ENT3003 Posts

1) Opportunity Those who are in need of new reading selections in the market are readers, consumers whose age or preference in genre have them fall in the category of the "young adult genre" target audience. Other people with invested interest are those writers who cannot enter the published industry do to the monopolized domination of the same overused ideas, as well as literary agents and publishing houses who could prosper with introducing some new material into the market. The latter, however, are more of a byproduct or side-effect beneficiary, and thus I will focus on the first. The prototypical customer in this scenario is anyone classified as a young adult (or people who are older than the age bracket and enjoy youth culture... or perhaps more mature children with an evolved reading level). This plagues any and every reader who doesn't even have to be an avid book-enthusiast. In fact, they don't even have to be readers (although those are the mo...

I don't like the idea of being a sellout and giving away creative rights to a greedy bigger corporation ready to exploit and milk something for all its got as much as they can stretch it, so I plan on keeping my franchise close to preserve its dignity and keep my own integrity as an author rather than turn it over for money to ruin the sacredness of something limited. Basically I will not let a bigger company buy me out like how a few (cough, cough) big entertainment companies have been aquiring entire brands that were well off on their own and integrating it into their huge hodgepodge of newly-acquisitioned creative rights to exploit. (Shame on those brands for being sellouts!) See, for me, it was never about the money, which is different than most entrepreneurs where money is the only factor they're fighting in account for. I just wanted to spread my voice and get it out there. If it makes a good change, that's all I'm really in it for. I'd hold onto my brand howe...

"The Art of Social Media: Power Tips for Power Users" by Guy Kawasaki 1) What was the general theme or argument of the book? This book was made to serve as a helpful guideline to those who seek to enhance their online presence through the use of social media. It helps people use social media to their advantage to branch out and get their name out there while also maintaining a degree of professionalism as they display themselves and what they have to offer. 2) How did the book, in your opinion, connect with and enhance what you are learning in ENT 3003? This book related to the class structure as a whole because, as you can see, we do assignments by blog post, which in itself is communication and relaying ideas through online presence using digital media. So using the tips presented, they could be applied to these posts themselves and how to fully gain maximum effectiveness int heir use, whether it is to spread my word or maintain an image. 3) If you had to design an ...

(Yay?) Oh gosh, just hearing the phrase "tell us about a past failure" makes me laugh absurdly and cringe at the same time in the most self deprecating yet I-took-it-in-stride-like-a-champ type of ways. "It'd be even better if there was something you tried several times and failed each time." Oh ho ho ha, buddy, then are you going to get a real kick out of this. Where to chose, where to chose from. Hm, well with such a great selection of flashbacks offered to me, it seems only fitting that I should pick one relevant to the entrepreneurship course and being a self-endorsing author. Storytime! (Ha ha, because I'm a writer. Ok, whatever.) One time I was about to send a manuscript to a literary agency for evaluation and ended up calling the agent I was interested in on the phone. SO. AWKWARD. But I'm thorough and wanted to make sure it was a legit establishment. Literary agents are super annoying and frustrating in the essence that they make you send...

Existing Market What I need to do next is get prints out in circulation and then pace myself accordingly so that I can release a sequel in a timely manner. Of my three interviewees suggested that I should focus on trying to sell rights next. I'm not a fan of that idea. So on to interviewee number two, who agrees with my idea that I should focus on timing out my sequels so that they aren't too close or too far apart. Interviewee three believes I should focus on marketing book one rather than moving on to the next just yet. In terms of my plan in growing my future, I want to keep the sequels published in a reasonable and timely manner (because nobody likes waiting too much for something) and experimenting my storylines with other medias such as animation or cinema. New Market Since I'm in a literary genre, I could address a completely different media: cinema. Film versus literature, movies versus book, reading versus watching, words versus video. See, opposites! I thin...

Opportunity Those who are in need of new reading selections in the market are readers, consumers whose age or preference in genre have them fall in the category of the "young adult genre" target audience. Other people with invested interest are those writers who cannot enter the published industry do to the monopolized domination of the same overused ideas, as well as literary agents and publishing houses who could prosper with introducing some new material into the market. The latter, however, are more of a byproduct or side-effect beneficiary, and thus I will focus on the first. The prototypical customer in this scenario is anyone classified as a young adult (or people who are older than the age bracket and enjoy youth culture... or perhaps more mature children with an evolved reading level). This plagues any and every reader who doesn't even have to be an avid book-enthusiast. In fact, they don't even have to be readers (although those are the most impacted) sinc...