One of the great collaboration features in the Scriptologist Blog Network is the Friends feature. This feature allows you to break the ice and start adding friends to your blog.

Add a fellow blogger's username to your blog. After logging in to the blog network, he will get a message showing that someone has listed him as a friend.  He might then add you to his blog as a friend.

The Friends feature makes it easy for you to communicate with other bloggers who share your interest in screenwriting and filmmaking.

Use the following steps to make new friends and add them to your blog. And remember, you never know when you might hook up with people who will collaborate with you on your next filmmaking venture.

Step 1.
Log in to your management control panel and click the Friends link at the top of the navigation bar.

Step 2.
Click the add more friends hyperlink.

Step 3.
To add one or more friends, enter their usernames in the fields below.  You can add up to five friends at a time. Then click the Add Friends button below the form fields.


Step 4.
You can now click the Return button to view the new friends you've added.


Step 5.
Congratulations! You have successfully added your new friends to your blog. You can now click the Return button to view the new friends you've added.


The new friend I've added has not yet logged in to his control panel to see that I've added him as a friend. If this blogger decides to reciprocate, the No will turn into a Yes in the Mutual Friends column.

Note: Please give your fellow bloggers a chance to log in to their control panels to see that you've added them as  friends on your blog.

The chances are pretty good that they will reciprocate and add you as a friend.

As always, please send me a message or comment if you have any questions about using your blog.

How would you like to have people from all over the world reading your blog content?

Sounds pretty good, right?

This blog network allows you to syndicate your blog content so that other blogs or web sites can distribute or re-publish your articles, videos, photos, and podcast content.

Definition of syndication: The distribution of content (articles) through a syndication feed. This blog network uses RSS feeds to distribute your content  to other blogs and web sites that can simultaneously publish your articles.

People without websites or blogs can also subscribe to your RSS feed to read your new updated content. Example: MY Yahoo!

It's incredibly easy to set up your syndication feed and start sending all your great articles out to the world wide web.

Step 1. Login to your blog account.



Step 2. Click on the Settings link located on the right bottom corner of your management control panel.



Step 3. Click on the Site Feed link on the top navigation bar.



Step 4. Choose Yes to turn your RSS feed on. Then click on the Save Changes button at the bottom of the form. Your Site Feed (RSS)
( http://blogs.scriptologist.com/rss.php?w=filmboss ) will appear at the top of the page when you're done saving the changes.



Step 5. Now click on the Entries link on the top navigation bar. Next, click on the Send Pings link on the right side of the navigation bar.



Step 6. There is a list of weblog indexing services on the Send Pings page. You can check off all the boxes next to each weblog service and click on the Send Pings button at the bottom of the form.



Congratulations! You've just syndicated your content. Your articles will now be distributed on blogs and websites that are interested in publishing and linking to your content.

Note: Sending pings to weblog indexing services is a great way to attract new visitors to your weblog. If your ping to a service is successful, your weblog URL will be listed on their website. You should only send pings if you have made updates to your weblog since your last ping. Also, some services may make you wait for a short period between pings. Please be patient - pinging can sometimes take up to a minute.

Weblog indexing services are search engine directories for syndication feeds. People interested in reading or publishing your articles can pick up your feeds from these directories.

Scriptologist.com syndicates article headlines and abstracts.

All questions and comments are welcome!

Another great feature in this filmmaking blog network is the mailing list tool. You can create a mailing list and send out a link for your new blog entry to everyone on your list.

Use this feature to notify friends, family, and colleagues every time you post a new blog entry. You can even create your own newsletter and compile many blog entry abstracts or headlines and send it to your list. A mailing list can drive a lot of traffic to your blog and your readers will appreciate it. You can also use your mailing list to sell your products or services.

Take the following steps to start using your mailing list feature:

1. Login to your blog account.



2. Click on the settings tab on your control panel.



3. Scroll down to the Mailing List option. Add all the email addresses of people you want to receive notification of your blog postings or newsletter. Remember to separate each address with only a comma.



4. Click on the top Entries tab and then click on Add Entry.

5. Create your blog entry in the box below.

6. After you've completed writing your blog entry, scroll down the page to the Send to Mailing List? Option. Select the Yes button if you would like to send your new blog entry to your mailing list.



7. The last step is to review your blog entry and click on the Add New Entry button on the bottom of the page.



Congratulations! You have successfully added your new blog entry and sent a link to your mailing list.

Getting people to read your blog takes some action on your part. Of course, the Scriptologist.com staff is reading all the blogs in our network and looking for the best ones to add to our newsletter and feature on the home page of Scriptologist.com. We're also adding blog sites to the Scriptologist Blogs Directory . You can click here to add your blog to the directory if your blog is not already listed.

One of the fastest ways to get people to read your blog is to use the send-to-a-friend feature located underneath your blog articles. This feature allows you to email your blog article links to everyone you know. It's also considered to be viral marketing because it enables you to send your message to many people at once.

When you tell people to check out your blog, will they really read it? They will probably say, 'Yeah, I'll take a look at it.' But they never do.When you use the send-to-a-friend feature, you know they'll open their email and click on the link to your blog. But please don't abuse this tool by spamming people you don't know.

If your blog template doesn't have this feature, you can add it to the code in your template. If you don't know how to add the feature, then please don't hesitate to contact me and I'll add it for you.... eric@scriptologist.com

 

There are some very good bloggers in the Scriptologist Blog Network. In fact, I think the quality level of the blogs in our network far exceeds the quality of other networks on the Net.

Why is this network so good? It must be the fact that the filmmaking niche attracts extremely creative people. Screenwriters, actors, cinematographers, and directors know how to express themselves intelligently.

This is the right network for filmmakers and screenwriters who want to promote their skills and collaborate with each other. We're reading all the blogs in this network, and we take the time to help our bloggers get exposure.

If your blog is good, we'll feature it on the home page of Scriptologist.com. We're also featuring blogs in our newsletter.
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All ideas on improving this network are welcome. Please post your comments on my blog.

We are very impressed with the quality of the blogs in our network. We believe that more filmmakers, actors, and screenwriters are starting to discover the benefits of blogging.

There are many ways to use your blog as a powerful tool to promote yourself.

1. Screenwriters can post samples of their writing.
2. Production companies can list their film projects.
3. Actors can upload headshots and resumes.

Use your blog to connect with other filmmakers, screenwriters, and actors. Read the blogs created by other members of this network and post a comment under their articles. Posting a comment under someone’s article is the first step you can take to make a connection with people who share your interests.

Scriptologist Blogs is a niche blog network for filmmakers, screenwriters, and actors who are serious about their craft. Our network has all the tools you need to create an impressive promotional Web site for yourself.

Creating a blog is extremely easy and doesn't require any real technical knowledge. In fact, it's as easy as posting a message on an Internet-based message board.

Now is the time to start a blog and create new opportunities for yourself. Take the first step. Make connections with other filmmakers. Tell everyone you know about your blog.

We're reading all the blogs in our network and looking for the best ones. If your blog is interesting, we will publish it in our newsletter and list it on the home page of Scriptologist.com.

We recently published a press release through PR Web. The purpose of the press release was to inform screenwriters and filmmakers about our network and to help them start and promote blogs through our network. Scriptologist.com is dedicated to helping talented screenwriters, actors, and filmmakers get exposure.

We published our newsletter today, and we included some of the articles from our bloggers in the newsletter. You can enter your email address here to subscribe:

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This is a link to the recent newsletter if you're not currently on our list.

We just added a blogs directory list to the Scriptologist Blogs Directory. I'd like to make it easy for bloggers in our network to promote themselves. It's a good idea to submit your blog to online directories and search engines for a listing. This can help to improve your site's ranking in the search engines.

We're always working on new ideas to help bloggers in the Scriptologist.com community. So, keep in touch. 

We launched the new portal page for Scriptologist Blogs on Sunday, June 19th. This page should give bloggers in the Scriptologist.com community a way to network with other screenwriters and filmmakers.

Please feel free to post your ideas and suggestions.

I created a new discussion thread on the Scriptologist.com message board today. The new thread is called Ask Scriptologist. Letters To The Editor.

Post all your questions about screenwriting. Each week, we'll choose the best letters and publish answers to your questions on Scriptologist.com. We will also include your questions in our newsletter. Click here to start posting your questions.

I'm happy to say that the Scriptologist Blogs network is growing bigger every day. If you haven't created a blog yet, click here to start your free account.

Please feel free to post comments and ideas on my blog.

If your screenwriting or filmmaking blog has great content, we will feature it in our newsletter. Your blog can include your promotional material, too. We're reading all the blogs in our network, and we'll choose the best blog articles to include in the newsletter. All blog authors included in the newsletter will get a credit line and a link back to their site.                               

I just created a forum for everyone in the Scriptologist Blogs Community. I hope that this forum will become a new way for bloggers to network. I also created a support forum for bloggers who have questions or suggestions. Click here for the Scriptologist Blogs forum. 

I will answer all questions, so don't be afraid to ask.