ProMovieBlogger: Create a Movie Website
Starting a movie website, creating a movie website from scratch is in no way an easy task. That is why ProMovieBlogger is here, to guide you through those perilous waters from inception to implementation. You had the movie website notion, the itch. Now its time to put that itch into action. You probably saw other people doing it and said what the heck, I can do that. More »
Many people have or will comment on a website or weblog at some point in their life. When they do, they will most likely be met with this: Name, Email, URL, regardless if they are using a commenting system like Intense Debate or Disqus. We have all seen Name, Email and URL when commenting on someone’s website before.
Most have never considered using them to advertise themselves.
This is unfortunate because it is an opportunity for free advertising. I read on a few prominent blogging websites about this, employ it myself, and have seen it work. Now I will let you in on this little trick of the trade (its not really a trick). More »
There are many things that go into Becoming a Film Critic. Following this link (What Makes a Great Film Critic?) you will find Five (5) that may be considered the most important. More »
The life blood of a website is the traffic it receives but generating that traffic can prove difficult. One way of garnering traffic to your movie website is by writing content worthy of being featured on IMDB’s News Desk. IMDB’s News Desk is a way for a movie website owner to submit their website’s feed to IMDB. If after review, your movie website’s content is considered unique enough and acceptable, you will become a IMDB News Desk Partner. Do not expect to hear back from IMDB soon once your application is submitted. At any given time there are at least 200 open requests ahead of you (the number of people ahead of you is indicated on the application form). More »
So you started a movie website and you want to receive free movie screeners like the big boys huh?
Movie screeners are one of he essentials of the movie industry. Many movie reviewers simply do not have the time or the equity to see all the films they would like to watch and review. That is why movie studios and the academy of motion pictures send them screeners of their films to review. If you have ever listened to the Howard Stern show, you have heard him talk about movie screeners he has received before a guest appears on his show so that he could view the film and talk about it with the guest. With movie reviewers, they write about the movie they have received in the mail. More »
Movie reviews are of paramount importance, content-wise, for a movie website. Movie reviews should be a movie website’s content foundation upon which all other content is built upon and around. If there is one thing that you should do consistently, it is reviewing in-theater movies. Movie reviews should be your Number One Priority for your movie website. Everything else is secondary to that.
Movie reviews keep your movie website current and your viewers happy. Since current movie reviews are the most actively searched for movie reviews, being current on them is a must if you want your website to be relevant in movie website universe. More »
Now that you know to write movie content consistently, where do you find the niche content to fuel the epiphany. Lucky for you, there is a plethora, many of which over-lap. Below you will find movie content sources that will help you in your ever evolving quest to satisfy the needs of your movie website audience.
Other Movie Websites / Online Film Magazines
If there is one quick source for finding movie content it is other movie websites. Their information resources (e.g. movie PR Firms, tipsters, etc), especially if they are a well established website, are probably well in excess of your own. They may also have more writers than your movie website has which potentially means they post more stories per day than you do. More »
