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AnthonyCawood
Posted: January 31st, 2017, 5:03pm Report to Moderator
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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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Available Short screenplays - http://www.anthonycawood.co.uk/short-scripts
Available Feature screenplays - http://www.anthonycawood.co.uk/feature-film-scripts/
Screenwriting articles - http://www.anthonycawood.co.uk/articles
IMDB Link - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm6495672/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
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How much does it cost to maintain your own site? If you don't mind me asking.

~Zack~
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AnthonyCawood
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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.


Anthony Cawood - Award winning screenwriter
Available Short screenplays - http://www.anthonycawood.co.uk/short-scripts
Available Feature screenplays - http://www.anthonycawood.co.uk/feature-film-scripts/
Screenwriting articles - http://www.anthonycawood.co.uk/articles
IMDB Link - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm6495672/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
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Quoted from Zack
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


My Scripts can all be seen here:

http://dlambertson.wix.com/scripts
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Zack
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Thank you. I'll definitely check it out.

~Zack~
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TonyDionisio
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Quoted from AnthonyCawood


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!



That's awesome and unexpected. Great stuff.
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AnthonyCawood
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Thanks Tony... in other news, I've just got a writing assignment from a producer who contacted me on Twitter!


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Available Feature screenplays - http://www.anthonycawood.co.uk/feature-film-scripts/
Screenwriting articles - http://www.anthonycawood.co.uk/articles
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Zack
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Congrats Anthony! What kind of assignment is it?

~Zack~
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AnthonyCawood
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Thanks Zack. it's writing a feature, thriller, to be filmed in Nigeria later in the year...


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Available Short screenplays - http://www.anthonycawood.co.uk/short-scripts
Available Feature screenplays - http://www.anthonycawood.co.uk/feature-film-scripts/
Screenwriting articles - http://www.anthonycawood.co.uk/articles
IMDB Link - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm6495672/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
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Zack
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Sounds exciting! Good luck man.

~Zack~
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TonyDionisio
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Great news, I just started tweeting a month or 2 ago.

Retweeted you.

@foxtrotfenris if anyone else uses it.
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So, what are you writing?

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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/#writers

Shoot 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


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AnthonyCawood
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Thanks Zack, hopefully it'll go well and get made!

Tony, thanks just noticed your retweet/like, appreciated!


Anthony Cawood - Award winning screenwriter
Available Short screenplays - http://www.anthonycawood.co.uk/short-scripts
Available Feature screenplays - http://www.anthonycawood.co.uk/feature-film-scripts/
Screenwriting articles - http://www.anthonycawood.co.uk/articles
IMDB Link - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm6495672/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
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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
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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.


Anthony Cawood - Award winning screenwriter
Available Short screenplays - http://www.anthonycawood.co.uk/short-scripts
Available Feature screenplays - http://www.anthonycawood.co.uk/feature-film-scripts/
Screenwriting articles - http://www.anthonycawood.co.uk/articles
IMDB Link - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm6495672/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
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