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    What am I doing wrong here?

    Last year I put a up a free race entry to the Cemetery Circuit on Facebook and got a reasonable response.
    A couple of weeks ago I put up two sets of two spectator tickets, all people had to do was post a piccie of a Cemetery Circuit T-shirt, tag my FB page and the Cemetery Circuit page to go into a draw and win them
    Okay; ten days later not a single piccie so changed tact and now have offered a couple of tickets to anyone who posts on my companies page, The Electric Spider LTD, tag a couple of pages and most likes wins.

    Three days later I've had two entries and a like each.

    I'm trying to promote our sport here as well as get people noticing my business but seem to be barking up the wrong tree. Now a huge number of people on my FB are into bikes particularly Road Racing are they not interested in sharing THEIR sport amongst their friends either as are a couple of people whom I either sponsor now or have done in the past.
    Not having a bitch here just can't see the wood for the trees, what am I doing wrong


    (no I haven't paid the money to promote it)

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    Good question... I saw it (no point me entering though). I had a similar thing on FB. Most posts get a few views but one struck over 10 times the normal views. Wish I knew why that one worked so well.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Skunk View Post
    Good question... I saw it (no point me entering though).
    No point, what about a gift to someone, it's free after all?
    what about an opportunity to help promote road racing?

    not at all singling you out as you put a shitload into our game or are people just over FB these days?

    should I have put it up that ALL names go into a draw rather than most likes?

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    Quote Originally Posted by jellywrestler View Post
    Not having a bitch here just can't see the wood for the trees, what am I doing wrong


    (no I haven't paid the money to promote it)
    Is this you ?

    https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cemet...ocation=stream

    You doing it wrong ... just saying. A pic of the toilets is amazing. That would make me buy a ticket
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    I think it is because many people access Facebook via their phones... Many phones don't let you tag... Orit might be just mine.... I could always go on the full Facebook site but it is data hungry. Hardly use the laptop these days, in fact not even for here.
    Yup all for promoting the sport, but the way we do it is changing as fast as the technology. It is a trick to work out how......

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    Quote Originally Posted by MadDuck View Post
    Is this you ?

    https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cemet...ocation=stream

    You doing it wrong ... just saying. A pic of the toilets is amazing. That would make me buy a ticket
    no that's the Cemetery Circuit page, I'm The Electric Spider LTD

    https://www.facebook.com/TheElectricSpider?fref=ts

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    Quote Originally Posted by jellywrestler View Post
    no that's the Cemetery Circuit page, I'm The Electric Spider LTD

    https://www.facebook.com/TheElectricSpider?fref=ts
    People love to hate Facebook but use it wisely and it can work. There are a heap of groups on there. Get in and they will promote you.

    Who are you targeting? Where are you targeting?
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    Quote Originally Posted by MadDuck View Post
    People love to hate Facebook but use it wisely and it can work. There are a heap of groups on there. Get in and they will promote you.

    Who are you targeting? Where are you targeting?
    My primary interest is promoting the Cemetery Circuit and i figure through FB my friends are predominately Motorcyclists but they all have a group of friends who are and are not into it and if I can help spread the word and get a few more people to the races that's good enough for me.
    My distant second interest is to promote my business as a sparky, but of course it's race season so don't want work to get in the way of it all eh!
    I was thinking of also offering a prize to whoever wears their Cemetery Circuit armband for the longest after the races. Everytime someone queries a person about 'what's that on your wrist?' they get to tell them about the races, hopefully some people will put it on their to do list for next year. Trouble is I've asked the Cemetery circuit organisers what sort of armbands they will be using and will they be numbered so I can plan ahead and have a strategy in place to make it workable but they haven't replied to me.


    where am I targeting? dunno, it's effectively a nation wide event as it's holiday time and people do travel from afar to go, they just need reminding even thought it's been on on Boxing day pretty well for 61 years now.

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    I didn't get you original link on FB .............. but all done and shared now
    Strange if I go to your page and check..... some of your posts appeared on my page and some didn't! Don't really understand it too well (technophobe)
    BTW did a QR....... but haven't been able to check if its worked

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    Quote Originally Posted by jellywrestler View Post
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    ........... what am I doing wrong

    You are GIVING a toss Spyda - no good can come of it ...........

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    It may also help if you changed tack, not tact. They're quite different things, as dictionary.com will reveal for you.
    "Standing on your mother's corpse you told me that you'd wait forever." [Bryan Adams: Summer of 69]

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    Quote Originally Posted by budda View Post
    You are GIVING a toss Spyda - no good can come of it ...........
    you been peeking through the curtains again ya filthy southerner?

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    Quote Originally Posted by jellywrestler View Post
    you been peeking through the curtains again ya filthy southerner?
    Yep - Chook Feeding and promoting your favourite sport - the two are easily confused, especially on here !!!!!!!!

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    I had an old mate say he had bought a ticket to the racing boxing day 'on line' and saved X dollars. He hasn't been,(like me) for over 10 years ! (he incidently,was a Gracefield organiser)
    What I'm getting at here is lack of interest from our age group. None of my large circle of ex bike mates have the interest anymore, and thats a huge group of fans.
    Good luck with the promoting but it's up hill for racing nowdays,sad.

    ps I too tried 'faceache', but kicked it to the curb, wasn't for me.

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    facebook is some gay shit.
    Noone gives a fuck about it, or your business. Certainly noone gives a fuck about your business on it.
    Marketing tool? Or tool marketing.

    Give me the tickets. Infact, give me a fucking motorbike. Ill sign up ten times and like you, so you can feel like youve achieved something.

    How much wood could a woodchuck chuck?
    Quite a fucking bit, or he wouldnt be a very good woodchuck.

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