Future of Internet TV Applications

Future of Internet TV Applications

The future is here now and the ones that take it and grab on now will see the most success. Everyday a new TV comes out with applications for viewing Internet TV, such as YouTube, Hulu, Netflix and BlipTV. These are just a few websites that you can now view with your Smart TV.

So how does this help you as a producer? With the cost of film production becoming less expensive and the way to distribute your film much easier with the sites I have mentioned earlier. The opportunity is here for more producers and developers to get their content seen.

Mark cites YouTube as “the new Comcast” in that they are a massive video distributor. With YouTube you can gain subscribers and be more interactive with your viewers. When you signup with a video ad network you can see revenue from your online video content. With social networking site like Facebook and Twitter you have the ability to have your videos go viral and see worldwide viewership and repeat viewers to your online channel.

So this brings us to the new smart televisions. When you build your viewers with your social networks and as people purchase these new televisions. You will have a viewing audience and now you have a successful television station. All run from your laptop. As for some of these televisions the run off apps just like on your smart phone. So not only will your videos be available online and on televisions they are also available on mobile devises.

            The future is here now, who will step up and grab hold for the ride? Within the next few years you will see advertising dollars raise tremendously for online video content. I am already working on my show ideas and building my applications that will work on all the new smart TV’s as well as smart phones. Will you follow?

Source: Future Of Television: Internet TV To Explode In 2012 http://www.reelseo.com/internet-tv-to-explode-in-2012/#ixzz1nXfIEMmB

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Start Up America

Start Up America      

I recently was doing some research when I came across this website, Start Up America Partnership (www.slco).  Start Up America is a site that helps young companies branch out and get some recognition in the business world. The site is free of charge to set up an account and in just minutes your business is list on their site for others to find you in the directory. This is a great way for you to find partners and for partners to find you.

Their site has a section of StartUp Regions. This area lets you choose the area that you are located so that you can network with other startup companies close to you. I took a look at the Startup Tennessee region being that I am in Tennessee. There I was able to find a list of investors and a list that I was able to fine-tune my search to general areas within Tennessee.

I was just amazed that I had found this site that just happens to be FREE, that has so many great information sources. By signing up I am going to have at my finger tips access to advisers, funders, investors, major corporations other service providers as well as possible new business partners and they are all in my area.

I would suggest that you take a few minutes and visit the Start Up America website and signup it just takes a few moments, then find your region and just see the possible partners that are just waiting for a business like yours.

I will be signing up my company and you should to. This can help take your ideas and turn them into reality. You never know an investor maybe looking at the site right now and could miss seeing your great idea.  Sign up today just as I did. 

Source: http://www.s.co/ & http://www.startuptn.com/

Learning from the Experts

Learning from the Experts

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Over the past several months I have researched a lot of different very successful businessmen and women. I have learned a lot from each one of them and a few really stuck with me. I was very impressed in Daymond John who is the founder of FUBU clothing. He took an idea and took chances and has become one of the most successful fashion icons to date. Daymond has also become a motivational speaker and helps entrepreneurs understand how to boost sales, and keep a great moral.

            One key part that made Daymond’s idea a great success was that he wasn’t afraid to take a risk. He looked at his idea and the target market that he had to work with and seen that there was a great need and want for a product like his, so he took the risk with his own money to start his clothing business in his house. This brings up another great point that I will take from my research is that you must be willing to show investors that you are willing to put your own money into your idea or product. If you were not willing to risk your own money then why would an investor want to invest their money into you and your idea?

            Since doing the research I have made changes to the way I have approached my business plan. I have looked more in depth on how I have prepared the target market section. This helps me see before hand if my idea will be a success. I also have looked deeply into the financial statements more than I was before my research. Daymond made some good points how to plan ahead so that you won’t be surprised when issues or problems arise. Preplanning will make my life a lot easier since I have looked at all the areas of my financial planning.

Sources:

www.daymondjohn.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgmq1f93vZI

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daymond_John

http://www.entrepreneur.com/blog/222663

Businessmen and the business plan

Businessmen and the business plan

This past week I took the chance to do some research on some businessmen, so I first took a look at Daymon John and then I looked at Mark Cuban.

Credit: www.daymondjohn.com

First lets take a look at some of the things I learned about Daymond John. Well the first thing that I learned was he was the man that started the clothing line FUBU, up until now I always thought that FUBU was started by a hip hop artist. Daymond John started by selling hats on the streets of Queens. After much success hustling his and making $800 in just one day, FUBU was born. With the help of a few of his friends Daymond transformed his house into a mini factory and mortgaged his home to start the company. FUBU quickly became a worldwide known clothing brand and at its peak was seeing profits of $350 million in annual sales. Today Daymond is a motivational speaker, branding expert and one of the most successful fashion icons.

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Now lets take a look at Mark Cuban. Mark is the owner of the Dallas Mavericks (NBA team), and Landmark Theaters and is the chairman of NDNet. His first shot at being a businessman came when he was 12 years old, Cuban wanted a pair of shoes so he decided to sell trash bags to raise the money he needed. Cuban has a bachelor degree in business administration from Indiana University.

Both of these businessmen have similarities in the way they look at the way to approach a business plan. You must look at the specific product or service that you want to market, you must look to see if the area that you have chosen for your business has the correct target market for what you are doing. You also must be able to show that you are willing to take the risk with your own money, investors are more likely to invest in you if they see that you will take the risk also. Also they both say that you should make sure that you include the projections of finances to your business plan, without showing what type of outcome the investment can have an investor will not want to invest in the unknown.

No matter if your business is a risk or a sure to make money deal you want to make sure to plan and develop an outstanding business plan.

Sources:

www.daymondjohn.com

http://bpexpertviews.blogspot.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Cuban

On the Mobile Go with an app

On the Mobile Go with an app.

I recently found an Internet site that allows you just to do that, be on the mobile go with an app. With the everyday changing world of mobile marketing and more people getting their information from their smart phones I began the search to find an easy way to build an app for my business.

What did I find? Well I first found a site call AppMakr (www.appmakr.com) this site was very easy to use and gave a clean look for your apps and the best part its free. But after trying to build my app I found some issues. I wanted to add a feed from our Facebook page, this would not work. So I did some research and the only thing I came up with is that Facebook no longer publishes their feeds the same way as they used to giving you the ability to republish data.

So I decided to keep looking and that's when I came across Conduit (www. mobile.conduit.com). Conduit is almost just like AppMakr. It is another free site and it does work with Facebook feeds. I have built my app for testing and really like the features that you can do inside their site.

If you are ready to take your company to the mobile app world I would suggest that you take a look at these two sites. Each of these sites offers a few different features and you may like one over the other. Just remember that this is only a way to build your app. You will still have to purchase a developer account from Apple and Droid to get your app on the market.

My suggestion would be to get an app today. Do not fall behind in this everyday changing world. Everyday that you wait is another day that your competition is moving ahead of you in the mobile world.

Sources:

http://www.appmakr.com

http://mobilecp.conduit.com

Does my site need SEO?

Does my site need SEO?

First you must ask yourself what is SEO before you decide whether you need it or not.

SEO is short for search engine optimization. SEO is a process for getting your site a higher ranking on search engines, like popular sites Google, Bing and Yahoo. By researching keywords that are most searched online and building links and creating content you can gain visits to your website.

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So why is SEO important? Everyday your site sits ideal online is a day that you should be gaining visits and new customers or fans. When you gain them you also gain sales on your products the more fans equals more cash.

I recently was searching online for ways to develop new tactics to gain more visits on my website when I came across this site that gave five good reasons for SEO. Checkout the site as it breaks down each reason.  Five Reasons for SEO

SEO v. ROI

It’s very simple formal to follow.

ROI = (Anticipated revenue from SEO efforts) – (Proposed cost of SEO project)

Breaking this down further, we have:

(Anticipated revenue from SEO efforts) = Conversions derived from Organic search visits

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The fact is simple is when you take the time and/or money to invest into SEO for your website you will see big gains in your profits and/or fan base depending on what your business is. SEO is not something that is simple or easy to do. You will have to do your research if you are trying to do this on your own. This first thing I would do so that you can see if you are getting results is to check your page rankings before you start and check it periodically to see how your rankings are effected by the SEO methods that you are doing. To check your page rankings click here.

*Sources

http://enginesofcreation.com/five-reasons-for-seo.cfm

http://www.prchecker.info/

Important steps in selling your own music online

Important steps in selling your own music online

The 5 important steps

The music business has become a lot easy for independent artist to sell their music. With the Internet there is now many ways for you to sell your own music without having to use or be signed to a major label. If you use the following steps you can successfully sell your music online and make money.

Step 1 – Register with one of these companies ASCAP, BMI and/or SESAC. These companies will be the ones needed to make sure that you get money owed to you in royalties.

Step 2 – Register with a site to sell your music online. A good site that I have found is www.tunecore.com this site can distribute your music on sites such as CDBaby, Amazon, iTunes and more.

Step 3 – Build a portfolio/website & make sure to do search engine optimization so    your site will be listed first when someone searches for you. When building your website make sure that you make it social friendly so that fans can click share on articles, music and videos.

Step 4 – Join social networking sites, create a fan page on Facebook and Twitter. Share, Share, Share.. Make sure you share your page with everyone you know and ask them to do the same. Increasing the number of fans you have on your Facebook page will increase the chances of online sales and will make your next releases much easier to promote.

Step 5 – Write Press Release and get reviews. This will get other blogs and sites posting about you. Do your homework and send a press release to the different demographic review sites and news sites and publications. Send them a link with a free digital download. When they do a review and story on you this will draw fans to your site and this is a free way to market yourself.

These 5 steps are just a few steps in selling your music successfully online. Online social marketing is a great way to get the word out about your music. When you do step 4 it is important to share your page with everyone you know and to have your friends share as well. This will allow you to gain fans and will make future music easier to promote and market. The first single will be the hardest but the hard work will make your future brighter.

Sources:

http://www.growmap.com/10-key-steps-to-effective-online-music-marketing/

http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/5-Ways-To-Start-Selling-Your-Music-Online-And-Make-More-Moolah-/2173802