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Post by Kendrall on Sept 4, 2010 23:28:34 GMT -5
In all honesty, I really don't know what other options we have to boost our numbers. Apart from school, a good number of our members simply haven't posted for whatever reason. This lack of activity really bothers me, and I'd hate to see this Weyr go down in flames.
I've posted a link to Nova on at least three different roleplaying groups on Facebook, but I suppose that effort hasn't paid off as quickly as I hoped. Any other suggestions on how to increase the amount of traffic to this site?
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Post by Jazzeh on Sept 5, 2010 2:28:53 GMT -5
Give it time. It's hard to do in a world of instant gratification, but we have to be patient. School is just starting up, so people aren't going to be so keen on joining a new site right when their lives are so hectic.
The only thing we can do is advertise and hope that someone takes an interest. We might try putting in a plug at Advertise Your Weyr and then putting our ad on every weyr that is advertised there. If I didn't have so much on my plate right now (between posts, shop orders on RR and the siggy images I've agreed to do here) I would do it myself. I don't know if we've got an official ad up, but there are plenty of places where we can advertise. Don't lose hope yet.
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Post by fellis on Sept 5, 2010 20:26:40 GMT -5
Advertising is basically the only way to get a large number of new members. Word of mouth only goes so far once you've told all your friends.
I wouldn't exactly say the Weyr is "going down in flames" yet. I've seen sites survive for years with just a few members. We all have several characters, and things are just slowing down, not dying completely.
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Post by Kendrall on Sept 6, 2010 13:54:14 GMT -5
So I've added a link to Nova on two more Facebook groups. Additionally, RingSurf may also be something to look into.
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Post by Mik on Sept 7, 2010 15:20:30 GMT -5
Okies! I need key points/events to include in an ad for Nova, so I can get one wrote up. I've got the main gist of things, but a helpful hand is greatly appreciated since I haven't QUITE caught up on reading all the posts just yet! Either here or PM me with things I gotta include. Thankies!
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Post by Kendrall on Sept 7, 2010 15:24:56 GMT -5
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Post by Mik on Sept 8, 2010 16:11:01 GMT -5
Thankies! I'll try and get somethin' wrote up this eve. All the ad sites I'm on are Yahoo Groups, but they reach lots of folks. Anything from invision boards to proboards to Yahoo groups are advertised on them. c:
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