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Event inclusion requirements
Event inclusion requirements
It's free to add your events to
SMP, but please take a few minutes to read all of the below, it will
save you time in the long run!
A few quick points, your events will be deleted if:- it’s not related to social media and the theme of SMP
- if it’s written specifically for search engine optimisation (SEO)
- if
it in any way relates to any of the following: drug rehabilitation
services, foreclosure services, mail order brides, penis enlargement,
pay day loans, office furniture, real estate, Viagra etc., that isn’t
irrelevant to our readership (and ultimately damage your brand!)
- We are not interested in website launches, or website updates. If your site embraces social media in some way, more than just having social media buttons, enquire with us first
- Telling us about your Facebook, Google+, Twitter (et al) account unfortunately won’t suffice either
Please
note that all content is reviewed before being published, we aim to do
this within 24 and 120 hours. The best way to see if your content is
published is to subscribe to the
SMP RSS feed or
search the site.
We won’t notify you if your content has been deemed unsuitable and
deleted, so if you don’t see it published you can safely presume it
failed to meet our inclusion requirements.
We reserve the right to unpublish or delete content.
Tips to increase the possibility of your events being published:
- Make sure your event and other content are up to scratch. Review this event entry as an example.
- All submissions have to be in English
- Don’t use all capitals in the event title
- A thumbnail image has to be submitted on the details page
- Create a thumbnail logo that is a box and 150x150 by pixels for the thumbnail logo you are asked to upload, here’s a handy tutorial if you don’t know how to do this
- Don’t cut and paste content from Microsoft Word, or word processing software
(it messes with our content management system (CMS)). Instead use
Notepad, TextEdit or a plain text email. Add your hyperlink afterwards (three in total depending on the length)
- Add the name of the event, date/s and full address of the venue (including post/zip code)
- Describe the event, who should attend, main guest speakers and write in the third-person (no we, our etc.,)
- Don’t just provide a long list of guest speakers, keep the copy interesting and upbeat
- Don’t add imagery within your content
- Don’t overdo hyperlinks. See point 6
- Add your Twitter account e.g. @smponline and hash tag e.g. #SMP for the event
- Add relevant company information and contact details
- Refer to an example here
- If
you use an online PR, SEO professional or similar to add your content,
make sure they know what they are doing. Otherwise they damage your
brand and reputation as well as their own!
We advise that you have a press release to accompany your listing you add this as well. If you are unsure what makes a great press release, we advise you surf the web for guideline and/or seek professional help.
For
any other content (i.e. articles, campaigns and research) we will need
to send you guidelines to be included. Please use our contact form to
make a brief enquiry about this type of content.
Thank you for your patience and reading.