how do get more people to participate in my adventure racing site?
February 16, 2007 6:08 PM Subscribe
i'm trying to increase participation and membership in the (free) adventure racing website i built, what can i do that i haven't already done?
we have no income, so any expenses are out of pocket, and we'd like to keep them minimal.
here's what we've done so far:
we have no income, so any expenses are out of pocket, and we'd like to keep them minimal.
here's what we've done so far:
- a regular ad in the 'activity partners' section of the local cl
- regular announcements on the local AR yahoo group (i've talked with the list owner, and he's assured me that and we're not stepping on his toes)
- gotten listed in dmoz
- free 'adventure racing 101' clinics at local sports stores
- 'adventure racing 101' presentations at triathlon clubs
- a booth at adventure races and triathlons
- reasonably slick postcards left at gyms/REI's/similar places
- branded t-shirts and socks given to race directors to award as prizes
- semi-regular social events
- semi-regular training events (usually free, but some have had a nominal fee < $20)
- an adventure racing team that does pretty well at regional races (top 3)
- other stuff, but this list is getting too long
I would add the website to your profile here as Mefi has a pretty big Bay Area presence, just in the off chance someone reading this is interested.
You are really hard to find on Google, and running a backwards links on your home page only points to 4 external pages pointing at your site :
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I would try submit your events to blogs that are focused on like minded topics, and try to get some more pointers to your site.
posted by ill3 at 10:55 PM on February 16, 2007
You are really hard to find on Google, and running a backwards links on your home page only points to 4 external pages pointing at your site :
see
I would try submit your events to blogs that are focused on like minded topics, and try to get some more pointers to your site.
posted by ill3 at 10:55 PM on February 16, 2007
Response by poster: thanks for the suggestions; i posted to projects, and have an ad on Craigslist that i change regularly.
i'm not sure why google shows so few inbound links, we have more than that (around 20 last time i checked, and most of them seem to be pretty high-quality).
posted by dolface at 2:43 PM on February 20, 2007
i'm not sure why google shows so few inbound links, we have more than that (around 20 last time i checked, and most of them seem to be pretty high-quality).
posted by dolface at 2:43 PM on February 20, 2007
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posted by edgeways at 10:12 PM on February 16, 2007