Word-of-mouth advertising

augenauf · #1 (**permalink**) 12-11-2007, 04:16 PM

Given the kind of site I am starting (mostly dedicated to my literary works with some tips for other writers on the side) I am expecting that no one is going to find me via google, or at least very little. It's all gonna be "social bookmarking" as someone put it... (was it rooney? techieguy? Some nice person on this site.)

Anyway. I figured I should join a lot of socialnetworking sites so I could run around the forums, journals, etc, commenting on their works, on their thoughts, with a link in my sig.

These are the sites that I've joined:
myspace.com
gaiaonline.com
vampirefreaks.com

Any other sites you think would be good?

ssmorgan · #2 (**permalink**) 12-11-2007, 06:54 PM

Hi Augenauf,

Facebook.com
There are a ton of groups on there, and I am sure you will find many releavant groups.

I also think it may be a good idea to get involved in a truly word-of-mouth kind of way, where you look up and participate in groups in your local area/your community who may be interested in your website.

Sherif

augenauf · #3 (**permalink**) 12-11-2007, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by ssmorgan

Hi Augenauf,

Facebook.com
There are a ton of groups on there, and I am sure you will find many releavant groups.

I also think it may be a good idea to get involved in a truly word-of-mouth kind of way, where you look up and participate in groups in your local area/your community who may be interested in your website.

Sherif

Oh, facebook, I've heard of that. Thanks. As for the second part:

I live. In. IOWA. My options are limited there. xD Des Moines just isn't a real "group-ish" town.

Rob · #4 (**permalink**) 12-27-2007, 04:43 PM

I too am struggling to speak to my freinds about my site i mean who honestly has a passion about hamsters lol, just no. So i suppose i will always have to advertise my site on-line and stick with stuff like google groups, facebook etc. Most of my messenger contacts would probably block me if i suggested them to go to my site.

augenauf · #5 (**permalink**) 01-04-2008, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob

I too am struggling to speak to my freinds about my site i mean who honestly has a passion about hamsters lol, just no. So i suppose i will always have to advertise my site on-line and stick with stuff like google groups, facebook etc. Most of my messenger contacts would probably block me if i suggested them to go to my site.

You'd be surprised! When I was like 11 I was obsessed with hampsters.

Rob · #6 (**permalink**) 01-04-2008, 03:33 PM

Yeah, but i can't exactly go to a primary school and start hanging around with a eleven year olds advertising my websites and gathering there email addresses, who knows what they'd think; sarcasm completely what it looks like im sure you can imagine the whole picture.

augenauf · #7 (**permalink**) 01-04-2008, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob

Yeah, but i can't exactly go to a primary school and start hanging around with a eleven year olds advertising my websites and gathering there email addresses, who knows what they'd think; sarcasm completely what it looks like im sure you can imagine the whole picture.

You're right xD I guess you'll have to hope for a high page rank.

Kevin · #8 (**permalink**) 01-06-2008, 05:52 PM

well mines about gaming and thats all we do at my school popular and nerds

man i love my site

Rob · #9 (**permalink**) 01-07-2008, 10:22 AM

Well then in your concept your site would be more there scene, do you actually get much traffic from friends at there or are you thinking about telling them?

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