Blogging on Film Annex

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Blogging on Film Annex is rewarding on many levels. Every blogger gets a Web TV channel where his/her videos and blogs are hosted. The blogger generates revenues on his/her Web TV via the pre-roll advertising on every page. The revenues are impression/view based, so the more blog posts a user has, the higher the revenues are.

Depending on the blogger's writing skills, influence, and BuzzScore, the Film Annex team may ask the blogger to join The Annex Press as a contributor and get paid for every blog post he/she writes. Strong writing skills, interesting topics, and being knowledgeable about those topics help you become a great writer.

If you are a blogger on Film Annex or if you've been asked to write for The Annex Press, here's how you get started:

1. The first thing you need to do is to register on Film Annex.
2. Log in to your account with the username and password you created.
3. Add a picture, bio, and contact info to complete your profile.
4. Complete your Web TV by clicking on “Admin My Web TV” (this button can be found both on your profile page in blue or on the drop down welcome menu in green on the upper right hand corner.
5. Once you're logged-in, click on the "New Blog Post" on your page.
6. Write your blog in the blog editor! Make sure you title it, choose appropriate tags, put an image and/or video if applicable. Currently, we only allow you to embed Film Annex videos. You can do this by choosing a video on www.filmannex.com, clicking on the embed button, copying the embed code, and pasting it in the embedding window on your blog editor.
7. Submit and publish your blog!
8. Promote your on your social networks like Twitter, Facebook, and Google+.

Additional tips: 

1. Assign videos to your Web TVs: Choose from our Open Film Library or request permission to add a filmmaker’s video to your Web TV. You can associate/link this video to your blog.
2. Place your blog in a related channel, such as "education," "culture, " health," business," etc. 

To optimize your blog post for search engines, use the right keywords throughout the text. Here are some tips on how to use them efficiently in your posts.

1. Try to have the main keyword as the first word in the title. Or just include it in the title.
2. In the body (main text), try distributing your keywords in the beginning (first paragraph or the first few sentences). It's the first 255 characters that counts when it comes to search engines.
3. Link some of the keywords to related web page.
4. Bold the keywords that are important in the blog.
5. Is your blog about the 2012 Presidential elections? Then use keywords like "presidential election,"Barack Obama," "Mitt Romney." 

If you are writing for the Annex Press, and if we assign you specific topics, there are keywords you will want to use for search optimization purposes and to drive traffic to your blogs. This list is available upon request at info@filmannex.com. 

Blog contributors:

Eren Gulfidan