I just spent the last 2 hours shamelessly promoting my Genealogy Internet Series BY HER ROOTS by asking all my friends, followers, connections and subscribers to vote for my series in the Best Online Video Web Series in the OPEN WEB AWARDS .....Every Day! Every time I ask them to do something to assist me with my promotional campaigns I hint at never asking them again...and here I am getting caught up. But they are my "friends" aren't they?
MASHABLE actually promotes this concept: "We encourage self-promotion and all promotion. After all, this is the social media edition of the Open Web Awards. Below is the tool to preset your link so you can share, tweet, email the link to whomever. We've also created some buttons that you can grab the embed code with your link to post on your site, blog or even a fan page".
So in edition to promoting my series I am also promoting my broadcaster ROOTSTELEVISION.COM who are achieving phenomenal success thanks to their Production Team and the leadership of MEGAN SMOLENYAK SMOLENYAK, no that is not a typo...its her name and she is phenomenal. She is getting a lot of press right now for uncovering Michelle OBama's slave roots back several generations. Here she is on the Today Show
So I have also nominated them for Best TV Network Online. I so love the way social media works especially for independent producers and anyone who is inspired to share their creativity and their source of information and inspiration!
I am finishing the last webisode for By Her Roots and will upload shortly in time to submit it to the WEBBYS. I am not under any illusions that I could win in any contests I enter but I do have to market my work every way I can so I can get the financing to hire a camera operator and an editor for my next two series "By Her Roots - Part Two" in Ireland and "Secrets of the Royal Grandmothers" in France and England so the technical quality will be dramatically improved!
Thanking everyone again for your support!
