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Asked by sheratonsami
How can I contact my fans?
I participated successfully Q&A, as a result I got amazing fans,and I would like to contact and email them, to build a good friendship with them, but I didn’t know how?
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Dear “sheratonsami”:
Well, you didn’t say what the Q&A was about, but if it was about tomorrow’s winning lotto numbers, then I’d be a fan too. Assuming that you have further contact with your old fans, or their contact information, then you might be able to offer them some reasons to be bigger fans. Or, going forward, if you have more Q&As, then you can be ready to build that fan base. I can think of some things that you can offer, that might encourage more and bigger fans. Like, the ability to ask the questions that they forgot or didn’t get to ask. Like, the summary of all the Q’s & A’s that were asked that they missed, didn’t hear, or didn’t comprehend. Like, pointers to examples, further info, or related material.
My idea would be to have business cards that point to your website / blog.
For under a fifty bucks, some effort, some calendar time, imho, you can get better “known”. I’d suggest a blog as the underlying engine for building your fan base and enthusiasm.
(1) Check for an available domain name you like (www dot sheratonsami dot com is available), but don’t buy it yet.
(2) Get a free wordpress blog at www.wordpress.com. Sign up as “sheratonsami”. Or whatever domain name you decide on that is available.
(3) Buy the domain name feature from wordpress for $15 — it includes the registration of the domain name. (How’s that for cheap?)
(4) You now have a web site and a domain name. Use the blog posting part to put fresh content on your blog. Put something meaningful there daily.
(5) Use the pages part to put more static posts like your Q&A summaries, pictures, stories, prices, or event schedules out on your “site”.
(6) Sign up for the free Gmail for Domains and get email via your domain. You can be sheratonsami at sheratonsami dot com.
(7) Sign up (free) at the various blog directories.
(8) Submit to the search engines
(9) Use the search engines to “find” yourself which improves your site in the search engines eyes. :-) [That’s circular reasoning! By telling the search engine to look for me and finding it, it makes me more find-able by regular people.]
All this is about building your “brand” with your fans. On your business card, put your name, web address, and email. So you’ll have a professional website with up to date content for cheap. And, your fans will love it. What fan wouldn’t. And it’s really cheap and easy!
Yell if you want help with it. (I’m free and do this stuff for fun!) And, let me know how you make out if you decide to try it.
Ferdinand J. Reinke
p.s.: You an look at my site http://www.reinkefaceslife.com/… which was done exactly this way.
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UPDATE 20070617 Corrected the title to my new standard format for Yahoo Answers.
Reinke Faces Life 