Video production expert Zephan Moses Blaxburg shares his journey from running a traditional studio to creating a more efficient and profitable business model through remote editing and strategic partnerships. He discusses practical strategies for scaling a video production business while maintaining work-life balance.

Key Takeaways

• Building strong referral partnerships with photographers, IT companies, and web designers can lead to consistent high-value projects
• Effective delegation of editing work can free up time and increase productivity
• Creating detailed standard operating procedures is crucial for successful remote team management

About Zephan Moses Blaxberg

Zephan Moses Blaxberg is a live streamer, video content creator and best-selling author. He founded his video production company, ZMB Media in 2014 and grew it to a multi-six-figure business as a one man band. Having worked with Fortune-500 company executives to celebrities, NBA stars and even the White House, Zephan has extensive knowledge in building a video production business from scratch and growing it to thrive.

More recently, a pivot to live streaming has allowed him to offer a unique service to the market reducing his editing time and increasing his ability to sell services for higher prices. In his spare time, you'll find Zephan as the admin of a 13,000 member Facebook group of videographers worldwide and releasing tutorials about live streaming on his YouTube channel.

In This Episode

• [00:00] Welcome to the show!
• [05:39] Meet Zephan
• [06:24] Zephan's Journey to Videography
• [07:48] What Does "Story" Mean?
• [14:14] Studios and Video Editors
• [23:48] Training a Video Editor
• [29:55] Explain Your Why
• [33:50] Riverside
• [35:09] Referral Partners
• [40:34] Content Creation
• [43:53] Connect with Zephan
• [46:12] Outro

Quotes

"When you get that space, you're going to find ways to fill it. So you're going to make excuses to buy more stuff. And when you don't always need it." - Zephan

"Other times it's because they don't necessarily see the value in what you're giving to them... once they see that value, the sky's the limit." - Zephan

"If you're stuck, frustrated, if things aren't going, you know how you desire them to go, it's like you have the option, you have the opportunity and are you going to take it?" - Ryan

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Links

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