How to get high entries for a contest is something every publisher desires to know. There are many ways to advertise Giveaways, Contests, and Sweepstakes with this goal in mind but there are seven ways that you may be unaware of. These methods include the use of forums, Twitter, social networking tools, and video sharing platforms. I previously spoke [...]
Continue reading...15 January 2012
Now that you know how to apply to IMDb’s External Reviews and bulk upload reviews into their database, its time to learn how to submit single reviews there as well. The bulk upload method is the easiest way to submit reviews into IMDb’s External Reviews but depending upon the size of
Continue reading...19 August 2011
How to become a Google News publisher and getting Google News articles published is not an easy task, even following Google News guidelines, internet tips, and insights. I noticed a lot of movie websites with their stories being published in Google News. Having your news articles published in Google News brings additional traffic to your website in addition to [...]
Continue reading...27 July 2011
The External Reviews section of IMDb (Internet Movie Database) is a great place to get your movie reviews seen and showcased on a reputable movie website. External Reviews is not a component of IMDb’s News Desk, written about here: Movie Website Traffic: Trailer Addict NewsDesk and here: Applying To IMDb’s NewsDesk: Tips, Qualifications, Lessons, and Insights. This is [...]
Continue reading...8 March 2011
Getting on PR Firm and movie studio mailing lists and promoting the films they are publicizing has a natural and unexpected consequence. After doing exactly what you promise to do for a period of time (written about here: Paying your Dues with Film (PR) Firms) they begin sending you DVDs, Blu-rays, and other promotional swag you [...]
Continue reading...16 December 2010
You may have thought that with a good plugin or widget you were showing related posts in your website content at all times. If you were under this assumption you were incorrect. Only on your website do related posts widgets and plugins actually show up and function. Your website posts are not only published on [...]
Continue reading...3 September 2010
Promoting a contest, giveaway, or sweepstakes sponsored on your film website can be made simpler with the use of Twitter. Twitter is a social networking platform that lets you talk to your audience in real time. Hopefully you have joined Twitter already. We spoke about that in this post: Social Networking: Join Twitter and Place [...]
Continue reading...18 June 2010
Churning out content should be the chief concern of any movie website owners or author of content on the Internet. Most do not have time to post updates to every social network they and their website is affiliated with. Many services let you update or ping your latest website content to social networks. We have [...]
Continue reading...10 May 2010
Recently I have seen on an increasing number of movie websites the LinkWithin related post widget at the bottom of their posts. This is fine and dandy except they are still using the Related Posts WordPress plugin, or something analogous, as well. These movie websites now have two Related Posts plugins at the bottom of [...]
Continue reading...17 April 2010
Now that you have written your movie review, you need to advertise the fact to the world. What is the point of learning how to write a movie review if no one knows about your movie reviews, reads the finished product or comments on it. The following are some ways to advertise your movie review [...]
Continue reading...2 February 2010
Many people have or will comment on a website or weblog at some point in their life. When they do, they will most likely be met with this: Name, Email, URL, regardless if they are using a commenting system like Intense Debate or Disqus. We have all seen Name, Email and URL when commenting on [...]
Continue reading...1 November 2009
Getting your movie website indexed by search engines is not as mysterious or as arduous a task as it might seem. By getting indexed by major search engines, you improve your SERPs and increase the traffic to your website at the same time. 1.) Social Websites One of the public relations tricks I learned about [...]
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17 May 2012
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