How do you find players?

I've been finding it difficult to find a means to share my forums and find new players ever since some of the big-name free resource sites have closed down. Is anyone else experiencing this? Or am I just not acquainted with the area of forums yet?

 

I used to just go site to site and advertise. Now that I only run Discord RPs, I rely on word of mouth. I tell my friends, they tell theirs, etc.

 

My friends and myself have invited former writing partners to our site. A few of them had new writing partners they invited too. I still do site to site advertising sometimes but I do feel like it really doesn't work.

 

I've gotten some hits advertising site-to-site but I know it's generally considered a waste of time nowadays. I'm branching out to using some tumblr JCINK advertiser sites (which are a common thing apparently?) to try those!

 

I'd have to agree with some of the above, Word-of-Mouth, seems to be the best without poaching of course. I'd say that getting a solid group and just enjoying yourself while keep putting out feelers on other advertising sites or means is the best approach.

 

We are very fortunate to have a stable core group of members, but we advertise through affiliate buttons, in Discord servers, a few forum directories, and tumblr, so a lot of different venues - casting a wide net, bumping once a month maybe to maintain a presence without it becoming a chore. By far the most reliable long-term recruitment has been word-of-mouth in my experience though.

 

Site to site and using the discord servers which allow advertising.

 

Definitely word of mouth and friends of friends has been most consistent for me in terms of finding people who stick around. Also finding that sweet spot between inviting new RP friends and being careful not to poach from other sites has worked well for me.

 

A bit of all of the above helps in my experience. You pull different peille from different avenues.

 

I am unfortunate in that most of my writing partners are not into the genre that my board is, so they're out. My partner is the only one I know who is.

But, what I did was first focus on finding similar sites, or sites with ratings that match mine, and post ads there. So far I think I've gotten pretty lucky with doing that.

 

I advertise on boards, share on Tumblr and use Resource sites. I have been on a writing hiatus for some time now, and have no one to invite to my game. Or anyone to brainstorm with. But so far, so good. Lots of advertising is key!

 

Word of mouth has always been the best way. All the way to the top with influencer's, people speaking what they enjoy attracts others.

 

So. Much. Advertising. More than you think you'll ever need.