I wrote and ran a satirical news website for a year and used Google analytics so I could see both how much traffic was hitting my site and where it came from. I used both Facebook and Twitter (Google+ was launched that year and I never got around to looking into it) to try to direct traffic to the site. I had a fair amount of success with fb but struggled with Twitter, partly I think because I never really understood Twitter.
Like you say, don't think having a presence could do any harm. I found that it was really useful because unless people were in the habit of looking at my website every day they would forget about it. Fb users tend to be online a lot, so at least by liking my page there, there was a chance that they would see links and remember to have a look.
Good luck if you decide to give it a go!
My page is no longer up, but if you are interested, the facebook page is still there so you can see (if you scroll down to Oct 2011) that I pretty much just posted links which people would click on, redirecting them to the website.
http://www.facebook.com/Fowardslashnews CyberShadow wrote:
What kind of thongs would go on there?
CyberShadow wrote:
Thanks.... and, by 'thongs' do you mean the obvious.... or is there a 'young person definition' that I am too old to get?
I dunno CS, you wrote it! You tell me!
I cant help it. I type faster than I think.... and I dont type that fast!
