January 2010
14 posts
idea23: produce regular content for monitization via ads for blip.tv views
December 2009
47 posts
idea22: team up with a grant writer and apply for grants on specific film projects.
idea21: enter film competition with a cash prize.
idea20: instead of lectures, produce discussion videos on contemporary topics featuring a numerous prominant people
idea19: produce a children’s show on a full investors budget complete with merchandising and online social game.
idea18: Spend a weekend to map out 50 year plan of where Leechon, Message Mastery and Islamic dawah will go in next 50 years
idea17: start a restaurant review show with zabiha.com traveling across the country
Release Tufaan for free as a lead generator and and a place to build a larger fan base for future films.
idea15: Remake Egyptian film “Tito” - adjust story to relate with American Muslim youth and with similar flair of action and drama
idea14: organize indy conference on novel topic, produce all lectures in pro quality + short doc of subject. Sell online as package
idea13: release Tufaan not only as a film, but also with all the uncut interviews at direct download and/or cinema-on-demand
idea12: build segmented and localized email lists working with smaller orgs to increase social capital and leechon lead base
idea11: “decade of dawah” good will project to invite bloggers & orgs to share their major events and accomplishments for last 10 years
idea10: perodically release fun merchandise for people to buy. What type of merchandise would you be keen to pickup? tshirt? gear? dvd?
idea9: Release or launch case studies of projects. Price would vary based on depth of coverage and time spent on project.
idea8: welcome low paying projects (under $1500) and outsource all technical work to pakistan or india.
idead7: speaking engagements followed by paid live-in-person workshops w/message mastery on topics of marketing, strategy & social media
idea6: online product launch of 20 min short film with educational content partnered with an organization
idea5: start a slate of three feature projects budgeted at $30K each with on deman distribution model & funding partners to finance it
idea4: partner with a sound designer to produce sound loops and scores without musical instruments to sell as digital downloads
idea3: relaunch secrets to video production with affiliate partners, seperate from the full Message Mastery membership
idea2: setup client project where the funding for video comes from the organization’s, member/subscriber base.
idea1: develop a system for processing company transac to ensure timely execution of reimbursements and accts recievables
Strategy of 1000 "true fans" - What benefits do... →
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'Sinister Muslim' stereotype fades →
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video uploaded from my mobile phone
Tumblr, Posterous and ShoZu experience so far
I Setup an account with vimeo+tumblr integration. Uploaded a video 2 hrs ago. Still “in line” how often does that happen to you?
Been testing benefits of tumblr vs posterous. So far tumblr seems like the winner for smoothness and integration, but I hate the wait for video encoding time in vimeo. Doesn’t seem worth the $60/year
Posterous seems great for for syndication, but...
When somethings wrong we just speak out. Instead, influence. Touch harts&minds. sayin ‘your stupid’ wont bring results