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At x + x connect, two elements are essential to every service we provide. As a content strategist, I help you to make your product the best it can be and I help you connect with the audience that can support and expand your reach. With a unique background in film, music, independent media, nonprofit and tech, my approach embraces new ideas while staying grounded in the fundamentals.

A media professional with a background in independent film, I will work with you to find new ways to look at your business and your market. I evaluate existing content and determine its effectiveness. I ensure the content's delivery is optimized on your site and as it travels through the social web. I review and refine your business concept with you to understand your marketplace advantages and help you find the most effective way to share content. I assess your current assets and create greater value. I help you identify your audience and find creative, innovative ways to connect, recognizing your distinct resources.

Most importantly, I believe that your content strategy should not just tell people about what you are doing, it should help you make your product or project better. From business analysis, marketing and promotion to design and content creation, I work with you to produce content that will make the most of your product, contacts and timing in the marketplace. 

In the past, Laure has created successful campaigns for films and DVDs; overseen and executed design of product creative and marketing mailings, websites and other promotional material; booked advertising for online and print; reviewed and negotiated contracts; and generated grassroots marketing including social. She has delivered a number of workshops and panels on marketing and distribution at SXSW, Hot Docs, San Francisco Film Society, Independent Film Week, IFP Doc Labs, and more. She is currently working on the documentary Acceleration. She co-hosts the monthly meetup CopyNight NYC and is co-producing an upcoming TEDx conference with the theme of new storytelling.

Laure's prior work has included Director of Home Media Sales and Marketing for Zeitgeist Films, US Marketing and Sales for National Film Board of Canada, and Non-Theatrical Sales for New Yorker Films.  Previously, she worked in documentary production in Vancouver, BC for Make Believe Media. She also has a background in grant writing and fund development and has served on the boards of Women in Film and Television Vancouver, Out on Screen, and YouthCO AIDS Society.

   
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contact laure [at] xplusxconnect [dot] com telephone 917.725.0727
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