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Getting the word out through Social Media

Besides using your Walk Center to form your Walk to Cure Psoriasis team, you can attract more attention through social media Web sites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.


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With a few simple steps, you can upload this Walk badge on your Facebook page and engage your entire social network in support of your efforts to find a cure for psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis.

Your Facebook friends will be able to sponsor you directly from your Walk to Cure Psoriasis profile badge!
Twitter logo Twitter lets you keep in touch by exchanging quick, frequent answers to one simple question: "What’s happening?" in 140 characters or less.
  • On average, the first tweet sent by a participant generates over 14 clicks back to their personal page walk page. The audience extends beyond friends and family.
  • The average Twitter user has 70 followers and the average fundraising participant sends 23.5 e-mails. Sending one tweet can nearly triple the audience for an average event participant who uses Twitter.
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YouTube: Want to give your fundraising campaign a boost? Create a video about the impact psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis has had on your life and upload it to YouTube. Include the Web link to your video in your Walk Center e-mails and letters, and send it to everyone you know. Ask them to pass it on to all of their contacts. Even easier, send the link to the Walk to Cure Psoriasis video that is already posted on YouTube. Watch the video at www.psoriasis.org/walk/video.

Using Social Media such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube is a low-cost, promotional tool you can use to get out the word about Walk to Cure Psoriasis and generate awareness beyond your immediate friends and family.

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Questions? E-mail walk@psoriasis.org or call 877.825.WALK (9255)