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Land voting boxes & promotional help please
Carmsie Melodie
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Join date: 14 May 2009
Posts: 47
12-15-2009 12:59
Hi there,

I've set up a new sim called 'Daydream Island' that is both beautiful and romantic.

I'm exploring all advertising methods so people get to know its out there. In addition to a classified listing, I was wondering about a Voting Box (where people get to vote for this place).

Can anyone tell me if Voting Boxes are a worthwhile approach? Do they genuinely help spread the word and increase traffic? Is there one vote box type that's better than the rest, eg most popular or largest audience/group? Does Linden have its own voting box system, other than traffic counting? Are all vote boxes free? I tried B-something today but couldn't log into it to get started.

Also, other than running events and posting a classified ad, any other cheap and effective promotional ideas people would like to share would be appreciated. i work full time irl so time consuming ideas are not possible for me.

Many thanks,
Carmsie
LittleMe Jewell
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Join date: 8 Oct 2007
Posts: 11,319
12-15-2009 13:01
I always ignore voting boxes. Add an advertisement with slurl in your forum sig. Offer an incentive for people to add it to their Profile Picks.
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Salvador Nakamura
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Join date: 16 Jan 2007
Posts: 557
12-15-2009 13:09
didnt they have a L$ bonus program for that in the past (over 3 years ago?), and abandoned it all ?


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Amity Slade
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Join date: 14 Feb 2007
Posts: 2,183
12-15-2009 13:32
From: Salvador Nakamura
didnt they have a L$ bonus program for that in the past (over 3 years ago?), and abandoned it all ?


Yep, the voting boxes have done nothing but eat prim counts over the past few years.

http://secondlife.wikia.com/wiki/Voting_Stations
Pete Olihenge
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Join date: 9 Nov 2009
Posts: 315
12-15-2009 15:17
From: Amity Slade
Yep, the voting boxes have done nothing but eat prim counts over the past few years.

http://secondlife.wikia.com/wiki/Voting_Stations
A lot of them have started spamming the error channel recently. Seems to be some texture error caused by a broken HTTP response.