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You probably know how crucial uploading your company’s professional video is. For a firm’s online marketing director, short format professional videos are a creditable source that can easily capture your customers’ attention and substantially boost the overall number of visits to your businesses website. Promotional videos are particularly effective in attaining the target customers’ relatively short attention. What’s more, if codes are incorporated and video sharing is encouraged, Internet videos can be a wonderful way to get one-way incoming links & thereby positively affect your firms rankings on the search engines.

If truth behold, online video clips have become a good source for business or self-promotion. The following are a few tips to circulating your own Web video clips.

Firstly, you can post your online video clips on your own website; however this would need you to find your own video hosting arrangements. Ask your web hosting solutions merchant if video downloading or video streaming functions are supported.

Video downloading is where your company users are required to download your video commercial to their computer hard disk. They need to save the video commercial to their own computers before they can play it using their PC’s video player or a downloadable video player software. There are lots of video downloading service contractors that are reasonably cheap. There’s also a progressive downloading mechanism where your visitors can play the short format video commercials at the same time as downloading them. Vidify is one of the best video production companies around that produce cost-effective short format online videos for local businesses.

While video streaming on the other hand absolutely does away with the requirement to download the videos and allows instant playback so it gives the most use to your web viewers. For sure, getting a video hosting provider that supports video streaming can cost you a pretty penny.

Finally, the more trendy way to distribute online video clips is by posting your sites to video distribution sites which have their own video hosting platform. These web sites cost you nothing at all to become a member and will from time to time pay you to post video material. They also have a considerably big audience base & reach; for example, YouTube obtains around 15 million Web visitors each month.

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Finding a freelance writer can be a daunting task, especially for the person who requires the skills of a capable writer, but does not know where to begin to look for one. Not everyone who says they are a freelance writer is one either. Sure, they may work freelance, but they are not skilled as a writer. Let’s explore some ways you can find a freelance writer who meets your exact specifications.

Internet Search — Using internet search engine Google you can enter a few key words and see what shows up in your search results. Within your search parameters, enter “freelance writer” in quotes. Between the ads that show up marketing freelance writers [above and to the right of your search results] and the first ten or so search results, you should locate some decent choices. Click on the ads and the search results to be redirected to each freelance writer’s web site. From there, you should be able to determine if this person is right for you.

Article Directories – Several of the major article directories on the internet feature articles submitted by freelancers. Freelance writers will typically showcase some of their finest works in hopes that you will read several of their articles and select them for an upcoming project. Visit Ezine Articles, Article Dashboard, Article Sphere, and Go Articles to name a few, to peruse the works of each site’s high performing authors.

Paid Sites – Some freelance writers have registered with paid referral sites such as Guru. As an employer, you can register on Guru too and place the specifications of your project online, and receive bids for your work. Make certain that the all the terms of your project are agreed upon before rewarding the project to a writer.

Unpaid Sites – The most popular site for finding freelance writers is Craig’s List or craigslist as it is commonly spelled. Not just freelance writers, but graphic artists, web designers, you name it. Craig’s List is a high impact site typically ranking in the top 100 of all internet destinations!

Of course, any freelance writer worth their salt will list their own web site featuring samples of some of their best work. Spend a little time getting a feel for their style and ask for a quote before rewarding your project. If you need references, just ask.

Finding a good freelance writer can take some time and effort on your part, but by carefully choosing a freelancer you can find someone eager to give to you their best work. It may first take completing several projects together before you both are able to determine that your business relationship is a “fit.” Regardless, once you have a writer who “works magic” on your part, stick with him or her and you won’t be disappointed.

Copyright 2006 — Matt Keegan is a freelance writer and web designer known as The Article Writer. Matt will take your concept to completion and give back to you a well crafted and persuasive finished product certain to have a positive impact on your business. Visit Matt’s blog, too, for his ideas about what good writing is all about.

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If you are thinking of earning much money through writing articles, then selling them is a very good idea. There are many places where you can sell your articles. In fact, many people want your articles published.

Publishing your article means money. There are many institutions that publish articles of different topics and different people. Here are the places where you can let your articles be published and earn money from it.

• Newspapers and Magazines - most newspaper and magazine companies invite freelance writers to write an article for them. You can submit to them and ask for a corresponding payment. In some cases, the newspaper companies are the ones who price an article. The lowest price they may give per article is $20.00. You may check out for newspaper companies that hire freelance writers. Contact them and tell them of your intention to submit.

• The Internet - there are online publishers where you can sell your articles. All you need to do is to find one good online publisher that pays according to your preference. There are many websites where you can post your articles and then receive a payback for it.

• Your Blogs - blogs is the easiest way to earn money with your article. The more views to your article the more money you will receive. Aside from that, you may also get a little extra income from the advertisers that use the space on your blog.

In case you opted to submit and post your articles through the websites that host articles, you will need the following in order to sell the article. Remember that selling the article is no different from selling other products. The following are the things you must not forget to put in your resource box in submitting your article:

• Your name - it is the most important content of your resource box. Without it you may not be paid by your publisher. Bear in mind that the payment of the articles is sometimes based on how many times a client views your articles.

• Your Website or E-mail address - this is how you may be contacted by your publisher or client. If in case you do not have any Website, you can make one by going into domain hosting websites.

• Your elevator pitch - this is your proposition to make your article sell.

• Call to action - this is a way to make your client visit your website and then buy an article.

Marketing an article is so easy. All you need is patience in finding one good portal where you can post and actually market your article.

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Beyond three and four act story structure, lies the Hero’s Journey.

The Hero’s Journey is the most usable story structure consisting of at least 106 stages and the template for successful contemporary stories, from Star Wars to Al Pacino Scarface to The Incredibles to War of the Worlds to The Dirty Dozen to Midnight Cowboy.
The Hero’s Journey is a valuable template because:

a) It attempts to tap into unconscious expectations the audience has regarding what a story is and how it should be told.

b) It gives the writer more structural elements than simply three or four acts, plot points, mid point and so on.

c) Interpreted metaphorically and symbolically, it allows an infinite number of varied stories to be created.

One (usually critical) stage of the journey is the First Threshold.

The First Threshold encompasses the Far Away, Entrance, Threshold Guardian, Belly of the Whale, Trials, Allies and Enemies, Escape and other elements. Thus writers who believe that the First Threshold is a simple affair are dead wrong.

The significance of the First Threshold lies in the fact that it is a point of no return. Once the Hero crosses it, there is no coming back. A simple analogy is that of committing murder - once you have killed somebody, you are changed, you are not the same person, you cannot go back. This analogy also indicates that the First Threshold need not be a physical place…it can be a state or similar.

The Hero is accompanied to the First Threshold, usually a Mentor. But it can be any person or archetype. In The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, the Hero is accompanied by a Shape Shifter.

Hero et al stop a distance away from the First Threshold. Here, the Hero is told that this is a place of danger, of change, of no return. He is told to be wary. The crossing is usually signified by a physical barrier. In Lawrence of Arabia it is a railway line.

Upon entering the First Threshold, strange, magical and unfamiliar creatures are seen. These are representative of the New World the Hero is about to enter.

Further into the First Threshold, Hero et al are stopped by a Threshold Guardian, someone of some minor authority. Hero et al are questioned and it is up to them to prove their worthiness by passing the Threshold Guardian.

The activity of the First Threshold occurs underground, in darkness. Thus Hero et al enter a dark, underground vicinity of some sort, often a cavern. This is known as the Belly of the Whale.

The entrance to the cavern will be guarded by another figure of authority, who will explain the (new) rules of this place.

Within the cavern, the Hero will undergo a trial. He will pass or be helped to pass it. His assistants in the passing of the trial may be already known to him or may become new allies, for this is a place where new allies and enemies are distinguished and differentiated.

There is much more…

The 106 stage Hero’s Journey and other story structure templates can be found at http://www.managing-creativity.com/

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Kal Bishop is a management consultant based in London, UK. He has consulted in the visual media and software industries and for clients such as Toshiba and Transport for London. He has led Improv, creativity and innovation workshops, exhibited artwork in San Francisco, Los Angeles and London and written a number of screenplays. He is a passionate traveller. He can be reached on http://www.managing-creativity.com/

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During my childhood so far, I have moved 9 times within one city, Charleston. I love Charleston from Mt. Pleasant to Seabrook Island. Unfortunately, I have not become settled in a specific house yet. I have become settled with my mom, but my father is not settled.

When I was born my mother, father, and I lived in a house in West Ashley. When I was about 4 years old, my parents got divorced. My mom stayed at the house in West Ashley. I lived there until I was about 7 years old, and then we moved. The day we moved out, I was crying. I still remember, vividly, how to get around in the house. I miss this house, probably since it is my birth home.

My mother and I moved, temporarily, to a Condo in James Island. We were there for about a year. I was not particularly fond of the Condo. My mom became engaged to a man and we moved in with him into my current house.

We moved into my mothers’ fiancé’s house in West Ashley on the Intracostal Waterway during the very beginning of ‘99. My mom and her husband became married in March of 2000. After the wedding, I officially had a stepfather, a stepbrother, and two stepsisters. However, the story of my stepfamily is for my next article. On December 3 2000, my mother finally gave into me begging to get a dog. We got a dog, which we think is a Cocapoo we are not sure. Even though my dog is not the smartest, I still love him. Sometime in 2001, my mom hired a painter to paint my stepsister, stepbrother, and my rooms. My stepsister got hers painted with horses, my stepbrothers had his dark red with a large wave, and I had mine done of weather. We have a boat out there, and I love living out there on the water.

My father and I have moved many times. It all started when my parents became divorced. My mom stayed in the house, but my father moved into an apartment. I do not remember much of the apartment. The only thing I remember was that my cousin liked to stay over.

Then we moved to a house in downtown. I do not remember anything about the house. We moved then to another house downtown. It was on Queen St. and it was, I believe, a condominium. . During our short time at the house, I had my room painted with fishes everywhere. At the end of the street, there was a play park.

We moved into a house out in Mt. Pleasant. This is our longest house we stayed in. I remember that there was a backyard pond, and there were fish and ducks in it. There were rose plants on the side of the house, and gardens in the back. I liked this house of all. There were not many kids that I knew, but I met one that became my best friend, but unfortunately moved to Rhode Island. There are many memories from that house. That is where my dad became engaged to Mindy, one of a couple of failed relationships. I will cover that later. I started to believe that my father has finally settled, but I was proven wrong. Then we moved again.

For a little while we moved in with my grandmother Nini. She lives out on Seabrook Island, a nice community with no hotels, or any shops inside it. Everything was within biking distance, so I went to the pool/ beach area over the summer. I played tennis that summer. She was also a very good cook. I loved to just eat, eat, and eat. She also had a Boston Terrier. He was the smartest dog. He can sense anything. When anyone went to sit down, he would jump into the chair and lay right behind you. Then we moved to our present location.

We moved to Headquarters Island on Johns Island. It is a condominium. I have lived here for about 2 years now. I am not crazy about the place, but it is fine. My father became engaged in this house to a woman named Risa; it did not turn out to well. That is a completely different story for a later time. There is a lake in the back yard. Also unfortunately, there are repairs and restorations going on, on the outside of the condominium. All the banging and noise drives me crazy.

I, of course, go back and forth each house on a regular basis. It is annoying when I run out of clothes at one house, and forget a book for school at the other, but I manage. I often forget whom I am with on the specific weekend.

Moving is not an easy thing to go through, especially if your parents are divorced. Also moving into someone else’s house feels strange. I know the feeling of the sense that you are finally settled, you start to become comfortable with your surroundings, and then all of a sudden you move. I am 14 years old and have moved 9 times. I now do not feel safe to become comfortable since I know that as soon as I do, that I will move.
In Part 3 I shall discuss what it is like to have a stepfamily, and to live in the same house with them.

Seth Cohen
If you have questions or comments for me, e-mail me at Hurricaneman3691@yahoo.com

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You have worked hard on your business and now the time has come. You keep reading that you should do it and all the benefits of it, but the thought terrifies you! You’ve been putting it off, but eventually you know you are going to have to do it. Okay so today is the day, after all nothing is being done putting it off and your fear certainly isn’t getting any smaller. So this it, you are psyched and ready, poised with pen in hand or computer in front of you wait…and wait… You discover you only have one thought in your head at this moment “I have nothing to say!” You were afraid of this. How are you suppose to write any articles when your mind goes completely blank at the thought of it? Ok not completely blank, you have thoughts, but not the kind that are going to actually help you. These thoughts are your Fears and reasons why you think you can’t do this.

Have you ever felt this way when you think about writing that first article? If so, I hope this article will help you overcome your Fear of writing.

The Biggest Fear - “I have nothing to say!”

You never know when a great idea will come to you. Keep a pen and paper handy. When you get an idea about what you want to say then Write it down. I like keeping a word processing window open so I can jot it down there under notes. Don’t skip writing the idea down thinking you will remember it cause most of the time you won’t. If you start doing this, you can go back, look at those ideas, and be surprised how you can put them together to form an article.

Read other people’s articles on “how to” write articles and this will give you something to go by and you won’t feel completely lost when you start to write yours. You don’t have to be an expert on something before you write an article. Just write about something you have experience in. Maybe you have experience in web design, so write about what you have learned. Write like you are talking to a friend. Wisdom and knowledge come through experience and that’s all you are writing about is your own experience and what you’ve learned. Remember your first article doesn’t have to be long. Short articles (300-800 words) can be helpful, if the material is clear, concise, and to the point.

“I’m Not A Writer!”

Guess what, you don’t have to be a great writer to do this. The point is to keep your writing in a friendly conversational tone. You want to write to the readers not at them. Decide what you want to write then write like you are talking to a friend. Don’t worry about being perfect or editing at this point. You will go back, proofread, and edit later. The important thing is to get the words and ideas on paper-Just do it.

“I Wrote It Down And It Sucks!”

Okay so you have the words on paper and you hate it. Remember you are not required to be perfect and I bet a lot of your dislike for your writing is your Fear talking. At this point, you proofread what you wrote, make corrections in spelling and grammar as best as you can. The main point is to be clear and organized in what you say. Check your article for repetition. If you found you have repeated a phrase unnecessarily then take the extra wording out.

Get another opinion. Read it out loud or have a friend read it. See if your writing makes sense to them and they understand what you are writing about. This will help you in the proofing department.

“What If No One Likes It?”

Ok not everyone is going to like it, but there will be people who do. You will never know unless you try. We are far more critical about ourselves than other people are on us. Somewhere some one is going to find what you have to say helpful. I think of the articles I have read that have helped me. It was great to read about someone who already went through what I am going through now. At least I knew that I wasn’t the only one that was going through the frustrations. I also learned from other people’s mistakes, what pitfalls to avoid, saving me some problems in the future.

Don’t write simply for business reasons, but write from the heart with the intention of wanting to help someone else. If your article has helped or motivated one person in any way, then your writing has served a purpose. Yes there are benefits like name branding, credibility, free advertising, etc, but the thing that counts the most, is you wrote from the heart and someone was helped. Remember we all learn from each other and we are all in this together.

Okay now your article is done. Put your resource box at the end. Now go get it published. Ezines and websites are always looking for new content and there is someone out there waiting to learn from you! An excellent place to start is at http://www.Marketing-Seek.com. This website is for new writers to submit and publish their articles. Also has a great resource for you to check out on other places to submit your article.
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About the Author

Copyright © 2003 Penny Graham. All rights reserved. Penny believes three important things are needed for online success-honesty, motivation, and willingness to help others. She is owner of http://www.Insightful-info.com that provides online business resources to help people make their business an online success.
She can be contacted at editor@insightful-info.com.

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