Oct 15th, 2007 | FAQ, Building Momentum | No Comments
People have been saying, “I love the idea, now how do I get started?” Well, if we start you up (blogging that is), you’ll never stop. But hey we want you to start so here’s the deal to do to get started:1) Email your blog address and your preferred category listing (see blog for categories) to Charles at cbrinkley@chartertn.net. If you have a new charity that you’d like added to our list, please send that so a link can be added. 2) Add the logo on your blog (there’s a button on the WBBP blog and it’s easy to do)3) Pick a day to write about a charity or organization that you care about at least one time between Oct 27th and Nov. 17th. The WBBP team tells me there will be a calendar but for now just advise us on your blog topic.
NOTE: There will be a live 24 hours blog-a-thon starting at 9:00 pm at the Capitol Theatre in downtown Maryville if you are local. You’ll also be able to sign up for a virtual time slot to blog from where ever you are located. Bloggers will be posting throughout the night.There will be a sign up for that as well on the blog this week.
If you want to go the extra mile, put a post on your blog like former friend Rick Laney. Rick is a talented writer, marketing and PR guy and until recently a pretty funny guy. I used to think he should start a humor business blog. But after the post he wrote about me, he’s crossed the line. Go ahead funny guy, make me look like an idiot. I’ll probably dance with the belly dancers at the kickoff party on October 26th too. Somehow I bet I will pay for that…at least we’ll be raising money for charity.
Oct 3rd, 2007 | FAQ | No Comments
Don’t you love it when people ask that question! Thanks to many of you who are supporting the “party” for asking. If you are participating in the WBBP and have philanthropic organization that will be the recipient of your efforts, there are things you can be doing leading up to October 27th.
1) Get people in your community and supporters of your organization to write about what you are doing and how you are impacting peoples lives. (ideally people who know blogging (and who have a blog) but that’s not essential. If you email the “story” or the person behind the story, we can advance post it for you if we get it by next Friday.
2) Any time on or after Oct 27th have people gather at a coffee shop or somewhere with wireless access. Turn it into a party, consider having people come in shifts to blog, ask friends, business colleagues, etc to support what you are doing and pledge to your cause. Much like a beast cancer walk or the MS 150 bike ride, people can sponsor you or your blogging efforts (the money will go right to your organization).
3) Let the media know what you are doing. We have a press release that you can be edited to send out to your media contacts and we can do the same (this will be on the blog by next week). Send it to your favorite newspapers, radio stations, TV stations, etc. Invite them out to cover the event. If you live in a small town, you can easily get covered. Big cities too.
4) Download the WBBP logo on to your web site or blog. Let us know of your blog address and we’ll add you to the “party” list. Email us at:
info at theworldsbiggestblogparty.com
More to come tomorrow…keep checking in and keep spreading the word.
Tim
