Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Jon Schaefer. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.
Alright, Jon thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. Do you manage your own social media?
I do about 80% of the media for my company. I handle Facebook, Tik tok, Instagram, YouTube. I have people who handle eventbright and help with other media.
I choose to do most of the media because I’m the best at it in the company. I’m able to make quick videos with ease. So far things are going well, but I need to do more. The biggest lesson is you have to be on top of people, and if they complain about doing basic work don’t work with them.
Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers.
My name is Jon Schaefer
I started in stand up comedy when I was 10 years old and began acting at the Actors School of Performing Arts. Now I run Puadafa Productions, we run all arts open mic shows, comedy shows, we make films and skits as well. I am almost as proud of my own art as I am giving artists an opportunity to perform.
How about pivoting – can you share the story of a time you’ve had to pivot?
As a write/comedian/wrestling fan I believed my path was to work for the WWE. My second interview was a few days before Vince McMahon was forced to step down. WWE froze hiring and began to hire writing from within only.
I was heartbroken, and decided to go back to film making. I made a film called Open Mic Night at Circus Bar. The film was about a young stand up performing in a comedy contest. After that I fell back in love with comedy and started a real comedy open mic at Circus Bar.
Now my production company runs two very successful weekly shows, and bi monthly larger ticketed shows
How’d you meet your business partner?
I met Spicy Lee Jones at a comedy show at Circus Bar. At the time we only ran a weekly open mic. He sat me down to tell me that we could run shows like this across Broward. Since then we have run nearly 200 shows.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://linktr.ee/Puadafaproductions?fbclid=PAQ0xDSwLIR8NleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABp6HnqrAjaR08dVQ6B9rbwYJR7RtR9S6OQpZHts27X5ogasx9H4WWWqUCovlA_aem_E1ok5eKuRkqGPP__p5NNDw
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/puadafaproductions?igsh=MWFmNW05djhlNmR2Yw%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/1C1RQkZnpZ/?mibextid=wwXIfr
- Youtube: https://youtube.com/@puadafaproductions?si=kWkwEdUvkun03aEs
Image Credits
None. All my photos