The oil spill in the gulf is horrible. Period. The ocean, wildlife, and coastline will be affected for years, maybe decades. Untold thousands are hurt, both financially and in terms of opportunities. Future plans are shattered. My heart goes out to these people, and I’m glad there is some financial assistance for them from British Petroleum.
A news story recently caught my attention. A church in Alabama has applied for $50,000 in financial disaster relief from BP. The pastor was quoted as saying, "We're fighting for our lives just like a business."
Another local church leader said that churches that abide by biblical stewardship principles don't need help from BP because they...
PermalinkIf you want to be successful in the creative world – whether music, drama, film, graphics, writing, preaching, advertising or any endeavor – you need to go to the veterans. They’ve been there, done that and can (when you are able to squeeze a few minutes from them) make a world of difference for you, saving blood, sweat and tears if we’ll learn from their experience. And of course we can also enjoy their craft and their stories.
It was our pleasure to sit with music industry veteran and chart topping performer Rick Cua recently as we talked about:
- What it takes to “make it” as an artist
- Writers block
- Touring.
- Playing for 100,000 people
- The secular versus the sacred
- And loads of practical powerful advice for those desiring to succeed in their calling in a difficult ever changing industry
Click below to view the 3 Part Interview now!
The Winners and Finalists for the 31st Annual Telly Awards have been announced. Vaughn Street and Eastco placed four wins. Over 13,000 entries from all 50 states and numerous countries were received.
1. Winner in the Visual Effects category for Superkid Academy.
2. Winner in the Art Direction category for Joyce Meyer Ministries The Love Revolution DVD.
3. Winner in the Religious/Spiritual category for the trailer for John Eldredge’s Fathered By God.
4. Winner in the Visual Effects category for John Eldredge’s Love and War.
Every once in a while bloggers like us take a step back and ask for a little grace as we conduct some self back-patting in order to honor the incredible team members who make all our successes possible...
Vaughn Street and Eastco recently placed three wins from a pool of over 7000 entries in International Competition honoring Excellence in Communications.
1. “Award of Excellence” (highest honor) For Best Selling Author John Eldredge’s Love & War video product trailer.
2. “Award of Excellence” (highest honor) for Superkid Academy packaging.
3. “Award of Distinction” (2nd highest honor) for Best Selling Author Joyce Meyer’s The Love Revolution packaging.
There is a lot of buzz today centered on digital publishing: whether it be a Seth Godin blog circulating about the magazine world, book publishers racing to get their backlisted titles converted to digital format, or every online portal available racing to get a piece of the DIY author. All these conversations are important to listen to and keep a pulse on as the publishing world continues to adapt to new technologies. With that said, what I don’t hear anyone talking about is promoting online books. Case in point, the WSJ article we posted last week barely touched on the social media aspect or author promotions - the article focused on author royalties and the monthly incomes generated for DIY systems, which is why every software mogul is jumping on board to spearhead the potential cash flow.
Selling books still takes a lot of work, and simply having an eBook converted, will not sell your book. Steve Jobs reported today at the WWDC conference that 22% of the market share is already owned by the iBook store. This will put you in position to sell digital books but you still have to promote them.
To help the cause, we put together a punch list of reasons why most digital books will fail and so will their authors...
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-Hebrews 10:24