Marketing ideas for a new social network software

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by cuongheoem, Jan 17, 2012.

  1. #1
    Hi all,

    We've just released the first stable version of our social networking software a few weeks ago
    You can find the demo on moosocial dot com

    We need to start selling it but we don't have any marketing expert so we would like ideas from you guys
    We did submit our software to some script directories and pay to get listed among the top ones
    Google Adword seems to be expensive

    Any other suggestions? Any help is appreciated!

    Regards,
    Kevin
     
    cuongheoem, Jan 17, 2012 IP
  2. OnlineGold

    OnlineGold Peon

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    Do you want to market the site to users? Or simply sell it?

    A few ideas: if you want to sell it then check out flippa.com It's a great place to sell developed websites that already have some traffic and are built and ready to roll out. You can usually get a decent amount of money for a site that's built with potential.

    If you want to sell it and market it you can do a few things outside of google:
    1) Do you have a list? If so, obviously start marketing to them
    2) Linkback exchanges will drive traffic.
    3) What type of SEO have you done for your site? Do you have google analytics installed? Webmaster tools? And have you checked out SEO Moz?
    4) Have you considered installing Wordpress on the backend and using some of their SEO plugins to help your site?
    5) What have you ton in terms of meta tags and keywords? These are usually helpful as well.
    6) Have you thought about link exchange progroams?
    7) You can approach some popular social network blogs that may be related to your site and see if they'll throw a banner on their site or mention you.
    8) Article and Ezine submission will help drive traffic.

    Hope this helps!
     
    OnlineGold, Jan 17, 2012 IP
  3. awcguy

    awcguy Active Member

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    You are in the going to market phase: Sales, Advertising and Branding

    You need to SELL us WHY we need to use Moosocial over the other brands?

    Price Point: Since you are new - offer a lower price to gain interest

    Create more theme's for the normal communities - General, Vehicle, Games and Clubs

    Integration with affiliate systems and offering a dev community will help your case

    You are fighting powerhouses in this market and you really need to create a special feature the other guys don't have--
     
    awcguy, Jan 17, 2012 IP
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    Is it a desktop software or web application?
     
    smileverse, Jan 18, 2012 IP
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    cuongheoem Peon

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    Thanks for the advices, guys

    @smileverse: it's a web application
     
    cuongheoem, Jan 19, 2012 IP
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    affiliateair Greenhorn

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    You can offer free trial for 30 days like social engine do. And you definitely need to offer more features for this price.
     
    affiliateair, Jan 20, 2012 IP