Promote Your Group
Welcome to iworldpeople where people, business and organisations network to build stronger communities.
Is your community kept in the dark?
You know you don't get enough opportunity to promote your group to the public through the media or simply announce an event, a key appointment, a new service or project. There is so much you could be sharing with everyday NZ'ers so that they better understand your work, your successes and needs for support. Media releases need to be very well crafted and you just don't have the time. You may even sometimes spend money on printed brochures that are expensive and inflexible, to get your message out to the general public.
When you register and create your free organisation account with iworldpeople, you can publish this information for free.
Take control and put them in the picture
You are in control and can publish what and when you want to:
- Your next fundraising drive
- Call for volunteers
- Your next event
- After the event, post an article about it, with pictures
Thousands of New Zealanders use the internet to search for news and for information about their local communities. When they read what's on their local iworldpeople site, they will read your item.
Save time and avoid the angst
of "crafting" a carefully worded press release that you hope the media will find newsworthy enough. You can publish snippets of information or longer articles, in a chatty, conversational style. You will be able to raise awareness with the general public for your group and save time in the process.
You may be feeling that you don't have the writing ability to publish items onto the site. All of the news, events, opinions and articles on iworldpeople are written by ordinary New Zealanders from all walks of life, not paid journalists, not trained writers. Many of the people publishing to the site were a bit nervous of doing so at the beginning too but they soon found that it didn't matter if what they wrote wasn't perfect and it is exciting and worthwhile to be able to communicate their message to the public.
You may be feeling that you don't even have the time to publish your news using iworldpeople. Many of the people who have published onto the site thought it would be too time consuming at first too. What they found was that it is as simple as filling in a form. If you can type an email, then you can publish to iworldpeople. Read customer testimonials.
There is no danger or risk
When you create an item to publish, you can save it first and make changes it to before you publish it, you can even make changes to it once it is published, or take it down altogether. So, YOU are in control!
iworldpeople is a cutting edge internet site, built with reputable technology by a reputable organisation. It is free to publish because local businesses pay a small fee to advertise and have a WebPage.
Add value to your sponsors
A lot of local community based businesses these days like to be associated with good causes that the people in their communities connect with, so that they can strengthen those customer relationships and win new customers.
Do you have an existing local business sponsor now? If so, when they buy a WebPage with iworldpeople, they can nominate you at no extra cost, to have a free WebPage. On their WebPage there is a place, for you, to place a message or advertisement that links back to your WebPage and vice versa. How Message Links Work.
Classified Advertising
If your organisation has things to sell, but prefers to keep it local to save on delivery costs, use the classifieds section to sell to your community and neighbouring communities. Free to your community group, businesses pay a small fee.
Your WebPage
Everyone is probably telling you that you need a website, that it is the way of the future. But it is expensive, there are hundreds of web site specialists out there all telling you how and what you should do and you don't have the time to really investigate it. Besides, your funding is precious and you don't need to better inform and connect with the whole wide world, just other community groups, the people you support and the general public. Read customer testimonials.
An iworldpeople WebPage takes the cost and complication out of getting a website and you don't need any special technical skills or have any extra hidden costs.
Tight budgets don't run to expensive websites
If you don't have a business sponsor, your WebPage will cost $150+GST per year, so it is a simple and budget conscious way to get your organisation on the web- -no fancy websites or search engines required and at the same time you are making yourself a part of the local online community.
And no (absolutely none) technical skills needed
Creating your WebPage is as simple as filling in a form.If you can type an email and attach a photo, then you can create your own WebPage.
Have a look at a WebPage that a local community group has created. Habitat for Humanity.
If you'd like a second opinion on the WebPage you have created, before you publish it, you can email what you have typed to karen and she will review it for you and make helpful suggestions. Or contact your Community Site Leader
To create your WebPage, register then create a free account for your organisation, then create your WebPage. It's as simple as that.
Register now. We look forward to helping your group grow!