Interactive CD-ROM Test 1.0

[Thom]

étienne,

You make some very good points about the content of the flash site. Thanks for the feedback. In my defense, the site is 3 weeks old and I'm still fine tuning. Please feel free to e-mail or post anything else you don't like about any of the site.

To clarify: I think FLASH looks better. Not my flash site, just having a flash option. It's a MARKETING tool. Not a show. They are different.

Does it make a difference? You bet your life!

As to: "You're a working pro 'cause you've got a good show"
Have a great show! Have a PERFECT show! Now have a really horrible video box. Just a box. Just 18 - 36 cents worth of material. Watch that box put your wonderful show out of business or at least deny you what you deserve. The bottom of the pile of videos. By time they get to yours (if they get to it) all the top spots are filled.

Is it fair? Hell no!
Is it show BUSINESS? Only if you want to do it professionally.
Do I like it? Not really. But I want to work. That's the business I chose.

Do most agents know these points? Yes, the occasional agent will rise above it and look past the crap you put on paper and see the potential beneath. The ones who told me how to do better promo are proof. Several of them opened my eyes. I started with (I thought) a fun show, some thought it was really good. My promo SUCKED!

Most of these people I send this stuff to have never seen me onstage. This is ALL they know of me. It has to look good. It has to stand out. It has to be the best I know how to do. Why? Because that is part of my work ethic when doing a show. I want a good show that stands out and is my best work. My promo is the closest thing I can get to that at this time.

I hope I've made myself a little better understood on this point. It's an unfortunate evil we HAVE to deal with. At least, I've never seen a way around it.

I do tend to type very fast and am occasionally not very clear on posts. Please feel free to ask direct questions about anything I write here or e-mail me directly: Thombritain@aol.com

Thanks for the feedback and the tough love.

Thom
www.thombritain.com

Ps - I really liked the funky music. Sorry.

[Stretch]

Re Marketing: anybody offer a money back guarentee? What kind of responce did you get?

Walking tall and wondering!

Bill "Stretch" Coleman

http://Stiltwalker.com/

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Walking tall and stretching imaginations!
Bill 'Stretch' Coleman

[Rex Boyd]

I keep putting off making a promo CD-Rom for all the technical compatibility reasons although I too am yearning for the day when I can put all printed,photo and video clip material on one CD/DVD.

On the topic of investment:
last September I bought a digital camcorder and a G4 Macintosh with the main purpose of putting together a new promo video. I have already received the 3 or 4 extra gigs that were necessary to cover the costs incurred. So you could say I got a free video camera and computer because they paid for themselves. What a bargain. And to top it off, because I put a lot of time, thought and effort into making the video (on iMovie by the way) I think the final product is better than what I have gotten for past videos by hiring a professional editor to do it for me over a couple of days in a studio.

Oh and it was fun to do as well.

Rex