Best ways to promote?

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by CorruptFox, Mar 24, 2008.

  1. #1
    Hello folks :p
    my site
    http://www.tl-bb.com
    Needs some traffic and loyal members is there any tips or way I can do it?
    I need mainly loyal members I got about 4900 uniques so far this month from last month's 1k and rising.Thanks~;)
    Things I did so far
    Sig
    Giveaway
    Social Bookmarking
    forum advertisements
    SEO
    I haven't tried pay advertisement yet mainly cause im out of funds :p
    I wanna try directory but i don't know any good ones.
     
    CorruptFox, Mar 24, 2008 IP
  2. theman12468

    theman12468 Peon

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    #2
    Nice site...The post count and quality of your site don't match up..New to just DP?

    Read around here, maybe do a giveaway of some sort to gain members...
     
    theman12468, Mar 24, 2008 IP
  3. rcj662

    rcj662 Guest

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    #3
    You should list what you have done already. Submit site to directories and social bookmark sites. Maybe join and add sig to game forums. You could have contest to get new members also.
     
    rcj662, Mar 24, 2008 IP
  4. CorruptFox

    CorruptFox Peon

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    Yeah I did back in january but it kinda died down right now im waiting for another way.
    Of course back in january the site kinda just opened and wasn't stable or looked like this.
    also what do you mean by post and quality?
    And um yes im new here
     
    CorruptFox, Mar 24, 2008 IP
  5. PlateFish

    PlateFish Banned

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    #5
    It's a nice site, forums are HUGE and bare though. I suggest cutting down some of those forums, make the site look more content-rich. And a new design but o/c that costs a lot of money.

    I suggest investing in directories, yes. It's not expensive, would cost you $30. Your site is very attractive, i have very little interest in computer games but i still had a little browse. Good luck, i think there's a lot of potential there.
     
    PlateFish, Mar 24, 2008 IP
  6. Chancey

    Chancey Well-Known Member

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    What are the things that you are giving away?
     
    Chancey, Mar 26, 2008 IP
  7. PlateFish

    PlateFish Banned

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    Can i ask what forums you advertised at mate? A list would be reeeeaaally helpful.

    Cheers.
     
    PlateFish, Mar 26, 2008 IP
  8. Allanon24

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    Your site looks great however I suggest to spend more time with Branding and try to show uniqueness. For example why is Your site better than other gaming websites?
    I suggest You to hire a good designer and create a nice Logo and a favicon. The default Joomla favicon looks kinda unprofessional.
    Video is something You should surely use on Your site and for advertising as well.
    Try out the proper groups in social networks for advertising.

    Thats it from me, for now. :)

    Wishing You Success and the Bests,
    Allanon
     
    Allanon24, Mar 26, 2008 IP
  9. sickoo

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    your site is nice, you can start promoting with stumbleupon for the beginning.
     
    sickoo, Mar 26, 2008 IP
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    My suggestion is to get 7 posts and put your sig. You'll get a lot of visitors that way. Then build from articles, web 2.0 actions like posting to digg.com, sphinn.com and reddit.com for starters. Takes just minutes.

    RS.
     
    RichSage, Mar 26, 2008 IP
  11. lamelime

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    Yeahh i would say continue what you are doing. If you are consistant, your traffic will increase over time.
     
    lamelime, Mar 26, 2008 IP
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    alokverma Peon

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    #12
    There are many things you can do like
    Create some blogs for your website
    Use forums
    Communities
    Yahoo Answers
    Articles submission
    Social bookmarking
    Squidoo/Hubpages
     
    alokverma, Mar 26, 2008 IP