promoting dating site

by harro1
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I want to know good ways to promote dating site, where members can sign up and find friends, share pics, live chat.

i need to get 1000 members within 2 weeks or a month to make it active community. I currently have only 100 u.s.a members.

anyone can suggest how to get this done, i am ready to spend $1000 initially, and i dont want to go on losses, if i break even with earnings from adsense ads and affiliate network that will be good. I can charge members monthly fee but i want to keep it free.

thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author butch04
    I promote dating offers on PPV sites. You can make popups that display on other dating sites like True or something. It works for me, and might be worth it for what your trying to do. It does require a investment as you pay for the traffic, and you would need a good ad to display as your popup.
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    • Profile picture of the author harro1
      Originally Posted by butch04 View Post

      I promote dating offers on PPV sites. You can make popups that display on other dating sites like True or something. It works for me, and might be worth it for what your trying to do. It does require a investment as you pay for the traffic, and you would need a good ad to display as your popup.
      yes
      i get 1 conversion from each $2 i spend on ppv, its very high in my opinion for free dating sites, its good for affiliate promotions though.
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  • Profile picture of the author LogoNerds
    This is no easy task, I know because I built a dating site from 0 - 400,000 members myself on a limited budget. With such a small budget you really have to focus on creating pages that can get long tail targeted traffic to your site. For example, research dating related searches and write articles on those topics. Your articles should be placed on a blog or articles section of your dating site with a nice call to action at the end of the articles to join your dating site. There are many searches that are dating related that you can still compete with to get rankings.

    Will this get you 1000 members in 2 weeks? - not a chance. Growing a dating site is no easy task but it can be done. You just have to be realistic with how long it will take when working with a limited budget.

    With that said, there are many other ways you can grow your dating site - sorry I don't have the time to discuss it all here now...BUT, the real question you should be asking yourself is - What makes your site different then any other dating sites that are already established, free and have millions of users already? If you can't answer this, you have a long road ahead of you.
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  • Profile picture of the author Paul Myers
    Spend it on the service in your sig file. That would get you 1,420,000 visitors, no? Convert 1 visitor in 1,420 and you've got your 1000 members.

    Or isn't your traffic good enough to convert at that rate for a free site?


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      • Profile picture of the author Paul Myers
        Originally Posted by harro1 View Post

        traffic is not targeted,
        If it's not targeted enough to convert at 1/1420 for a free dating site, why would anyone buy it?


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        • Profile picture of the author harro1
          Originally Posted by Paul Myers View Post

          If it's not targeted enough to convert at 1/1420 for a free dating site, why would anyone buy it?


          Paul
          I got 100 usa sign ups from that traffic in december,
          again did you read "i need 1000 members in 1 month"?
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          • Profile picture of the author Paul Myers
            Originally Posted by harro1 View Post

            I got 100 usa sign ups from that traffic in december,
            again did you read "i need 1000 members in 1 month"?
            Yeah. I read that. If you can fulfill the kinds of orders you seem to be ready to accept through your offer, you ought to be able to deliver the necessary traffic to your own site.

            Seems like it'd be worth much more than $7 to you, no?


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            • Profile picture of the author harro1
              Originally Posted by Paul Myers View Post

              Yeah. I read that. If you can fulfill the kinds of orders you seem to be ready to accept through your offer, you ought to be able to deliver the necessary traffic to your own site.

              Seems like it'd be worth much more than $7 to you, no?


              Paul
              Yes you are right, but volume is not that huge to be honest and only few of those people are interested in dating.
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              • Profile picture of the author Paul Myers
                Originally Posted by harro1 View Post

                Yes you are right, but volume is not that huge to be honest and only few of those people are interested in dating.
                Hmmm. Okay. Not sure how you plan to fill the orders, but I'll give it a go. Just ordered.

                So, one option for other traffic might be to look through the JV section for potential partners. Maybe barter ad space on your site for promotion to a list or other group.

                That's just a quick thought. Apply the idea to other venues and you've got more approaches. You might also try Facebook ads, if your conversion rate is high enough. You've probably already got graphic ads, and dating sites should be within their TOS, I think.


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  • Profile picture of the author dvduval
    If you have 100 "real" members just run a contest/membership drive.
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  • Profile picture of the author Lazy
    You need to advertise. Is your dating site a niche site? Do you have backlinks? Are there articles and reviews about your site?
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