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Perpetual vs. Flash Marketing Pt. 1
Today’s topic is a break out discussion from my posts on “The Free Labor Economy.” If you haven’t already read part 3 of that discussion please do so now before reading further. There are three main categories of Internet marketing,…
The Free Labor Economy Pt. 3
I can already here some of you asking “but didn’t you tell us to post in places to build our platform in earlier posts?” To that question I am forced to respond “Did you actually read the post or just…
Passing It On
Recently Oliver wrote about an artist who mentors other starving/struggling artists. It was a nice piece. I would like to expand on that topic a bit. By and large authors are a territorial bunch. This is my baby, mine, mine,…
The Long Tail Effect
As a writer, or an aspiring writer, you no doubt have heard people speak of “the long tail.” Many of you probably thought they said “the long tale” meaning some form of epic novel. This is a topic one cannot…
The Rewatchable Factor Pt 1
By and large we are conditioned by the film industry to believe only things with massive budgets are worth watching. I will be the first to admit such films have a high rewatchable factor. This would be the reason FX…
Do You Sanitize History or Let the Chips Fall
Over the Labor Day weekend PBS ran a Downton Abbey marathon and, of course, a pledge drive. During one of the interruptions people were commenting on how the show strode for accuracy of the period in dress, manner and character….
Challenge Your Beliefs – Pt 9 – Marketing Pt 2
Please read parts 7 and 8 before reading this. In the first section on marketing I told you how best to use Usenet Newsgroups for research and to obtain reviews. I even mentioned something called a SIG. You need to…