What is your business?
Pluto Media helps businesses to increase sales, increase profits, and enhance their reputation by improving communication with potential clients. We do this by producing video content, specialising in content for the web.
What influenced you to set up this business?
After graduating from a Media degree at Bradford University last summer, I decided to set up my own production company. I felt that if I didn’t try it then, I never would!
What challenges/goals are you currently facing?
Finding regular income streams is our biggest challenge at the moment. With our business, we tend to do larger projects, rather than lot of smaller sales. This makes planning difficult, as we don’t know when the big projects are going to come in. We’re currently looking at setting up smaller ‘products’, which will help us have a more steady income.
Your greatest moment:
There’s been so many great moments! The most rewarding moments for me are when our clients refer us onto their own contacts. When someone calls us and said ‘we heard about the great job you did for…”. I find it very satisfying knowing that we have produced something which people are so happy with that they recommend it to others.
Your worst moment:
There has only been once occasion when we have not been able to complete a project on time. We had some serious technical problems, and I worked solidly through a bank holiday weekend to try and get it done. Not delivering what was expected felt really bad.
What is the best advice you have ever received?
You can do anything you want, as long as you have the right attitude!
And the worst?
You have to be ruthless to make it in business.
What is one of your special talents?
As well as the technical and creative side of video production, I feel my personal talents, and those of the company, are getting the best out of people. Relating to people from different backgrounds is so important. Over the last year, we’ve worked with a wide variety of people, and I love that fact that no two days are the same – each new project brings its own challenges and opportunities.
What is your definition of success?
Being happy. It doesn’t matter how much money you have, where you live, or how successful your business is. Learning to be happy in any situation is my definition of success!
If you could go back in time and witness one event in history what would it be and why?
Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream” speech. It must’ve been an amazing thing to witness.
What is your pet hate
General rudeness!
And if you could have dinner with two people (living or not) who would they be?
Ian Curtis and Jesus.
Latest news from Pluto Media
New Website To be launched next week
We're currently working hard to put the finishing touches on our new website! The site will be launched next week, and will feature information on our new services. We will be sending out an email next week when it's ready for you to have a look!
Announcing Pluto Web
Along with our new site, next week will see the launch of Pluto Web - our new multimedia website creation service. A website from Pluto Web will help you to communicate with your clients in a way no ordinary website can. You will be able to talk face-to-face with your visitors, helping them to engage with what you want to say to them.
Pluto's first Music Video
Pluto is currently in preproduction for our first Music Video! We are working with a working with two Bradford bands to produce some top-quality promo videos.
If you would like to find out more, please contact:
01274 841 311
jon@plutomedia.co.uk
www.plutomedia.co.uk
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