How to start a blog on wordpress and make money in 50 minutes - Neil Patels' Best guide

So you want to start a blog in 2017. 

You may feel overwhelmed with the materials and guides out there. But this is the best, concise and completely up to date guide by Neil's Patel.

How to Start a Blog: A Step by Step Guide

Something big has been happening in the world of work. How is it possible that so many people, from all walks of life and all ages, are creating blogs and entire businesses online?

Can blobs of text, blended with a series of images really possess superpowers?

And, honestly, how many people want to read the scattered thoughts of an average person like you or me?

This blog you’re reading gets over 2,436,112 unique visitors a year and generates well over a million dollars a year in revenue. Just look at my revenue stats from the last 30 days below:

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Why "The tape" is the most important film lesson for low budget film-makers

Tape by Richard Linklater is an amazing film and guess what it's shot in one location only. 

A room in some cheap hotel and three actors only.

Now compare with other Bollywood high budget films or studio films from Hollywood which cost tonnes of money to make films and sometimes teh products are not that good. In short, money doesn't matter much to make a good film.

So what lessons one can learn from this film.

One location: Due to one location there is no need to move cast, crew and equipments to different locations. Due to this 

the cost of travel is highly reduced. Also a hell lot of time is also saved. More shooting can be done instead wasting time in travels and setting the camera and other equipment again.

Three actors: There are only three actors in this film. Again one need not to pay so many actors and it's easy to manage less people.

Take home message - So if you are a low budget film aspirants try to be minimalist. Try to make a film with few locations and few actors. However without a strong story nothing can succeed. So take some time alone and think about some great ideas.Or give writers a chance. Invite scripts and select the best one.

Why starting a blog can be a good idea to indie film makers to build an audience, distribution, and earn money

Trends about indie films making are changing slowly.

So many films are made everyday which makes it very difficult to secure a theatrical release by the inide film-makers who are always tight on budget.

But nowadays there is great buzz of digital distribution. There are many platforms for digital release on the internet world like amazon, hulu, vimeo where the indie film makers can sell their films.

But however such film makers need a community or tribe or let's say audience first.

If you can create a group of millions of followers who are devoted fans of yours then every film released by you can be seen and paid for by them as they will come to know about your film through your blog.

Some of the benefits of having a blog for filmmakers:

• Through blog you can discuss what is in your mind and share your opinions with the world
• You can advertise, market and sell your films through your blog
• You can direct audience towards your film which is uploaded on any digital platform on amazon, or itunes etc.
• You can attract great cast and crew through the blog.
• You can get real world distribution by showing trailers on your blog..
• You can start crowd funding compaign through the blog
• You can earn money by placing ads and selling affliate links. This money you can invest in your future film projects.

In total having a blog for indie filmmakers is mandatory nowadays.

To know more what a blog is, check out the video from youtube:

So take home message to film makers is - start a blog, today.

In one year you can write at least 100 posts. which could be good enough a product.

In another post I will be describing how to start a blog for ZERO INVESTMENT (helpful for failed bloggers also). So please like and subscribe the blog. And leave comments for healthy discussion. Let's network through this blog.

How to find good cast and crew for indie film-making - don't choose the bad and the ugly

Film-making is all about team work.
A good team can make your project successful whereas a bad will spoil everything.

Many freshers make mistake by casting their friends and relatives who are neither photogenic nor have any acting skills.

There are amateur camera operators who doesn't even know how to light a scene.


So where indie film maker can go to find a good team?

If you are thinking social networking or FACEBOOK as an answer, you are correct but partially.


Fb has so many groups related to film-making. However they are full of three kinds of film-makers:

1 Genius but egoist

2 With pathetic IQ

3 Good enough


So out of three which one would you like to choose?

Of course - Good Enough.

These people may not be Nolan or Roger etc however they are good enough that they will create a viable product.

Now the problem is how to find these "Good Enough" people who can make your dream film a success. Because the first and second category people are so abundant that the "Good Enough's" become obscure.

Well the trick is: check if any of your potential team people have made any short film.

 From the quality of film you can see to which category a particular person falls in.


Short films which have got good comments or appeal to you means the team behind is strong and will be a boon for your project.

Find their FB id and send an invite.

Rest is easy.


And here I would like to share a beautiful video with you. Check it out.