Hi all, I am wondering if there’s a community to promote new communities? I am not going to promote anything here, but am looking for a way to do so. Any help appreciated! Thanks.

    • sirxdaemon@lemmy.ca
      3·
      2 years ago

      I was like huh, that’s one I haven’t seen before. Visit the community and it’s empty.

      Looks like community promo needs a community promo on community promo cause community promo has no communities promoed.

        • sirxdaemon@lemmy.ca
          4·
          2 years ago

          I opened the community in the browser, since I use Connect, just in case but I forgot your Lemmy account also has its own block list. And indeed I had it blocked. Hence why I didn’t recall it.

  • TeaHands@lemmy.world
    9·
    2 years ago

    To add to Otter’s reply, one of the best ways to keep growing after the initial announcement is simply just to make sure you mention and properly link it whenever it’s relevant to the conversation.

    a) Lets people know the community exists and b) gives them a way to go straight there without having to faff about.

    • anon6789@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 years ago

      This is what I try to do with !superbowl@lemmy.world to spread the word.

      You can also look for related communities, like when I stopped by to say hello on !birding@lemmy.world and let them know !superbowl@lemmy.world was having the first annual Owl of the Year bracket tournament, going on now, that they might enjoy participating in.

      I try to find times to let people know !superbowl@lemmy.world is a place they can always go for a daily shot of positivity. I see a number of depressing stories in the top posts, do it’s good to know there’s a place to go to swish those depressing things out of your brain.

      Other times people might not know !superbowl@lemmy.world isn’t just pictures or memes like you may expect. We go into a lot of education, information, and awareness of animal resources too, as well as where you can go to see real live owls near you.

      But it’s also important to spam tastefully. I posted a friendly post on LemmyBeWholesome, which I don’t typically go to, but guy immediately downvoted, so I just deleted the post and moved on, so I didn’t bother anyone if they didn’t want to see it. I feel organic growth is the way to go, so I try to get the word out fairly regularly while being careful I don’t mention !superbowl@lemmy.world toooooon much.

      So I just try to keep my spamming limited, try to target an audience, even if it’s just a few people at a time, and try to make the post friendly and entertaining so even if you didn’t go visit !superbowl@lemmy.world immediately that !superbowl@lemmy.world might get stuck in your head for later it you just noticed it more when !superbowl@lemmy.world pops up on ALL, which it does a lot because we have a ton of fun there, especially now with the Owl of the Year, as it allows everyone to participate even if they don’t feel like they have anything to add to the conversation, which I don’t feel is true, but many people feel that way around themselves. Then when I see new people comment on posts, I try to welcome and acknowledge them all and upvote everyone who is polite so they feel like a party of the group.

      So I hope this was helpful and entertaining for you, and if you want to check out some cool birds and learn about bird things, check it out !superbowl@lemmy.world today!