Cynthia Kasper is a Facebook friend. Here she is with her son and you can tell they have a great relationhip, and that he's a joker 
She shared with me that he is participating in a contest organized by StoryTubes for their 2008 National Contest which rewards winning contestants with $500 prize money for books, and their sponsoring organization (school, library or designated organization for home-schooled youth) will also receive $1,000 in books. I like this contest already 
In addition, she enquired if I would share methods to get this message to the masses to vote for her 12 year old son's video - and fast.
As a homeschooled student, he created his own book report video and entered it in the "Heroes/Heroines Category" with a video titled: Star Wars: The Last Of The Jedi: Death On Naboo (his video is located in the 2nd last row of videos).
The good news is he was chosen as a finalist and the voting begins tomorrow, May 19th.
Cynthia shared her discovery that previous winners have mobilized large social networks to get in excess of 15,000 votes. WOW!
Feeling especially generous and wanting to encourage her son's efforts, I detailed my "off the top of my head" game plan for her to deploy right away. After you read my game plan below, I would appreciate your feedback, and especially a strategy or two to help Cynthia and her son get quick exposure and votes. And I'm confident Cynthia would be very grateful for your vote also
So here's the game plan I shared with Cynthia:
Continue reading: Will This "Star Wars: The Last Of The Jedi" Video Have The Force? »
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David Kyte cornered me at the last StomperNet Live event, and requested I share with his audience about the real benefits of using Wordpress and Video. Watch this video as I share how a lawyer friend boosted his bottom line by an additional 6 figures in client billings. Appreciate your feedback as always
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After you've accomplished the task of hiring or outsourcing an assistant or writer to contribute to your blog, how do you afford access to this new team member without giving him/her the "keys to your kingdom"? And how do you ensure that this new writer has all the capabilities to make their job easy to publish new content but control their access to certain parts of your blog?
This 3 step tutorial will show you step by step how to achieve a win-win situation with Role Management using a Wordpress blog and the Semiologic Pro theme. The Semiologic Pro theme includes the Role Manager plugin. If you don't have either, simply visit the Role Manager plugin site by Thomas S. and upload it to your blog's plugin folder on your host account.
First, login to your blog's Dashboard. Now you can follow along with the tutorial below.
Step 1: Activate your "Role Manager" plugin
Click the "Plugins" tab to view your plugins. Scroll down to "Role Manager" and click the "Activate" link.
View Your Roles Options Page
Click [Users] tab > [Roles] sub-tab
Step 2: Modify Role Capabilities
On this page, you'll see a selection of "Roles" and "Capabilities" that have been checked and unchecked. Whether your assistant is going to be designated "Author" or "Contributor", you'll have total control over what they can or can't do by modifying the Role's Capabilities you're going to assign them.
When you're satisifed with the capabilities you're sharing with your new writer, let's move on to adding them as a new user.
Visit "Authors & Users" Tab
Time to add your assistant as a new user on your blog.
Click [Users] tab > [Authors & Users] sub-tab.
Step 3: Add Your Assistant As A New User
Simply fill out all the fields, including his/her role, click "Add User" button and he/she will receive an email with the details on how to login.
In closing, this 3 step tutorial has revealed to you how to give access to your new team member to publish new content while providing you control of their restricted access to your blog.
If you do try this, I welcome your feedback and comments.
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