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SECTION 1: Ōtaki Today posts

SECTION 1

Post Articles and News items, plus Blogs, Events and Media Releases.
The topic areas are COMMUNITY, BUSINESS or SOFT SOCIAL ISSUES and HARD SOCIAL ISSUES.

SECTION 2 - for more specific topics about organisations and clients.

Post News items, plus Blogs and Media Releases. The topic areas in Section 2 (down the page) are:

ACTIVE RECREATION
AGRICULTURE
COMMUNITY
CULTURE & HERITAGE
DISABILITY
SHOPPING
ECO ENVIRONMENT
EDUCATION

EXPORT & TRADE
FITNESS
PHILANTHROPY
HEALTH
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
LOCAL POLITICAL

NZ POLITICAL
MĀORI
MONEY
MULTICULTURAL
NZ ECONOMY
PUBLIC MESSAGES

RECREATIONAL
SPORT
SERVICES
SOCIAL & FRIVOLOUS
TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE
WORKPLACE & EMPLOYMENT

Community

CLICK TO MAKE AN ARTICLE: More formally written than a blog and might be longer (think mag articles). Access previous posts, here.

CLICK TO MAKE A NEWS ITEM: Allows you to present your ‘latest news’ items or links to outside stories. Access previous posts, here.

CLICK TO MAKE A BLOG: Informal or conversational in style, typically about personal opinions and experiences. Access previous posts, here.

CLICK TO MAKE AN EVENT LISTING: An event, with all details, for public promotion. Access previous posts, here.

Business

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CLICK TO MAKE A NEWS ITEM:Allows you to present your ‘latest news’ items or links to outside stories. Access previous posts, here.

CLICK TO MAKE A BLOG: Informal or conversational in style, typically about personal opinions and experiences. Access previous posts, here.

CLICK TO MAKE AN EVENT LISTING: An event, with all details, for public promotion. Access previous posts, here.

Issues & Causes (soft issues and causes)

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CLICK TO MAKE A BLOG: Informal or conversational in style, typically about personal opinions and experiences. Access previous posts, here.

CLICK TO MAKE AN EVENT LISTING: An event, with all details, for public promotion. Access previous posts, here.

Social Impact (campaigns and hard issues)

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CLICK TO MAKE A BLOG: Informal or conversational in style, typically about personal opinions and experiences. Access previous posts, here.

CLICK TO MAKE AN EVENT LISTING: An event, with all details, for public promotion. Access previous posts, here.

Ōtaki Today use only

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SECTION 2: Make additional posts about organisations or clients

Active Recreation

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CLICK TO MAKE A NEWS ITEM: Allows you to present your ‘latest news’ items or links to outside stories. Access previous posts, here.

CLICK TO MAKE A BLOG: Informal or conversational in style, typically about personal opinions and experiences. Access previous posts, here.

Agriculture

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CLICK TO MAKE A BLOG: Informal or conversational in style, typically about personal opinions and experiences. Access previous posts, here.

Arts & Entertainment

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CLICK TO MAKE A BLOG: Informal or conversational in style, typically about personal opinions and experiences. Access previous posts, here.

Business

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CLICK TO MAKE A BLOG: Informal or conversational in style, typically about personal opinions and experiences. Access previous posts, here.

Community & People

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CLICK TO MAKE A BLOG: Informal or conversational in style, typically about personal opinions and experiences. Access previous posts, here.

Culture & Heritage (including History Blog)

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CLICK TO MAKE A HISTORY BLOG: Informal or conversational in style, typically about personal opinions and experiences. Access previous posts, here.

Disability

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Domestic Consumer (Shopping)

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Eco Environment

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Education

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CLICK TO MAKE A BLOG: Informal or conversational in style, typically about personal opinions and experiences. Access previous posts, here.

Export & Trade

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CLICK TO MAKE A BLOG: Informal or conversational in style, typically about personal opinions and experiences. Access previous posts, here.

Fitness

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CLICK TO MAKE A BLOG: Informal or conversational in style, typically about personal opinions and experiences. Access previous posts, here.

Giving & Philanthropy (including fundraising)

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Health

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International Affairs

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Local Political

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Māori

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Media (about the media)

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Money, Investment & Insurance

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Multicultural

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NZ Economy

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NZ Political

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Public Message & Information (Govt & official bodies only)

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Recreational

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Services

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Social & Frivolous

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Sport

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Technology & Science

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Workplace & Employment

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KEY THINGS TO KNOW

To save time it pays to write your copy, and a good headline in a Word file, before using the upload. For security reasons the upload will time-out after around 20 minutes.

Have an image (Jpeg or png file) ready to upload for a Signature Image and maybe to put on the page.

Use a different image every time you post. This will help you stand out among the posts.

Use your name correctly and consistently in the Author panel. In cases where you wish to be anonymous or have a generic title, use something like ‘Editor’.

In the Location panel, use the town name only and not other words or suburbs, e.g. just use Otaki or Te Horo.

Make the Page Description copy continuous (without para breaks or headings) using at least 70 words.

Your selection of Categories is important because it broadcasts your post to the appropriate places. Your first choice is the one displayed on your post and you have between 4 and 7 Category selections for each post.

Click to check you're using the correct page type

Select your Page Type according to the purpose and aims of the particular post.

BLOGS: A blog post is generally written in an informal or conversational style, e.g. "it's about a week since I last blogged". They typically express personal opinions, activities, and experiences, and it's best if fresh posts are published often. An overarching characteristic is that posts seek responses (comments).

ARTICLES: An article post is generally more formally written than a blog post (think magazine articles), is perhaps more timeless in its shelf-life and might be longer (say more than 500 words).

MEDIA RELEASES: A media release is regarded as information provided to 'traditional media outlets' for the purpose of reported publication and public relations.

EVENTS: An event which has a date, time and location.

NEWS ITEMS: A news post allows you to present your ‘latest news’ items or solve the problem of how to present news content that needs a link to another website. It may be a long item (your own news), or a short item with a link to a news source.

SPEECH NOTES: Text from a speech or presentation, e.g. Rachel Smith’s speech to the New York Club.

RESOURCES PAGES: A resources page contains useful information and advice, or lists. It might have a title starting with 'How to...' and pages are likely to be found in a library structure,

ITEMS PAGES: These are content pages which don't easily fit any of the above page types. These can be ideal as information pages for products and services.