FESTIVALS One

To update your festival blog,

Step 1: Log in. You can ask for a new password here.

Step 2: Personalize your blog

To personalize your blog, click on My Fest21 on the left column

You can fill the fields of the two tabs Account Settings and User Info to by example add logo, banner, description, contact info, etc. If you have problem to personalize your blog, you can consult the help pages.

Step 3: Add Content

To Add content, click on the left column on "create content"

You can by example add:

• Text: Presentation of the festival, the call for entry (select the call for entry channel when publishing), past award winner, press release, etc.
• Video: Festival Trailer, interview, etc. 
• Image: Pictures with ambiance, poster, etc.
• Weblink: Official website, film website, partners website, etc.
• Audio: Interview, Podcast, etc.

You can consult the help pages if you have problems adding your content. Add regurlary new content improve your visibility on fest21 and on search engine.

Recent  and prolific and interesting contributors are promoted on the home page, and may be republished on filmfestivals.com. 

Steps 4: Promote your festival blog

A few tips to improve your visibility on Fest21 and Google:

- Publish original content. Add regularly new content; for example, update your blog once a week

- Use title that describes your content well, choose category for your content and add tags (ie words describing the content).

- For Video, Pictures and Audio files that you upload, it's better to name them video_cannes_festival than video090998980 for example. It also helps search engines.

- Use our special promotion offers and make sure to promote your Festival (Bulletin Board), your Film(Showcase) , your Online Platform (Exposure) and more. 

- Share your content on Digg, Delicious, or other social network like Facebook, Netvibes, Myspace, Twitter... Use your RSS to republish automatically in your other blogs.

- Create your own widget to promote your content or general festival content on various websites...

- Add a link to your blog on your other websites, on cinema or blog's directories, on the websites of your partners...

- Add your Videoblog on your press releases

To see how to update your festival directory listing, please click here.  and if you have other questions, consult the help pages, contact us or contact the editor at editor at filmfestivals.com.