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It pays to advertise... (currently 1625 views) |
AnthonyCawood |
Posted: January 31st, 2017, 5:03pm |
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LocationUK Posts4321 Posts Per Day 1.13 |
When I wrote my series of articles - https://anthonycawood.wordpress.com/category/articles/ on getting your scripts produced, the very first article focused on the importance of marketing yourself. This was demonstrated most dramatically last week when a Producer contacted me about a couple of my feature scripts (Graft and Visiting Day). His initial contact came from my website, using the Contact form, so I knew he'd found the site and had read the loglines for the scripts there. He read both scripts and took a particular liking to Graft, and Optioned it a few days later. I asked him how he'd found me... his answer wasn't really what I expected... he'd used Google and apparently my site had come up! So, I said it before, and I'll say it again... an active web presence and preferably your own site, can definitely pay dividends! |
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Zack |
Posted: January 31st, 2017, 5:14pm |
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LocationErlanger, KY Posts4497 Posts Per Day 0.69 |
How much does it cost to maintain your own site? If you don't mind me asking.
~Zack~ |
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AnthonyCawood |
Posted: January 31st, 2017, 5:50pm |
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LocationUK Posts4321 Posts Per Day 1.13 |
I use Moonfruit which is a websitebuilder/host... thinks it's about £50 per year, but there's tons of options these days and some will be cheaper/free. |
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eldave1 |
Posted: January 31st, 2017, 8:16pm |
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LocationSouthern California Posts6874 Posts Per Day 1.94 |
How much does it cost to maintain your own site? If you don't mind me asking.
~Zack~ |
Zack - I use WIX and it's free. You can hit the link below if you want to see what it looks like. It is pretty easy to use |
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Zack |
Posted: January 31st, 2017, 11:37pm |
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LocationErlanger, KY Posts4497 Posts Per Day 0.69 |
Thank you. I'll definitely check it out.
~Zack~ |
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TonyDionisio |
Posted: February 4th, 2017, 11:20am |
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Been Around Damnit, get to the point!
LocationTennessee Posts768 Posts Per Day 0.20 |
I asked him how he'd found me... his answer wasn't really what I expected... he'd used Google and apparently my site had come up!
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That's awesome and unexpected. Great stuff. |
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AnthonyCawood |
Posted: February 4th, 2017, 3:08pm |
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LocationUK Posts4321 Posts Per Day 1.13 |
Thanks Tony... in other news, I've just got a writing assignment from a producer who contacted me on Twitter! |
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Zack |
Posted: February 4th, 2017, 3:10pm |
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LocationErlanger, KY Posts4497 Posts Per Day 0.69 |
Congrats Anthony! What kind of assignment is it? ~Zack~ |
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AnthonyCawood |
Posted: February 4th, 2017, 3:19pm |
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LocationUK Posts4321 Posts Per Day 1.13 |
Thanks Zack. it's writing a feature, thriller, to be filmed in Nigeria later in the year... |
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Zack |
Posted: February 4th, 2017, 3:25pm |
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LocationErlanger, KY Posts4497 Posts Per Day 0.69 |
Sounds exciting! Good luck man. ~Zack~ |
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TonyDionisio |
Posted: February 4th, 2017, 7:02pm |
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Been Around Damnit, get to the point!
LocationTennessee Posts768 Posts Per Day 0.20 |
Great news, I just started tweeting a month or 2 ago.
Retweeted you.
@foxtrotfenris if anyone else uses it. |
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Don |
Posted: February 4th, 2017, 7:25pm |
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AdministratorAdministrator So, what are you writing?
LocationVirginia Posts16417 Posts Per Day 1.93 |
While this is up... If you are a member of the discussion board and you have a website that has a screenwriting component, you are entitled to have your link listed on the blog home page: http://www.simplyscripts.com/#writersShoot me an email or pm. Visit me in m dreams. Telepathy works, too. Let me know our site. It gives you a tiny Google boost being linked to from another site relevant to yours. You do not have to link back. - Don |
| Visit SimplyScripts.com for what is new on the site.
------------- You will miss 100% of the shots you don't take. - Wayne Gretzky
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AnthonyCawood |
Posted: February 4th, 2017, 7:33pm |
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LocationUK Posts4321 Posts Per Day 1.13 |
Thanks Zack, hopefully it'll go well and get made!
Tony, thanks just noticed your retweet/like, appreciated! |
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Cooper |
Posted: February 10th, 2017, 12:07am |
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Anthony and others. Do you think it's worth it to do a yourname.com with yearly fees or is one of the free services and hosts just as good? |
| Am I on the right track with THIS ? Let me know. |
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AnthonyCawood |
Posted: February 10th, 2017, 2:41am |
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LocationUK Posts4321 Posts Per Day 1.13 |
Hey Cooper
Personal opinion only, but I think your own domain looks like you take the writing more seriously, and you get you own domain emails too, which again I believe make you appear more professional.
But, even a free service/host gives you a presence and many you can upgrade at a later date too. |
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MarkRenshaw |
Posted: February 10th, 2017, 4:09am |
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LocationUK Posts2335 Posts Per Day 0.58 |
I was on Ipage but then their fees went through the roof after the first year. I've switched to Godaddy.
Congratulations Anthony, all your hard work is paying off.
So far I've not had a single person contact me via my website, I just get a lot of spam but I'm not really putting myself out there enough like you do. I'm more focused on producing my own material at the moment. But at least the website is there, just in case! |
| For more of my scripts, stories, produced movies and the ocassional blog, check out my new website. CLICK |
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AnthonyCawood |
Posted: February 10th, 2017, 6:36am |
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LocationUK Posts4321 Posts Per Day 1.13 |
And you'll be able to use the website to promote your material too, trailers, teaser reels etc... |
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Reef Dreamer |
Posted: February 10th, 2017, 6:53am |
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Old Timer Part time writer
LocationThe Island of Jersey Posts2612 Posts Per Day 0.56 |
well done - I'm way too slack at these things
hope the feature pan out |
| My scripts HERE
The Elevator Most Belonging To Alice - Semi Final Bluecat, Runner Up Nashville Inner Journey - Page Awards Finalist - Bluecat semi final Grieving Spell - winner - London Film Awards. Third - Honolulu Ultimate Weapon - Fresh Voices - second place IMDb link... http://www.imdb.com/name/nm7062725/?ref_=tt_ov_wr |
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Grandma Bear |
Posted: February 10th, 2017, 8:39am |
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LocationThe Swamp... Posts7961 Posts Per Day 1.35 |
Good luck with everything you got going, Anthony! If you ever need a read... I used to have a website. Had all my scripts there. Close to a hundred, I think. Over the years though, I became a better writer and those older scripts no longer represented my style or "skills". I was horrified when I would hear from producers saying that they've read all the scripts on my website! So, I eventually killed the website. So, keep that in mind if you have a site for years, to occasionally look over your scripts and make sure you really do want the whole world to see your scripts posted. |
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khamanna |
Posted: February 10th, 2017, 8:48am |
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Very nice, Anthony, congrats! |
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AnthonyCawood |
Posted: February 10th, 2017, 3:40pm |
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LocationUK Posts4321 Posts Per Day 1.13 |
Thanks Mark, Bill, Pia and Khamanna, fingers crossed |
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