Would-be Actors/TV Producers/Media/etc should go to TVKitani Before Its Too Late!!

So as I was browsing around giving me better ways to help with the promotion. I found one that was very interesting. It's called TVKitani by DST Group. It's a wonderful programme they made. Sort of like youtube except it's on mobile.

You can view their website via this link: www.tvkitani.com.bn

As I was curious to know more about it, my mind wonders along and suddenly it hit me like a cat getting roadkill along Jalan Tutong. Ok, I'm sorry. I guess that was mean but you get my point.

The point is that you should be able to take advantage of this outstanding offer. You get to send in your videos and have your friends, family, colleagues and relatives to watch your videos and you can do all this for free! And what can you do with it? There's plenty and allow me to list it.

• Do some comedy skits. Anything to make other people laugh. Take for example Youtube's Best Comedian: Fred or Someone with at least being sensible: Raywilliamjohnson. If they can do it, so can you.
• Do some educational skits with an added entertainment. Like House series. Sure it's like drama and stuff but you do get to hear in their discussion about the kinds and types of diseases and performing the diagnosis on several interesting patients.
• Do some cool action skits. If you're the type who loves to make things explode, fight bad ninjas, and car racing (movie magic style and not for real), then do some action series episodes. Though you may need to do some active editing before submitting your video to DST. Why I even suggest this is to release the potential from Bruneians to use special computer tricks to make the videos of great quality to send over to DST. An example of a cool movie effect would be this video: Ryan vs Dorkman
• Do a webshow. You may or may not have seen it but there are plenty of webshows out there. Some has some quality things to show and some doesn't. It's a cool way to strut your stuff. I'm planning to do some of it but it may take a while as I need to plan for at least a month worth of scripting for a trial run. Some of greatest webshows are on youtube, so why don't you check them out and see if you got what it takes to be the next TV Host! Please note, some of the shows has mild foul languages, viewer discretion is advised: RaywilliamJohnson and Shane Dawson TV.
• Do a series of show on any reviews. This one is particularly difficult since it requires you to go out more often than staying inside your house to make the content of your videos. Because you need to make some reviews on a particular product or service and let the company or the business owner knows what you think about it and need to take it seriously. This one idea is quite attractive to become a critic of a special field. It can be a Gadget Reviewer, Food Critic, Art Critic, etc.

And there's your internet video ideas to try out. So what are you going to make a webshow about? Let me know in the comment section! :)

-Let the power of wealth be with you~

Half Of The Things You Know From School Is OBSOLETE!

So it has been several months since I graduated from University and College and it made me realize that the difference in knowledge of what I knew back then and now has something to do with the environment.

Everyone understands the meaning of "change" and why we have to go through it. But somehow, I'm writing this article because I wanted to remind all of us including me that we have to keep changing as time goes by.

For example, you have finished med school for four years. And by the time you graduated, half the things you learned became obsolete. Procedures are now moving forward to better and safer methods to treat patients.

Likewise for business students as well as IT students. Whatever it is you learn in college or university, it is never enough and usually it always ends up the same way in the end. Losing half of your effort and time to gain the special skills to perform at your best of knowledge in your specialized field and ended up being obsolete because of one thing that threatens our society. One word - "Change"

So I suppose when looking at not just ourselves but also our dear small country, Brunei Darussalam, we need a lot of change. And let not it hinder you from your goal but embrace it. We all need to be kept updated every now and then. Just like our computers and antiviruses that we bought off Kedai Communist or just downloading free ones still requires updating and changes in order to further improve our IT equipments.

Changing requires effort on our part. Whether it be adapting to a new environment, or learning a new skill, or moving from relationship to another, or even getting better a new stuff that would make your life easier. Some of us may dislike the idea of constantly changing but its for the best.

How would you change?

-Let the power of wealth be with you~

Freelancing Skill: Voice Talent

For those of you who doesn't have the skills that can be made online, think again. Use your voice to reach your target audience. And when I mean voice, I really mean using your speaking skills.

Now I bet you have already seen cartoon movies or episodes or at least some animation or if you're a Bruneian, anime, where you watch cartoons and voice actors play out as their respective characters in the story or series. Such project in animation requires the right artists, animators, directors, producers and especially voice actors.

There are plenty of businesses out there in the world of entertainment and this is one of them. You could start one up but if you have no idea where, I can recommend putting it up on flash animation sites like:

• Newgrounds (www.newgrounds.com)
• Flash Portal (www.flashportal.com)

That's just a couple of sites where I often go to when I was *ahem ahem* younger and bring some entertainment to my boring life. And as I go around watching how well they work, it surprises me that they can deliver quality for free. It's like youtube except it's meant for those who are flash animators.

For flash animators, they work around the clock to make the animation perform exactly to their storyboard. For voice actors/actresses, they have to act exactly to the scene. So to those would be actors/actresses, flash animation can lead you somewhere.

The point to this is that, you would not need to act on queue. Like cry on the spot or get really angry on the spot or anything of that sort that requires you to perform perfectly without retaking the scene. However, as a voice actor/actress, there's more to that. You can voice act as a baby, a kid, a teenager, an adult, a senior or even different creatures. This is the great advantage over traditional filming where it takes millions and billions of dollars to pay for each extras or characters to play the part or even pay for the costumes.

Voice acting is one method to freelance. Another method would be podcasting. It's a simple method of recording one's voice and upload it online. Where others can just listen to your words instead of reading. Which becomes an advantage to the blind Internet surfers.

No idea what to podcast? Why not do public speaking about a random topic? Do a stand-up (or sit-down) comedy online. Do an International Debate with someone overseas. Conversation with another over a radio online. Etc.

And why stop with voice acting and podcasting? There's also singing! You've already probably seen others posting up their videos of themselves singing a song on Youtube. So do the same thing and there's bound to be a record breaking opportunity for your singing talent. However, it is a slim chance since not everyone has that great talent to sing perfectly.

So however your voice may sound like, these are the options provided to you for your passion in your sound. Make or break online with www.voices.com should help you get started as well.

Do you have what it takes to may your voice be heard online? O.o

-Let the power of wealth be with you~

$2,918 In 55 Hours With A Blog - How It Was Done

Don't think I'm lying because no Bruneians could actually obtain that figure in 55 hours. However, a fellow problogger did it! I'm not saying you should believe everything I or he says. I'm saying give it a shot of consideration. I'm sure something pops into your mind why I bother posting this article up anyways. *Cough* Marketing *Cough cough* :P

So here's his post by David Risley:

"Yes, this last Black Friday weekend, I ran a special (as pretty much everybody does) and I brought in almost 3-grand in a little over 48 hours. I thought I would give you the scoop on how it was done. It is so insanely easy, and the marketing behind it is just about as simple as it gets.

The special began on Friday at a little after 1PM EST when I sent out my first email to themailing list. On Sunday at 3AM EST, I sent a “final notice” to let them know the deal was coming to a close. The deadline was 8PM EST on Sunday. Why 8PM? Because it would be easy to pop onto the computer after dinner and turn the special off. And why did I send the last notice at 3AM? So that the people on the west coast would be after midnight and I could tell them that the special was ending on the same day (more urgency).

So, in total, the entire promo consisted of 2 emails to the list, and about 15 minutes of work on the site itself. I think I had about 45 minutes of my time in this promotion – total.

Here’s how it was done…

The deal was 30% off of the yearly membership. There was clear urgency because of the pending deadline. And just to drive that home, I put a timer on the top of the sales page to count down to 8PM on Sunday. I also made clear the money-back guarantee (which is always there). I also made clear that there would be no renewals (no obligation or contract, as some people perceive membership sites). I didn’t disable renewals so much as part of the deal, but mainly because the refund rates on yearlys seems to be higher anyway (members forget after a year).

Also, the emails I sent to the list were low-key. I was not in sales mode, really. I just told them what the deal is. And by telling them I wasn’t in sales mode and that I’d rather be with my family (all of which was true – after all this was Thanksgiving), it enhances empathy. It is also a pattern interrupt from all the overt marketing people get around Black Friday.

As usually happens, people wait until the last minute. The last day saw over half of the total sales, many of them coming in the last few hours.

Here are the “take-away’s” you should employ in your own marketing:

1. Always employ urgency in your marketing. It drives people to take action. Give them a reason to act and a clear deadline.
2. Visually show the deadline with a timer. It works.
3. Give a reason why. Every time I conduct a promotion like this, it is tied to an event (such as me traveling). This time, the event was obvious – Black Friday. Everybody was in a retail mood (the society more or less trains it into them). Take advantage of it.
4. Tie a membership site in with your blog. Marketed right with quality content and it will turn into a cash cow.
5. You need a mailing list. The reason this promotion was so easy was because I had an established mailing list. Without it, it would have gone over like a fart in church.

So, there you go. A small behind-the-scenes look at a recent promo. Pretty simple stuff, actually."

Awesome as to how he made it sound so easy that we can accomplish that figure as well if we tried. :)

-Let the power of wealth be with you~