Is marketing the best choice.

Victor,
Thank you for the offer. The Site is Childhood Cancer Forums.

 

Kaiser,
I have never used Google products before except gmail.

 

You're never to old or too new to try it. It works.

 

What kind of member increase have you witnessed on either your site or others?

 

Oh, I haven't used it, I have seen many other people gain members through it.. its works. You just gotta try it for yourself.

 

I have registered for the Postloop system. Thus far one site has seen results! I am thrilled for that.

I am currently waiting for the 24 hour time frame, after making posts, when all the "padlock" icons are removed so i can return the favor.

 

Happy its working for ya!

 

I too am glad, and have submitted my other site, Childhood Cancer Forums. I will be pursuing the google adwords probably tomorrow.

 

Just you know, the adwords will only help you if you choose the correct keywords.. be careful on that.

 

I was playing around with their system that helps choose the best words by the number of searches per month. I was surprised by a few.

 

Sadly, most people don't really understand the difference between marketing and advertising.

Here's a great article to learn the difference: http://marketing.about.com/cs/advertising/a/marketvsad.htm

In short, there is a choice, you can choose to analyze your target niche and make sure your ads are aimed at the right people, or you can not do anything and hope whoever sees your ads will like your site.

 

It's easy to market - you can use signature links - get links on other sites, guest blog for people - help others, and there's your marketing. If you don't do it, then nobody else will.

Or set something up like I did http://www.virtualpetlist.com/showthread.php/1263-Ways-to-promote-Virtual-pet-list and then users can promote the community as well!