Help Promote SGR!

this is awesome! Twitter was such a good idea!

bit harsh of david blue thought he would be up for it. he must be limited though some sort of sponser or something

Originally Posted by keltrick

bit harsh of david blue thought he would be up for it. he must be limited though some sort of sponser or something

I do not understand...?

Originally Posted by Brando596

I do not understand...?

See the bottom of the original post.

Didn't seem that harsh to me. Kinda blunt. Perhaps he doesn't think he should put his official support behind it?

I don't know, It would only take him about 12 seconds to type up a quick tweet or facebook status for sgr, I doubt its time. Or maybe he doesn't like the game, so doesn't think he could honestly support it, but doesn't want to talk down about it either?

Originally Posted by AmonKahn

Didn't seem that harsh to me. Kinda blunt. Perhaps he doesn't think he should put his official support behind it?

I don't know, It would only take him about 12 seconds to type up a quick tweet or facebook status for sgr, I doubt its time. Or maybe he doesn't like the game, so doesn't think he could honestly support it, but doesn't want to talk down about it either?

it might not even be him that reads the emails. Or it may be that DCG didn't contact him and his entourage said no due to that fact.

That wasn't that harsh. He at least wished you good luck. I wonder if the actors would get mad if every one of us sent them an email about the game. Or if they would check it out because of all the emails?

I would suggest you all consider what it would feel like if you were in their position before you move forward and contacted them. Most people don't enjoy having a sales pitch put to them, so while you're all doing a phenominal job and I'm amazed you all are doing this for the game, simply consider when you tweet them or whatever method you use how you would like to be approached by someone about something and go from that perspective. You'll feel natural about it, and sound natural.

Keep up the good work, guys. Currently the worst that can happen is more people know SGR exists

Originally Posted by TheGame

I would suggest you all consider what it would feel like if you were in their position before you move forward and contacted them. Most people don't enjoy having a sales pitch put to them, so while you're all doing a phenominal job and I'm amazed you all are doing this for the game, simply consider when you tweet them or whatever method you use how you would like to be approached by someone about something and go from that perspective. You'll feel natural about it, and sound natural.

Yes, I have and do consider how they feel. And as actors they (depending on their level of stardom) are used to being asked to "promote this" and "photo shoot that." And I also know how it is to be on the other end, trying to sell your pitch. You can't take the first no and lie down, that isn't a good sales rep. While, I won't keep bothering David Blue what I want to say is that when you knock on someones door and say "Hi I'm Zainea with the Newspaper, I have some excellent deals on newspaper subscriptions!" Most likely that person will say "No, not interested." And if you allow that no to stop you, you won't make any sales. You have to come back at them with "Well, did you know that our newspaper has over $500 worth of savings in the Sunday paper alone! That's compared to the $7 monthly subscription, so really you are saving money"

While it is different trying to get someone to promote a product rather than buy one the underlying principle is the same, be sympathetic and don't take the first no so seriously, most of the time people are interested, they just don't wanna throw out money the first chance they get.

Notice, I did say be sympathetic, which is what you were saying. But, I don't think that anyone has been out of line once with any kind of tweet/statement they have made.

Even though I think the Dev team is off today. Since our little, ad campain started on the 29th has SGR seen an increase in sales? I mean, higher than normal?

also. Rachel Luttrell has been added to the list. she was Teyla from SGA

Originally Posted by zainea13

also. Rachel Luttrell has been added to the list. she was Teyla from SGA

I am so impressed this is working! /bow

Originally Posted by Aszrayel

I am so impressed this is working! /bow

Haha, never underestimate a Zainea when we put our minds to something. Granted there are only 3 of us in existence (Dad was an only child and all his relatives died off, and my sisters are married, but I guess my bro got married, so 4). So you probably haven't heard of us... yet.

You're doing great, zainea. I'm sorry if I came off as criticizing, that wasn't my intention in the slightest. You caught the gist of what I intended though in being sympathetic and you seem to have a bit of experience in things like this?

I'm not a dev for the company anymore, but I still want things go well for my friends and former colleagues, so if nothing else, all I meant was to remind anyone who might be helping you to proceed in good humor about it all just in case It's also a tad strange being a former dev here... it's kind of like being undead, between being a player and developer. You wanna continue checking with the game you helped create but are stuck in a communication purgatory

Keep up the good work. I can tell you it makes me feel gratitude to see you doing this. I know it benefits you in acquiring more cannon fodder, but still, thanks ^^ It means quite a bit to everyone there I'm sure. I had to take a break from it for a while to finish another project, but I'll hint that I'm working on a little something for you guys.

Originally Posted by TheGame

You're doing great, zainea. I'm sorry if I came off as criticizing, that wasn't my intention in the slightest. You caught the gist of what I intended though in being sympathetic and you seem to have a bit of experience in things like this?

I'm not a dev for the company anymore, but I still want things go well for my friends and former colleagues, so if nothing else, all I meant was to remind anyone who might be helping you to proceed in good humor about it all just in case It's also a tad strange being a former dev here... it's kind of like being undead, between being a player and developer. You wanna continue checking with the game you helped create but are stuck in a communication purgatory

Keep up the good work. I can tell you it makes me feel gratitude to see you doing this. I know it benefits you in acquiring more cannon fodder, but still, thanks ^^ It means quite a bit to everyone there I'm sure. I had to take a break from it for a while to finish another project, but I'll hint that I'm working on a little something for you guys.

Glad to hear it glad to hear it. And no problem with the criticizing thing, I come off stronger than I mean sometimes. Yes, some experience, I had a sales job, after about 2 months, I said "This isn't that great" and quit, lol, so that's that, but I did well while I was working!

And dev or not! You cool!

I just wrote a email to Gateworld.net to have them include the community driven support for new players via our twitter campaign. Hopefully they will publish the story on there site and generate more traffic.

Originally Posted by -=Sokar=-

I just wrote a email to Gateworld.net to have them include the community driven support for new players via our twitter campaign. Hopefully they will publish the story on there site and generate more traffic.

I tried the same with a story saying how far SGR has come, cuz their last article was about the bankruptcy and that just shed poor light on the game. Probably because Darren Sumner is bitter about SGW still.

Yeah in my Email.. I one mentioned that SGU actors were supporting us by retweeting our message. This to me seems newsworthy enough for them but we shall see.

Originally Posted by -=Sokar=-

Yeah in my Email.. I one mentioned that SGU actors were supporting us by retweeting our message. This to me seems newsworthy enough for them but we shall see.

yeah maybe that will help, has more impact than "hey, theres new stuff" lol

Come on folks, don't let this one die! We all know this game needs all the help it can get to become a success! Keep promoting the game in any way you can! Blevok how is the truck coming? haven't heard about that in a while.

Sokar, thanks for all the tweets i have seen lots and i am loving it!

Others? Come on guys!

I try to get a good 30 minutes of Twitter promoting in each day. We have see a lot of new players recently.. I would like to think it is because of our Twitter campaign. I would be interested in finding out what the change has been. a graph with timeline showing if and how successful the game is being promoted.

Twittering people in the stargate community really does help.. here is a replay I got on Twitter.

TheDeadPhoenix @Techie94 Have you tried the Stargate: Resistance Game .. It's a Third person shooter put out by Dark Comet games. only 20.00 on Steam.

Techie94 @TheDeadPhoenix I thought about it, but third person view is really not my thing :s

@Techie94 wasn't my thing either but the content more then made up for it.. Plus the community is great.. We even play with the dev team.

Techie94 @TheDeadPhoenix guess ill try it

Originally Posted by zainea13

I tried the same with a story saying how far SGR has come, cuz their last article was about the bankruptcy and that just shed poor light on the game. Probably because Darren Sumner is bitter about SGW still.

Actually the last article on SGR on SGR was about DCG.

http://www.gateworld.net/news/2010/0...te-resistance/

Incidentally I wrote it.

Originally Posted by Supremeaaron

Actually the last article on SGR on SGR was about DCG.

http://www.gateworld.net/news/2010/0...te-resistance/

Incidentally I wrote it.

no way? cuz you wrote all the ones that Gateworld posted... crazy

Originally Posted by zainea13

no way? cuz you wrote all the ones that Gateworld posted... crazy

I wish. Only wrote one article and if Gateworld wants me to write another I will.