FREE Branding Workshop for Independent Creators
You will learn the proven systems for growing your audience and making lasting connections from the ground up!
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How to Build the System That Keeps Your Connections Close
You’ll Learn Inside this workshop:
Go Beyond Pen and Paper – See the simple tools that collect your fans' info for you at shows, online, and everywhere in between.
Welcome Every New Connection Automatically– Learn how each person who signs up hears from you right away, while you stay focused on your art.
Stay in Touch Without the Stress– Discover how to send your fans regular updates without writing every message by hand.
Know Who Your Real Fans – Create a portfolio of debt-free, cash-flowing properties that generate consistent monthly income.
Turn Support Into Income – Learn how to offer merch, tickets, and exclusive content to the people already waiting to hear from you.
MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR
Donnie DeShazer
I've acted, worked in film production, managed artists, and run projects from the first call to final delivery. I've also been on the side that decides who gets the shot.
The skills I've built over time include seeing what someone actually needs, even when they can't name it yet. Most of the time, what's missing is the structure underneath the work. That's the part most people overlook, and it's usually the reason good talent stalls out.
I build ecosystems around entrepreneurs who wear multiple hats. For an artist, that's an ecosystem that grows a real audience. For an independent founder, it's operations that keep the business running efficiently so you can hold onto strong relationships with your clients.
I bring the unseen to life, revealing the brilliance within people and transforming it into brands they can be proud of!
Powered by Your Brand Engine
Every creative career relies on an ecosystem
HARNESS THE FULL POWER OF YOUR AUDIENCE
Your Gift Was Never Meant to Stay Hidden.
Build a Home Where the People Who Love it Can Always Find you!
For the working actor
How This Workshop Helps You Keep Your Career Moving
Talent gets you in the room. Relationships keep you working. Inside this workshop, you'll learn how to:
Build a simple system that remembers every casting director, director and scene partner you meet, and where you met them.
Stay on the right people's radar with updates that go out on their own, the professional way.
Give your audience a home where you can reach them anytime, without waiting on an app to show them your posts.
Discover how to sustain your career between bookings.
Put yourself in position to get inside the circles that keep hiring the same trusted actor
Protect your brand by knowing how to connect with each person in the industry.
You've already done the hard work of becoming a great actor. Now it's time to build the structure underneath it that keeps your career moving, booking after booking.
Only about 3 out of every 100 followers see a typical Instagram post.
Artists and actors who stay in touch directly don't have to wait on the algorithm.
Trusted by Independent Creators
Hear from creators who built the structure behind their careers with DeShazer Group.
Tim Bently
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Working with Donnie helped me finally explain who I am as an actress. He pulled things out of me in our interview that I never would have thought to put on paper, and now my submissions actually sound like me. I feel so much more confident sending myself out for roles."
Shelby Copper
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Deshazer Group has a gift for seeing what you need before you can say it yourself. He helped me get clear on my brand and gave me a plan to grow it. "
Tyler Wilson
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Donnie really gets bands. He helped us set up a way to stay in touch with the people who come to our shows, and now we have a list of real fans we can reach whenever we drop something new. It's changed how we think about growing our music."
Community is The Heart of a Lasting Career
Every artist and actor who lasts has people who show up for them. These are the fans who buy the ticket and bring a friend along. When you build a community around your work, your career has a place to land in every season, including the slow ones.
I've Spent Years Building Communities
I've built communities for businesses, church organizations, married couples, and founded a non-profit that supports fathers and the young people in their lives. I've watched what happens when people feel like they belong. They keep showing up, and they bring others with them. Now I'm bringing that same heart and structure to artists and actors, so you can build a community around your work that lasts.
Your Community is Waiting
Start Building the People Around your work today!
Join the free workshop and leave with a clear plan to grow your audience and stay connected to them.
Solutions for You
See what a strong community can look like in real numbers, whether you're on stage or on set.
The Independent Artist
Method: Building 1,000 Loyal Fans
Your first goal: 150 fans
Your long-term goal: 1,000 loyal fans
Average support per fan each year: $100
Yearly income from your community: $100,00
**Based on Kevin Kelly's "1,000 True Fans." Fans support you through tickets, merch and music. Example only.
The Working Actor
Method: Income Beyond Booking
Monthly workshop: 10 students × $50 = $500
Brand UGC videos: 2 a month × $150 = $300
Coaching sessions: 4 a month × $75 = $300
Extra monthly income: $1,100
**That's $13,200 a year to lean on between bookings. Example only.
Strategies Developed by
- Deshazer Group
Designed to help artists and actors build a community that supports Their career
What You'll Gain
Build a Community That Supports Your Career at Every Stage
Start Where You Are: Begin with the fans and contacts you already have, however small your list is today.
Reach Your People Directly: Share news, releases and projects straight with the people who want to hear from you.
Let the System Do the Work: Welcome new fans and stay in touch automatically, so you can focus on your craft.
Grow Into the Right Circles: Stay connected with the people who can open the next door for you.
Build Something That Lasts: Grow a community that goes with you from your first 150 to 1,000 and beyond.
Keep Your Career Moving: Build income and relationships that carry you through the slow seasons.
Real Stories from People Just Like You Who Worked With Donnie DeShazer
TODAY, IT'S YOUR TURN TO BUILD YOURS.
Aaron Shaw
Independent Artist
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Donnie helped me see my music as a brand. He took the time to understand who I am as an artist and helped me shape how I show up for the people who listen. For the first time, everything about my music feels connected and clear"
Matt Dawson
Independent Founder & Musician
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Donnie helped me build a personal brand that fits who I am, both as a musician and as a business owner. He saw things in me I couldn't put into words and turned them into something people understand right away."
John Doe
USA, LA
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