Promote your toolbar and win $1000!

If this message is not displayed properly launch your browser. HOME   LOGIN 30 MILLION USERS, 140,000 COMMUNITIES, AND GROWING... AUGUST 2008 A picture is worth 1000 words, but your video may be worth $1000! September is sizzling at Conduit! Promote your toolbar and win $1000! This edition of the ConduiTimes is all about promoting your community toolbar with video, and it's a great time to announce Conduit's new channel on YouTube! To kick off the celebration, we will give away more than $1500 in prizes to the best new videos added to the channel in the next few weeks. A picture is worth 1000 words, but your video may be worth $1000! Conduit's new channel on YouTube is already packed with terrific videos created by toolbar publishers just like you. In our YouTube video contest, the publisher with the best video will win up to $1000 in cash, and videos that get the most views will win up to $500. Here's how to win: Create a video about your toolbar. The video can include screencasts (video screen captures), flash animation, slide shows, camera footage--your creativity is the only limit. Your video should promote your toolbar to your users (and to new users!), help them understand the benefits of your toolbar, and convince them to use it. Make it funny, cool, instructional, or any other style that gets your message across. Upload the video to YouTube and post it in your website. Then send us the links right away. That's it! Winners will be announced at the end of next month. Click this link for more details about the contest as well as Tips and Tricks that will help you create fantastic videos in no time. Why go video? Cut through the clutter: Today's Web surfers are overwhelmed by all the content choices facing them--entertainment, information, social networking, and on and on. Video jumps right through the clutter and catches the user's attention. Whether funny or instructional, videos are a great way to deliver your message in a few seconds. Simplify: Videos are a wonderful way to tell the story of your website, application or other offering. They let you break down technical processes, new concepts, or complicated ideas into small, visual steps. Spread the word: Perhaps the best thing about videos is their proven word-of-mouth or ���viral��� effect. The better and more interesting your video is, the more viral distribution it will get via email and social networks. It's cheap and easy like never before No one has to give up on video because of high production costs. Those days are gone! Creating a video today is simple and cost effective. There are many free tools that will help you create video files (such as screencasts, slides, and Flash) and edit footage from your video camera. You can create a short viral video in minutes. And sharing it on the Web (in sites like YouTube, Metacafe, Vimeo, and others) is 100% free. So what are you waiting for? Whether or not you win our contest this time, you'll have a cool video to post on your website and promote your toolbar! Get started now and let your video do the rest. September is sizzling at Conduit! Conduit is springing into action for the fall season--check out what's new below: Meet the Conduit team at Web 2.0 in New York, Sept 16-19 Email events@conduit.com for your free Web 2.0 Expo pass ($100 value) Web 2.0 Expo is a global annual gathering of technical, design, marketing, and business professionals who are building the next-generation Web. Coproduced by TechWeb and O'Reilly Media, the event features the most innovative and successful industry figures and companies. Conduit is proud to be a Golden sponsor this year, so if you're in the neighborhood, don't hesitate to drop by, say hello, and check out our hand-outs! We're at booth number 1723 located at the center of the exhibition floor. More event details New features, new look All we can say now is, stay tuned and don���t miss out! Coming in September: Exciting new features that will greatly expand your power to get new users and distribute your content. New capabilities for advanced privacy certifications so that you can submit your toolbar to leading download directories. Our Conduit.com website will show off its fall colors with a new design, enhanced user experience, and more useful info for our network of publishers. That���s it for now. Be sure to keep an eye out for next month���s ConduiTimes and our announcements in the Conduit Community Forum! Quick Links Account Login: Keep improving your community toolbar Conduit on YouTube: join the video buzz We look forward to seeing your new video! In fact, our entire community of publishers is looking forward to it, because we���ll be featuring all contest finalists in the next editions of the ConduiTimes. 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