Everything “e”
In May 2006, Michael Buckley, a normal nine-to-five salary man from Connecticut placed his first video on YouTube … 200,000,000 million views later, Michael Buckley quit is “day job” and went on to become one of the most popular Internet stars in the world. Justin Bieber, a simple youth from London, Ontario with a mop of hair, sang Ne-Yo’s So Sick for a local singing competition in Stratford and placed second in early 2007, when he was only twelve. Mallette Bieber, Justin’s Mom, posted a video of the performance on YouTube for their family and friends to see. She continued to upload videos of the Young Bieber singing covers of various R&B songs, and Bieber’s popularity on grew on the site and was eventually signed by Usher Raymond IV and then went on to sell thousands of records all over the world.
What does Michael, Justin and you have in common? Simply this: the tools you need to be successful. Now picture this, the book, your book, it’s written. The edits are finished. The cover art is perfect and you just got the first proof and … and … nothing. Your book doesn’t sell and no one is calling you for appearances or speaking engagements. So you go to an organization like Author U or the Colorado Independent Publishers Associations and you get introduced to e-Books, audiobooks, podcastings, the freemium market and so much more … that it’s all over whelming you don’t even know where to start. So you do what you know how to do … nothing.
We’ve been there. Trust me. We know what you are going through and we, at Darkfire Productions, have come up with a way to help.
Introducing Everything E-Education, the on-line system that will teach you everything you need to know about working it online.
Here’s how its works: on a pre-set schedule Everything-E will offer classes on anything you could possibly want to learn about in the “E” world from a basic introduction to digital publishing to a four part step-by-step class on how to record your own audio.
Do you have a question on how to use Facebook and why it’s important? There is a class for that. Do you want to know how to use “free” promotional tools to get your book in front of potential buyers? We have a class for that. Do you want to learn about copyright, trademark and how to protect your rights online? There’s a class for that.
If it has to do with digital publishing, we at Darkfire will have it for you and all in an easily consumable package that you can use right from your own home. How does it work? It’s right over the Internet through webinar sessions that are easily accessible to you anywhere an Internet connection is available. Connect your computer and learn. It’s that simple.
Why is this important? Why do you need these classes and information? Ignore the fact that everyone knows that the Internet space is the fastest growing seller’s market place. Allow me to tell you a story. Four years ago my partner and friend, Christopher Snelgrove, had this crazy idea to podcast my debut novel, the House of Grey. Three years, with countless hours of preparation and load time and 48 hours of audio later, we’ve trained ourselves into experts in the field of audio. We took the true do-it-yourself route and were rewarded with the ability to record, upload and sell our very own audio productions. These skills have been invaluable to our product sells and marketing efforts. Here is the catch however, we had do spend the time, to go through the software, learn it through trial and error. Everything E-Education offers a fast forward through this process. Soon, you’ll be recording, editing and publishing your very own audio in your very own home. All the benefits with a fraction of the monetary costs and we offer similar classes for many different “E” topics. You truly have access to the short cut without paying the time and money that we had. Really, you cannot afford to be left behind in this sphere.
My father told me, “If you can’t do things, find the best and have them do it for you.” As an author who is branding YOU, your budget may be limited. There is too much to do—all of which costs money. Now-a-days, the catch phrase is: if you can’t do it, find someone who can teach you and learn.
Remember, give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a life time. Come. Partner with Darkfire Productions and come to learn how to fish.