Ok, you're in. You've posted info on your blog about Giving is Awesome, and agreed to donate both a portrait session and product to a deserving family. Now what?

#1). Involve your community. E-mail everyone you know -- friends, clients, neighbors, businesspeople -- and encourage them to nominate someone for the prize!

#2.) Share the love. Please link to givingisawesome.com, post the site on photography forums, and generally help us help more people.

#3.) Spread the word. A press release can do wonders for both your business and givingisawesome.com. A sample press release goes something like this...
Photographer [YOUR NAME HERE] has joined in the holiday spirit, pledging [YOUR DOLLAR AMOUNT HERE] in complimentary custom portraits to a family who simply cannot afford them this holiday season. [SHE/HE] is taking part in a worldwide photographic effort, Giving is Awesome, to provide deserving individuals and families with cherished heirlooms. Premiere photographers from around the world donated over $565,000 worth of artwork in 2009, and expect to double that number in 2010. [YOUR BUSINESS NAME HERE] welcomes you to nominate a family who is incapable of paying for custom photography for [YOUR NAME HERE'S] prize.

For more information about [YOUR NAME HERE] or to nominate a local family, visit [YOUR BLOG HERE.] To learn more about Giving is Awesome, or to nominate a family outside the region, visit www.givingisawesome.com.



If you would like a button or banner to help you advertise your participation, you can snag any of these:

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The direct link to the Map of Awesome is: http://www.givingisawesome.com/photogs

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