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Originally Posted by gideongallery
your so wrong
it really easy to get notice
it just a longer game
you give away short stuff until people like your stuff enough to pay for it.
the methodology is simple
give away sample of ALL your ideas just make sure that it can expand into bigger if someone likes it and is willing to pay for it.
Wil wheaton did it
he did the one review for free, release it under CC-SA
and the fans spread it because they were allowed
until someone with the power decide it was worth while PAYING him to do those type of reviews for ALL the TNG episodes.
If what your doing is good quality, that people want to share because it good quality
It a simple three step process
1. produce the shit
2. release it under CC-SA
3. share it with your circle of friends.
There are tons of things you can do to improve expand that base (ppc, youtube optimization, seo, torrent optimization, etc) but if your shit is good , you don't need more than those 3 things.
If your shit sucks, there is no marketing crutch to prop you up.
But that marketing crutch doesn't really exist any more anyway
the warnings of john carter hit twitter 15 minutes after the movie pre-screened.
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I didn't say it. Kevin Smith did. I happen to agree with him.
Yes, you can market your stuff, but getting to the point where you are very successful is not easy. It never has been. In the realm of movies 15-20 years ago one of the biggest obstacles was actually getting your film made because it was expensive and it took a decent amount of technical knowledge. If you actually got your move made there wasn't a whole lot of competition when it came to film festivals, distributor markets etc. That barrier is gone now. Now anyone with a few hundred dollars and a weekend to learn the software can make a movie. However, because of that the number of movies getting made that are competing for the audience has gone through the roof and distinguishing yourself among that crowd it not easy. It has just flipped. It used to be hard to make the movie and easier to get notice. Now it is easier to make the movie and harder to get noticed (at least get noticed to the point where you actually make some money and have success).