okay straight down to buisness, frankly I dislike picks saying "will toi rejoindre this spot" ou messages from people advertising sites and spots. If people have a real interest in the spot they will find it themselves, same goes for websites but i understand that there's no point to a spot if your the only member and toi have no one to talk about your passion with and since we're all one big fanpop family the plus of us the merrier a spot generally is, so rather than whining about it i have decided to offer up some solutions. Although the annoying person with in me still feels the need to put in some 'don't' but i promise not to go on too long :D I will try and say what i do want to see and will give hommages if i see people actually taking this conseil on board

firstly before i start, the big no, no, please don't send people messages advertising spots and sites, it’s annoying and I’m sure everyone wants a spam free fanpop

links

The most obvious way to annoncer a spot ou website is to put some liens up, i think three is the most can toi can put up of the same link (rightly so) so use them wisely, the best way to do this is not to put them in unrelated, populaire spots like fanpop but to put them in different related spots,
e.g. if toi had made a spot for a tv character, it has no relation to fanpop so don't link it to fanpop (this is technically miscategorized) instead why not put a link to the montrer iself, a link to the spot of the actor/actress who plays that character, toi don't necessarily have to put as many as toi can but I guess if toi really wanted to toi could then put a link to a populaire couple they are involved in

picks

another big no, no for me is the "will toi rejoindre the so and so spot" pick, there really is no point to these picks, they are not opinionated and won't get anymore advertising than links, just plus comments, again they're annoying and spammy

the reason why people like picks so much is to state their opinion and so creating a none opinion pick will not draw in the interest, interesting picks will draw in interest

e.g. if i were to create a spot for the brilliant dave lui i could ask in the fanpop users spot

"what's your favori thing about dave"

and then put a link in the commentaires

ou again in the fanpop users spot

link

and then pick dave and say something like "that's why i created the dave spot" and then link,

it's easy standard pick stuff ou if toi want toi can get really creative and slip it in anywhere e.g. toi could ask in the picks spot

link

then pick dave and link

the same aspect can be applied to tv characters ou anything e.g.

i created the spot for the montrer link (oh yes i'm even advertising right now, i'm that good ;p) and even though it has not come out yet i could ask in the télévision spot

"which new montrer are toi most looking vers l'avant, vers l’avant to coming out?" and then link

ou in the amy acker spot

"which amy acker co étoile, star did toi like best" then pick eliza dushku and say "i'm looking vers l'avant, vers l’avant to seeing them together again in the new montrer dollhouse" and then link

articles

okay now i really don't want to see article and forums saying

"you should rejoindre the dave lu spot because it's awesome"

that's not a article! and not really a forum

what toi could do is write a article about your passion e.g. if toi created a spot for pigeon racing toi could write a article about your own achievements in the sport and put in some images with toi and the pigeons in the fanpop users spot and then as always put a link below

Of for a montrer if created a spot of one couple vs. another couple, toi could write a article comparing the couples and then link

other little tips and bits

If your really struggling for fans here’s a few other tips

-you could put a link to the spot under ‘websites’ on your profil page

-you could say something about your passion in your devise on your profil page

-you could use a avatar/icon of your passion

-there are loads of forums about advertising including link ou one to link

-you could ever try bribing us par saying it contains picture of john in his chaps

-the plus pop quizz questions toi ask the better chance toi have of people coming across them in the 'super quiz'

Finally THE NUMBER ONE way to get plus fans on to a spot is to add loads of brilliant, amazing content

images on the front page, forums on the front page, picks on the front page, pop quizz on the front page will all be noticed, even better if toi add some brilliant vidéos ou articles and have them featured

okay that's my say and some ideas, don't use all of these that would be a bit excessive just pick a couple that toi could do best :D

EDIT:when i wrote this article there wasn't a dave spot but there now is so i guess this was a bit of advertisement for that too
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