Hello Hola Ahola,

http://thebiz.variety.com is the new the facebook/linkedin equivalent
for the entertainment industry. With so many social groups, it's hard to keep
track of what will give you the most ROI (return on investment in this case the
time invested to build up your profile). So far, myspace has given me the most
by hooking up with a festival which ended up showing about 10 of my short films
at the festival in my old hometown.

www.Linkedin.com is very business oriented and doesn't have very many
entertainment professionals on there.

www.myspace.com is still the best I believe for the creative types
mainly because of the it's ability to showcase your work via their music and
video players poised prominently, the ability to brand your look, the bulletin
posting feature and the simplest url.

www.Facebook.com is very popular and I'm on it, but it's the worst
url-friendly, nor does it have bulletin posting friendly. But the groups are
more accessible than myspace's for promoting films, etc.

www.Youtube.com is great as that's the site where people are getting
signed based on sketch comedies. Plus, the number of viewers on youtube kills
all the others combined.

www.FunnyOrDie.com is Will Ferral's company which is growing fast
because of his name attached to it. Great url.

Let me know if there are other ones that you find helpful. I've
pretty much stopped using anything else.


I'm just sending this short newsletter out to let you know that you
can send me your updates to include in the next full newsletter - coming "soon".


Happy Filmmaking!
Anup
http://thebiz.variety.com/people/anup