So I'm trying to figure out how to best cash in from this bout of publicity on my blog and I'm thinking that I might send an announcement to some of my LinkedIn contacts about my blog post. Particularly those who are in the non-profit sector. I'd be interested to know what you guys think of this...
Something along the lines of:
I just wanted to share my excitement with you about the popularity of a recent post on my blog. It's one that is of special importance to me because I'm very interested in using my Virtual Assistant business to give back to the community. Last week I complied a list of 106 Organizations That Are Changing the World which has since then generated a lot of interest through Digg, StumbledUpon and, as of this morning, Reader's Digest where it was listed on their Daily Five.
The list is comprised of 106 Organizations that I think are working to make an impact in their community and on the world. It is far from being comprehensive and I was hoping that readers would add to the list. As a result of reader comments I've generated a second list of Even More Great Organizations.
Because this post has become so popular I've decided to move forward with my idea of profiling a different Organization each month. If you know of an Organization that should be on the list and would be interested in participating in the monthly profile, please contact me with their website and contact details.
So I decided to post it to LinkedIn Answers instead of sending it directly to my contacts. I requested that people provide contacts for orgs that should be on the list or who might want to be profiled. We'll see how it goes.
I think that is a fantastic idea Amanda. Even though you posted the the question on LinkedIn Answers, you can still send that same bit of text to many of your other contacts.
How have your blog stats been? Have you gotten any inquiries for VA work from this?
As an aside, I have one or two organizations that I would love to add to the list and will probably do so very soon
So I decided to post it to LinkedIn Answers instead of sending it directly to my contacts. I requested that people provide contacts for orgs that should be on the list or who might want to be profiled. We'll see how it goes.
Love that idea!
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Yeah, I figured that since I was going to be sending an announcement to my contacts when my site goes live I didn't really want to do one now. I don't want to send too many emails.
Great idea! Have you thought of doing any press releases for it? News on charities usually gets good coverage. In addition to all of the online sites, you should send it to your local papers, tv and radio stations. You never know who might see it and want to recognize someone doing something great!
Yvone
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Yvone M. Kon
M.Y. Marketing & Design
Your Virtual Marketing Assistant - At Your Service! www.mymarketingdesign.com
I hadn't thought of doing a press release. I'll be honest, I'm not that sure what the press release thing is all about. I've been avoiding that section out of fear of the unknown. But it's probably a good idea so I guess I'll brave it this evening and see what I can come up with.
It's just a way to get your information about a new service, a new product, an event, etc., into the hands of the writers for various media. If your release is interesting enough to them then they'll do a story on you. It's not hard at all to do, and you can post your draft in that section and we'll give you our thoughts. I even found a free press release tool that you can plug all your information into it and it creates and formats the release for you. I'll find the link and post it for you. This is definitely something you want to do a press release for - any thing happening involving a charity has a much better chance of getting picked up for a story than just about anything else.
You can do it!
Yvone
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M.Y. Marketing & Design
Your Virtual Marketing Assistant - At Your Service! www.mymarketingdesign.com
What do you think of this idea?
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