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Social Media and Online Film Promotion - How Film Annex's Filmmakers Promote Their Work

Lately we have been highlighting that sharing your Film Annex content on social media is important to increase your BuzzScore. It helps driving traffic to your Web TV and therefore, increases your revenues. Some of our filmmakers are very active on social media and also use their website to promote their Web TV. In this blog, you will see different examples on how our filmmakers, especially the ones on Eren's Picks, use the Internet and social media platforms for film promotion and distribution.

Websites / Blogs

Crowdfunding Education for Afghanistan, Central and South Asia

Money is an outdated currency. Brains and ideas are the universal currency and are not subject to duties and taxes. Open source websites like Wikipedia, Firefox and Ubuntu operating system dominate their sectors. Their value can't be estimated by traditional analysts. Wikipedia put the Britannica Encyclopedia to the ropes. Firefox re-shaped the browser industry. Open source systems like Ubuntu conquered the world of computer development. Brains, brains, brains.

Peer to Peer Governance for Afghanistan, Central and South Asian Economy and Educational System

Below is the definition on Wikipedia of Peer to Peer and its social and economic impact:

The concept of P2P is increasingly evolving to an expanded usage as the relational dynamic active in distributed networks, i.e., not just computer-to-computer, but human-to-human. Yochai Benkler has coined the term commons-based peer production to denote collaborative projects such as free and open source software and Wikipedia. Associated with peer production are the concepts of:
peer governance (referring to the manner in which peer production projects are managed)

Questions in the Examer Software at Citadel of New York

Citadel of New York has created the EXAMER software allows students in Afghanistan to take exams, submit their homework, publish essays and blogs, and most importantly, learn how to use social media platforms like Facebook, LinkedIn, Film Annex, amongst others.

Below are the questions that will be asked to the students in the 5 tests included in the Examer.

Filmmaking Questions on Examer
In this test, students will answer questions about filmmaking and how filmmakers can fund, promote, and distribute their movies online.

PART I

Kyber Pass to Afghanistan, Central and South Asia Culinary Adverntures

When we wake up in the morning, we must eat. Food is the fuel of life. There is a proverb that I like to remind myself: “If you are a gazelle in the Savanna, when you get up in the morning, start running or you will be eaten. If you are a lion in the Savanna, when you get up in the morning, start running or you will be unable to eat. Regardless if you are a gazelle or a lion, start running."

I am a lion and I would love to start my day with Bolani Kachalo:

Film Annex Presents SANDY Documentary

Film Annex aired a short documentary called Sandy on Coney Island this morning, documenting the damage and the devastation Hurricane Sandy caused in the Coney Island area in October, 2012. The documentary was filmed by the Film Annex production crew on location and edited at the Film Annex studios in Manhattan. The entire process including production and post-production took less than a week.

Hiring Afghanistan Writers For The Annex Press - Expanding to Central and South Asia

In Afghanistan, writers and scholars can be paid as low as $100 per month, while here at Film Annex we pay a blogger up to $100 for one blog when published on The Annex Press. This is based on their BUZZ score. Ironically, Afghan women usually have a higher Buzz score than women from other countries, and than men in general. This makes Afghan women writers extremely valuable. It makes sense that they get paid based on their social media power and potential at an equal or higher level than writers from other countries.

Central and South Asian Economies Growing With Afghanistan Writers and Services

Developed countries are growing at a slow pace. Asian developing countries are growing at a much higher pace. Afghanistan, Central Asia, and South Asia are growing at a staggering pace. Through the help of Roya Mahboob and her network of journalists, filmmakers, students and teachers, we all have the opportunity to benefit from this growth, in particular through the help of female Afghan social media and software experts.

This Week's Recap - Reconnecting, Examer, Target Marketing Annex, John Penotti, and Future Shorts

This week was one filled with research, writing, and re-connecting. I started the week with writing our newsletter, where we announced our new homepage consisting of Eren's Picks, current events and sports videos, The Annex Press, and the BuzzScore. We've been doing a lot of outreach about the current changes on our platform, and I think it's well worth it, because it's always good to keep our filmmakers and audience in the loop.

How someone like you got hooked on Afghanistan?

Today I was asked “how someone like you got hooked on Afghanistan?!”, its a great question and has several ways to be explained.

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