Recruiting Methods | Recruiting Media

Instant Sign-ups ~ These are methods that will instantly yield new sign-ups, but will require constant effort to drive strong traffic. If these methods are not maintained, your consistent sign-ups will certainly decrease.

Long-term Sign-ups ~ These are methods that may not produce many signups right away, but over time, they will pay off. A bit more research and effort upfront may be required to get these methods rolling, but the end-game is steady and hands-free.

Top Game Sites (Instant Sign-ups)

Search Google (or any search engine) for: "top game sites"

What To Do:
Sign up for top game sites, add Outwar as the game and use your recruitment link as the destination URL.

Explanation:
These sites are all run by the same type of script. They allow you to submit a game to the directory and then supply a link for you to promote the game you submitted to the site. When you click the link they give you, it takes you to a page that says something like, "Vote for Outwar.com on the top 100 games site." When the button is clicked to vote for Outwar it loads the top game site page. The more people you get to vote for Outwar, the higher it moves up in the rankings and the more exposure and traffic your recruitment link will get in return.

Hints:
Once you have submitted Outwar using your recruitment link to the directory, try using those good old "link clicking" methods to drive lots of votes. If you can get Outwar to be ranked #1 on the top game sites, your recruitment link will receive an uncountable amount of sign-ups! Be creative in how you drive votes and go nuts!

Game Directories (Long-term Sign-ups)

Search Google (or any search engine) for: "game directory"

What To Do:
Submit Outwar to as many game directories as possible, using your recruitment link as the destination URL.

Explanation:
These are sites that categorize games. When a new gamer is looking for a game, often they rely on a game directory to guide them towards the game they seek. Some directories are more difficult to enter than others, but if you can land your recruitment link in one of the larger directories, you will be sure to be feed steady sign-ups for a long time. Some directories even influence search engine results such as Dmoz and Yahoo.

Hints:
Make sure to place Outwar and your recruitment link in appropriate categories. You want people who are looking to play an online game to see your link. Selecting the best category will drastically improve your chances of recruiting true gamers.

Forum Posts (Long-term Sign-ups)

Search Google (or any search engine) for: "game forums"

What To Do:
Find forums where people discuss online games and become involved with the active threads. Once you have established yourself as a member of the forum community, throw your recruitment link out and kindly ask the people you are talking with to sign up.

Explanation:
Game forums are a great way to tap into the gamer community. Find discussions that you can contribute to and that you are actually interested in. Get involved with the gamer community. You may even make some new friends... =)

Hints:
Don't spam your link! Spammed links will be flagged as spam, your post(s) will be removed and your hard work will be erased. The key to posting on forums is to actually contribute something valuable to the conversation before you share your recruitment link. Let people see you are actually interested in talking with them about the discussion topic discussion before you release your recruitment link. Remember, if your post does not get flagged as spam it will be on that forum forever! Numerous readers will see it for years to come. If it gets flagged as spam it will be on the forum for less then a day - possibly less than an hour - invest a little time to ensure your post remains permanent!