We lost Devil's Advocate

Masato · Postby **Masato** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 12:14 pm

Here are the latest stats since making/posting that Silva vs Diaz poster... (I posted it on the night of the 22nd):

Masato · Postby **Masato** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 12:57 pm

I also think its wise to be honest about the unusual target demographic for this forum;

If was just a straight MMA forum, or Art forum, or CT forum, or spiritual/philosophical forum, it might be easier to attract masses from those particular genres.

Very few people are into all 4 :)

We are renaissance men here..! Whoever finds themselves interested 2 or more of the subforums is the kind of posters we want. They are harder to find, but exponentially more valuable people to converse with.

Professor Diet Butcher · Postby **Professor Diet Butcher** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 1:38 pm

Devil's Advocate wrote:The combination and sequence of words in a thread title will often be fairly unique.

So for example, if I paste into Google.

Canada's 'RULING FORCE' Action Figures! (by Masato Toys)

I should see that thread show up at the top, if Google is including this forum in it's web search. However the only search results that show up when I search that title, are from a page on the actual masato toys website, and the masato toys facebook page.

When I can do that search, and the thread also shows up in the listings, then I know Google is reading this site.

Excellent SEO advice from DA. I might add that google also loves blogs. if you have a blog for this site, esp. blogger, it can attract alot of traffic. You can make a blog of the top threads of the day or something. The posts you make on facebook, that can be blogged as well.

Masato · Postby **Masato** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 1:40 pm

^ what?

I have a blog, plus a facebook and twitter. None are connected to this site

This stuff is all way over my head, man. I'm lucky most times my internet is even working at all lol

Professor Diet Butcher · Postby **Professor Diet Butcher** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 2:04 pm

Man if you want this forum to grow, you gotta link them all. Encourage your followers to join the forum in all your posts/tweets, etc.

Masato · Postby **Masato** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 2:41 pm

I sometimes tweet threads (it works but I think lots of em are bots), but I can only promote things so far before it just feels like spamming. I tried to promote Sonnen's War when it was done and it didn't take long before it becomes kind of shameful imo lol.

Also my FB links come up with a warning sign (!) as a preview image, don't know how to fix that lol

This is all fine though, I am in no hurry really - yes I have big dreams, and would love to see this place explode, but you can't hurry the Tao... the Masato Toys concept was an experiment in pure non-monetized creative initiatives, I prefer to stay true to it even if that means a slower acceleration. I'm actually quite happy with the way it is growing, not sure if my lifestyle could handle any faster tbh... I don't have the luxury to post 24/7 like some other indy forum-makers :shock: I prefer growing good roots than creating an artificial buzz just for the sake of hits or whatever else. My eyes are on the horizon not my feet

That being said, when sound advice comes your way I suppose it is silly to not listen..!

Just know that I'm kind of technologically disfunctional, lol; Don't let the shoop skills fool ya, I'm not really a tech kind of guy. (I am however considering learning how to make video shoop tutorials with various topics of discussions/call-ins etc. That couldn't be too hard, could it?)

thnx for the support everyone! It is clear we are growing, its just kind of a kick in the nuts when another forum opens and is flooded in a few days, and they ban me on the first post lol gets me thinking

But I am Rocky, I keep getting back up :)

Som-Pong · Postby **Som-Pong** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 12:49 am

Anarchy Zone check
Martial Arts check
Rebel Alliance check
The Sanctuary check
Creative Evolution not so much :D

Professor Diet Butcher · Postby **Professor Diet Butcher** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 1:06 pm

Masato wrote:Just know that I'm kind of technologically disfunctional, lol; Don't let the shoop skills fool ya, I'm not really a tech kind of guy. (I am however considering learning how to make video shoop tutorials with various topics of discussions/call-ins etc. That couldn't be too hard, could it?)

Hahah... me too. I'm an OK shooper myself (Canuckster's fight shorts... that was me), so ppl automatically think I'm some techy nerd, but I have no idea how to fix shit. I just know how to use the software.

Shoop tutorials is a great idea. Makes your product more "useful". While awesome shoops are entertaining, they're not that useful beyond showing off what you can do. Tutorials would make ppl want to subscribe/follow you so they can learn how to do what you do. If you have a youtube channel teaching shoop skills, I'd definitely follow you.

Devil's Advocate · Postby **Devil's Advocate** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 7:54 am

Good to see you posting here Diet Butcher.

Som-Pong · Postby **Som-Pong** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 1:43 pm

You're like missing a period. What the fuck are you back for?

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