Welcome to the DCI 2010: The Countdown - Street Team! Be a part of the action and help us get the word out about the Drum Corps International Street Team. We have some great tips for you here as well as web banners, a widget and trailer for you to share online! DCI takes pride in having a devoted fan base that shares their passion for drum corps so we created some tools for you to help spread the word about the upcoming one-night event in movie theaters nationwide on Thursday, May 13th.
Street team members can earn some fantastic prizes that we’ve put together, just take screen shots and report in your work for points!
CLICK HERE TO BUY EVENT TICKETS!
HOW YOU CAN HELP ONLINE
Please keep track of all the work you do and save it to your desktop / excel doc (links and screen shots) so you can report it, and we can reward you!Follow and Re-Tweet anything from http://twitter.com/DCI_Tour
Here are some ideas for tweets you can send to your followers (You may copy and paste the text into your twitter boxes):
- I'm going to see the #DCI2010 Countdown in (city and theater here) on May 13th - http://bit.ly/DCI2010
- Check out the trailer for the #DCI2010 Countdown in movie theaters 5/13 here - http://bit.ly/DCINewTrailer
- I’ll be on the big screen for #DCI2010 Countdown on May 13 - http://bit.ly/DCI2010
- Posting the movie link and the video in your status update (Please use the Bit.Ly links we use for Twitter above)
- Posting in Facebook groups, like minded drum corps movie pages, etc.
- Updating your status with DCI news. You can find news here: http://bit.ly/DCIFacebook
MySpace
- Adding DCI videos to profile
- Hosting DCI banners on your personal page
- Posting DCI news, banners, and videos in related groups
- Post banners in other friends comment boxes, other bands comment boxes
- Updating your status with DCI news
- Posting bulletins with DCI videos and banners
Message Boards/Forums/Groups/Chat Rooms
- DCI related signatures
- DCI avatars
- Posting DCI banners
- Using banners and other tools whenever necessary
YouTube
- Posting comments on DCI/Drumming videos
- Posting video responses to other like-minded drum corps competition videos with the DCI trailer
REPORTING
- Log into the FanManager Website
- Visit the DCI Reporting Page
- On the Report Page, you will be able to upload screen shots, jpgs, etc.. of all of your work, and you can also put direct links to the sites where you have posted your banners. You will then receive "POINTS" for everything that you report to us.
How To Take Screen Shots
PC:
- Open up Microsoft Paint or Photoshop
- Go to website where you posted your banner, widget, etc...
- Hold down "Alt" + "Print Screen" on your keyboard
- Go to whichever program you opened, hold down "Ctrl"+"V"
- Convert photo to a .jpg, and upload to the Reporting Page!!
Mac:
- Go to website where you posted your banner, widget, etc...
- Hold down "Apple" + "Shift" + "4"
- Hit "Space Bar"
- Click Mouse
- File will appear on the desktop, where you can then upload to the Reporting Page
REWARDS
You will receive points for everything you submit to the website. We will then add your points and review your work at the end and reward the top point scorers on May 14th and send out rewards the following week.
1st Prize: 2009 DCI Blu-ray
2nd Prize: 2009 DVD/CD Bundle
3rd Prize: 2009 DVD
4th-8th Prize: 2008 Countdown DVD
9th-12th Prize: 2006 Countdown DVD
13th-37th Prize: 2010 Calendar Poster
38th-43rd Prize: DCI Hat
