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Tue 05/06/07 at 09:00
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"8==="
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Bandwagon Jumping!

* Create a Big Brother forum and get it high on Google.

* Create a temporary discussion forum about a popular news event in an attempt to grab the BBC HYS-style of poster.

* Do a deal with a decent search engine and put it on your lead page in an attempt to get users to make you their homepage.

* Bring back the news thing you used to do with amusing spins on various news.

* Chuck up some celebrity rubbish - that always brings in people to chat.

If you want the forums to bring people in and actually be a decent marketing addition to your site then this is the rather unfortunate turn you have to take.



However there are other good things to promote alongside this:

* Writing/poetry competitions

* Most hilarious news item of the day competition

* Best bargain of the day competiton

etc

The point is there are a 1000 ways to get in some more hits from those looking to chat about current topics and win amazon/argos vouchers but you're not attempting them and the forums are dying on their a**e.

Above all these ideas won't amount to anything without high search results and a little bit of sly marketing (email or otherwise) but using the obvious tricks (calling pictures 'Big Brother'/'other' over and over for instance) it shouldn't be a problem.

Worth a go I think.
Sat 30/06/07 at 22:26
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And you're just like the sun in our Freeola sky :)
Sun 01/07/07 at 17:15
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Why, thank you. :)
Sun 01/07/07 at 23:33
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"8==="
Posts: 33,481
Colossal and giving everyone cancer. :D
Mon 02/07/07 at 11:22
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Posts: 213
hahahaha.
Lady bird why can you no longer win GADs?
Mon 02/07/07 at 11:28
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Posts: 19,415
DoomBaboon1982 wrote:
> hahahaha.
> Lady bird why can you no longer win GADs?

She lives in America, only people in Great Britain can win GADs (I think)
Mon 02/07/07 at 11:54
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Posts: 213
Well that makes no sense. Amazon vouchers are accepted at the .com and .co.uk sites. I have used both. The stamp isnt going to cost that much more so why cant she win. It seems she is a good member who posts regularly and just cos she lives in the US she shouldn't suffer for it......after all she already has to suffer the Americans and Bush.

Give the girl a break!!!!

In fact i shall set up a thread for you
Mon 02/07/07 at 16:36
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"Previously Vampyr"
Posts: 4,618
I've never been able to win GADs
Mon 02/07/07 at 16:38
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"possibly impossible"
Posts: 24,985
DoomBaboon1982 wrote:
> Well that makes no sense. Amazon vouchers are accepted at the
> .com and .co.uk sites.

It does state that they should only be used for the UK/Jersey sites, that's the official word.
Mon 02/07/07 at 17:54
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Posts: 213
Yeah but they work!!!!!
Tue 03/07/07 at 18:51
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"Mad as a badger!"
Posts: 1,178
I can't win GAD's either :'( if that is of any help :)

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