Less than 10 years ago, you had to pay an arm and a leg to buy airtime on TV to share to the world what you have to offer. Well, you may still have to pay an arm and a leg to really get on free air and cable TV. But with the rise of YouTube and other video sites… the world has now become your audience.
Now, you can produce and star in your own show. You can create your own music video, infomercial, variety show and whatever you want! You can even embarrass yourself or make yourself matter to thousands up to millions of people all over the globe. And with this soiled economy, we all have to get ingenious to make residual income for ourselves and our family.
And one way to do this is through the Internet.
If you’ve been dreaming of a career like Jay Leno or David Letterman, fire away! Your 15 minutes of fame may be just around the corner. But how do break away from the pack of millions of people who all want to do the same thing online?
Here are some tips.
Be unique! Don’t copy someone else’s work online. For starters, that’s plagiarism and that’s illegal.
Get creative. If you can’t be unique, spin off someone else’s work. Make it yours by adding the “you” element to it.
Know who your audience is. Catering to an audience is better than creating an audience. Offering something informative, creative and entertaining to a certain market demographic is like cutting your workload in half! They’ve already come…now BUILD IT! Of course the opposite would be… if you build it, they will HOPEFULLY come.
Be prepared. You will never know if what you have to offer to the world will take off or not. If what you have to offer suddenly succeeds, will you be able to sustain it? Remember, the BIG THING means there is the NEXT big thing waiting in the sideline for you to fall. And if you fail, be prepared to try something else. Which is why…
NEVER QUIT! Keep trying and keep tweaking your ideas until they fly! Keep flapping those wings. My mentor and trainer, Scott Kaplan, told me that if I felt I’ve done everything I could, I should give it one more shot just to make sure “I’ve done everything I could” because that “last shot” may just be the BREAKTHROUGH you’ve been waiting for.
If you have any other suggestions, feel free to chime in by adding your comment.
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Paco Arespacochaga is an artist/songwriter who shares his passion in blogging. Read more of his blogs at www.zyncopado.com
2 comments:
I agree. When you already have a unique idea of what you want to do, consult friends and prospective customers and do your homework. There is this thing called "first mover advantage". Whoever penetrates the market first with a very unique and innovative idea will reap huge returns and profits.
God created us in the uniqueness of who we are. He knows us as well as the strands of out hair. We are special. The only thing a lot are deceived hat they are not special so they tend to lean and copy others hoping that it will fulfill them. Finding the right purpose in our existence makes a difference. Knowing God given talents and pursuing it with excellence will make life so exciting. I look forward to photoblogging and it has become a mini journal to me as well. ( kinda stress reliever as well )
Merci Beaucoup
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