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List of ways to promote your arc!

American_Angel

By American_Angel,
Posted on: 2009-04-03 07:24 in Mission Architect

 

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Forums<ul type="square">[*]Mission Arc Critiquing Thread - Review an arc and publish yours! (Read the rules)[*]Announce your latest creation here![*]Arcs Listed by Genre[*]Forum signature[*]Classified ad in the Scoop[*]Sponsored art commission...or video (submit to Scoop, too)[/list]In-game<ul type="square">[*]Form a team and play your arc! Alternatively, play an arc from each member of the team.[*]Global channel "?" (Suggestions?)[*]Arc Sponsored costume contests &amp; events[*]"Roleplay" marketing (ie. hero/villain hanging at phone talking to agent about his arc in /local)[*]Player billboards (hero name: "For a fun mish read my bio", bio has promo/details for arc)[*]Team/SG billboard (each player on the team has same costume except for chest letter detail so they spell out the arc ID to play: I D # # # #)[/list]External websites<ul type="square">[*]SGSpaces Play my arc section [*]SGSpaces Arc discussion/rating (Under Construction)[*]Ouro Portal[*]Virtue Verse - In-game info for those on Virtue server[/list]Work for hire<ul type="square">[*]Dark_Respite makes nice trailers![/list]
Add to it!

 

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Hire Dark_Respite to do a trailer... *grins*

Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

Dark_Respite's Farewell Video: "One Last Day"
THE COURSE OF SUPERHERO ROMANCE CONTINUES!
Book I: A Tale of Nerd Flirting! ~*~ Book II: Courtship and Crime Fighting - Chap Nine live!
MA Arcs - 3430: Hell Hath No Fury / 3515: Positron Gets Some / 6600: Dyne of the Times / 351572: For All the Wrong Reasons
378944: Too Clever by Half / 459581: Kill or Cure / 551680: Clerical Errors (NEW!)

 

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Huh. I just posted this in a diff thread. Please excuse the double posting.

Promo ideas...all strictly no /tell &amp; no /email:

<ul type="square">[*]Arc Sponsored costume contests &amp; events[*]"Roleplay" marketing (ie. hero/villain hanging at phone talking to agent about his arc in /local)[*]Player billboards (hero name: "For a fun mish read my bio", bio has promo/details for arc)[*]Team/SG billboard (each player on the team has same costume except for chest letter detail so they spell out the arc ID to play: I D # # # #[*]Classified ad in the Scoop[*]Sponsored art commission...or video (submit to Scoop, too)[/list]I look forward to seeing what other ideas people come up with to promote their creations!

Craft your inventions in AE!!

Play "Crafter's Cafe" - Arc #487283. A 1 mission, NON-COMBAT AE arc with workable invention tables!

 

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Updated the list and messaged Ex_Libris for it to be stickied! Thanks for the ideas! We need MOAR!!!

 

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How is the classic "form a team and play through one arc from each member" strategy not on there?

Issue 16 made me feel like this.
Warning: This poster likes to play Devil's Advocate.

 

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Added! Thanks!

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How is the classic "form a team and play through one arc from each member" strategy not on there?

[/ QUOTE ]How could we miss it? :P

 

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* Create posters adverting your arc, and then upload to favorite file/image repository.


"City of Heroes. April 27, 2004 - August 31, 2012. Obliterated not with a weapon of mass destruction, not by an all-powerful supervillain... but by a cold-hearted and cowardly corporate suck-up."

 

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Paying the in game service to 5 star your arc early on.

The development team and this community deserved better than this from NC Soft. Best wishes on your search.

 

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I was happy with myself when I was able to use one of my custom groups as a wandering team in my Rogue Island Sewer mission. There patrol chatter was something like:

"Can you believe it they are going to make me change my name again!"

"Yeah, since Copy Cat was arrested after that whole "Trademark Infringement" caper things have gotten really bad."

WN

Check out one of my most recent arcs:
457506 - A Very Special Episode - An abandoned TV, a missing kid's TV show host and more
416951 - The Ms. Manners Task Force - More wacky villains, Wannabes. things in poor taste
or one of my other arcs including two 2010 Player's Choice Winners and an2009 Official AE Awards Nominee for Best Original Story

 

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Using clues or even souvenirs of one arc to point to or promote another one. Having a boss from the arc make cameo appearance may help justify an otherwise tenuous connection.

 

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Hire Magoo to create an image (poster, comic book cover, web ad, signature image, etc.) to advertise your mission.

 

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Is there a global channel for MA arcs on live? Should there be?

 

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Is there a global channel for MA arcs on live? Should there be?

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There is a Freedom Architect but you don't have to be on Freedom to be part of it of course.

 

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Is there a global channel for MA arcs on live? Should there be?

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There is a global channel called MA Arc Finder.which is intended as CROSS SERVER arc finding and promoting.

WN

Check out one of my most recent arcs:
457506 - A Very Special Episode - An abandoned TV, a missing kid's TV show host and more
416951 - The Ms. Manners Task Force - More wacky villains, Wannabes. things in poor taste
or one of my other arcs including two 2010 Player's Choice Winners and an2009 Official AE Awards Nominee for Best Original Story

 

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Hire Dark_Respite to do a trailer... *grins*


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FYI - yes, this was a serious comment. However, I am not taking commissions until I finish my 5th anniversary commemorative video, and I give myself some much needed down time. Also, I need to get an idea of how much time it takes me to make a 30- to 60-second commercial, and yes, since enough of you have asked - I only take real money, not inf.

Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

Dark_Respite's Farewell Video: "One Last Day"
THE COURSE OF SUPERHERO ROMANCE CONTINUES!
Book I: A Tale of Nerd Flirting! ~*~ Book II: Courtship and Crime Fighting - Chap Nine live!
MA Arcs - 3430: Hell Hath No Fury / 3515: Positron Gets Some / 6600: Dyne of the Times / 351572: For All the Wrong Reasons
378944: Too Clever by Half / 459581: Kill or Cure / 551680: Clerical Errors (NEW!)

 

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And of course there is a Mission Architect global channel already using the name as well.

 

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Hire Dark_Respite to do a trailer... *grins*

Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

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Doesn't always work

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*rolls eyes* Which is why I've been telling everyone (including you) that I wouldn't be doing these til after I finish the commemorative video, and take a short break. The MA and your arcs will be around for a while. My sanity won't be at the rate I'm going.

Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

Dark_Respite's Farewell Video: "One Last Day"
THE COURSE OF SUPERHERO ROMANCE CONTINUES!
Book I: A Tale of Nerd Flirting! ~*~ Book II: Courtship and Crime Fighting - Chap Nine live!
MA Arcs - 3430: Hell Hath No Fury / 3515: Positron Gets Some / 6600: Dyne of the Times / 351572: For All the Wrong Reasons
378944: Too Clever by Half / 459581: Kill or Cure / 551680: Clerical Errors (NEW!)

 

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Meanwhile, my sanity is already in question because I've hung out my official shingle here.

 

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Advertising? Man, I never could work up the nerve to advertise my own book...

What the heck! Cake mission, people!

MA Author: Look for my eight arcs under @Witty Librarian!
Hero Cleanup Protocol estory now available! Through Smashwords.com and most ebook retailers!

 

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How is the classic "form a team and play through one arc from each member" strategy not on there?

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Now if only forming a team didn't make the ticket drop rate utterly suck.

 

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A new way to promote your arc just cam into existence. I've created an arc search site at http://www.masearch.somee.com/. Check it out and list your arcs there. Even more advanced functionality is coming this weekend.