And why would you care? Promotion
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You don't care
Those little pictures at the top--I use them regularly in connection with some venue I am writing about. When I write about a venue, I always look for a lead shot. That is the shot that will go near the top of the blog and appear as a thumbnail when I post a link In Facebook and Google+.
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Sometimes I wish the venue owners would think about the lead picture. That's the one to be used in publicity materials, put at the top of a web page, given out in press releases. Here are some things I like to see in a lead picture:
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Which of these small pictures catches your attention? Why?
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You don't care
- If you are not interested in promoting your venue.
- If you only want to promote your venue in group notices and instant messages.
- If you want to reach people that don't already know about your venue.
- If you want to reach people who are not (yet) in Second Life.
- If you want a little help from the bloggers.
- A thumbnail is what people see in the social media.
- If a thumbnail gets attention, the big one will too.
- If you think about thumbnails, you brain will go on to bigger things
- Promoting Events in SL: Blogs
- Show your venue to the outside world
- Pictures get readers
- Media: Facebook and twitter for promoting...
- Thumbnails show on Facebook and Google+
Those little pictures at the top--I use them regularly in connection with some venue I am writing about. When I write about a venue, I always look for a lead shot. That is the shot that will go near the top of the blog and appear as a thumbnail when I post a link In Facebook and Google+.
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Sometimes I wish the venue owners would think about the lead picture. That's the one to be used in publicity materials, put at the top of a web page, given out in press releases. Here are some things I like to see in a lead picture:
- Big thing contrasting with the background (for the thumbnail).
- Prominent sign with venue name.
- A crowd, or at least some people.
- Something happening.
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