Promote Allvoices Reports, Increase Pageviews and Build Your Community!!!

How will having a great profile help me?

1. Building a complete profile and online personality helps the community get to know you
2. More users will become fans and follow you when they become interested in who you are as well as your contributions
3. Users will engage with you online more if they see they have things in common with you
4. Helps the Allvoices platform match you with like-minded people

How do I build my own community (and gain followers) on Allvoices?

1. Build a complete profile (show your personality and promote yourself)
2. Get your friends, family and colleagues to join Allvoices
3. Encourage people to become your fan and follow you
4. Share your reports (and encourage others to share them)
5. Share your profile page URL/link
6. Encourage people to comment on and contribute to your reports
7. Promote your reports and profile page through viral marketing

Why should I use Allvoices as my home-base for my content?

You can leverage the Allvoices intelligent platform and profile page features and tabs to host, display and share all your content.  The profile page allows you to organize and build a multimedia portfolio.  You can also cross-post and add links to your blog or external website.

How do I share content on Allvoices with friends?

You can share any report on Allvoices by emailing it to friends or posting it on Digg, Reddit, Facebook and StumbleUpon.  On the report page, scroll down below the report text to the Share section then click on the corresponding icon.

How do I promote my reports on other sites to get more pageviews and buzz?

The first step is to register for accounts on other sites to promote/share your Allvoices reports.  The second step is to browse to become familiar with these sites.

Please read the TERMS and CONDITIONS for using these sites.

How do I promote on these sites?

Digg

1. Login to Digg (click Login and enter username and password in lightbox)
2. Click Submit New in the upper right
3. Enter the URL of your report page (or report video or image page)
4. Choose the media type
5. Click Continue
6. Enter a title and short description
7. Choose a thumbnail image (if one is available)
8. Choose a topic
9. Preview
10. Enter the captcha image
11. Click Submit Story

Reddit

1. Under search reddit, login by entering your username and password
2. Click login
3. Click Submit a link in the upper right
4. Enter URL and title
5. Choose a category in the drop-down menu:  reddit.com (main) or subreddit category
6. Click submit

StumbleUpon

1. Sign in to StumbleUpon
2. Click Add this toolbar in the upper right to download the StumbleUpon toolbar  Note:  Promote news you like from other sites so you’re not banned for submitting only content from Allvoices.  Also, only promote 1-2 Allvoices reports per day.
3. When you want to promote one of your Allvoices reports, make sure you’re signed into the StumbleUpon and see the toolbar
4. Go to your report page
5. Click I like it! on the StumbleUpon toolbar
6. A StumbleUpon window will appear within your browser window
7. The title will be automatically filled in
8. Enter your review (i.e. comment on the news)
9. Click a topic
10. Enter tags (it doesn’t allow you to copy and paste tags however)
11. Click No if it’s not adult content
12. Click Submit the Site

NOTE:  The system will check for similar or duplicate submissions.

If you have questions, email community@allvoices.com.  

25 Tips to Report Your News on Allvoices

These tips will help your reports get noticed and more attention(i.e. more readers and pageviews)!

1. Write original content (your own). The community loves to read news but also wants to see your perspectives/opinions.
2. The community wants your news, your voice. Don’t copy and paste someone else’s words or from other news sources.
3. Share your reports with friends, colleagues, etc. via email or by clicking the Digg, Reddit, Facebook, StumbleUpon icons at the bottom of your or any report.
4. Promote your reports on other social media or networking sites and leverage your network on the sites mentioned as well as Twitter and MySpace.
5. Attach related IMAGES and VIDEOS to your reports that add to your story!
6. Add related news stories or blog posts to your reports or to other user reports.
7. Get the conversation going. Comment on reports from other users to get people involved, and reply to comments on your own reports.
8. Make titles/headlines clear, concise (not long), and eye-catching.
9. Spell-check and properly format your work.
10. Write about things you know and what affects you, and people will get involved in your stories.
11. Add tags your reports.
12. When choosing the location for your reports, choose where the news is, not where you are.
13. When categorizing your news, think about where people are going to look for it.
14. Our community (you) monitors our site. Click the red FLAG button on a report to notify us if it violates our terms (see list of reasons).
15. If you quote someone, give credit and a link. It will make you a more reputable news source.
16. R U a txtr? Don’t be one here. Remember your audience and write so everyone can understand it.
17. Reporting news from the ground? Get quotes from others to give your stories more life.
18. Linking to someone’s blog post? Let them know so they can share the story with others.
19. Like what another user is writing? Become a fan. Send a private message from your profile page or comment on the user’s reports.
20. Attending an event? Report on it via your mobile phone so the world knows about it.
21. Reporting sports news? Don’t just give the score. Tell us what happened and what you think!
22. Entertaining the world with your news? Be sure to indicate if the information is confirmed, rumor, or parody.
23. Read the Allvoices blog at http://allvoices.wordpress.com/.
24. Need additional help? Email us at community@allvoices.com
25. Give us your feedback! We take it seriously so we can produce the highest quality product to give our global community the best possible experience with the platform and content. Email feedback to community@allvoices.com