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Learning The Ropes Of Internet Video With Michael Tringe and CreatorUp

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An example is Melissa Rundle, who was been writing for the industry doing FunnyOrDie type comedies. We want to provide information on how you tell a story, and how you keep people engaged. It's very content driven education, as opposed to the typical information on skills you can find on the Internet. What's your background?

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Why Startup Entrepreneurs Need to Communicate More Like George Bush Than Al Gore

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This does not mean you shouldn’t solve big, complex problems or write complex code. ” Many people in Internet TV talk to me about “ Torso TV ” or “ Why Hulu is like OPEC. how informed will they be about our product / service? To be much smarter than the information you’re divulging.

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How Online Video Companies Can Increase Margin and Build Better Businesses

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You can ask them to come and watch your videos at your owned & operated websites (O&O) where you can make higher margins as well as ask directly for more meaningful customer information such as Facebook connections, Twitter oAuths, email addresses and the like. To produce content that people want to watch takes unique skills: Writing.

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Why The Growth Of The Internet Is Driving EdgeCast's Revenues

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Those include quite a few brands you probably recognize, including Twitter, Hulu, Pinterest, EMI, Wordpress, Break.com, and a whole host of other companies. Software-as-a-service companies write good software, and network companies build good networks, but rarely do you find both that do that well as the same time.

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Is it a Good Idea to Have Ads in Tweets?

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Advertising is also what allows you to watch Hulu for free, use Yahoo! First, I have chosen who to follow on Twitter so the information in my stream is self selected. And if they can monetize their follower base then they have an incentive to grow their base, Tweet more, engage more and write better quality Tweets.

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How I Use Visualization to Drive Creativity

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So I thought I’d write a post about how I drive my personal creativity. (A The key is channeling what you learn when you drive onto paper for retention purposes so you have to write it down soon afterward. When I write a blog post I often see the words before I write them. These are all creative processes.

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Public and Open Debate is the Highest Form of Democracy (and Blogging)

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I’ve always believed that you learn a great deal when you’re presenting, teaching or writing about what you know. It’s not only the “consumer&# of this information who learns, the “producer&# also does. If I write about something that isn’t compelling I can see it in the unique reader numbers.

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