We’re looking forward to introducing you to Austin Campbell. Check out our conversation below.
Austin, a huge thanks to you for investing the time to share your wisdom with those who are seeking it. We think it’s so important for us to share stories with our neighbors, friends and community because knowledge multiples when we share with each other. Let’s jump in: What do the first 90 minutes of your day look like?
The first 90 minutes of my day are by far the most productive out of the entire day. I wake up each morning at 4:30am to one alarm, no snooze buttons. I brush my teeth, get dressed, and eat a light breakfast. I grab my phone and my laptop and get to work. I use my mornings before the rest of the world is awake to plan and post social media content for my business, manage bookkeeping and finances, scour the internet for potential leads while I catch up on world news. By the time the average person wakes up, the legwork for my day has already been done.
Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
If course! My name is Austin Campbell, and I’m the owner of Campbell Aerial – a media company specializing in high-quality photo, video, and drone services.
I started this business about a year back with a passion for creativity and a mission to support my growing family – and since then, we’ve helped realtors, contractors, and business owners across the Kansas City area bring their marketing to life. We prioritize quality, transparency, and safety – all key pricing is on our website, we’re fully insured, FAA certified, and we don’t cut corners.
I’m looking to connect with realtors, event hosts, organizations, and business owners who want to take their marketing to the next level. If you know someone looking to elevate their brand visually, l’d love to meet them!
Thanks for sharing that. Would love to go back in time and hear about how your past might have impacted who you are today. What was your earliest memory of feeling powerful?
Ha, this is a wild one! Before I began my media company, I was a rapper and music producer who went by the name AC Trigger. At the peak of my music career, I had a management team, tons of press, my music was streaming in over 85 countries across the globe with almost 150,000 streams across my portfolio! Things were going incredibly. The earliest moment I remember feeling the power and gravity I held, I received a dm from a musician in the middle east. He was writing me telling me he knows every song of mine by heart and loves it, sends me a video of him playing my song “Changeup” in his car, tells me rap music is banned in his country as it is usually explicit, non-traditional, and has western roots, but sends me a video of this rap concert out in the desert and says people like him still rap anyway, even with the consequences if they get caught. He tells me it is his dream to one day come to America and pursue a career in music, that I am an inspiration to him and my music has helped him through a lot. We talked for some time after, keeping up with one another, but the fact that someone on the other side of the world not only heard my music, music that I poured my soul out making, but it moved him enough to reach out and tell me his story and what my music means to him. That made me feel incredible.
If you could say one kind thing to your younger self, what would it be?
Fail faster. Hands down, 100%, fail as fast as you can. Failing sucks, but you learn so much more and so much faster from each failure than you ever could otherwise. those that fail a lot early on and learn from those failures are some of the most valuable people you can find.
Sure, so let’s go deeper into your values and how you think. What’s a belief or project you’re committed to, no matter how long it takes?
Campbell Aerial 100%. We have already expanded WAY past aerial media. We have ground cameras, lighting, mics, stands, all kinds of equipment and we get bigger by the week. The end goal is to have a full service brick and mortar media studio where we can continue doing what we do currently, but also add new tools like green screens, backdrops, and a plethora of lighting solutions to help clients showcase their ideas and products in the best light. I will continue this journey to make Campbell Aerial an industry leader, no matter how long or how much work it takes.
Before we go, we’d love to hear your thoughts on some longer-run, legacy type questions. Are you tap dancing to work? Have you been that level of excited at any point in your career? If so, please tell us about those days.
Every time a client is paying me to fly the drone or set up my gimbal for filming, I am the happiest camper ever. I love all aspects of my job from planning, to shooting, to editing, but shooting video and flying the drones are by far my favorite thing to do!
Contact Info:
- Website: https://campbellaerial.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/campbellaerialkc?igsh=MThrc2w5aHF5bGpkcQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/austin-campbell-2a5805217?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=ios_app
- Twitter: https://x.com/kcdronepilot?s=21
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/172yNcPmDw/?mibextid=wwXIfr
- Yelp: https://m.yelp.com/biz/campbell-aerial-holden
- Youtube: https://youtube.com/@campbellaerial?si=pqK7rxOlTX7FLIHO
Image Credits
Austin Campbell
