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		<title>How To: Write an oversimplified Treatment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Step One: Create an outline of your story, highlighting the most crucial elements. Introduce the main characters, plot, climax and conclusion. Do not leave out the ending, as the reader will need to know the entire story.
Step Two: Write a your first draft of the treatment from this outline in first or third-person. Worry more [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://msrtv.weblogswork.com/2008/05/how-write-an-oversimplified-treatment/</link>
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		<title>Hiring the right crew!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are producing a reality series in Los Angeles or Toronto, you won’t have an issue finding a great crew, but if you are working in an atypical television market like Dallas it might be a challenge.  Fortunately, Robert knew the crew that worked on another reality series based in Dallas called Cheaters. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://msrtv.weblogswork.com/2008/05/hiring-the-right-crew/</link>
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		<title>Entrepreneur Magazine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Entrepreneur Magazine covered our efforts to sell the MotorSport Ranch series which ultimately resulted in the sale of the pilot to INHD and the series to Dish Network (Rush HD Channel).
The article, titled &#8220;Working the Net&#8221; described how social networking sites offer entrepreneurs a chance to connect with investors, potential partners and customers.  Read [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://msrtv.weblogswork.com/2008/05/entrepreneur-magazine-coverage-of-motorsport-ranch/</link>
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		<title>Business Week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Business didn&#8217;t cover MotorSport Ranch, but they did cover the MotorSport Ranch blog in their Selection of Small Business Blogs back in July.  Stephen Baker, began covering technology for BusinessWeek as Paris-based European correspondent 1998. He came to New York in 2002 as acting senior editor for info tech, and is now a senior [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://msrtv.weblogswork.com/2008/05/businessweek-coverage-of-motorsport-ranch/</link>
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		<title>Black Enterprise Magazine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My first conversation with the reporter from Black Enterprise Magazine was a bit awkward as I tried to explain that I wasn&#8217;t black.  Of course, the reporter didn&#8217;t really care about the color of my skin, instead he was more interested in the quality of my story.  Karen Jones&#8217; story was titled, &#8220;Rubbing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://msrtv.weblogswork.com/2008/05/black-enterprise-magazine-coverage-of-motorsport-ranch/</link>
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		<title>Fast Company</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fast Company asked, &#8220;Are you really ready for the rise of DIY media?&#8221; in their regular &#8216;blogjam&#8217; article.   The author pointed out,
Sometimes, the amateurs even turn pro.  Alexander Muse started his own DIY media project &#8212; a reality tv show called MotorSport Ranch, which followed a few members of a Texas country [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://msrtv.weblogswork.com/2008/05/fast-company-coverage-of-motorsport-ranch/</link>
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		<title>First Sale = Break-Even</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Once we gave up on selling MotorSport Ranch to a major network (ABC, NBC, CBS or FOX) we quickly realized that selling the HD rights in the United States would be a break-even affair.  Our goal was to attempt to recoup production costs by selling the U.S. HD rights for 2-3 years.  The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://msrtv.weblogswork.com/2008/05/making-money-selling-your-tv-ideas/</link>
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		<title>Television Networks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are literally hundreds of networks for you to sell your show to.  Here is a relatively completely list:

3sat &#8211; German Culture channel with contribution of German, Swiss and Austrian TV stations (ARD, ZDF, ORF, SF)
A&#38;E &#8211; Entertainment
Aaj Tak &#8211; Hindi news channel, India
ATN Aastha Channel &#8211; Spiritual/Hindu religious programming, India
ABS-CBN Broadcasting Company &#8211; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://msrtv.weblogswork.com/2008/05/television-network-list/</link>
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		<title>Networking</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you were like me, you don&#8217;t know anyone in the business.  As detailed in several magazine articles, I used LinkedIn to find contacts at every major network.  I also used it to talk to potential sponsors.  For example, an advanced search in LinkedIn for Fox Television yields very useful information:

The search [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://msrtv.weblogswork.com/2008/05/networking-with-linkedin-to-sell-your-tv-idea/</link>
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		<title>How to Pitch in 6 Steps</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I found this primer on &#8216;how to pitch&#8217; on the SoYouWanna website and I thought it might be worth reprinting here:
Get an idea or concept:
You go home for a Thanksgiving dinner, and:

The ladies&#8217; man in apartment 2B keeps showing up.
Your mother won&#8217;t stop hounding you about your table manners.
The dog eats Aunt Gloria&#8217;s famous turkey [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://msrtv.weblogswork.com/2008/05/pitching-your-tv-idea-in-six-easy-steps/</link>
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