[smitty02]

I'm promoting a local social networking site and I was wondering if anyone has ever used flyers before and if they were effective. good ROI? I've done some searching and some say it works others say it doesn't. Just wanted to hear what you guy's thought.

I appreciate the help.

[Yiie]

For a social networking site, I don't think flyers would work. Flyers usually work for local stores around the area and include coupons. As for online stores and services, flyers don't quite work as effectively.

If your target market are students and young professionals, try asking trendy shops and cafes if you can put up a poster or have your business card near the counter. You can also try to advertise in niche magazines or student publications.

Also affliate your site with blogs and websites that are relevant to your target market.

[smitty02]

Thanks for the insight. I think tomorrow I'll go around and talk to the schools newspaper staff. I've got a local student lunch spot to allow me to put up a poster and keep flyers close to her counter as long as I promote her shop on the website.

My niche is only local so I didn't do adwords or anything like that. Plus I sell Clothing from the site. hmm I wonder if I give discounts for clothing on the flyers. could work... I'll give it a try.

[Yiie]

Sounds like you're on to something. Discounts are always good and does attract people to have a look at your site.

Is your site up and running yet? You should post it up or have it in your signature.

Good luck with your idea!

[libbyo]

I think that fliers are a great way to market! Me and my brother are actually part of a social networking site, and we put up fliers in the local grocery stores with the little pull off tabs so people could take the information with them. It's good with a networking site too, because we needed something to catch people's eyes, so we used bright paper, and put the "myspace" and "facebook" logos on the top real big.... so people would be able to connect with it, and see something familiar.
Best of luck!

[veikoh]

It's my idea also to promote my picture dating community social networking site using flyers. Even those do not cost much, the ditribution will be a problem as my idea is to put those UK cities university campuses and colleges noticeboards.
Doing it locally will be much less costly.

[clp11479]

if you pass flyers out among the right people it can be beneficial as long as what you are providing peeks their interest. a college would be a great place to pass out flyers, but i would keep the flyers simple and fun and i'd have a 'hook' in there that entices them to check out the site.

[RickyCeez]

Never, ever, ever ,ever ,ever do flyers... enless you own a club.

It is the most RETARTED way of advertising... it takes up TIME.. and half the people jus tthrow it out less then a minuet of holding it... without even paying attention to the content.

There are so many other ways of advertising that would be more successfull then flyers.

[RickyCeez]

such as internet, direct mailing, and even sponsering local events... get involved with the people... dont annoy them with flyers

[btshaffer]

I say you should stick to your medium. If you have a website, stay where your users are - online. Geo-targeting is pretty powerful today, so you can probably use Google Adwords to limit advertising down right to your town.

[getmegaleads]

fliers have always been a waste of time for me...yet I know some people personally who have made it big in mlm with starting with fliers so i really think it is up to what you are promoting:-)