Affiliate Marketing Secrets

1. We cannot logically justify any ticket price whatsoever for a non-event film. There are too many better options at too low a price. Simply getting out of the house or watching something somewhere because that is the only place it is currently available does not justify a ticket price enough. We still think of movies as things people will buy. We have to change our thinking about movies to something that enhances other experiences, and it is that which has monetary value. Film’s power as a community organizing tool extends far beyond its power to sell popcorn (and the whole exhibition industry is based on that old popcorn idea).
2. The Industry has never made any attempt to build a sustainable investor class. Every other industry has such a go-to funding sector, developed around a focus on the investors’ concerns and standardized structures. In the film biz, each deal is different and generally stands alone, as opposed to leading to something more. The history of Hollywood is partially defined by the belief that another sucker is born every minute. Who really benefits by the limited options for funding currently available other than those founders and those who fee those deals? We could build something that works far more efficiently and offers far more opportunity.
3. The film business remains the virtually exclusive domain of the privileged. Although great strides have been made to diversify the industry, the numbers don’t lie. The film industry is ruled by white men from middle class or better socioeconomic backgrounds. It is an expensive art form and a competitive field — but it doesn’t need to be a closed door one. Let’s face it: people hire folks who remind them of themselves. These days everyone needs to intern and the proposition of working for free is too expensive for most. Living in NYC or LA is not affordable for most people starting out. We get more of the same and little progress without greater diversity. And although I essentially mentioned this last year, the continued poor economy limits diversity even more now.
There is no structure or mechanism to increase liquidity of film investments, either through clear exit strategies, or secondary capital markets. The dirty secret of film investment is that it is a long renouncement cycle with little planning for an exit strategy. Without a way to get out, fewer people choose to get in. Who really wants to lock up an investment for four years? Not investors, only patrons…
4. Independent Filmmakers (and their Industry advisers) build business plans based on models and notions selected from before September 15, 2008 when Lehman Brothers collapsed and everything changed. It is not the same business as it was then and we shouldn’t treat it that way. Expectations have changed considerably, probably completely. Buyers and audiences’ behaviors are different (those that still remain that is). Products are valued at different levels. We live in a new world. Our strategies must change with it.
5. The film business remains a single product industry. The product may be available on many different platforms, but it is still the same thing. For such a capital-intensive enterprise to sell only one thing is a squandering of time and money. Films can be a platform to launch many different products and enterprises, some of which can also enhance the experience and build the community.
We have done very little thinking or discussing about how to make events out of our movies. The list seems to have stopped at 3D. There’s only been one “Rocky Horror Picture Show” and the first one is very very old. Music flourishes because the live component is generally quite different from the recorded one, and the film biz could benefit from a greater differentiation of what utilizes different platforms.

Ive put together many connections between the world today and the illuminati in todays world. Its a scary thing really. I’m not scared of it but the chance that its possible is interestingly freightening. But whats your opinion and what do you know?

I just wanted to get an idea of whether or not I qualify for a VA home loan before I actually went to the VA so I don’t waste my time or anybody else’s. I’m 22, fresh out of the military (honorable regular ETS – 3.5 years), a full time college student using the GI Bill (and receiving BAH from it), and I admit that I really don’t know anything about buying a house.
I want to buy a house that costs $100,000 even. The house has been on the market for a while and has had its price cut down several times in the last year or so. There’s nothing wrong with the house, it’s just old (built in 1941).
I have great credit and no criminal record or anything (still hold my secret security clearance from the military). I can make payments no problem at all, but the problem is that I’m self employed and the majority of my income is from my VA disability pay ($395/month) and my GI Bill BAH ($2406/month), so I can’t really show them any paystubs or anything like that for when they ask for proof of income or whatever.
Is there any way that I could still get a VA loan to buy this house?
Thanks!

Many of you on here whom identify as republicans are presumably of low to middle income. For almost 30 years, the Republican party has favored a very small niche in this country, the rich. Why do you continue to vote for Republican candidates? Is it because you think that by doing so, you too will some day have the opportunity to become rich? The irony is that most of you won’t because of the very policies that have been enacted by Republican legislatures for the past 30 years. Your party is no longer your father’s party it used to be. When will you come to this realization?
Don’t believe me, just look up Republican policies before 1980 before Milton Friedman and Reaganomics. Going by your party’s logic today, you’d swear the Republicans of old were socialists.

Hey guys,
I sent my query letter off last night and today I got a reply from the agent saying that my book isn’t really her type.
But! I’m wondering if it has anything to do with my query? A friend of mine showed me how to write one but i got refused by two agents, hmmm…..
I’m going to paste the first chapter of my query and if you guys could give me an honest opinion and some suggestions, that would make my day! This is my first time and I really need some help :/
Dear Mrs ??????,
May I please send you my novel, The Freak in Me, for your consideration? It’s approximately 55,814 words and it’s an occurring story, telling the story of a seventeen year old girl who believed she was kidnapped but thanks to her trauma her mind had blocked everything. One day a striking young man walks into her life and she quickly falls in love but little does she know, her life is going to get a lot worse and later discovers a hidden dark secret she never knew she had. This novel has a mixture of thriller/drama/comedy and it’s aimed it at the young adult market.
Thank you so much for your time! 🙂

I know the Obama people released the classified info to a few people n the Senate, any news yet?