Marketing to those you know?

[Shawn Gossman]

Do you market your online community to people you know?

Family members. Friends. Co-workers. Fellow students.

Do you feel that your community is good enough to market to people you know in real life? If not, why so?

 

[Katrina]

I've tried introducing family and friends to my various sites, but they simply are not interested. I've done it through different ways, starting off with a message on Facebook, showing memes on my wall, and even going as far as showing them the site myself when I'm with them. I have this sense that there are people in life who don't like forums (why?).

 

[suprastan]

The majority of sites I run I normally spread the word about them to my friends and family.

 

[Jason76]

My family is very narrowminded toward the whole web development thing. In that case, I don't market to them. In fact, they would only know about some big wins I might post on Facebook.

 

[Nomad]

I have multiple pages on Facebook and I have friends and family as followers. So when I post on my page, my content will reach the feed of my friends and family.

 

[Jason76]

Marketing to those you know is a bad idea, in general. It reeks of desperation. It seems to be something newbies would be engaged in.