The
site growth is impressive and very promising.
We have passed the 500 000 pages/month mark a year ago (viewed fom a qualified
audience)
Of course the figures are still lower than those of filmfestivals.com which
we founded in 1995 but they are growing at a phenomenal rate: the visits have
doubled between August and November (150 000).
Fest21.com:
the community platform “Myspace for film & fest pro”
The latest addition of our sites, still in a beta version, it has already been
adopted by more than 1000 major festivals and filmmakers.
We are currently adding new functionalities to the classic video bloggings found
on youtube or myspace to share video, text, photo, news, links, maps, book or
film reviews…
You will soon be able to upload pictures by batch, new layout planned for roll
out in the next weeks
The
benefits you can get from your blog
Download the 10
best reasons to create your blog on fest21.com
- Better ranking for your (other) website with Google search engine, we have
no frames like myspace or variety, serach engine will register your content
much faster.
- Be seen and discovered on fest21.com by the festivals professionals
- Festival blogs will benefit from the traffic generated by all major festivals
such as Cannes, Sundance, Berlin, Toronto, Venice, Rome etc that have blogs
with us. Giving useful flavor of the festival ambience, style, creative programming
…
- An effective way to distribute targeted press release, offering immediate
visibility on search engine
- Connect with fellow filmmakers and festivals to check for experience from
thecircuit. Some members of our community are fest circuit veterans with huge
experience, ask them to share that.
- When applying for festival credentials remember that fest21.com can help!
- We publish on homepage of fest21 the more important contributions and also
reproduce on filmfestivals.com
- You must also include a link to your blog on your own website, using the blog
as the “live & interactive” version of your site.
Create
content:
Download the tips in english
or french Word documents.
A blog-without-a-post does not get you anywhere on the internet: add a few posts
(even brief ones) if you want a better treatment from google.
First Include an image as your avatar that says who you are
Include an image on the top of your blog homepage
You may want to use your blog as a diary of the fest circuit life and share
experience and comments
When copying a word document use the word symbol to paste.
When uploading a festival or film poster, be sure to select “festival
poster” or “film poster” gallery (very popular pages)
Add tags to your content for increased internet awareness
Remember to add the url of your other website (google prefers sites that are
linked in & out)
Add some pictures and video (google likes multi media and ranks videos easier)
Create
content for Festivals blogs:
Please fill in your personal details here
CLIC ON My Fest21 top left
Create/fine-tune
your profile Fill in with
city/country/adress...
Describe
your event under Description:
Enter the date of next Festival, an image maybe (coy /paste the top of your
festival's website)
Create
a visual icon/avatar/image
Upload your logo
under picture
Create
your name identity Have
domain same as User Name ie http://domain.fest21.com example http://cannes.fest21.com
...then click on
user infoand complete updating your profile
CREATE
YOUR FIRST BLOG ENTRY AS TEXT: http://www.fest21.com/en/node/add/blog
Please keep in mind that the last post you enter will appear on the top of the
list.
so we recommend
you began with
Last Year's awards list
(copy as word click on the word symbol)
Add a few pictures The
Festival Poster, select festival poster channel to be featured in the Fest
Hall of Fame Gallery...
Enter a text describing
your festival mission statement, perhaps with your festival director's word
and picture
Publish the call for
entry select the call for entry to be featured in the very popualr Call
for Entry Channel
Add some videos if you
have them on your computer (any format will do)
The festival Trailer of course, some more trailers from past winners, shorts,
trailers from upcoming competition....
Create
content for Film blogs:
A few suggestions
from the editor
When selecting the name/domain
of your blog you may consider two options to promote yourself to our festivals
community: your name or your work.
Create a weblink and enter the link to your film website.
Input your bio as text entry: study, filmography, IMDB details, awards...
Upload a selection of film stills, behind the scene, action scenes, pictures
of your cast.
Upload the trailer or the short, add the synopsis in the body field.
Upload the film poster (and select flm poster channel) in order to be featured
in the Film Hall
of Fame.
Get someone to film you giving the pitch of the film.
Upoad a short sample of the soundtrack: we recommend to limit this to 30 seconds,<3M.
Publish a -Synopsis for
"my film"- post including a short version, and a longer version.
Publish a Festival circuit for "my film" blog post, be sure to update
this one.
When invited and attending
a festival be sure to post an article describing the audience's reactions...
If you want to upload the
full version of the film with a secure access for screeners purpose just
ask.
If you need promotion on the festival circuit just
ask.
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