Subject: USA Support Team

Not too bad of an essay. If I can get a job this week, I'll think about contacting you to be an assistant for at least a little over a month until I start classes.

I offered help a couple times, have done somethings but I don't have the time to satisfy your wants for advertising. I've spent several hours searching for forums to post on with little luck on the ones I have posted on. A lot have threads about the game with no response. I give up, good luck I guess.

imglad you wrote here so other people can see that it is not as easy as they think...

Ok - I appreciate the response.

"basically you question me as the captain of the US support team without any grounds"

I stated my grounds, there was no information whatsoever on what had been completed and no metrics to prove whether or not anything has been accomplished. Just spamming for help - I still don't know what has been accomplished, by your list so far you've papered a campus and talked to a DJ - all good things and great work for the game the also not sustainable without money nor measurable and when you think about it reaching a very very small majority of people who would ever care.

Meanwhile you still have not laid out any concrete plan other than you want 3 assistants one for ambiguous news and two more to help you with your ambiguous advertising.

What is your target audience? Web gamers? So mainly men with time on their hands and in college or at desk jobs - where do they frequent? Probably forums for their games, the games themselves and wikis pertaining to. Most of these people just need to see that the game exists, maybe read a review or two (create reviews of the game all over the place, get it up in that regard and maybe ask politely for people to write those) so again, this demographic will join with little coaxing - your real target would be people who wouldn't join or think of it without help, these would most likely be hockey fans and soccer fans - for hockey fans try hfboards etc (although I know that there is already a post and info there) as well as ehmtheblueline which is where back in season 1 that I (and nsblues) found out about the game.

Locating and tastefully posting / mentioning at locations like this are key - even say espn.com on the hockey forums, nhl.com etc etc etc. Don't overdo it like you did on these forums or you'll be quick to be banned, chastised and drive away the people.

Also as a piece of advice, please have somone else write the posts, while your intentions are good your writing and conveyance of information are a bit confusing.

The link to this page was everywhere, it was the spam and that was the point.

This is what I mean and asked for, there is no plan in place, there are no goals, no markers to measure your goals and no ideas outside of the words advertise and news.

You're trying to get someone to buy into a product and an idea and that is just to join the team to spread the news, on top of that you need a plan and an idea to GET people to want to play PPM - explain the benefits, highlight the cores of the game and the reasons it is enjoyable etc. If you don't have these in place BEFORE you ask for volunteers you will lose the interest and the want of the volunteers and be back at square one.

So - sorry for the huge post but I'm trying to help, this is constructive criticism and I hope that you see it that way. I can come off harsh and I apologize.

well said

yup
I heard about this from some guys chatting in simyard. I mastered that one and was looking for a new game...

In Sweden we have both an "PPM Sweden" account in Facebook and Twitter

we do have a facebook... but no one goes there...

lol I think I am a fan of that page. I'll have to check.

I am really glad we started a good conversation Maybe now we will wake up from our sleep and be more active...

All the websites and forums you said are on the list) I think not only USA, but other countries use them too...


About Fan pages you are right, a lot of work needs to be done in this compartment... And I know about it...


I have also written you a personal e-mail, please check it.

OK so it turns out I am a member of the USA FB group (which group, btw, is scheduled to be archived).

They always say it because FB is moving to a new fan page layout.

but you can make a new page which would be the new one and have all the active managers on it right?