What Should I Know Before Committing To Freelance Copy Writing?
I’ve been putting a lot of thought of late into moving full steam into the arena of Freelance Copy Writing. I was turned on to the concept a while back, early on in my SEO writing activities and as a result bought into Peter Bowerman’s “The Well-Fed Writer”. I actually was more interested in his “The Well-Fed Self-Publisher” and subsequently got off of the track for pursuing freelance copy writing.
Now, however, I’m thinking that it could be more interesting to pursue some quality writing opportunities. Don’t get me wrong, I’m grateful for the SEO writing that I do. Every now and then some interesting topics are assigned to me, and I find when that happens, I truly enjoy the process.
If you’ve done any of this type of “web writing” you’ll understand just how little it pays. Understandably so. For the most part, and what I believe to be reality, this type of writing isn’t designed to be read by anyone real, living (or dead). Simply put, the search powers that be simply want “real” content; not words generated by some form of YACG (yet another content generator).
And that’s totally groovy. If you can deal with the lack of passion. If you enjoy putting words together and have them pretty much never read again, SEO can be a super easy way to make a living. Just not much of a decently paying living. Again, I am grateful to have access to this type of work for the past year or so. I always do the very best I am able to with any given assignment. But I’m at that point of needing more.
More income for sure. More importantly, a real sense that what I’m creating is valuable to someone, will get read (and hopefully appreciated!) by a real, living breathing person (that is not me.) So, I’m now in that mode of contemplating whether or not it might be worth developing the contacts, putting out feelers for clients, dealing with clients when they do come, and generally making a successful go at becoming a Freelance Copy Writer.
While I’m no expert, my belief is that I have the chops to do the writing. I’ve several pieces which I’ll pull together in order to start a portfolio. Some good friends have indicated they enjoy my writing and feel I’d be well suited to pursue a living (at least for a while) in this arena. Of course, you really can’t trust the opinions of your friends. That’s why they’re your friends! 
There’s not a whole lot of folks reading this site, but if you are and have any thoughts, ideas or suggestions, it would be lovely to hear them. My biggest concern is that which I just don’t know about going down this road. If you can share your insight or experiences, let’s start a conversation. And thanks for your time and interest. Much appreciated!
Got Wave Invites? Right Here, Right Now!
Okay. You know you want to get in on the Google Wave thing. Right? Well, if you’re finding it hard to get an invite (though I find that hard to imagine!) you can get them here. I’ve just noticed that I have 25 sitting around waiting to be doled out.
What do you have to do? Not a lot. Really. Okay. There’s no real requirement other than leaving a comment (and obviously filling in your email address which only I’ll be able to see.) I’ll send out the first 25 respondents the invite through Google’s Wave invite system (which looks like this since you probably don’t know ):
Now, if you were so inclined and wanted to also get in on the new video service beta invites from Vidli.com, click here and fill out their three box form.
Easy Peasey!
They are hiring a new Social Media person to help with their launch of what seems like an amazing video licensing and monetization service that will allow anyone to easily monetize uploaded online videos. If nothing else, you’ll want an early invitation to check them out. And you can get that now!
Thanks for your support. RSS subscriptions are always a welcome gift from all of you as well
Video Monetization Space Should Heat Up with Vidli.com in the Mix
Clearly there are a ton of companies that are trying to monetize your video for you. While they’re at it, they hope to take a piece of that transaction and keep themselves in the black.
Proper video licensing and video monetization is no easy prospect. Take a look at the excerpt from the post below on Youtube’s attempt to monetize over a billion videos that are streamed EVERY DAY! It’s not easy, even for almighty Google.
And that brings me to Vidli.com and their desire to jump into the video money making machine. With their self proclaimed title as The Official Licensor of online video, Vidli.com is plans to provide content owners with the ability to sell, buy and rent their copyrighted video content.
And I’m attempting to get hired by Vidli to become their next Social Media Person. Should you find this post interesting perhaps you could take 37 seconds or so, and help Vidli hire James D Kirk (that’s me, BTW )
Presenting the XPlayer
The All Access Live XPlayer is an affordable way for you to control how your video and live broadcasts appear on the Internet. Using the advanced features and customizable tools of The XPlayer, your content is presented to a world wide audience in perfect form. The XPlayer is more than a fancy player, it is a video management and monetization system. Each player is wrapped with an in-stream ad system and serves ads from companies like Frontier Airlines, Lysol, Game Crazy, Miller Light, and many more. The XPlayer is a turn-key solution to start making money with your content today.
Pop Warner Selects Monetize Media for Live Video Streaming of their Events
Monetize Media Inc., the leading online video platform, today announced that Pop Warner Little Scholars, Inc. has selected Monetize Media as its exclusive provider for live and on-demand video webcasting of its regional and national events covering both Pop Warner’s 2009 Superbowl Football championships and National Cheer and Dance competition. Pop Warner is pleased to utilize all the features of Monetize Media’s Online Video Platform which includes online video management, encoding, customized video players, publishing, syndication, aggregation, analytics, and advanced monetization capabilities.
Partner content at the heart of YouTube monetization strategy
This means the vast majority of videos on YouTube have absolutely no advertising at all, because the company is only comfortable serving advertising against what it calls partner content. According to the partnerships qualifications and FAQ, people or organisations applying to be a YouTube partner they must meet the following requirements:
- You create original videos suitable for online streaming.
- You own or have express permission to use and monetise all audio and video content that you upload – no exceptions.
- You regularly upload videos that are viewed by thousands of YouTube users.
Very Possibly Related Video Monetization Articles (by Zemanta)
- YouTube cashes in on one billion weekly views (telegraph.co.uk)
- Online Video Round-up: 16 Posts About Marketing with Video (biztipsblog.com)
- Madison Avenue’s Frustration with Online Video: Quality is “Complete Crap,” top WPP Exec (beet.tv)
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How Could Vidli.com Monetize a Video of Blue Footed Boobies?
Just a quickie post today before I get to brave the elements (and worse, holiday shoppers!) During my morning reading routine I came across this way too cute video of an actual mating dance between two Blue Footed Boobies. It is possibly the most bizarre and cutest thing I’ve seen in quite some time. Betting it will be for you as well. If you aren’t able to see the video, here’s the link to the Blue Footed Booby Mating Dance on YouTube.
Blue Footed Boobies from the Galapagos Islands doing their famous mating dance.
Now, if plumdiggity, instead of just posting that video up on Youtube, had used Vidli.com, The Official Video Licensor, they might have been able to make some money.
I’m not sure how many views it will take, but if nearly 40,000 people are interested in the video content you create, you can bet some of them are going to be willing to pay to see it.
And this is where Vidli comes in. The company is nearing its launch and has opened up beta invitation sign ups. They are also looking for a Social Media Person to bring on board. As such they’ve concocted a unique contest for folks like me to garner support from great folks like you. If you can take 37 seconds or less and click through to sign up for a FREE Vidli.com beta invitation, you’d be doing me the HUGEST favor.
You won’t regret it. Honest. And think of all those adorable little blue footed boobies just waiting for your love and affection!
Some Very Possibly Related Stories About Blue Footed Boobies (by Zemanta)
- ‘The Mysterious Islands’ — a New Film Shot on the Galapagos Islands Which Challenges Darwin (deaconforlife.blogspot.com)
- Bowermaster’s Adventures — Conservation International on the Galapagos Islands (gadling.com)
- Darwin’s Voyage – Reenacted (lockergnome.com)
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Who’s Your True Blue Booby, Vidli.com?
Tonight after some holiday shopping to pick up materials for making some AWESOME gifts for Mom, Sister, and Niece (pics to post before too long. And don’t worry, my family doesn’t read my blogs 
), I decided to whip up a Twitter Archive.
I’d been following @Andrea_r‘s conversation about the Twitter Digest plugin and got interested in the concept of archiving my tweets so I could access them past the 7 days or so that Twitter allows you access.
A couple of days ago, Ron (@WPMUguru) posted up a fix to the Twitter Digest plugin allowing it to operate correctly on WPMU:
Andrea was looking for a Twitter digest plugin so that she could start making a permanent backup of her tweets because the twitter API only provides access to the last 3200 tweets. The plugin she asked me to look at was Twitter Digest by Tim Beck. The reason she asked me to look at it was that it the option page did not save the settings in WordPress MU.
Rock and roll! So, I decided to add a new subdmain to the BoldlyGoing.com WPMU install and hook things up. Now you if you hit MyTweets.BoldlyGoing.com you can marvel at the wonder.
Basically, there’s the WPMU subdomain with the P2 Theme running the look and feel. I’ve got Twitter Digest (v. 1.8.3b the MU enhanced version) grabbing the tweets every morning early and posting to the site.
Finally I also installed Photo Dropper so I can go back to the site every few days and add some nice visual stuff.
And that’s what drove this post, especially its title. As I continue to earn your trust and eventually your support in my pursuit of the Social Media Gig with Vidli.com I was messing over at my twitter repository site and decided to post up a test from the front page (as per P2 theme). I did a search on Flickr for blue footed boobies and found that lovely little rascal you see above.
Have to say, they are really strange, yes? But adorable nonetheless!
Hey, thanks for taking the time to check out this post. And if you are feeling rather altruistic today, why not take about 37 seconds or so and sign up for the FREE beta invite for the new video monetization service that Vidli.com will be launching early next year. I’m buying drinks for everyone that’s helped me get the gig (if, of course I get the gig!)
Seriously though, thank you for your time. You have my sincere gratitude! Have a wonderful weekend.
Ever So Quite Possibly Related Articles on Twitter & Social Media (thanks Zemanta!)
- Twitter, Lists and Widgets (marketingpilgrim.com)
- Good grief, I’m one of the smartest people in social media! (brendancooper.com)
- What The Heck Is Social Media? (newmediachatter.com)
- The Power (and Peril) of the Retweet (edtechpower.blogspot.com)
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Seth Helps Me Describe Vidli.com’s Video Licensing
Just read Seth Godin’s post trying to tell someone what something is like. He uses the analogy of trying to describe a spicy pepper to someone that had never experienced the joy (and sometimes pain!) of eating yummy “hot” peppers.
Ultimately, he’s comparing the trust you have to build with those that you are trying to get to experience something new (and hopefully different, interesting, worthwhile, etc.)
Hopefully you know that I’ve been working at developing enough online contacts and social media presence to get folks to “trust me” when I ask that you “just try it” as it comes to Vidli.com’s services. Actually, all you can do right now is to sign up for a beta account when they are ready to start opening up the doors to their business.
As a part of their business expansion, they want to hire someone that has proven experience in the world of Social Media Marketing. I’m hoping you’ll help me to be that person. It’s really easy on your part, in fact. All you have to do to help Hire James D Kirk at Vidli.com is click through and sign up.
It should only take you about 37 seconds, and it could mean the difference of me getting an interview with the amazing folks at Vidli who help people buy, sell and rent videos online.
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