A PassPorter Book Trailer! (Please Vote For Us in Contest) About This Page:

[Jennifer Marx]

So the other day I get an e-mail from a respected book reviews organization that is sponsoring a book trailer contest. Book trailer? Huh? Yeah, I had the same response. But apparently book trailers (like movie trailers, but for books) are "hot" right now. And, wouldn't you know it, the prize is an iPad. Well ... I want an iPad. It'll help me do new things for PassPorter. So I made us a book trailer and entered it into the contest at YouTube.

Now it's time to vote! Not only will voting make it more likely we'll win, but it'll push the video up higher in YouTube searches, helping more folks find PassPorter, too! So I need your help casting votes for PassPorter's book trailer please!

How To Vote:

1. Click this link: YouTube - Book Trailer Contest and Sign In (or Create Account) with the links in the upper right corner (I know it's a pain to sign in if you've forgotten your password, or create a new account if you don't have one yet, but I *really* appreciate it!!)

2. Click the yellow Join Group button to join the Book Trailer Contest group (required for your vote to register!)

3. Find the PassPorter video in the link on the right (you may need to scroll down), click the video title in the list to select it for voting (important!), and play it (if you vote before you play it through to the end, your vote may be rejected)

4. Click the "i love it" link below the video on the right (if you don't see this link, click the expand/collapse link below the video).

If you do not see the "love it" link to vote (clicking "Favorite" does not register a vote), check for these things:
- Are you signed in to YouTube?
- Are you a member of the group? (if not, click the yellow "Join Group" button)
- Did you click the title of the video from the list on the right before watching it? This is how you "select" the video for voting (see image):


If you vote in the right place, you will see "Thank you for voting" appear, like this:



Tip: Check to see that your vote went through! First note how many votes the video has, then refresh the page, and you should see the vote count go up by one if it worked.

Can't See "i love it!" link? If you've checked that you're signed in, a member of the group, and that you've clicked the video title, but still can't see the "i love it" link, try resizing the browser window -- I have a bug on mine where it doesn't show up unless I make my browser window a little smaller!

Alert: Clicking a "Favorite" or "Like It" button on the non-contest video page (which you may see if you simply search YouTube for the video does not count as a vote for this contest.

That's it! You're supposed to be able to vote every 24 hours, so please bookmark the contest page so you can return easily. The contest runs through May 15.

While you're there, please feel free to leave comments and/or comments in this topic about the book trailer. It's the first one I've ever made and I'd love feedback. Many thanks for your support, and to the community members who contributed photos to the PassPorter Photo Archive so I could use them in this video!

[4Disney2]

WOW, this is different, I will do it right now.

[4Disney2]

all done Jennifer!
WOW, I LOVED it, loved the music, the content, great Job!
Sandy's quotation was perfect!

[NanaTink]

Jennifer, I didn't get the loveit/hate it button!
And I DID love it! Great job!!

[Sandra Bostwick]

Originally Posted by NanaTink

Jennifer, I didn't get the loveit/hate it button!
And I DID love it! Great job!!

I think that if you didn't get the love/hate button, you didn't vote. I'm not sure how to work through that at the moment, though!

[TracyKim]

I LOVED IT!!!!! 21 votes so far!!! Come on people!!! This is GREAT!!!

[Sandra Bostwick]

For some reason, it would not register I LOVE IT, but it let me click favorite.

[Sandra Bostwick]

Originally Posted by 4Disney2

all done Jennifer!
WOW, I LOVED it, loved the music, the content, great Job!
Sandy's quotation was perfect!

Awww shucks! That wasn't really a quotation. It was just a statement of fact that I made in a post! Jennifer was the one who pulled it out and put it in the video.

[Jennifer Marx]

I'm glad you like the trailer -- thank you!

Originally Posted by Sandra Bostwick

For some reason, it would not register I LOVE IT, but it let me click favorite.

If you do not see the "love it" link to vote (clicking "Favorite" does not register a vote), check for these things:
- Are you signed in to YouTube?
- Are you a member of the group? (if not, click the yellow "Join Group" button)
- Did you click the title of the video from the list on the right before watching it? This is how you "select" the video for voting (see image):


If your vote is accepted, you will see "Thank you for voting" appear, like this:

[lexiemom]

Wonderful job on the video! I voted...loved it!!

[janicelovesmickey]

ok I figured it out , I voted loved it!

[B.M.]

I can't figure out how to vote. I'm logged in, I clicked to join, I clicked to watch video- but do not see where to vote or the I like it button

[B.M.]

I started over..... Now, I can see the like button - but when I click it, it does NOT say thank you for voting..... So, I don't think it's registering...

[Lorraine515]

Originally Posted by janicelovesmickey

ok I figured it out , I voted loved it!

ME TOO!!

[Pris]

It was challenging getting registered, but I did it!! Up to 30 votes now. Let's get it going Passporters!