Improving Public Speaking Skills

Improving Public Speaking Skills

Improving public speaking skills is a process that involves practice, feedback, and the use of effective techniques. Here are some tips to help you improve your public speaking skills:

1. Know Your Material: Understand your topic thoroughly. This will help you speak confidently and answer any questions that may arise.

2. Practice: Rehearse your speech multiple times. This will help you become familiar with your material and improve your delivery.

3. Get Feedback: Practice your speech in front of others and ask for their feedback. This can provide valuable insights into areas you can improve.

4. Use Visual Aids: Visual aids can help illustrate your points and keep your audience engaged. Just make sure they don't distract from your message.

5. Engage with Your Audience: Make your speech interactive. Ask questions, encourage participation, and respond to feedback.

6. Work on Your Delivery: Pay attention to your voice modulation, pace, volume, and body language. These elements can significantly impact how your message is received.

7. Manage Your Nerves: Use relaxation techniques to calm your nerves before and during your speech. Deep breathing, visualization, and progressive muscle relaxation can be helpful.

8. Start Strong: The beginning of your speech sets the tone for the rest of your presentation. Start with a strong opening to grab your audience's attention.

9. Keep It Simple: Don't overcomplicate your speech. Keep your message clear and concise to ensure your audience understands it. You don't necessarily have to use "big words" to make your points.

10. Continuous Learning: Attend public speaking workshops, read books, watch TED talks, or take online courses to learn from others and improve your skills.

Remember, public speaking is a skill that improves with practice. Don't be too hard on yourself if you make mistakes. Learn from them and keep improving. Some of these techniques, while geared at public speaking, may also be helpful in your on-stage or in front-of-camera acting.  

Good Luck!

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June Statistics & Announcements

June Statistics & Announcements

Here are some stats for the month of June. This is also a post where we make announcements. We are pushing toward summer and things are going well. We normally see a little drop-off this time of the year. 

Here is some information for June.

*Top Amazon Streaming RENTALS for the month:

#1 Searching for Sasquatch: Bigfoot Mindspeak 

#2 Bigfoot: Still Tracking A Legend

#3 Searching for Sasquatch 8: Enter Ohio Grassman

*Top Overall Rentals of the month (includes all streaming services):

#1 Searching for Sasquatch 10: The Minnesota Roars

#2 Bigfoot: The Legend is Real

#3 Shadow House: 40 Years of Terror

Some different titles showing up for the month.

*Top Digital Purchases of the month:

(This is the purchase of a film as a digital download.)

#1 Searching for Sasquatch: Bigfoot MindSpeak

#2 The Mysterious Monroe House

#3 Searching For Sasquatch 5: The Texas Screams

* Top Selling DVD:

#1 Searching for Sasquatch

* On Amazon our overall watch minutes took a big dip when compared to the previous month with only a little over 87 total watch hours.

* Top Books for the month:

#1 Who Said Apes Have No Tales! by Erlynn Botelho Carbajal & Dean Preston

#2 Dirt Road Tales of Horror by Dustin Grammer

#3 Gluteus Maximus vs Roland Dyce by J. E. Shook

* Top Kindle Page Reads:

#1 Cryptid Creatures The Truth Exposed by Sandra Rains DeBusk
#2 Understanding Bigfoot by Thomas Marcum

#3 Sasquatch: The Push to Prove Existence by Jeff Lilly

But Wait, There's More!

* Royalties paid to our clients!
* Check out the ZMP Online Store - (https://zmpoutlet.com/)
* Watch FREE TV on ZMPtv (Changes have been made)

* Watch ZMPTV on Rumble! (Click Here)
* Watch movies first on ZMPVOD - Our video-on-demand service! New Lower Prices!

* Still looking to partner with companies!

* Still looking for new movies to distribute!

* Still looking for new books to publish!

!More Good News!

* We recently partnered with Dubby Energy! Use code: ZMP1 to get 10% off an order! The hope is to offer discounts and perks to clients and followers. 
* We gave a wider release to "Undisclosed Location" - A paranormal investigation short film that was filmed in a remote location in the mountains of Kentucky. Free to watch on YouTube now but hitting streaming services everywhere.

* We launched a series of posts aimed to help people become better actors and speakers. More posts in the series are on the way.  

* New Book Releases: Dirt Road Tales of Horror by Dustin Grammer
* We are Continuing Marketing Campaigns and encouraging creators to promote their work. For tips on how to market your creation, Click Here.
* Make sure to subscribe to our Youtube Channel - Click Here! (We really need to pump the subs numbers up)
* Follow us on X (Twitter) - Click Here!
* New Books and films in the process of being released. More good things coming in 2024!
** Still looking to Sign, Publish, and distribute books and films ..even short films and music videos! Contact us!!

Wholesale Pricing to Stores

We also offer wholesale pricing to bookstores, gift shops, and retail outlets. There has been some nice growth for ZMP in this section of our business. Anyone wishing to add any or all of our products to your retail shop, feel free to contact us via the contact form.

With the recent changes at Tubi (read here) everyone's revenue has taken a slight hit. We plan to offset some of this with marketing. We believe that additional streaming services will rise to the occasion and contribute to compensating filmmakers for this loss of income. We also encourage all filmmakers and authors to self-promote. 

Thanks for the support and for making 2024 a solid year, so far. 

ZMP

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Undisclosed Location (Update)

Undisclosed Location (Update)

This short-run documentary is heading to streaming services everywhere!!

After having a successful soft launch on YouTube, Zombie Media has decided to make the short documentary available to streaming services. 

We are also excited to announce that there is an Undisclosed Location part 2 that has already been filmed! This follow-up should be out by the end of the year. We are expecting it to be full-length and include a much deeper investigation. 

So for now, be on the lookout for Mysteries Unlimited Presents Undisclosed Location on various streaming services soon.

Undisclosed Location plot summary:

 
Join TCC Research team as they investigate a remote location deep in the mountains of Kentucky that is said to be the home of paranormal activity. Reports of deaths, a mysterious old graveyard, sightings of a lady in a white dress, and other reports are attached to the property.
Featuring: Tony Felosi, Darla Saylor Jackson, Jeffnifer Fugate, Bonnie Schwab, Thomas Marcum, and JB.

Official Trailer

Thanks to all our supporters!

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