Content Submission - Commercial Business Promotion on Visit Hindmarsh Social Media Platforms

This form is to be completed when Businesses within the Hindmarsh Shire municipality wish to promote their services and events across the Visit Hindmarsh social media platforms. Before continuing, please make sure you have read and understand Council's Commercial Business Promotion on Social Media for Visit Hindmarsh Guidelines.

If you have any questions in relation to submitting content and the process, please contact the Tourism Officer or Executive Assistant on 03 5391 4444.

NOTE: When advertising an event, please provide us with the following:

• Date of event/s
• Address and location of event/s
• Time of event/s
• Best contact person for the event/s
• If RSVPs or bookings are required, include the contact person or explain how the event/s can be booked
• Who is hosting the event/s
• Age limits (if any)
• Density limits (if any)

Please make sure that you have all appropriate permits to hold this event. If you are unsure about this, please contact our Local Laws Officer on 03 5391 4444.

Rules for photos and videos:

• Your videos should not be longer than 2 minutes.
• Please make sure you own the right to use all music & images.
• Your videos and photos should not contain inappropriate language, inappropriate sounds, copyright material, and nudity.
• They should not contain photos or videos of minors without signed parental permission. 
• They should be clear and of high enough quality to be clearly read.

Before submitting your content, please make sure you have read and agree to our Commercial Business Promotion on Social Media for Visit Hindmarsh Guidelines:

1. Definition of Tourism related business/attraction approved for inclusion:

a) Any business in the hospitality sector, providing food or accommodation services
b) Any privately owned tourism attraction/service
c) Retail businesses who can demonstrate visitor attraction

2. Tourism related business/attractions excluded for inclusion:

a) All businesses need to demonstrate they are operating legally with all required licenses/permits in place. Where a business does not hold all required licenses/permits to operate, Council will not share or promote content across any Council managed Social Media platforms.

3. Content Generation

a) Content will be User Generated (created by the businesses).
b) Businesses agree to allow review and editing by Council prior to publishing on visit Hindmarsh social media.
c) Council will promote and communicate any social media training that can be accessed by businesses.

4. Approval for publishing process

a) Council maintains the right to review, amend, or refuse publishing of any content inline with Council’s Social Media Policy.
b) Council maintains the right to refuse publishing any content that is justifiably judged as not appropriate for a tourism page. This must be communicated to the business submitting the content, clearly substantiating the decision.
c) Council will always act in a fair and ethical way. Published posts will reflect the content generated and submitted by businesses. The number of and regularity of posts will purely reflect the amount of content provided with no influence by Council except as discussed above in 4a and 4b. If a particular business appears to be placing more posts than others this is purely because they are more proactive at submitting content, not a reflection of Council giving more support to that particular business.
d) Process:

i. Content (text/images/video) is submitted to Council with or without preferred publishing times. Preferred publishing times will be allotted on a ‘first in” basis
ii. If no preferred publishing times are submitted then Council will publish at their discretion at the earliest practical time following review and approval
iii. Content will be reviewed for appropriateness for a tourism focused page
iv. Content will be reviewed and edited if necessary for corrections (spelling, grammar etc), alignment with Councils Social Media Policy, and professionalism

A full copy of these guidelines can be found on Council's website.