Ha! what would I do ask them to vote for me?
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Michael Sullivan <sullele...@...> wrote:
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> On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 2:59 PM, M.J. Loheed <mjloh...@...> wrote:
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> > Howdy, I was wondering if folks in the group might have some thoughts on
> > generating vote turn out for web competitions. I don't mean to directly plug
> > my project but more to ask what techniques folks with blogs and web series
> > have used to help overcome apathy of our viewers.
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> > My web series "The Bindlestiffs" www.thebindlestiffs.com has been
> > nominated for a Webby Award (Divsion: Online Film & Video Category:
> > Reality). One of the other nominees in the category is "Deadliest Catch:
> > Real Dutch" a web spin off of Discovery Channel's popular show. Our
> > nominations make us eligible for a people's voice award and right now we're
> > running in 2nd behind Deadliest with about 1/2 as many votes.
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> > To have been nominated at all is quite a feather in our cap considering
> > every other nominee in the category (and many more who were'nt nominated)
> > was funded by much larger corporations than myself. Of course, Discovery has
> > enormous PR power compared to us so we're trying everything we know to stay
> > competitive (Facebook, Twitter, e-mails).
> >
> > Any thoughts are greatly appreciated.
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> > Thanks,
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> > M.J.
> > producer "The Bindlestiffs"
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