Social Network Marketing Tycoon

**spondishy** · 01-18-2007, 09:22 AM

I understand that running a contest can be a good way to get members on your forums, but my question is how best to promote your actual competition?

I guess word of mouth, posting on other forums are two ways. Has anyone had success via Digg?

Any other ideas?

**Cyberworkspace** · 01-18-2007, 07:15 PM

well, it is funny but i am running in kind of some problems promoting my contest, although i intend to pay out like 300$ in prizes (real dollars, not some weirdo overvalued-ebook-pricing-formula-applied-scam) a month.

i want to pay $5 a day, $25 a week and the monthly $100 price. believe it or not, but i digged, deliciu'ed and social bookmarked the story and the site, got a 100 visitors per blogpost that i bookmarked but thats it. no participant at all

so, i would be interested in the question you get as i am really wondering whether a dollar is not worth anymore what i thought it should be worth

**LeeD** · 01-18-2007, 11:39 PM

I found one of the best ways to be getting the blogosphere to blog about it. The problem there is that the contest may need to be pretty substantial depending on your niche.

**spondishy** · 01-19-2007, 11:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lee

I found one of the best ways to be getting the blogosphere to blog about it. The problem there is that the contest may need to be pretty substantial depending on your niche.

It certainly wouldn't be as "substantial" as your competition but would be worth winning.

**Get a Community** · 01-21-2007, 04:48 AM

Once you start the contest, it is also very important to promote the blog. I feel taking the help of a blog posting firm might work.