GOD SAID THOU SHALT NOT KILL

I AM BLESSED. I WAS TO PHOTOGRAPH THE LEGEND AND AM HONORED TO SAY I COULD CALL HIM MY FRIEND. I WAS THE IN HOUSE PHOTOGRAPHER AT HOPE ROAD AND MY PHOTOGRAPH'S WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ON MY WEBSITE, poalaof.com WHICH IS A WORK IN PROGRESS. WHEN THE WEBSITE IS LAUNCHED I AM COUNTING ON ALL MY VIRTUAL FRIENDS TO PURCHASE A PRINT, AND WITH THOSE FUNDS I WILL SELF-PUBLISH MY WORK "PORTRAIT OF A LEGEND AND OTHER FOLKS".

GOD SAID THOU SHALT NOT KILL....BOB MARLEY...1977

HELP ME OUT HERE PEEPS!!!

As i prepare to launch my website poalaof.com I am asking all my FRIENDS out there in the VIRTUAL WORLD to start sharing my links. This is very important. Don't just like the links on my Facebook page, START SHARING them.

https://www.facebook.com/linkuplindsay
https://www.facebook.com/portraitofalegendandotherfolks
http://poalaof.wordpress.com/2012/06/23/the-sound-of-progress/
http://lindsaydonaldrootsreggaephotographer.blogspot.com/

Social networks provide the means and the leverage to distribute the information to a potential audience of 2 billion internet users.
If you have a large Twitter following and 1,000′s of Facebook fans (WHICH I DO), then that will help your content marketing endeavours. Many of us tweet the post once and maybe share it also on Facebook with a singular news update with a link embedded and then expect traffic to come flooding in.
The cruel reality is that the web is crowded with hundreds of millions of blogs, websites and social media sites and the competition for attention in a sea of noise and buzz is so intense that most links drown before they are noticed.
Most clicks to your links in your tweets happen immediately after you have posted an update to Twitter. As time passes the retweets and Facebook likes and sharing of the links diminishes. As the link ages, the attention your links receive reduces.

Do Links Last Longer on Facebook, Twitter?
So how long is a link “alive” before people stop caring and does the type of content and where you shared it matter?
According to research by Bit.ly (the link shortening service used by millions of users), after the initial post to Facebook the half life of a link was 70 minutes (the amount of time at which this link will receive half of the clicks it will ever receive after it’s reached its peak)
A post to Twitter was shown to have a half life of only 5 minutes.
This shows the difference between Twitter (which is more a stream of links) and Facebook which is a destination where link life isconsiderably greater.
What was also noticeable is that the pattern of the clicks to a link essentially have the same pattern: a fast rise, and a more relaxed drop-off.
What is the Half Life of a YouTube Link?
In looking more closely at their 1,000 most popular links on Bit.ly they also discovered the following

• Twitter has the average shortest half life at 2.8 hours
• Facebook links half life averaged 3.2 hours
• Direct sources (like email or IM links) came in at 3.4 hours
• YouTube averaged 7.4 hours

THE SOUND OF PROGRESS

http://poalaof.wordpress.com/2012/06/23/the-sound-of-progress/

A BRIEF SYNOPSIS FOR POALAOF.COM

A brief synopsis for the website poalaof.com which will soon be constructed.

Homepage Registered Users.

Full page with all of the Navigational options on there and all of the Social networking links... Home ¦Gallery¦About the Book¦Pre Order¦Why Invest or Donate¦Invest¦Donate¦Contact Us¦

Home – Standard Information with embedded Videos

Gallery – Standard Gallery with some strong Imagery

About The Book – Information about the book

Pre Order – The shop will allow users to pre order Portrait of a Legend and other Folks.

Why Invest or Donate – This will be a good marketing area for the pitch of why people should buy this book.

Invest – This will allow investors to donate and input their details to distinguish between donations and Investors who will have a contract to sign outside of the site.

Donate – This will allow users to donate and input their details so we can distinguish between donations and Investors who will have a contract to sign outside of the site.

Colours – Black/ shades of grey / white – it needs to be very sleek and professional with strong imagery Supplied by Lindsay Donald.

PORTRAIT OF A LEGEND AND OTHER FOLKS

poalaof.com

FIRST THING I LEARNED

Be Impeccable With Your Word.Don’t Take Anything Personally.
Don’t Make Assumptions. Always do Your Best.Don't believe me, don't believe others, don't believe yourself.

First thing I learned to, I learned how to take the media. That is the first thing God tell me of. Look 'pon me an said 'Son remember them gonna say a lot of bad things, an them might say a lot of good things. When them say a lot a bad things don't check it bad. When them say a lot a good things don't check it bad. Seen. You just remember say one man write it. Seen. You might have a few more people look over it but the natural people is out there. Some of them never want to read it. Some of them never ever see it before, for the people inside think they can know. Yah.

I AM BLESSED

I was blessed to have in my life Brother Mortimo 'Kumi' Planno. I took the only known photograph of him and Bob Marley together discussing the newspaper 'Survival'. I was to be the photographer for the newspaper. Only 3 issues were ever published.

Photograph's of Mortimo Planno are rare. He asked me to take this portrait in 1979.

I don't think we will have another Marley. Bob can't be dead. The message is in the music. The Rastafari teaching is still happening, but more in the country. In those days, we were more in the city, Trench Town. Now it's spread out all around. The elders are responsible for teaching the younger ones. The message goes around in the music. If you take mu out of music, that leaves sic. We take the mu out of the music, leave them sick, you see? The message continues in the music today. The music of today is a hotter fire. It will get more hot, hot, hot. Mortimo Planno

STRIKE A POSE

http://poalaof.wordpress.com/2012/06/15/strike-a-pose/

WHERE DOES TIME GO?

The book, PORTRAIT OF A LEGEND AND OTHER FOLKS, will be adorned by this portrait of a young Stephen Marley photographed in Miami in 1981.

WATCH MY ASS!

I was to photograph the Legend Jimmy Cliff. I have faith that all my Facebook Friends will support PoaLaoF.com when it is launched. My faith can move a mountain. With the help of all of you Portrait of a Legend and Other Folks will be published. Watch my ass!

HISTORY BEGINS EVERY MORNING.

http://poalaof.wordpress.com/2012/06/09/history-begins-every-morning/

USAIN BOLT..THE FASTEST MAN ON THE PLANET

I finally met the fastest man on the planet yesterday evening, Mr. Usain Bolt. He is waiting for his copy of PoaLoaF.