The Citizens Media

Pledge Support

By The Citizens Media

Support is pledged by posting a tweet-style message on content created by a participant.

60% of your pledge will go to the participant; 35% to the manager of the site through which their content is viewed; 5% to CM for hosting, research and development costs.

Example: tweet stlyle ad

  • From $5, contribute as little or as much as you like.

Messages:

  • Appear on content created by the participant on whom support was pledged,
  • Stay up for 500 views,
  • Are converted into blogs,*
  • Include a link through to your profile page,
  • Can be made to click through to a website of your choice.

* Blogs can be promoted across the web (Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn).

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Why post a message on this site?

How it works: the basics explained

About Profiles: what they look like and how to edit them

How Revenues Are Distributed

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Why post a message on this site?

  • Support citizen journalists generating news and creating awareness for local businesses and groups.
  • Provide a positive message that connects with your brand.

Who would benefit by posting a message on this site?

Personalize the way you advertise

How to use social media to promote your message

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Who would benefit by posting a message on this site?

  1. Travelers visiting developing countries wanting to have a positive impact on local communities.
  2. Friends and colleagues supporting one another in sharing their stories and helping those who otherwise can’t to tell the world what they do.
  3. Advertisers wanting to innovate by exploring new ways to market online (converting into blogs, support messages bridge the gap between advertisers and the world of social media).
  4. Business owners engaging and rewarding employees for creating content promoting what they do.

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Personalize the way you advertise

Social media is not only changing the way people search, it's changing the way users pay attention to ads as well.

Generally speaking, online users object to intrusive advertising. Attention given to traditional online ads is losing its hold.

However, people do like transparent process and being rewarded for what they do. Support Messages provide advertisers with an innovative way to make their target market their friend.

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Share ThisHow to use social media to promote your message

Because all Messages get converted into blogs, pledging support enables you to directly connect your marketing strategy to the power of social media.

  1. Clicking Comment on a Message Ad or View the Supporters Profileon your message provides links to your profile and to its blog.
  2. Share This tools provide a direct means to virally market your blogs:

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The Basics Explained

  1. Your message will click through to a choice of your profile, a website, or microsite.
  2. When pointing to a microsite, your message will include links to featured promotions and jobs.
  3. Links to share and discuss your message, and to your site profile are incorporated at its foot:

Promoting Supporter: links

How We Promote You

Managers of sites can choose to promote supporters through the Promotional Module:

Promoting Advertisers

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How Revenues Are Distributed

Support pledged on this site give back to its participants in direct reflection to what they give it:

60%  of your pledge will go to the participant;  35%  to the managers of this site;  5% to  co-op development work.

At the end of each month, reports get sent to participants detailing how much they've made.

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About Profiles

What they look like and how to edit them

  1. Home Page: Bio and Tags
  2. Recent Activity: Lists content you create on a CM site
  3. Follow: Where you can be found online (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Flickr, YouTube)

Example Profile

Other profile tools available only visible to you
  1. Your site Subscriptions
  2. Your Pictures
  3. Your Site Messages

How to Edit Your Profile

  1. Login.
  2. Click Account in the menu above.
  3. Select from the editing tools.

Example Profile

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Got a Question?

Please send it to us by clicking on the link below.

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