Interview for the Examiner

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Here is an interview I did for the Examiner.  It’s pretty extensive, so if you have time, pop on over to the article and let me know what you think :-)

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  • leonard

    Lucky for me , I have the time…will be back!!:P :-) :-//

  • hs4mm

    Man, it’s so long that I could not read it; now if it were terse, pithy and under 140 chars, then of course I would have read it! But it is so long, so long … .

    By the way, I had a math professor who used to use the term “verbal hemorrhage” — I like that expression and use it for people who go blah blah blah. I find it hard to read, let alone use, the comparison you use!

  • greatestpotential

    Twitter is still just a hatched baby bird breaking out of it’s soft eggshell yet within a short period of time has already achieved a certain level of socio-recognized historical impact which I find fascinating. (consider the undercurrent)

  • originalistrick

    Gotta love it!

  • leonard

    ;-) “….provocative video vixen, web-savvy marketing maestro, sagacious intellectual …”

    …epiphany… use the hot girl image**!**
    :cool: “Intelligence is Sexy” :cool:
    “…verbal diarrhea that we are so often exposed to!”…so true Marina
    Dear Abby once said: “The less you talk, the more you’re listened to.” Good advice that I wish some of my friends would follow!(SOULtrip)

    Marina is right on!!

    :smile:

    G*R*A*N*D :razz: :mrgreen: :cool: w*o*r*k*Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons- Hits MedleyFrankie Valli & The Four Seasons on the
    Popendipity tv program in 1967.Performing a medley of Sherry,Big Girls Don’t Cry, I’ve Got You Under My Skin & Bye Bye Baby . take break-Marina :smile:

  • leonard

    the slide show is

    100% H*O*T*for*W*O*R*D*S…all 7 of 7

    I like six of the seven as much if not more…(BRAins-sniARB)…

  • http://tour-russia.com dsfoto

    Marina in Russia would be a fairly common encounter but here she is uncommon to us, the accent adds to the mystery. My own experiance and opinion from years traveling and studing in Russia, If the Soviets had ever wanted to win the cold war a batallion of average Russian Women led by one Babushka [old woman](who are fearless) could have defeated us easily. I have rarely encountered an American woman as diligent or who works as hard, Russian women are strong willed talented and cultured they provide for thier children and families go to work earn the money cook clean sew play instruments dance sing they are physically active with sports they carry themselves with pride. when they leave the house for bread you would think they are off to the Opera They stand out in a crowd. Once on my way to consult with the Department Head I passed a woman in the hall I asked the Professor more like told him she is Russian? he replied she was our new Native speaker teaching a course next semester…. :smile: :!:

  • leonard

    :lol: Rick James – Bustin OutWORDS of BusTing~~~Twitter this…Rick James – R U Experienced…(wha-’ta,is)

    [[[BUST]]]

    :smile:

  • http://www.mikeanddianes.com ringoffire1

    You may be from Russia, but you certainly embody the spirit of American entrepreneurship. You created your own business and through your own ideas and hard work, made it a success. It is not only a pleasure to watch and listen to your videos, it is a pleasure to have you as part of this country.
    Wishing you even more success.
    Mike

  • leonard

    the supremes i hear a symphony
    …[Epiphany]… dear Abby-J.Prine..[joke]…On-Words :arrow:

  • http://www.youtube.com/CheVolay Che Volay

    *Snapping fingers in approval* :cool:

  • http://wired.reddit.com/sexygeeks_2008/?s=top pedantickarl

     
    Marina, I really enjoyed reading this interview.

    The graphic struck me funny. Brains over Bras.
    I can just see HotForWords making a video that says;
    “But, isn’t the brain always over the bra anyway?” :lol:
    (Referring to the head over heels video.)

    I loved the part where you said;

    “My tagline ‘Intelligence is Sexy’ came about when I noticed that dumb was starting to be considered hot in women — with not very smart girls becoming role models. I decided to fight that and show that being smart is actually hotter and sexier than being dumb!”

    And, you you get thanks from men also, like me, for standing up against the old stereotype.

    I also agree with you when you said;

    “..that lesson should teach people that in order to capture people’s attention on the Internet, [they should] keep it short and to the point!”

    I’ll work on that. :smile:

    I also loved when you said:

    “Of course, now that everyone has a voice, the next thing we all need to learn is how to listen again! As Pauline Phillips, under the pen name Abigail Van Buren or Dear Abby once said: “The less you talk, the more you’re listened to.” Good advice that I wish some of my friends would follow!

    Of course that’s why God gave us two ears and one mouth. Listen twice as much as you talk. Very good advice.

    Wow, this is a very recent interview that happened within the last three days since you talked about the death of Michael Jackson.

    Excellent interview.

  • http://wired.reddit.com/sexygeeks_2008/?s=top pedantickarl

     
    Q: How can you tell how important HotForWords is?

    A: When an iJustine viewer asks iJustine
    if she has ever met HotForWords.
    iJustine said yes, at YouTube live.
    (ref: Ask iJ #14: Rapid fire questions!)

    Gotta love it.

  • pandion

    another great interview.

    From what I am observing, your 15 minutes are just beginning. There are big things in your future Marina Orlova.

  • hs4mm

    Which are (or were, if they no longer exist!) the “intellectual videos that {you} found interesting {on YouTube}”?

  • darlingj

    I have nothing to say, my experience here has evolved to [voyeurism]. :smile:

  • darlingj

    What? :???:

  • lior

    nice interview!
    and it made me thinking about a word that you said: [et cetera]

  • http://wired.reddit.com/sexygeeks_2008/?s=top pedantickarl

     
    Oh yeah, after you finish reading the article
    don’t forget to look at the slide show.

    I thought I had seen every photo ever taken of Marina and
    come to find out there were two new ones I hadn’t seen. Lucky me. :grin:

  • hs4mm

    So, Marina, if a guy starts an YouTube channel with intellectual content, should he appear wearing dresses like the one you tweet about here?

  • darlingj

    Uhura or the Roommate?

  • http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=veritanuda veritanuda

    Good interview :) Now I need to think if I can make that any shorter and to the point :P

  • darlingj

    :grin:

  • wetsuit5

    Very nice interview.
    I was wondering why your videos had been shortened in delivery.

  • pat haskett

    Hotforwords has already grown beyond the 15 minuetes of fame stage. I said from the day I started with your website, you know exactly what your doing and it works for me. I love it!

  • http://calling-muggins.blogspot.com/ muggins

    The interviewer seems obsessed with categorizing Marina. Somebody give him Peyote. I like how the article uses Marina’s initials without periods: MO. It’s cute, and I hardly ever use that term, cute. If I may stray from the topic, and ask Marina a question…isn’t it interesting that a man can speak French in Russian?

  • http://mentalgrammarhasbeensetup.blogspot.com äläx

    god, how i hate arrogant people like you. like entrepreneurship is an “american” thing or invention. no, her “spirit” is, at most, the spirit of entrepreneurship — which you can find everywhere. that’s all. there are entrepreneurs all over the fucking world. even in russia. ignorant fuck.

  • philbee

    Is this Marina’s sister in this Rock video?
    http://www.yubby.com/channel/player/3462/44234

  • http://www.mikeanddianes.com ringoffire1

    I believe a truer definition of “Arrogance” would be someone believing that a simple compliment directed towards someone they don’t know, by someone they don’t know has anything whatsoever to do with them. Or, that it gives them the right to respond to it, especially in such a rude and nasty manner.

  • qiziq

    Marina!

    Found a comment thread under help requesting assistance in changing their i-mail address on file. Post had no serious answer. Seriously, how do we access our account? Also would like to know why you create our passwords for us, which we will never remember, rather than letting us choose our own?

  • http://wired.reddit.com/sexygeeks_2008/?s=top pedantickarl

    Hello quiziq,
    Look at the top right of the page
    and you’ll see a link called Dashboard.
    When you click it, look for a link
    called Profile. It is on the Profile
    page where you can change your
    password and email adr.
    If you need further help, just reply
    to any of my comments. :-)

  • qiziq

    Thanks Pedantickarl!

    I had checked out the dashboard, but failed to see the profile option. If you look closely, it is qiziq without the “u”.

  • http://wired.reddit.com/sexygeeks_2008/?s=top pedantickarl

    Sorry qiziq, I should have used
    the copy – paste feature on my
    iPhone as I just did. :-)

  • http://www.tony-bernhoffer-photography.com tonyb

    [Living high off the hog]. But my parents grew up poor in the depression and WWII. So everything “extra” seemed like a “luxury” to them. And the word [minimalist] which I had read in a camera brochure for an expensive camera which I no longer wish for.

  • http://www.tony-bernhoffer-photography.com tonyb

    Some college prof told me after class in 1984 at U of Toledo that he could not afford to properly support his family on his college professor’s wages. And he told me it was not worth going to grad school to get a PhD to become a colelge professor. At least he was honest so I would not give out his name.

  • http://www.tony-bernhoffer-photography.com tonyb

    Two girls who wore your shiny WHITE VINYL CHEERLEADER BOOTS used to really turn me on in junior high! I even referred to them in THE ARENA too. I really dig your shiny white vinyl cheerleader boots and the legs that go with them!

  • beevee14

    Living ‘high off of the hog’ or ‘high on the hog’ refers to the fact that the best cuts of meat come from the top of the hog. Hams, picnics, and loins. :cool:

  • http://www.tony-bernhoffer-photography.com tonyb

    Thank you.

  • leonard

    ["2 face democracy"]… :razz: I am a fan of American land.

    s*o*u*l~~~c+i=T=i+zenship

    My word and phrase request

    “Sovereign Nation”

    :smile: :lol:

    ;-) Is central government; the dicTator of (police)cy for “economic apartheid” and basis for [community-ism]??*??What is paganism and GREEK thought?…[civil]…author :sad:

    :lol: :cry: :lol:

    :smile: I love Hot4Words, but not like a lawyer! :smile:

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