Advertising on Social Sites
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The Team Mascot Join Date: 2006-10-31 Member: 58123Members
The Team Mascot Join Date: 2006-10-31 Member: 58123Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">Like Facebook or Myspace</div>Hey. Before I begin I'd like to say that I don't know if this has been suggested yet (probably has) but I haven't seen a forum topic on it so I'm going to start one for the hell of it.
Getting straight to the point, while reading another thread on the forums, I thought that we should advertise on online social networks like <a href="http://www.facebook.com/" target="_blank">Facebook</a> or <a href="http://www.myspace.com/" target="_blank">Myspace</a>. These sites have millions (billions maybe?) of users logging in everyday, so it's probably one of the fastest and most effective ways to advertise. I was thinking of some pre-made banner that users can easily place on their profile, very similar to the <a href="http://www.unknownworlds.com/ns2/forums/index.php?showtopic=102705" target="_blank">Forum Signatures</a> idea. It could link to existing profiles (like the current Natural Selection 2 MySpace profile) or to the Unknown Worlds Site itself.
This would be a virtual form of "the word of mouth", except sped up exponentially. A chain effect will probably happen (a gamer will stumble upon the banner [through a friends profile or search feature], play the game, like the game, put the banner on their profile, rinse and repeat) which can only be positive for the game. But best of all, it wont cost a dime for the dev team or the players alike! <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile-fix.gif" />
Tell me what you think <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" />.
Getting straight to the point, while reading another thread on the forums, I thought that we should advertise on online social networks like <a href="http://www.facebook.com/" target="_blank">Facebook</a> or <a href="http://www.myspace.com/" target="_blank">Myspace</a>. These sites have millions (billions maybe?) of users logging in everyday, so it's probably one of the fastest and most effective ways to advertise. I was thinking of some pre-made banner that users can easily place on their profile, very similar to the <a href="http://www.unknownworlds.com/ns2/forums/index.php?showtopic=102705" target="_blank">Forum Signatures</a> idea. It could link to existing profiles (like the current Natural Selection 2 MySpace profile) or to the Unknown Worlds Site itself.
This would be a virtual form of "the word of mouth", except sped up exponentially. A chain effect will probably happen (a gamer will stumble upon the banner [through a friends profile or search feature], play the game, like the game, put the banner on their profile, rinse and repeat) which can only be positive for the game. But best of all, it wont cost a dime for the dev team or the players alike! <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile-fix.gif" />
Tell me what you think <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" />.
Comments
It surprises me that there is no such thing on Facebook yet.