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Pubberlic Relations
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Admirable
November 24, 2015

We are always trying to dream up new promotional strategies here at teamfortress.tv, and figure out how best we can spread the competitive Team Fortress 2 gospel. In the last few months you may have noticed our Twitter account becoming more active, new emotes being added to our Twitch channel, the arrival of our Facebook page and even brazen TeamFortress.com news posts.

All these things and more are the inspired work of our laboratory of PR geniuses. BLoodSire in a tiny little lab coat? Sideshow locked in a cage? A mad Irishman with a literal egghead? What’s not to like?! These same public relations pioneers are ready to reveal a couple of shiny new tools to aid you, the zealots of the competitive community.

First up, we’ve put together some new short links to make engaging with teamfortress.tv online that little bit easier. Wow! So cool!

Secondly, we are going to start publishing our YouTube content on the Team Fortress 2 Steam Community Hub. Now, we can't be certain whether this will generate any interest or not, but like all great scientists we just wanted to see what would happen.

Our content on Steam can be found at steam.teamfortress.tv where you can rate, favourite, share and potentially push us on to the front page.

Update!

Local D.I.Y. tinkerer, Paladin_IMS (he's not a real PR scientist), even would go so far as to suggest you go to our Steam Profile, click the "More" dropdown and click "Follow". He reckons this allows all the public things that this teamfortresstv account posts to show up on your activity feed on Steam without them even being on your friends list. Just a handy tip... or dangerous unregulated technology? You decide...

We would also love to hear your ideas on how best to promote the beautiful game. Should we make more use of our decrepit Steam Group or do those notifications infuriate you? Want to engage with us on MySpace, but feeling neglected by our non-existent presence? Have your say below.

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newbie.tf
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can there be an official tftv groupme? ty ads.

can there be an official tftv groupme? ty ads.
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#2
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Where's the TFTV Skype Admirable??

Where's the TFTV Skype Admirable??
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#3
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Up next, pub.teamfortress.tv?

Up next, pub.teamfortress.tv?
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#4
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chaturbate.com/teamfortresstv

chaturbate.com/teamfortresstv
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#5
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A teamfortress.tv public mumble maybe?

A teamfortress.tv public mumble maybe?
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#6
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TFTV Snapchat???

TFTV Snapchat???
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#7
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catman1900A teamfortress.tv public mumble maybe?

i made a tftv discord a while ago https://discordapp.com/channels/83123390671486976/83123390671486976

[quote=catman1900]A teamfortress.tv public mumble maybe?[/quote]
i made a tftv discord a while ago https://discordapp.com/channels/83123390671486976/83123390671486976
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#8
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go to http://steamcommunity.com/id/teamfortresstv
click the "More" dropdown
click "Follow"
this adds all public things teamfortresstv posts on steam to show up on your https://steamcommunity.com/my/home without them being on your friends list.

just a handy tip.

go to http://steamcommunity.com/id/teamfortresstv
click the "More" dropdown
click "Follow"
this adds all public things teamfortresstv posts on steam to show up on your https://steamcommunity.com/my/home without them being on your friends list.

just a handy tip.
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#9
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Paladin_IMSgo to http://steamcommunity.com/id/teamfortresstv
click the "More" dropdown
click "Follow"
this adds all public things teamfortresstv posts on steam to show up on your https://steamcommunity.com/my/home without them being on your friends list.

just a handy tip.

Oh word!
Edit: Added to main article <3

[quote=Paladin_IMS]go to http://steamcommunity.com/id/teamfortresstv
click the "More" dropdown
click "Follow"
this adds all public things teamfortresstv posts on steam to show up on your https://steamcommunity.com/my/home without them being on your friends list.

just a handy tip.[/quote]

Oh word!
Edit: Added to main article <3
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#10
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TFTV Discord?

TFTV Discord?
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#11
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samifaceTFTV Discord?

https://discordapp.com/invite/0Smo0KLDcoTiuWIN

Kinda dead-ish though, perhaps promoting it in the article will help liven it up.

[quote=samiface]TFTV Discord?[/quote]

https://discordapp.com/invite/0Smo0KLDcoTiuWIN

Kinda dead-ish though, perhaps promoting it in the article will help liven it up.
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#12
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It could probably be used for pugs, maybe add more voice and text channels for people to chat in?

It could probably be used for pugs, maybe add more voice and text channels for people to chat in?
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#13
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STOGEsamifaceTFTV Discord?
https://discordapp.com/invite/0Smo0KLDcoTiuWIN

Kinda dead-ish though, perhaps promoting it in the article will help liven it up.

Personally my problem with it is that if I'm in another channel, I can still get the message notification even if I don't have that channel open.

[quote=STOGE][quote=samiface]TFTV Discord?[/quote]

https://discordapp.com/invite/0Smo0KLDcoTiuWIN

Kinda dead-ish though, perhaps promoting it in the article will help liven it up.[/quote]

Personally my problem with it is that if I'm in another channel, I can still get the message notification even if I don't have that channel open.
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#14
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Yeah the Discord seems like a no brainer. Do we just need to promote it better?

How should be using it? Just as a place to congregate? A promotional tool? Point of contact?

I should mention there is also a tftv group on last.fm, but it seems like groups have been dropped in the new beta?

Do we have any other pre-existing groups dotted around?

Skype is a DDOS risk?! Looking in to GroupMe...

Yeah the Discord seems like a no brainer. Do we just need to promote it better?

How should be using it? Just as a place to congregate? A promotional tool? Point of contact?

I should mention there is also a [url=http://www.last.fm/group/TeamFortress.TV]tftv group[/url] on last.fm, but it seems like groups have been dropped in the new beta?

Do we have any other pre-existing groups dotted around?

Skype is a DDOS risk?! Looking in to GroupMe...
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#15
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rss feed for scheduled matches
mobile app for notification on scheduled matches

rss feed for scheduled matches
mobile app for notification on scheduled matches
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#16
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maidosrss feed for scheduled matches
mobile app for notification on scheduled matches

the upcoming events sidebar could be clearer too

hltv is a really dated website but the one thing they get right is their upcoming matches sidebar

http://puu.sh/lyin2/0d72e5f0c7.png

is a lot clearer than

http://puu.sh/lyip3/da0b2505fc.png

[quote=maidos]rss feed for scheduled matches
mobile app for notification on scheduled matches[/quote]
the upcoming events sidebar could be clearer too

hltv is a really dated website but the one thing they get right is their upcoming matches sidebar

[img]http://puu.sh/lyin2/0d72e5f0c7.png[/img]
is a lot clearer than
[img]http://puu.sh/lyip3/da0b2505fc.png[/img]
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#17
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I always thought that a shortened url for this site would be very useful, if people want to tag themselves the link is a bit long atm, tf2.tv is owned by arx and beta but as they aren't involved much any more maybe it could be added to the teamfortress tv empire

I always thought that a shortened url for this site would be very useful, if people want to tag themselves the link is a bit long atm, tf2.tv is owned by arx and beta but as they aren't involved much any more maybe it could be added to the teamfortress tv empire
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#18
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Paladin_IMSgo to http://steamcommunity.com/id/teamfortresstv
click the "More" dropdown
click "Follow"
this adds all public things teamfortresstv posts on steam to show up on your https://steamcommunity.com/my/home without them being on your friends list.

just a handy tip.

thats pretty handy
maybe it should be made clearer in the original post, as the steam link where you'd expect to do that is to the TFTV group, not profile

[quote=Paladin_IMS]go to http://steamcommunity.com/id/teamfortresstv
click the "More" dropdown
click "Follow"
this adds all public things teamfortresstv posts on steam to show up on your https://steamcommunity.com/my/home without them being on your friends list.

just a handy tip.[/quote]
thats pretty handy
maybe it should be made clearer in the original post, as the steam link where you'd expect to do that is to the TFTV group, not profile
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#19
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DroidsterI always thought that a shortened url for this site would be very useful, if people want to tag themselves the link is a bit long atm, tf2.tv is owned by arx and beta but as they aren't involved much any more maybe it could be added to the teamfortress tv empire

tf.gg redirects here and that is short enough

[quote=Droidster]I always thought that a shortened url for this site would be very useful, if people want to tag themselves the link is a bit long atm, tf2.tv is owned by arx and beta but as they aren't involved much any more maybe it could be added to the teamfortress tv empire[/quote]
tf.gg redirects here and that is short enough
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#20
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#21
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I know it's a difficult task, but other e-sports have a strong foothold on Twitter. With Twitter, one simply cannot tweet often enough and it should be utilized for a lot more than just standard announcements. Retweeting, promoting teams and events...there are dozens of opportunities a day to boost your profile on Twitter.

I love the idea of expanding your content on YouTube. Players have an almost insatiable appetite for knowledge about the game and its players, so player spotlight interviews, mentoring vids, etc. would be useful and draw more attention to the channel. I guess I see the current channel being used as a repository for past content, which is awesome, but I feel it could be so much more.

I know it's a difficult task, but other e-sports have a strong foothold on Twitter. With Twitter, one simply cannot tweet often enough and it should be utilized for a lot more than just standard announcements. Retweeting, promoting teams and events...there are dozens of opportunities a day to boost your profile on Twitter.

I love the idea of expanding your content on YouTube. Players have an almost insatiable appetite for knowledge about the game and its players, so player spotlight interviews, mentoring vids, etc. would be useful and draw more attention to the channel. I guess I see the current channel being used as a repository for past content, which is awesome, but I feel it could be so much more.
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#22
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SilkPennyI know it's a difficult task, but other e-sports have a strong foothold on Twitter. With Twitter, one simply cannot tweet often enough and it should be utilized for a lot more than just standard announcements. Retweeting, promoting teams and events...there are dozens of opportunities a day to boost your profile on Twitter.

I love the idea of expanding your content on YouTube. Players have an almost insatiable appetite for knowledge about the game and its players, so player spotlight interviews, mentoring vids, etc. would be useful and draw more attention to the channel. I guess I see the current channel being used as a repository for past content, which is awesome, but I feel it could be so much more.

Couldn't agree more with you both counts. We had been experimenting with tweeting our more than just our events, but definitely didn't stay the course on that front.

The run up to matchmaking is an exciting time and it would be great to see competitive sites like teamfortress.tv, comp.tf, etc. poised with some fresh content.

Any creation of content beyond what we are already putting out will require new volunteers to join our staff.

So if you have ideas and/or skills feel free to start a dialogue here!

[quote=SilkPenny]I know it's a difficult task, but other e-sports have a strong foothold on Twitter. With Twitter, one simply cannot tweet often enough and it should be utilized for a lot more than just standard announcements. Retweeting, promoting teams and events...there are dozens of opportunities a day to boost your profile on Twitter.

I love the idea of expanding your content on YouTube. Players have an almost insatiable appetite for knowledge about the game and its players, so player spotlight interviews, mentoring vids, etc. would be useful and draw more attention to the channel. I guess I see the current channel being used as a repository for past content, which is awesome, but I feel it could be so much more.[/quote]

Couldn't agree more with you both counts. We had been experimenting with tweeting our more than just our events, but definitely didn't stay the course on that front.

The run up to matchmaking is an exciting time and it would be great to see competitive sites like teamfortress.tv, comp.tf, etc. poised with some fresh content.

Any creation of content beyond what we are already putting out will require new volunteers to join our staff.

So if you have ideas and/or skills feel free to start a dialogue here!
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#23
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AdmirableYeah the Discord seems like a no brainer. Do we just need to promote it better?

How should be using it? Just as a place to congregate? A promotional tool? Point of contact?

i had no idea there even was a discord until this thread and i'm on here all the time. honestly think using it as a social gathering place is easiest since you won't have to regulate/admin as much, if at all. a few voice channels for pubbing, dm, mge, pugs, maybe even spectator rooms for people to watch events and talk to each other. given the amount of socializing i've endured in the newbie mix mumble i think something like this would be gratefully accepted if people feel comfortable using it. i like the idea of not having 27 different mumbles saved and just being able to say "meet me in the tftv discord" instead. adding more text channels is a good idea too... i mean, it's free so might as well get the most out of it. the more people use it the more they get their friends to use it it's just free advertising for tftv providing yet another community service :)

[quote=Admirable]Yeah the Discord seems like a no brainer. Do we just need to promote it better?

How should be using it? Just as a place to congregate? A promotional tool? Point of contact?

[/quote]

i had no idea there even was a discord until this thread and i'm on here all the time. honestly think using it as a social gathering place is easiest since you won't have to regulate/admin as much, if at all. a few voice channels for pubbing, dm, mge, pugs, maybe even spectator rooms for people to watch events and talk to each other. given the amount of socializing i've endured in the newbie mix mumble i think something like this would be gratefully accepted if people feel comfortable using it. i like the idea of not having 27 different mumbles saved and just being able to say "meet me in the tftv discord" instead. adding more text channels is a good idea too... i mean, it's free so might as well get the most out of it. the more people use it the more they get their friends to use it it's just free advertising for tftv providing yet another community service :)
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#24
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#23 ive added mge,dm, and pubs channels, tell me of any other ideas you have

also, heres what the overlay looks like if anyones interested

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#23 ive added mge,dm, and pubs channels, tell me of any other ideas you have

also, heres what the overlay looks like if anyones interested [spoiler][img]https://i.gyazo.com/af2261cd867cc83249613a9775c86b11.png[/img][/spoiler]
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#25
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Also can upload nice promotional artwork on Steam too :>

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=562744953

Also can upload nice promotional artwork on Steam too :>

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=562744953
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#26
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catman1900A teamfortress.tv public mumble maybe?

Seems like a good idea could be good but also bad

[quote=catman1900]A teamfortress.tv public mumble maybe?[/quote]
Seems like a good idea could be good but also bad
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#27
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I've added some new videos to the Steam account and will be aiming to promote all our media there moving forward in 2016.

We were able to get on the frontpage of the TF2 Steam Community Hub with the DreamHack poster etc so I think we should make a habit of this.

Navigate to steam.teamfortress.tv and select Follow from the More dropdown menu to get our content in your Steam feed.

I've added some new videos to the Steam account and will be aiming to promote all our media there moving forward in 2016.

We were able to get on the frontpage of the TF2 Steam Community Hub with the DreamHack poster etc so I think we should make a habit of this.

Navigate to [url=http://steam.teamfortress.tv]steam.teamfortress.tv[/url] and select [b]Follow[/b] from the [b]More[/b] dropdown menu to get our content in your Steam feed.
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