All Hallows Eve Update | October 31, 2006
Jeff is married and working on adjusting to married life. We are at a point where we are retooling and making decisions as to how we can improve and work through travel issues and all.
There are some neat technologies that are in the works. Would you be interested in listening and being able to call into Artist Insider live?
If so send us a message or voicemail, contact info available on the contact page.
October Update | October 16, 2006
A couple updates for you.
Greg & Jonathan have done another interview and will be looking to do more in this time before Jeff gets back into the swing of it all. We plan on saving those interviews to help make sure we release on a regular basis.
wallop.com/ArtistInsider
Wallop is a social networking site thing that looks good and is rather easy to use. Think Myspace, but the pages look a lot better. It is invite only, but we have a few invitations to send out. Send us a email or leave us a voicemail, both found on our contact page, if you want one. We will make a waiting list if we run out.
We plan on uploading some of our free segments, and using more pictures. You can see several of our past guests there now.
myspace.com/ArtistInsider
We set up a myspace page this week. We already have a number of friends and would like more. We expect to put some of the pictures of us and some free segments there too. We will also try to add all out guests as friends, if they have a myspace page.
ArtistInsider.vox.com
This is a blog site that we plan on doing much the same, but they have networking here too, called neighbors, that allows you an easy way to keep up with us.
Vox is also invite only at this point and we have some, so tell us if you want an invitation.
ArtistInsider.com will be our main blog, but we plan on doing some little things on each of these. If you want to keep up to date with us add our RSS feed to an RSS Reader, four of the main ones are My.Yahoo.com, Google Reader, Bloglines, and Netvibes.
We have a meeting to discuss improvements to Artist Insider and a full day of recording scheduled in the next week and a half. We should start releasing more free segments next week.
September Update | September 26, 2006
Jeff is getting married, Jonathan’s work schedule is changing, and Greg has been asked to be a guest lecturer at several universities and has added more clients.
This week, Thursday evening to be exact, we will be meeting to discuss what has happened with Artist Insider, all the great points and things we have enjoyed. Then sometime after Jeff is done with the wedding stuff we will be getting together again to form a plan of action.
One of the common themes we have had is people with goals tend to accomplish more. Well, we set some goals and plotted a course when we started working on this (nearly nine months ago) and it is time to chart the next course and next set of goals. We probably should have done this a few months ago, but at least we are doing it now.
— Please send us feedback and ideas, both on how Artist Insider has helped you and how we can improve.
We will try to keep you informed, but that is in general what we will be focused on, in the time we focus on Artist Insider, for the next few weeks.
Artist Insider 18:5 – Larry Carpenter – Milk & Yogurt | September 19, 2006
Insider: Larry Carpenter
This is our closing segment with talk about career advice and getting started.
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Topics:
- How do you start a book store?
- What is a good career path?
- What should a publisher do before they approach a distributor?
- Should someone get an MBA if they want to be in distribution?
- Any good resource suggestions?
- How to contact Larry
Tomorrow we will tell a little about our near term plans.
Running time: 12 minutes 28 seconds
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Artist Insider 18:4 – Larry Carpenter – Creative Control | September 18, 2006
Insider: Larry Carpenter
This is the long segment, with a lot of information about all that goes into developing a book.
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Topics:
- What would be a typical book marketing plan be?
- Push & Pull Marketing
- What is the relationship with publishers like?
Tomorrow is the last day with Larry.
Running time: 13 minutes 55 seconds
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Artist Insider 18:3 – Larry Carpenter – Leave in Tears | September 15, 2006
Insider: Larry Carpenter
Larry has a great take on starting a business, and his ideas have worked.
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Topics:
- Start Your Business?
- Becoming a supplier to Faithworks
- Do you help publishers with cover art and marketing plans?
Enjoy your weekend, we will have another segment with Larry on Monday.
Running time: 12 minutes 10 seconds
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Artist Insider 18:2 – Larry Carpenter – Creates Demand | September 14, 2006
Insider: Larry Carpenter
Ever wonder why a CD costs so much? What about a book? This segment touches on some of the costs that must be covered to get that book on the shelf.
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Topics:
- Hidden costs of distribution
- Wholesaler Vs Distributor
- What a Full Service Distributor does
Tomorrow lessons learned from starting Faithworks.
Running time: 11 minutes 33 seconds
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Artist Insider 18:1 – Larry Carpenter – 4,000 roles of Toilet Paper | September 13, 2006
Insider: Larry Carpenter
Today we begin an interesting business side interview. Larry has a lot of experience in a field most people chalk up a magic: getting the products to the stores. This segment gives much background info leading up to where he starts his own company in 2000.
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Topics:
- Movie Experience
- Getting into Distribution
- Is Christian Distribution vastly different from Distribution in general?
- Overhead
- And more.
Tomorrow more about the hidden costs of business and different services people provide others.
Running time: 13 minutes 06 seconds
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Larry Carpenter | September 13, 2006
About:
Larry can be seen in The Patriot, but is better known for his work on the business side of production and distribution. He was the President of Ingram Christian Resources, President and CEO of Spring Arbor and founded Faith Works, who basically helps get products to stores that carry christian books and materials. In 2006 Larry sold Faith Works to STL, though he remained with the organization.
In May of 2007, Larry left STL to become Vice President of Marketing for Thomas Nelson Publishers. Charged with marketing for the Non-Fiction Trade Books division. Thomas Nelson is the largest Christian publisher and the sixth largest publisher in the US. Read more
Artist Insider 16:5 – Sherry Paige – Wow, How did I get here? | August 29, 2006
Insider: Sherry Paige
This last segment with Sherry focuses on a few of her current projects.
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- What are your some of your current projects?
A sudden death of a grandparent might throw a wrinkle in our release schedule, but the plan is to begin releasing with a singer & songwriter tomorrow.
Running time: 11 minutes 03 seconds
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