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A Moment in Time: Telling your story using photo contests and

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A Moment in Time:Telling your story using

photo contests and

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Visual Storytelling

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Content Is KingVisual Content Is Ruler of the World

• Videos shared 12x more than links and text posts combined

• Photos are liked 2x more than text updates

• Instagram is the 2nd most popular app (globally) behind Facebook

• Pinterest generates more referral traffic than Google+, LinkedIn, and YouTube combined

Sources: HubSpot; Marketing Land

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•Your cause is inherently emotional.•You must tell your

organization’s story in a way that is:CompellingConciseOriginalEngaging

Photo: myheimuSources: Nonprofit Hub; Social Media 4 Nonprofits

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• Audience• Conflict• Characters• Drama• Happy ending

Fairy Tale Model

Source: Nonprofit Hub

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Playful and cuddly, this is Ace!

#cat #kitten #adoptme

#upforadoption #austinpetsalive

#pet

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Why Flickr?

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Promote the destination through photography

Photo: Soul_Smiling

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Photo: JustinPratscher

Provide content for other social media channels, website, and print publications

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Create awareness about the scenic beauty and fun activities in the destination

Photo: shewhopaints

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Spend little or no money doing it

Photo: mattdil

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Oh yeah? Show me.

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If you agree to these rules, you can join the group

Only post pictures to this group for which you own the original copyright or are in the public domain.

All pictures posted to this group may be used by the Colorado River Trail in its various publications, both print or online (including social media). We will credit you as the photographer on any photo that we use.

Only photos depicting the Colorado River Trail region will be accepted. We reserve the right to reject submissions to our Flickr group displaying content we deem to be inappropriate or offensive without prior warning. The Colorado River Trail reserves the right to update the Group Rules.

Agree to terms …

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… or, ask each time

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Facebook – “Tripod Trivia” Weekly Feature

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Facebook – “Make ‘em Jealous”

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Facebook – Advertising

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Twitter

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Blog Content – Photo posts & slideshows

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Blog Widgets – Flickr badges

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Website icons

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Print Publications

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Internal Docs

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Colorado River TrailPhoto Contest

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Photo: JustinPratscher

1. Build photography

inventory in our

Flickr group

2. Increase awareness

3. Increase fan and

follower

engagement

4. Build fan/follower-

base on social

media channels

Goals

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Process

1. Join Flickr group; agree

to Terms; upload photos

2. Tag photos with

“CRTContest12”

3. Judging team selected

top 10

4. One round of public

voting

Photo: accent on ecclectic

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• 95 contest entries• 6.2% avg. increase in Fans/followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Flickr• 329.8% increase in Facebook activity (likes and comments)•1850% increase in Twitter activity (retweets and @mentions)• > 802 % increase in inbound traffic to the photo contest web page• Time on site ranged from :33 seconds pre-contest to 6:45 during peak voting•Biggest website traffic sources were Facebook, Twitter, and Flickr

Results:

Photo: watsoninelgin

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Photo: joannamarieharris

PollDaddy for Voting

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Photo: Soul_Smiling

2010 Contest Winner

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Photo: David Stall

2011 Contest Winner

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Photo: Soul_Smiling

2012 Contest Winner

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Lessons

Learned

1. Keep it simple

2. Keep it short

3. Fish where the fish are

4. Promote, promote,

promote

5. Know IT limitations

Photo: EggMasterDuke

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One Last Example

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• Engaging your audience beyond “the like” on Facebook

• Encourages your network to create social content

• A methodology to experiment, pilot, and adopt new channels

Source: bethkanter.org

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Sarah PageSenior Economic Development Specialist

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