Positive News
17th June 2015
It’s day 10 and we’re at £93,015: tantalisingly close to the halfway milestone of £100,000. We are absolutely amazed to have received investment from 17 countries already! Old and new readers from New Zealand to the Channel Islands, Mexico and South Africa have become co-owners, and most counties in the UK are represented. If you haven’t already done so, please take a second to pin yourself on our map here!
The best way to increase our chance of success is for all of us to invite our friends, family and colleagues to join us as co-owners directly with a personalised email.
In addition, here are two simple ways to share the message on social media:
1.) JOIN THE NEXT THUNDERCLAP!
We’re declaring Monday 22 June official Positive News Co-Owners Day! Throughout the day, we’ll be spreading the story of you: our first 553 backers! To help, you can sign up to our next Thunderclap in one simple click with Facebook or Twitter, so that we’ll all share the same message automatically on Monday afternoon.
2.) UPDATE YOUR LINKEDIN PROFILE
We’re inviting all co-owners to include your new role on your LinkedIn profile. Here’s how to do it:
* Click on 'edit profile'
* Click on 'add position'
* Fill in the gaps and check 'I currently work here'
* If you'd rather not replace your current position with this, uncheck 'update my headline to'
* Ensure the green 'notify my network' button (in top right-hand corner) is selected to shout about your new job!
Suggested job description text (feel free to amend):
I'm proud to be a new co-owner at Positive News, the world's first positive newspaper. I joined as part of the innovative #OwnTheMedia campaign, after investing in community shares. If successful, we will become the world's first global media cooperative financed by crowdfunding. And best of all? Until 8 July, you've got the opportunity to join me via www.OwnTheMedia.org.
OTHER MEDIA ARE TAKING NOTICE OF OUR CAMPAIGN!
"Readers want to connect around that shared sense of seeing the world through a positive, constructive lens, where they can feel empowered to respond to the challenges of the world and not be left feeling cynical." Our editor Seán Dagan Wood was interviewed by Journalism.co.uk about #OwnTheMedia yesterday.
We’ve got 21 days to get across the finish line. Let’s grow this movement together.
From all of us here at Positive News HQ: thanks for being on the team!