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Promoting A New Social Networking Site

Discussion in 'Social Networks' started by sp0om, Jun 10, 2006.

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    The main draw of social networking site is their user base. And if a social networking site has no user base, then ... well, that's the sort of problem I'm having now.

    I don't blame anyone. Who would want to become a member of a social networking site with very few members.

    How can I promote this site? How can I get people to sign up?
     
    sp0om, Jun 10, 2006 IP
  2. aaron_nimocks

    aaron_nimocks Im kind of a big deal Staff

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    Offer something that the others dont. Have a much better layout and userability than the others (which isnt hard to accomplish)

    Most importantly have a TON of money standing by for advertising because no one is ever going to compete with the big dogs.

    My suggestion is to make it a niche. Have a social networking site for cowboys only, sports lovers, gay people, ect. Only way to get in the business is through a niche or a ton of cash.

    Hope I didnt kill your dreams.
     
    aaron_nimocks, Jun 10, 2006 IP
  3. sp0om

    sp0om Peon

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    Alright, I have a niche and I have an nice layout (imo (biased)) and I do offer something my competitors don't.

    As far as a big pile of money to advertise ... :confused:
     
    sp0om, Jun 10, 2006 IP
  4. missorhit

    missorhit Guest

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    hi! the "rookie challenge" on this mywallst.net looks interesting. the grand per wk if i come out at the top on that, and the social networking component encourages me to share this site with you. hope you find it useful
     
    missorhit, Jul 26, 2007 IP
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    zac439 Notable Member

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    You don't necessarily need a lot of money to advertise. As long as you offer webmasters a way to market their websites, all you need to do is find the webmasters. And DP is full of them :)
     
    zac439, Jul 26, 2007 IP
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    FindASocialNetwork Peon

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    FindASocialNetwork, Oct 13, 2008 IP
  7. budget

    budget Well-Known Member

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    Well, day by day many new social media site are established. You got to getting out some of idea which is unsimilar to other, this is very important.
     
    budget, Oct 13, 2008 IP
  8. netpox

    netpox Active Member

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    Post links on other forums, blogs...i did an affiliate program for my site. I now have 36,000 + members in 10 months. It's for sale now...
     
    netpox, Oct 13, 2008 IP
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    jaredgravatt Active Member

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    Freebies are great.

    Offer special promotions, give away an ipod or something, where you give something away on random days, and if you visited on that random day you go into the draw to win something big. This should encourage people to visit more often.
     
    jaredgravatt, Oct 13, 2008 IP
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    netpox Active Member

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    Yep..thats why my social network has a gift giveaways. It makes people come back to the site.
     
    netpox, Oct 18, 2008 IP
  11. yeapbz

    yeapbz Guest

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    Google does all
     
    yeapbz, Oct 18, 2008 IP
  12. Jessemn

    Jessemn Peon

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    huh? This makes no sense.

    Seriously though, good luck with the advertising campaign. I've had some trouble getting constant return traffic to my social bookmarking site. People just come to post their own site and then take off... jerks.
     
    Jessemn, Oct 18, 2008 IP
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    dontknoa Peon

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    I'm in the same boat. I have a niche, but not enough of a critical mass of users for people to start signing up. My site is www.truplayers.com - a social network geared at poker players. So far only 55 members :(
     
    dontknoa, Nov 13, 2008 IP
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    facebook Well-Known Member

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    I can help you out.
     
    facebook, Nov 14, 2008 IP
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    pedroneiraf Peon

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    If you don't have a "pile of cash" as someone said, but a lot of free time, the start blogging your site like hell. If you have a niche Social Network, then it would be easier, because you just look for blogs with similar content and promote your site there. If it's really relevant, it wont be considered Spam and you would be generating a lot of links and traffic...
    Although its a lot of work and time consuming.
     
    pedroneiraf, Nov 14, 2008 IP
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    cowardino Peon

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    Or do as I just did.
    I submitted mine to www.social-network-directory.net

    Best
    John
     
    cowardino, Jan 23, 2009 IP
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    dwhswebhosting Well-Known Member

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    I would love to see someone specialize in promoting new social networks, it's really hard to get them started.
     
    dwhswebhosting, May 11, 2010 IP
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    fokerss Active Member

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    buy ptc traffic
     
    fokerss, Dec 31, 2010 IP
  19. halosys

    halosys Peon

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    first do social book marking and directory submission for back links
    <a href="http://www.blastabout.com">More</a>
     
    halosys, Apr 10, 2011 IP
  20. clyde frog

    clyde frog Guest

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    the most basic way would go with adwords or something similar. i'd advise you have something new that everyone would love.
     
    clyde frog, Apr 10, 2011 IP
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