How to market social networking site?

Discussion in 'Social Networks' started by headless, Jul 17, 2009.

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    Me and a few friends are midway through setting up a revolutionary new social networking website and we are starting to think about marketing, we have done the standard directory submission and word of mouth advertising. Does anyone know what sort of advertising works with this sort of website?? I was thinking about press releases but im not sure if they will be right for this sort of website??

    Hope someone can help.

    Thanks
    Kieran and the gang

    Oh btw the website is www.socialepic.com if anyone wants to sign up to the launch site.
     
    headless, Jul 17, 2009 IP
  2. lo key

    lo key Member

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    A press release won't hurt. Here's a list of 50 places to submit press releases for free.
    Website No way affiliated with this site.

    I would get on twitter and other social bookmarking sites and promote there. Go where the eyeballs are.. which in this case appears to be your competition, unfortunately.
     
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  3. AfterHim.com

    AfterHim.com Peon

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    You'll need to market it socially. Facebook, twitter, etc
     
    AfterHim.com, Jul 17, 2009 IP
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    kozyavka Active Member

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    your ad campaign will depend on who you will target
     
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    Ascendancy Active Member

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    I'd be glad to help out. I have a small blog where I post up interviews for upcoming blogs, social bookmarking, social networking, and web 2.0 websites. I'll PM you for further details, but it'd be some nice publicity.
     
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    moqaddasshero Peon

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    hi,,,headless

    u shud do dis 4 marketing

    1. Identify your target audience
    2. Beta test – thoroughly
    3. Seed your site
    4. Network to generate traffic5
    5. Consider traditional online advertising
    6. Don’t forget SEO
    7. Encourage your active ctive community
    8. When you reach critical mass, work on features to fine-tune the community experience..

    u can also use facebook ....
     
    moqaddasshero, Jul 17, 2009 IP
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    bluebelt91 Well-Known Member

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    gud one buddy thnks..
     
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    hbl Well-Known Member

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    Advertise on free sites like craigslist.
     
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    Just do what Zoosk did for their dating site, just add an app to Facebook. Just kidding.

    Lots of good ideas so far. Could you tell us a bit more about your site. This would help in generating more ideas.

    I got a crazy question. How exactly do you market a site on Twitter? Let's say you have 100 followers, do you just post to those followers and ask them to post to all their followers? I'm very curious about this. Thanks.
     
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    You can use Facebook and MySpace. Each of these sites allow you to create a powerfully diverse and engaging web presence complete with photos, articles, and bookmarks. MySpace even provides the ability to ‘skin’ your profile! In other words you can actually brand it to make it totally unique; a powerful marketing capability
     
    Farouseh, Jul 28, 2009 IP