Widening the Audience
Widening the Audience
Hi Guys
has anyone any ideas, apart from the engine submision, of how we can get the site to a wider audience. As far as I am aware, there are thousdands of zebra fans out there, but ony a minimal amount will knwo the site, or even forum, exists.
Any ideas
rob
has anyone any ideas, apart from the engine submision, of how we can get the site to a wider audience. As far as I am aware, there are thousdands of zebra fans out there, but ony a minimal amount will knwo the site, or even forum, exists.
Any ideas
rob
For a limited target audience like this, the easiest method would be to change your signature to a graphic advertising the site that's small and tasteful and then post on the board at PC and plecofanatics, IMO. That's direct marketing to the people that will be interested anyway, without swiping clientelle in general, as both places have a very wide user base and interest are, as opposed to the specialty approach.
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You want an honest opinion? Well I think its nice to keep it small. We could start advertizing all over but all that will happen is that we'll get numptys!!!!
Me and Pt see it all the time at BP forum."Hi there Ive a spare 2 gallon goldfish bowl and wiz wonderin if i can keep like 3 of these cool Zebra thingys in ma tank? Im no goiny bother with a filter, heater or lights cause they cost money"
No you cant, No, no, no nope, definalty not, no no.Hey can i keep Discus with my 2 BP's?
Concidering how long your sites been going i think your doing verywell for members, you've got to remember that Zebras are a very specalized species and anyone intent on keeping them will find this site through searching the net or by word of mouth.Hey folks just bought 2 Discus and stuck them in with my BP's.
There doing fine, oh and btw i dont use RO water either
Hey Rob
you called also put a feature were people could donate money also to help the running costs , people wouldnt have to donate a lot, or anything at all just what they wanted to donate just an idea?
I know im going off the subject a bit but i think it would be a great idea that has already been mentioned about a gallery off all the members tanks. zebby tanks as well as other fish tanks as i find it fasinating to look at other peoples masterpeices as well as to nick a few ideas and i have just bought a new digital camera so i cant wait to snap some good picys of my tanks to show others.
you called also put a feature were people could donate money also to help the running costs , people wouldnt have to donate a lot, or anything at all just what they wanted to donate just an idea?
I know im going off the subject a bit but i think it would be a great idea that has already been mentioned about a gallery off all the members tanks. zebby tanks as well as other fish tanks as i find it fasinating to look at other peoples masterpeices as well as to nick a few ideas and i have just bought a new digital camera so i cant wait to snap some good picys of my tanks to show others.
Cheers Dan
As far as running costs go, its not a problem at the moment, (alhtough we're still in the process of renovating a derelict house, so it could be handy )
As for the gallery, it is in the pipeline as we speak. I'm meeting up with the guy who runs simplenet on the 5th to finalise things.....so watch this space!
rob
As far as running costs go, its not a problem at the moment, (alhtough we're still in the process of renovating a derelict house, so it could be handy )
As for the gallery, it is in the pipeline as we speak. I'm meeting up with the guy who runs simplenet on the 5th to finalise things.....so watch this space!
rob
Very good point there Ewee. Unfortunately numptys as you so aptly put it get around a bit I had one visit me about two months ago. He was collecting a PC that I had repaired for him, it was a real mess I had to format the damn thing and re-install XP as the registry was so corrupted. This should have given me an inkling as to what I was dealing with. He spotted my community tank and was full of admiration, he went over to my tank and began tapping the glass. I couldn't believe what I was seeing, I promptly told him to stop as he was scaring the fish all of whom were cowering in one corner of the tank. The funny thing is he appeared to be more upset than me!!
The numb skull phoned me up a couple of days later about a problem he was having with his laptop. I couldn't resist I advised him that tapping the screen fairly hard should fix the problem and hung up the phone. He hasn't phoned back since, I guess the dumb @$$ got the message.
The numb skull phoned me up a couple of days later about a problem he was having with his laptop. I couldn't resist I advised him that tapping the screen fairly hard should fix the problem and hung up the phone. He hasn't phoned back since, I guess the dumb @$$ got the message.
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I like the running costs idea