Post by inkling on Aug 30, 2007 3:49:34 GMT
Hope you don't mind that I'm posting this...
Lately I've been going around recommending Brittas Empire to people, and quite a few people said they'd look out for it. I have no idea how many will actually *find* it, but it's nice to know that maybe some more people will at some stage thanks to me telling them about it. Potential future fans! I'm so excited when they seem interested.
It's a lot harder to find people who have already seen it and love it. But I'm trying to mention it in different places.
Is anyone else doing that? I think it'd be nice to try and find some more members for the forum. I love the forum but two or three new members, who talk, every few months would be fantastic I'm sure you'd agree! Not expecting dozens of new members. But some. And I can't get the word out there to convert new fans, or to find fans who would like to join the forum, by myself. I'm not that wide ranging unfortunately.
So I'd love some help!
Some things that I've tried are- raving about it in various places, (starting new threads or entries) providing clips, if it's say, a conversation about non stereotypical gay characters, or about characters who have boss/employee affairs or whatever, I'll tell them about it... or if it's a conversation about britcoms, I go on about it, etc, and I've also been directly recommending it when asked for recommendations. (for dvds to buy, or stuff to show their early teens, or 'what shows do you like' etc). I've been telling other fangroups about it (where appropriate). Can anyone help me by doing similar things? (I don't mean you have to spend hours and hours on it, even a little tiny bit of effort will still help. ) Or if you can't, suggestions are welcome for things that I can do, or places I can go to tell about the forum (or other people can go and do it based on the suggestions).
We need to get the link for the forum out there! We need to get people talking about Brittas around the internet. And then we need to direct them here. I know lots of us do occasionally, but I think we need an extra push for effort.
Also I'd like to remind those of us who aren't posting that you can feel free to post up anything to do with Brittas, or any of the actors ,or stuff that reminds you of them, or stuff about your daily life or off topic conversations. Don't be shy! Though if you're waiting for a gap in conversation/more time to post that's alright too. (I know I personally try to wait until nothing has been said for a while to post something, if I can anyway) But, don't be shy when there is a gap then! And a new post only takes a couple of minutes... so do responses.
And newer members can feel free to reply to any older entries.
So... can I have some help with this?
I hope you don't feel I'm being pushy, I know I'm not a mod or anything, but I just think it'd be lovely to try and make some more effort to get new people here. On other fan forums I'm on, if anyone says 'can we have some more advertising of the group?' people respond with things like 'well, a while back I made a mention of it on a forum...' and... well that makes me feel sad, like they've 'done their job' and that's all the effort they're going to make. I'm not asking for people to go out and *spam*, or to spend hours and hours on it... but every now and then I think it needs to be 'refreshed'.
I guess I can't force you or anything. But I'm going to be posting around about Brittas this week,and I hope I won't be the only one.
Any ideas for ways that I or other people can advertise the show?
Lately I've been going around recommending Brittas Empire to people, and quite a few people said they'd look out for it. I have no idea how many will actually *find* it, but it's nice to know that maybe some more people will at some stage thanks to me telling them about it. Potential future fans! I'm so excited when they seem interested.
It's a lot harder to find people who have already seen it and love it. But I'm trying to mention it in different places.
Is anyone else doing that? I think it'd be nice to try and find some more members for the forum. I love the forum but two or three new members, who talk, every few months would be fantastic I'm sure you'd agree! Not expecting dozens of new members. But some. And I can't get the word out there to convert new fans, or to find fans who would like to join the forum, by myself. I'm not that wide ranging unfortunately.
So I'd love some help!
Some things that I've tried are- raving about it in various places, (starting new threads or entries) providing clips, if it's say, a conversation about non stereotypical gay characters, or about characters who have boss/employee affairs or whatever, I'll tell them about it... or if it's a conversation about britcoms, I go on about it, etc, and I've also been directly recommending it when asked for recommendations. (for dvds to buy, or stuff to show their early teens, or 'what shows do you like' etc). I've been telling other fangroups about it (where appropriate). Can anyone help me by doing similar things? (I don't mean you have to spend hours and hours on it, even a little tiny bit of effort will still help. ) Or if you can't, suggestions are welcome for things that I can do, or places I can go to tell about the forum (or other people can go and do it based on the suggestions).
We need to get the link for the forum out there! We need to get people talking about Brittas around the internet. And then we need to direct them here. I know lots of us do occasionally, but I think we need an extra push for effort.
Also I'd like to remind those of us who aren't posting that you can feel free to post up anything to do with Brittas, or any of the actors ,or stuff that reminds you of them, or stuff about your daily life or off topic conversations. Don't be shy! Though if you're waiting for a gap in conversation/more time to post that's alright too. (I know I personally try to wait until nothing has been said for a while to post something, if I can anyway) But, don't be shy when there is a gap then! And a new post only takes a couple of minutes... so do responses.
And newer members can feel free to reply to any older entries.
So... can I have some help with this?
I hope you don't feel I'm being pushy, I know I'm not a mod or anything, but I just think it'd be lovely to try and make some more effort to get new people here. On other fan forums I'm on, if anyone says 'can we have some more advertising of the group?' people respond with things like 'well, a while back I made a mention of it on a forum...' and... well that makes me feel sad, like they've 'done their job' and that's all the effort they're going to make. I'm not asking for people to go out and *spam*, or to spend hours and hours on it... but every now and then I think it needs to be 'refreshed'.
I guess I can't force you or anything. But I'm going to be posting around about Brittas this week,and I hope I won't be the only one.
Any ideas for ways that I or other people can advertise the show?