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Ideas for Increasing Traffic at InventorSpot.com
by tony.fulford » Mon Jan 28, 2008 9:10 am
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This is our place for inventor activity on the Internet. The more traffic we can drive to this site, the better off we will all be. Traffic and activity on this site will attract people like Angels, Venture Capitalist, etc.
You all have great ideas for inventions; Do you have ideas for increasing traffic to this site?
One thing you can do to help is to never Log Out. Just stay logged on.
Post your ideas here so we can talk about them and Michelle can pursue them.
You all have great ideas for inventions; Do you have ideas for increasing traffic to this site?
One thing you can do to help is to never Log Out. Just stay logged on.
Post your ideas here so we can talk about them and Michelle can pursue them.
--Tony
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Visit my Forum at: http://inventorspotforum.com/viewforum.php?f=44
Visit my Website: http://InventionsOnDemand.net
Visit my Forum at: http://inventorspotforum.com/viewforum.php?f=44
Question?
by inventor-x » Fri Feb 01, 2008 5:20 pm
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Tony: I am just curious what you think would be the best Invention on this website to draw traffic to this website?
Grill Charms was a good start, but she did not mention the website while she was on the air.
I understand that the Inventor is trying to promote there Invention/product first & the website second.
If someone else from this website gets media attention they should mention the website to help promote there Invention/product through the website.
Just a suggestion.
Grill Charms was a good start, but she did not mention the website while she was on the air.
I understand that the Inventor is trying to promote there Invention/product first & the website second.
If someone else from this website gets media attention they should mention the website to help promote there Invention/product through the website.
Just a suggestion.
by tony.fulford » Sun Feb 03, 2008 2:39 pm
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inventor-x
I think there are some very good inventions in the gallery and I wish all of them the greatest success with their inventions.
Anyone that gets recognized for anything should always give credit to those that helped them achieve the success, if they have the opportunity.
I hope if they have the opportunity, and they think this website was instrumental, they should give the appropriate credit.
All of us should do all we can to encourage success and participate to make everyone here successful. We are a community of inventors that need support and especially information from the community to be successful.
Let's all help each other in pursuit of our goals!
I think there are some very good inventions in the gallery and I wish all of them the greatest success with their inventions.
Anyone that gets recognized for anything should always give credit to those that helped them achieve the success, if they have the opportunity.
I hope if they have the opportunity, and they think this website was instrumental, they should give the appropriate credit.
All of us should do all we can to encourage success and participate to make everyone here successful. We are a community of inventors that need support and especially information from the community to be successful.
Let's all help each other in pursuit of our goals!
--Tony
Visit my Website: http://InventionsOnDemand.net
Visit my Forum at: http://inventorspotforum.com/viewforum.php?f=44
Visit my Website: http://InventionsOnDemand.net
Visit my Forum at: http://inventorspotforum.com/viewforum.php?f=44
by Levi Porter » Fri Feb 08, 2008 11:42 pm
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Maybe converting existing members to becoming active members. There seems to be an awful lot of registered members that don't post anything. I would assume that they have something they want to talk about, but for one reason or another don't say anything or very little.
One way that might help is to have an easier way to access posts by various members. It's often easier to remember where you were at when you can quickly and simply find your posts to remember where you were at, especially when your new to the site.
The more participation we can get here will help all of us.
One way that might help is to have an easier way to access posts by various members. It's often easier to remember where you were at when you can quickly and simply find your posts to remember where you were at, especially when your new to the site.
The more participation we can get here will help all of us.
Last edited by Levi Porter on Sat Feb 09, 2008 5:09 pm, edited 1 time in total.
by Average Inventor » Sat Feb 09, 2008 8:32 am
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Maybe inventorspot could approach Louis Foreman who is the owner of the inventor's digest and Everyday Edisons to get reduced advertising rates or a cross advertising deal to get the inventorspot name out to the general inventor community. I have contact info if Michelle would like to follow up on that. Cheers
by CriterionD » Sat Feb 09, 2008 4:55 pm
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I think its all about commercialization. I don't mean more advertisements. The site needs to offer services, extending beyond the website if it really wants to grow, IMO. Perhaps certification (of inventor/entrepreneurship related service providers, persay) is a good place to start. Perhaps the lite-bulb from the site's logo needs to be used in a manner to create a smaller "stamp-like" logo that could be used to brand more than simply the website.
I also recommend a new, attractive, perhaps even ad-free home page linking to all other parts of the site (i.e. blog, forum, directory, etc). The way it currently stands, the home page I think sort of gives the impression that the site is simply a blog with added features rather than a full-fledged community. To get so much traffic and generate returns it needs to be more of a community than a blog, obviously.
Allowing inventors to create personalized MySpace type profiles for themselves and their inventions might not hurt. I probably know someone who could help in that capacity.
And, I'll add, in this forum I don't like the concept of rewarding posters that post X amount of posts. They do this I believe on the forums @ evancarmichael.com and it might increase activity at times but it also, from what I have seen in the past, has lead to semi-usless posts that don't really accomplish much of anything positive. I don't think thats a problem at all in these forums right now, for the record, but I just don't like that concept in theory.
Same things with blogs, as long as the bare minimum exists I don't like the concept of rewarding bloggers for quantity of blogs (if thats currently being done). There is already arguably information overload on the blog unless you check it daily or maybe bi-daily. And this site already provides the most active inventors forum on the internet as far as I can tell...efforts have succeeded IMO in making this an active community, so emphasis should shift from promoting quantity to promoting quality (which has probably happened on some level, I'm not cirticizing at all, just adding another two cents).
I also recommend a new, attractive, perhaps even ad-free home page linking to all other parts of the site (i.e. blog, forum, directory, etc). The way it currently stands, the home page I think sort of gives the impression that the site is simply a blog with added features rather than a full-fledged community. To get so much traffic and generate returns it needs to be more of a community than a blog, obviously.
Allowing inventors to create personalized MySpace type profiles for themselves and their inventions might not hurt. I probably know someone who could help in that capacity.
And, I'll add, in this forum I don't like the concept of rewarding posters that post X amount of posts. They do this I believe on the forums @ evancarmichael.com and it might increase activity at times but it also, from what I have seen in the past, has lead to semi-usless posts that don't really accomplish much of anything positive. I don't think thats a problem at all in these forums right now, for the record, but I just don't like that concept in theory.
Same things with blogs, as long as the bare minimum exists I don't like the concept of rewarding bloggers for quantity of blogs (if thats currently being done). There is already arguably information overload on the blog unless you check it daily or maybe bi-daily. And this site already provides the most active inventors forum on the internet as far as I can tell...efforts have succeeded IMO in making this an active community, so emphasis should shift from promoting quantity to promoting quality (which has probably happened on some level, I'm not cirticizing at all, just adding another two cents).
by tony.fulford » Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:48 am
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CriterionD wrote:I also recommend a new, attractive, perhaps even ad-free home page linking to all other parts of the site (i.e. blog, forum, directory, etc). The way it currently stands, the home page I think sort of gives the impression that the site is simply a blog with added features rather than a full-fledged community. To get so much traffic and generate returns it needs to be more of a community than a blog, obviously.
I agree with CrieterionD that the home page should be a directory to the entire website. I do not have the time to scroll down each page of the website looking for things in the sidebars. The site as it is is just not user friendly for a new user.
--Tony
Visit my Website: http://InventionsOnDemand.net
Visit my Forum at: http://inventorspotforum.com/viewforum.php?f=44
Visit my Website: http://InventionsOnDemand.net
Visit my Forum at: http://inventorspotforum.com/viewforum.php?f=44
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