That other day a friend of mine sent me an email about an idea of branded a web series focused of nature and highlighting specific places that people would like to visit. Here’s what he said:
One thing that people are fascinated by are reading articles about different places and nature. They also like to watch the travel channel and discovery channel for these reasons. Perhaps you can create a separate brand and film really cool places.
UPDATE – 3.31.2009
I just got an email from one of the AlMaghrib students with the following gem taken from the Torch Bearers Seminar by AlMaghirb:
Umm Musa, was told to throw Musa in the river,
Yusuf was left for dead in a well,
Maryam (May Allah be pleased with her) delivered a child alone,
Ayesha (May Allah be pleased with her) was accused of a terrible sin,
Yunus (peace be upon him) was swallowed by a whale,
Ibrahim (peace be upon him) was thrown in the fire,
Muhammad (saw) lost the love of his life Khadija (May Allah be pleased with her),
and Umm Salamah (May Allah be pleased with her) thought no one could be better than Abu Salamah.Yet look at how it turned out for them in the end.. So don’t worry, Allah has a plan for you.
I think the best place to start would be to collect some of the most inspiring gems from the AlMaghrib seminars
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I sure you’ve heard of the book series “Chicken Soup for the Soul.” It’s a compilation of 101 motivational stories contributed by people and published as a book. The end result was that people loved it and they benefited greatly.
My Idea:
Produce a series of motivational kinetic typography videos that are released weekly to the subscriber as a means of getting their week started with the right mindset.
Short rants, quotes, gems and stories meant to really pump you up.
Example video style I have in mind:
This past weekend my Canon HFS100 and Azden SGM 2x shotgun microphone was stolen.
I was setting up to do recording for a video I’m working on with AlMaghrib and it was my mistake to not notify some of the people there to keep an eye on it while I go into the seminar room to make a note of which people I’d be doing recordings of. 20 minutes later I come back and find my equipment missing.
As it was a major bummer to find my equipment stolen, I figured it’s a great opportunity to upgrade.
The following setup is what I’m considering :
The breakdown of which is:
Total cost: $3383.00
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I’d love to hear your thoughts and suggestions on the setup: