Greetings Entreprenerds!
My guest this week is Alexis Noriega from The Crooked Feather, a costume maker specializing in realistic feathered wings for cosplayers, models and actors. In addition to custom commissions, Alexis also has a YouTube channel where she helps guide others to make their own articulating wings. Her work has been featured by People, Insider and others.
In this episode we discuss:
- 2:30 How The Crooked Feather got started
- 9:00 How her wing design has improved over 10 years of cosplaying
- 13:00 Creating tutorial YouTube videos to help other cosplayers
- 14:30 Getting new opportunities with press and new clients
- 20:30 Guiding how you would like press to cover your brand and use your content
- 22:30 Creating viral videos
- 29:30 Future plans for The Crooked Feather
- 32:00 Keeping with your project through the tough times
Be sure to follow Alexis at TheCrookedFeather.com and on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.
I’d really appreciate any feedback either on Twitter @UndertheCapes, in the blog comments or through a rating on iTunes or Stitcher. Thanks and see you soon!