Oh my word !

Shawikebab · 02-06-09, 11:18 AM

I put an advert in my local paper a few days ago (cost me £12) and i've just had a huge massive boom of sign ups in the space of 48 hours !

I've now got 5/11/103 !!! I just cant believe it. Time to start e-mailing those 87 reds !!

TheDetox · 02-06-09, 11:19 AM

nice, what paper? how many yellows mate?

Shawikebab · 02-06-09, 11:21 AM

Messenger and 11 pendings
although looking at your sig it seems im nowhere near as good as you are at getting referrals !

Tippy · 02-06-09, 11:23 AM

Well Done Mate!

Keep up the excellent work!

Tippy

oXoDCoXo · 02-06-09, 11:23 AM

I was going to put an advert in my paper as well, but wasnt sure how to word it

what did you say in the ad ?

ElectroGirl · 02-06-09, 11:25 AM

Thats really good!! Thanks for the idea

delude · 02-06-09, 11:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shawikebab

Messenger and 11 pendings
although looking at your sig it seems im nowhere near as good as you are at getting referrals !

You've been here like less than a month are doing amazing!!

Hope those reds convert!

bmh16 · 02-06-09, 11:32 AM

Wow awesome man, those risks pay off, blimey!

Ayo312 · 02-06-09, 11:37 AM

Were those pendings previously there? DId you use a ref link or a site domain?

Nice work!

Shawikebab · 02-06-09, 11:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by delude

You've been here like less than a month are doing amazing!!

Ive been here since 28th May lol

Yeah an advert in the paper seemed to work for me, just make sure you get a big slot and make sure its in colour. Put the link in big letters and emphasize the FREE.

mattyb · 02-06-09, 11:42 AM

Very nice, well done.
Sigh, I really should stop sniffing glue and get my feeble mind to think along these lines.

oXoDCoXo · 02-06-09, 11:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shawikebab

Ive been here since 28th May lol

Yeah an advert in the paper seemed to work for me, just make sure you get a big slot and make sure its in colour. Put the link in big letters and emphasize the FREE.

was it an actual advert... like on one of the pages, or was it in an adverts section ?

Shawikebab · 02-06-09, 11:48 AM

I had the advert on the right hand side of a right page so that would be here (see X's)

--------------
|.........|.......X|
|.........|.......X|
|_____|____X|

That way wherever they put it, it would be the first thing they would see when they turn a page.

oXoDCoXo · 02-06-09, 11:52 AM

yeah good idea... although I cant find how to advertise like that with my local paper

MJ10 · 02-06-09, 12:03 PM

Wow, seems worth it. I tried putting it in my local rag but as a tiny free ad in the ads section, didn't get around to finishing it.

Would love to know your wording so it's worth the investment!

This is a good method to share as I don't think that many people live close to each other so we wouldn't be using each others newspaper space!

(I looked into the Metro once but that costs £1,000s!!!)

oXoDCoXo · 02-06-09, 12:07 PM

Is it against any laws or anything to put leaflets into the papers as you deliver them... if you had a paper round ?

bmh16 · 02-06-09, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by oXoDCoXo

Is it against any laws or anything to put leaflets into the papers as you deliver them... if you had a paper round ?

Don't think so, and most people would think they would have just come with the Paper anyway so wouldn't bother to do anything about it. You would only be delivering to not many households at all so this is a very limited scheme unless you just delivered leaflets!

ElectroGirl · 02-06-09, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by oXoDCoXo

Is it against any laws or anything to put leaflets into the papers as you deliver them... if you had a paper round ?

Hmm...I dont think its against the law, but you might get into trouble if your caught

MJ10 · 02-06-09, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by oXoDCoXo

Is it against any laws or anything to put leaflets into the papers as you deliver them... if you had a paper round ?

not really, just dont get caught.

What do people think of this? (includes the metro!!)

Quote:

From £23.25 + £0.94 per additional cm per paid ins..
Your advertisement will appear once in the weekly edition of The Bath Chronicle, once in the Somerset Standard & Guardian Series, three days in the Western Daily Press, one day in the Metro, one day in the Bristol Evening Post and on this internet site for 1 week.

(what should I write?)

bmh16 · 02-06-09, 12:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MJ10

not really, just dont get caught.

What do people think of this? (includes the metro!!)

(what should I write?)

Sounds good! Just use your imagination on what to write. All the best if you do it

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