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Microstock Photography Forum - General => Site Related => Topic started by: leaf on November 15, 2010, 07:22
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Here's the deal.
I have an advertising budget for Microstockgroup and I could just spend it all in Google Adwords or somthing, but I saw the Charity Water campaign last year some time, I liked it but never did anything about it. I recently stumbled upon it again and thought to put something into action.
Here is a bit about the charity
charity: water promo featuring "Time Bomb" by Beck (http://vimeo.com/2942875)
So anyhow here's how it'll work. I'll donate $1.00 to CharityWater (http://www.charitywater.org/)for every time someone tweets on twitter with the hash tag #tweetwater and usertag @microstockgroup. I have $1,000 to spend and am hoping to use everything on this campaign. I have until Dec. 31 to get this done. Your tweet could look something like this
Give free water with a tweet @microstockgroup #tweetwater
Here is the MicrostockGroup charitywater page
http://mycharitywater.org/microstockgroup (http://mycharitywater.org/microstockgroup)
And here is the tweet water page
http://mycharitywater.org/tweetwater (http://mycharitywater.org/tweetwater)
If you want to make a donation there yourself, feel free to do so - it is really a great cause and 100% of the donations go to building wells. But at the least send a tweet and make ME pay :)
here's another video
The story of charity: water - The 2009 September Campaign Trailer (http://vimeo.com/6202666)
I'll keep this thread posted on the progress.
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so.... does anyone have a good way of counting tweets ? :) I am sure there must be a website for that somewhere...
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Great campaign, Tyler.
I'm going to shout it out and make my donation :-)
No idea for counting tweets... when I've done a twitter contest, I used the search tool but probably there is something more sophisticated.
Ciao,
R.
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Great idea, I'll do it even if I don't really use Twitter for anything. I'll spread the word anyway.
All I have to do it to send a twit with tha sentence you wrote, right?
Here in Brazil we have a huge area subject to draught most of the year. When it rains, it rains well, but water goes away. A NGO builds tanks to collect rainwater, what is actually very cheap (each cost around US$600 and is built by the local people with assistance of the NGO) and allow them to have water for their crops - thus for food - the whole year.
Little things we can do to change people's lives.
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so.... does anyone have a good way of counting tweets ? :) I am sure there must be a website for that somewhere...
The one time I tried to do something like this, any searching for my tag got me about 3 results and then "older tweets not available". At that point, I figured twitter was pretty useless.
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so.... does anyone have a good way of counting tweets ? :) I am sure there must be a website for that somewhere...
The one time I tried to do something like this, any searching for my tag got me about 3 results and then "older tweets not available". At that point, I figured twitter was pretty useless.
hmm.. ok.. I guess that means I better start counting quickly.
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I found a couple.. none that REALLY do what I am looking for but I think they might be able to track the stats...
Here are the links, for me to remember as much as anything...
http://hashtags.org/tweetwater (http://hashtags.org/tweetwater)
http://www.hashtracking.com/fast-report/?hashtag=tweetwater (http://www.hashtracking.com/fast-report/?hashtag=tweetwater)
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Geez, I only have one follower! :D
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Geez, I only have one follower! :D
now 2 ;)
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Geez, I only have one follower! :D
now 2 ;)
+1 = 3
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Thanks, guys, but don't expect many news from me. I had to get my little note book (paper I mean) to see what was my password at Twitter. ;D
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after one day, we are up to 50 tweets, $50 donated.
http://mycharitywater.org/p/campaign?campaign_id=10331 (http://mycharitywater.org/p/campaign?campaign_id=10331)
also thanks to Roberto Marinello at mystockphoto.org (http://www.mystockphoto.org/) for donating to the campaign and the post on his blog.
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Great Idea Tyler. I just did it.
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8 tweets in the last 24 hours. So now we are up to 58
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My Pleasure, Tyler.
I will post an update on December, just to remind the campaign.
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after one day, we are up to 50 tweets, $50 donated.
[url]http://mycharitywater.org/p/campaign?campaign_id=10331[/url] ([url]http://mycharitywater.org/p/campaign?campaign_id=10331[/url])
also thanks to Roberto Marinello at mystockphoto.org ([url]http://www.mystockphoto.org/[/url]) for donating to the campaign and the post on his blog.
78 tweets ... only 922 to go :)
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If I ask non-photo friends to twit that, does it count?
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If I ask non-photo friends to twit that, does it count?
yes, of course - that's fine.
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A friend has just sent a tweet, how long will it take to show one more in that stats page?
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A friend has just sent a tweet, how long will it take to show one more in that stats page?
which stats page?
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Here's the deal.
I have an advertising budget for Microstockgroup and I could just spend it all in Google Adwords or somthing, but I saw the Charity Water campaign last year some time, I liked it but never did anything about it. I recently stumbled upon it again and thought to put something into action.
That is a really nice thing to do. I am hugely impressed by such kindness. "APPLAUSE"
I've just bought a pair of great shoes which is linked to the same charity. If I buy a pair they donate a pair and they are really cool.
http://www.toms.com/charity-water-earthwise-men-s-classics (http://www.toms.com/charity-water-earthwise-men-s-classics)
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Here's the deal.
I have an advertising budget for Microstockgroup and I could just spend it all in Google Adwords or somthing, but I saw the Charity Water campaign last year some time, I liked it but never did anything about it. I recently stumbled upon it again and thought to put something into action.
That is a really nice thing to do. I am hugely impressed by such kindness. "APPLAUSE"
I've just bought a pair of great shoes which is linked to the same charity. If I buy a pair they donate a pair and they are really cool.
[url]http://www.toms.com/charity-water-earthwise-men-s-classics[/url] ([url]http://www.toms.com/charity-water-earthwise-men-s-classics[/url])
Thanks. The #tweetwater thing is obviously just a form of advertising so the kindness of it should be viewed in context but at the same time I thought it would be better that Charity:water get the advertising $$ than google adwords.... so if it can work then great.
Yeah, I heard about the tom's shoes thing the other day on Gizmodo I think. Great idea.
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after one day, we are up to 50 tweets, $50 donated.
[url]http://mycharitywater.org/p/campaign?campaign_id=10331[/url] ([url]http://mycharitywater.org/p/campaign?campaign_id=10331[/url])
also thanks to Roberto Marinello at mystockphoto.org ([url]http://www.mystockphoto.org/[/url]) for donating to the campaign and the post on his blog.
78 tweets ... only 922 to go :)
+6
84 tweets
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A friend has just sent a tweet, how long will it take to show one more in that stats page?
which stats page?
I had meant this: http://hashtags.org/tweetwater (http://hashtags.org/tweetwater)
but now I see I have to click on the graph to see the twits below.
I see two of my friends, one twitted twice.
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after one day, we are up to 50 tweets, $50 donated.
[url]http://mycharitywater.org/p/campaign?campaign_id=10331[/url] ([url]http://mycharitywater.org/p/campaign?campaign_id=10331[/url])
also thanks to Roberto Marinello at mystockphoto.org ([url]http://www.mystockphoto.org/[/url]) for donating to the campaign and the post on his blog.
78 tweets ... only 922 to go :)
+6
84 tweets
+10
94 tweets
@madelaide. ahh ok, glad you figured it out. I haven't been using that page very much. I have been looking at this page to track results
http://www.hashtracking.com/fast-report/?hashtag=tweetwater (http://www.hashtracking.com/fast-report/?hashtag=tweetwater)
It only counts for 24 hours though so I have to check in every day at the same time to get the new count.
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count me in, I just tweeted
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count me in, I just tweeted
thanks.
The count is now 96
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count me in, I just tweeted
thanks.
The count is now 96
+12
108
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count me in, I just tweeted
thanks.
The count is now 96
+12
108
+2
110
not sure I'll make it to 1000 at this rate but I'll keep trying :)
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count me in, I just tweeted
thanks.
The count is now 96
+12
108
+2
110
not sure I'll make it to 1000 at this rate but I'll keep trying :)
nov. 25 +2
nov. 26 +12
total 124
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Leaf, I wonder if you changed the title a little it might help get people to do it. I passed by it for a few days because I just thought it was another "get something for free" (I even misread your give to get) that was only going to end up putting money in someone else's pocket and wasn't going to be free at all (I know, I'm cynical :) ). Something like "I'm donating free water to a worthy cause, all you have to do is tweet #tweetwater" or something like that. Just a suggestion.
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Leaf, I wonder if you changed the title a little it might help get people to do it. I passed by it for a few days because I just thought it was another "get something for free" (I even misread your give to get) that was only going to end up putting money in someone else's pocket and wasn't going to be free at all (I know, I'm cynical :) ). Something like "I'm donating free water to a worthy cause, all you have to do is tweet #tweetwater" or something like that. Just a suggestion.
Thanks for the feedback - You may be right, wording is a powerful tool and something that I often don't get right ;)
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Just tweeted ..... I think ::)
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count me in, I just tweeted
thanks.
The count is now 96
+12
108
+2
110
not sure I'll make it to 1000 at this rate but I'll keep trying :)
nov. 25 +2
nov. 26 +12
total 124
nov. 27 +15
nov. 28 +5
total 144
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Done!
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count me in, I just tweeted
thanks.
The count is now 96
+12
108
+2
110
not sure I'll make it to 1000 at this rate but I'll keep trying :)
nov. 25 +2
nov. 26 +12
total 124
nov. 27 +15
nov. 28 +5
total 144
Nov. 29 +6
Nov 30 +5
Total 155
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... and btw - thanks to everyone who has tweeted.
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Dec. 1 +1
Dec. 2 +2
Dec. 3 +3
Total 161
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Dec 6. +2
Dec 7. +1
Total 164
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Dec. 8 +1
Dec. 9 0
Dec 10 +5
Dec 11 0
Dec 12 0
Dec 13 +4
Total 174
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Dec 14. - 1
Dec 15. - 1
Dec 16 - 0
Dec 17 - 1
Dec 18 - 0
Dec 19 - 0
Total 177
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Dec 20 - 6
Dec 21 - 2
Dec 22 - 0
Dec 23 - 1
Total 186
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Dec 24 - 3
Dec 25 - 0
Dec 26 - 0
Dec 27 - 0
Total 189
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Dec 28 - 2
Dec 29 - 0
Total 191
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Dec 30 - 0
Dec 31 - 0
Total 191
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The campaign is now over - thanks everyone for tweeting and helping out and thanks Madelaide and Roberto Marinello for your additional donations to the cause. I didn't reach the 1000 tweets I was hoping for but I still won't complain about the 200 tweets I DID get.
The total amount raised was $260. 200 tweets + Maria and Robert's donations.
13 people got fresh drinking water.
Here is a link again to the page on Charity:water
http://mycharitywater.org/p/campaign?campaign_id=10331 (http://mycharitywater.org/p/campaign?campaign_id=10331)
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Oh dear, I saw this 2 days late.
Hope to catch a 2011 campaign like #tweetwater @microstockgroup in time.
smiles - Ann