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Old 08-01-2006, 02:33 AM Can I have some ideas?
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I started up a Halo forum a few weeks ago and am STUCK with the whole getting people to sign up. Unfortunatley it is making me no money, and I already have trouble paying the bills as it is! So until the ads start paying me something, I won't be able to do anything with paid advertising.

I have two idea's in the works right now:

I am going to print out a few hundred flyers promoting the forum and post them all around my city with a few friends.

I am also going to go on Xbox Live and play Halo, then message all my friends and people I play against to go to the website. I've done this a tiny bit with no luck so far.

I was wondering if anyone could give me any ideas on how to advertise this site and start getting some traffic!!
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Old 08-01-2006, 08:49 AM
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Content is the king so tell your friends to register and start making threads/posts. Install vBseo Sitemap mod and submit it to google.... And the rest will come ... in couple of days/weeks you should start getting generic traffic from google.

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Old 08-01-2006, 11:15 AM
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With the leaflets etc, try not just handing them out around the place randomly.

Try and find out if there are any local cyber cafes or lan centres where people go to play things like Halo and hand out leaflets there. Maybe hang around outside schools or arcades and stuff too. Idea is to really target the leaflets to those that might actually bother.

Might be worth having some sort of competition to promote sign ups? Even if its just to give away a few cheap t-shirts or hats or something.
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Old 08-01-2006, 11:21 AM
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I think the flyers are a good idee just that you need to hand them to the right people.Another ideea is to ask your friends to creat some interesting threats,few people will register on an empty forum..
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Old 08-01-2006, 11:23 AM
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Create yourself a news section and post loads of video and screenshots etc! Things like that tend it draw the users in and can get your videos indexed in google video and google images .

Also, make partners, talk to other halo site owners and trade links! the more people linking to your site the more hits you will receive!
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Old 08-01-2006, 11:51 AM
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Content, back links to your site and more content, then you will have traffic :yes:
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Old 08-01-2006, 03:38 PM
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Thanks for the input guys it means alot!
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Old 08-01-2006, 04:18 PM
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when I developed halofans.com I created a ranking system based on actual military officer ranks.

The members loved it and they post all day and write good content just to get more rank.

NOTE: it can also cause stupid threads like this: halofans.com/showthread.php?p=185429#post185429
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Old 08-01-2006, 04:32 PM
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Yea, Ive developed a ranking system with the real characters from halo. The members love it, I need some more ranks though

Nice site btw.
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Old 08-01-2006, 07:52 PM
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Flyers are a good idea, just make sure you place them in local arcades and such. Perhaps at the mall/video store if allowed.
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Old 08-01-2006, 09:41 PM
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post on other halo sites with your forum link in signiture

Get a mic, whenever you play halo (i assume you play it for leisure) tell people to go to your site.

Make a clan... Thats possible in halo 2 right? Gives members of the clan a place to talk and your site traffic.
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