Create a Video for Your Community, Post to Facebook for a Chance to Win a Free FLIP Camera, Community Web Site and More!!
Calling all Main Streets & Communities!
Pull out your video cameras… it’s time to build the next generation of web content and build some buzz for your downtown.
It doesn’t have to be professional or even serious. But it does have to be video… about your downtown.
Concise, buzz-worthy, insider scoop. What the world doesn’t know – but should know – about your district. Fun, funny, or even a negative spoof – grab the world’s attention and think like your customer. Make us look twice, but keep it clean if you know what we mean.
Minimum 30 seconds – maximum 3 minutes.
Post on the Team HALO Facebook Page by MIDNIGHT ON OCTOBER 1, 2009 (YEP, EXTENDED!!) along with any comments or pertinent info we should know (like who’s submitting it).
Team HALO (Marianna Hayes, Andy Chapman, Amy Meadows, Eric McCully & Laura Busby) will name 10 semifinalists to be posted on our YouTube channel and promoted widely through the Main Street network and beyond.
Once the semifinalists are named, voting will be opened for viewer’s to vote on their favorite video (details to be announced shortly). The top three favorites (based on ratings and number of voters) will all be winners. (See our blog post about how to WIN the viewer’s choice voting contest – and also a GREAT tactic for expanding your reach with social media in general.)
THIRD PLACE wins a free FLIP video camera (valued at over $250).
SECOND PLACE wins a free downtown Social Media Strategy Program by America’s Main Street Marketing Experts (valued at over $2500).
FIRST PLACE wins a free downtown seminar by America’s Main Street Marketing Experts and a complete Results Revolution Web Site Makeover (valued at over $10,000). UPDATE 7/18/09: First place winners may now CHOOSE between the first option OR they may receive a Team HALO Revolutionary Market Analysis package also valued at over $10K. YOU CHOOSE!!! Now, how’s that for exciting?
Qualified Entrants: Main Street organizations, downtown development, business districts, or Chambers of Commerce.
Random Information: I’ve already been asked about how a small community can possibly compete with larger population centers. Well, think creatively – because, if you haven’t heard, I believe that social media is the great equalizer. So, to help you make the most of your opportunity here, we’re going to be posting lots of information that should give you ideas on how to WIN the viewer’s choice if you make it that far. But better than that – ideas that will help you WIN every day of the week on little or no budget using social media in a smart way – not a big budget sorta way. Stay tuned, and get those video cameras going!
Update on 7/19/09: How to post your video to our Facebook page: We have enabled our WALL for you to EITHER link your video from an existing YouTube or other supported video feeder that Facebook supports. For example, YouTube gives you a link to use when embedding their video on another site. Copy and paste that code into the “link box” on our wall, and you’re all set. OR we have also enabled our fans to post video straight from your computer using Facebooks Video App. Just click on “upload video” icon when making a new post on our wall, and follow their instructions. Be sure to either embed your information in the video or post it to our wall as well. Keep in mind, you MUST be a FAN of our page before you can post stuff to our wall. That is a one click deal, so go ahead, become a fan.
