’ve got opinions on some of these discussions you need to get involved. The lists represent not only a chance to connect with people but hopefully … Continue reading What’s Buzzing: The Spout Commmunity 12/26/08

I’ve had a lot of fun highlighting some of these people this week on Inside.Spout. I hope that you, gentle reader, have had a similar experience and found some people to follow on Spout and otherwise connect with through lists, recommendations and more as well as found some of the active discussions in people’s favorite … Continue reading Spout’s Christmas: Yule-A-Go-Go Recipients for 12/19/08

Time once again to feature some of the Spout community’s core members. Along with that comes the opportunity to send each of these people a copy of Yule-A-Go-Go on DVD for all their “burlesque dancers shaking what was given to them in front of a fireplace” home video needs. –Chris Thilk, Director of Marketing. Username: … Continue reading Spout’s Christmas: Yule-A-Go-Go Recipients for 12/18/08

There are still quite a few people in the Spout community we’re looking forward to highlighting, including the two folks below. To reiterate why we’re doing this: Spout is only as powerful as it’s members and these are just a few of those members that are leading and participating in discussion, creating groups and otherwise … Continue reading Spout’s Christmas: Yule-A-Go-Go Recipients for 12/17/08 (Part 2)