The banner you can get from either yourself or via request. You can post in the 'Shops and Requests' forum (either search an art shop, or request it) or if you own your own art software (Photoshop, Gimp, etc) you can make your own art.
Hey, I think what you're doing with this post is awesome, and I wish I had something like this around back when I was learning how to advertise servers. Would you want some graphics made for the post (Like text, a banner, etc.)? They wouldn't be anything too special but they always make posts look better and more neat in my opinion.
Where'd you get the banner? Looks more than great!
By the way, I would not use an AdFly link as your banner redirect link, it is against the forum rules (correct me if I am wrong, not a 100% familiar with them...) and will also make people less eager to check your server out. I myself did click on your banner because of its awesome graphical appearance.
/Aron
An old friend of mine made that Gif signature that you see, it used to have a different IP on it but I had to change it like a week ago. I'm glad you like it
I'm not so sure on that myself either.. I've been on the forums for awhile, and I've seen people use Adf.ly links since day 1 and nothing has happened to them to my knowledge. You might be right though
I don't really use Adfly for money though in the long run, it's just amazing for tracking my advertising (what country visits my links most, what website brings in the most people, what is most effective for advertising, etc.)
If you say it's not allowed to put AdFly links in your signature though, I'll just change it to the direct link and read the rules later, cba to do it at this very moment.
Hey, I think what you're doing with this post is awesome, and I wish I had something like this around back when I was learning how to advertise servers. Would you want some graphics made for the post (Like text, a banner, etc.)? They wouldn't be anything too special but they always make posts look better and more neat in my opinion.
Sorry for such a SUPER late reply, my apologies. But, yes, I would like some arts to spiff the post up some. If you can do this (giving you all credit) I would include it in the topic. Thanks!
Sorry for such a SUPER late reply, my apologies. But, yes, I would like some arts to spiff the post up some. If you can do this (giving you all credit) I would include it in the topic. Thanks!
Alright awesome! I'll get started soon, and they'll probably be done by today!
Nice! Is this strictly to be used on this topic, or may others use these works of art for other causes? Of course, crediting you and letting you know before-hand.
Thanks!
/Aron
Well.. I guess people can use these for other things, I don't really care. That'd be weird though, because I made these based on the header and the titles etc. already on the thread so Idk how that would work out. I offer graphic services though, payed and non-payed (if I'm feeling nice). My payed services have a lot put into them (and they're cheap), my non payed graphics are sort of just what I posted here or make really quick.
Well, if you are a commited GFX artist I must ask you to contact ,me further. Here is my Skype name: Ketchup513
I have been looking for a talented graphical designer to help me out with some stuff (related to my server). I would love to hear more from you!
Regards,
Aron S.
PS. I love your GIF banner in your signature, Can you do that yourself?
I've added you to my contacts on Skype, my display name on Skype is "Erik" just so you know. I'll definitely help you out, but you can decide for yourself whether you think I'm talented or not xD I like to stay humble I guess..
And as for my signature, I didn't make that, a friend of mine awhile ago did. In all honesty, animation is my weak spot; I can do it, and make it work, but I'm not nearly as experienced with animating as I am with other graphic aspects.
Anyways, get back to me on Skype, I'm sure we can work something out!
Only planetminecraft works for me, it is the only way to get players but it is only once a day. I don't get how people get so many players. My server has no lag at all and I have tried every game mode lol. I would even pay for an advertiser.
There's just so much wrong with this post, in so many ways.
1) Planet Minecraft (PMC) has a horrible community with a lot of hackers and trolls. There's quality users on there, but their community gets diluted with the s who see PMC as a place to find servers to grief/hack on.
2) Trying different game modes doesn't help for anything. You can change the game mode all you want, or the server type, and have no changes if you haven't taken the time to learn about the game mode you're providing and learned how to make it better, how to manage it, and how to innovate with it. Take pride in your server, don't just use the basic model that all the 12 year old owners use and set up a paypal and expect money to flow in + no effort. Yeah, no... I wish it was like that.
3) There are a lot of websites to advertise on that you just don't see. Minecraft Forums, the site we're currently on, is great for advertising.
There's also Minecraft Server List
There's HackForums (I only suggest advertising here if you have DDoS protection, besides that, their community is fairly nice if you land the right people on your server from it.
Along with that, there's all of the forums out there that have gaming sections and minecraft sections, and many voting sites to pick from.
It's not how well you advertise that gets your server popular. That's a BIG part of it, because advertising is really hard to do when there's people out there who already do a much better job, resulting in people noticing you less. But with that said, a lot of it is the quality of your server and how effectively you provide an enjoyable environment to your user base.
I'm not trying to be a ****, or a smart ass, or anything to oppose or provoke you. I'm merely trying to help, sorry if I came off in any other way to you.
Well first of all, your post is really unorganized, screenshots go in spoilers as well as videos if there's a lot of them (this doesn't include a server trailer once you get one), instead of dotted lines use the hr tag [ hr ] (without the spaces), etc. Make it look clean. Example:
Also, get graphics made for your thread, to replace all the "about" and "Lore" tags etc. along with a banner and a more appealing ad banner. Graphics make everything look more professional, clean, and appealing. This is what attracts a player to your server.
(Not trying to sell myself to you here, mainly making this post to help out, but if you need a graphic designer, I do provide payed professional graphics services. I don't care if you don't buy from me, just putting myself out there :P)
Also, just one last thing.. Your lore is very cryptic and odd, I'd suggest getting a better lore writer.
I made some edits to the main banner that I made for the thread because I felt like I rushed it. The rest of the text looks better than the banner so I changed it up a bit. I didn't change a lot, just because I don't feel like putting a lot of effort into free graphics, but I fixed it up a bit xD
Before:
Making some advertisement before your server is released has good and bad points.
Good:
1. More people can see it than if you post it 2 monhs later
2. You are more prepared
Bad:
1. People will annoy you... asking questions about the server especialy if they like what they see for the moment
2. If you stop the server project, you will have done A LOT of work for nothing
I have had a server open for about a month now. I need a way to get donations to continue paying for the server, and having it be 100% vanilla is not cutting it. What gamemode/gametype would you guys recommend ? I have made a small poll, and if you could take it, I would appreciate it greatly.
A lot of big youtubers nowa days coming out with these huge multi servers are killing smaller servers, that people have worked hard on for a long time, without the help of huge build teams or programmers im wondering how i can get past this. My friends server has been dying slowly ever since theyve started thier own pixelmon servers. and its really sad to see all that hard work going to waste so fast!
we need help advertising well enough to make it more appealing that people will stick around.
I'm not so sure on that myself either.. I've been on the forums for awhile, and I've seen people use Adf.ly links since day 1 and nothing has happened to them to my knowledge. You might be right though
I don't really use Adfly for money though in the long run, it's just amazing for tracking my advertising (what country visits my links most, what website brings in the most people, what is most effective for advertising, etc.)
If you say it's not allowed to put AdFly links in your signature though, I'll just change it to the direct link and read the rules later, cba to do it at this very moment.
I'm glad you like them though, thanks
And as for my signature, I didn't make that, a friend of mine awhile ago did. In all honesty, animation is my weak spot; I can do it, and make it work, but I'm not nearly as experienced with animating as I am with other graphic aspects.
Anyways, get back to me on Skype, I'm sure we can work something out!
1) Planet Minecraft (PMC) has a horrible community with a lot of hackers and trolls. There's quality users on there, but their community gets diluted with the s who see PMC as a place to find servers to grief/hack on.
2) Trying different game modes doesn't help for anything. You can change the game mode all you want, or the server type, and have no changes if you haven't taken the time to learn about the game mode you're providing and learned how to make it better, how to manage it, and how to innovate with it. Take pride in your server, don't just use the basic model that all the 12 year old owners use and set up a paypal and expect money to flow in + no effort. Yeah, no... I wish it was like that.
3) There are a lot of websites to advertise on that you just don't see. Minecraft Forums, the site we're currently on, is great for advertising.
There's also Minecraft Server List
There's HackForums (I only suggest advertising here if you have DDoS protection, besides that, their community is fairly nice if you land the right people on your server from it.
Along with that, there's all of the forums out there that have gaming sections and minecraft sections, and many voting sites to pick from.
It's not how well you advertise that gets your server popular. That's a BIG part of it, because advertising is really hard to do when there's people out there who already do a much better job, resulting in people noticing you less. But with that said, a lot of it is the quality of your server and how effectively you provide an enjoyable environment to your user base.
I'm not trying to be a ****, or a smart ass, or anything to oppose or provoke you. I'm merely trying to help, sorry if I came off in any other way to you.
Also, get graphics made for your thread, to replace all the "about" and "Lore" tags etc. along with a banner and a more appealing ad banner. Graphics make everything look more professional, clean, and appealing. This is what attracts a player to your server.
(Not trying to sell myself to you here, mainly making this post to help out, but if you need a graphic designer, I do provide payed professional graphics services. I don't care if you don't buy from me, just putting myself out there :P)
Also, just one last thing.. Your lore is very cryptic and odd, I'd suggest getting a better lore writer.
Before:
After:
Good:
1. More people can see it than if you post it 2 monhs later
2. You are more prepared
Bad:
1. People will annoy you... asking questions about the server especialy if they like what they see for the moment
2. If you stop the server project, you will have done A LOT of work for nothing
Thanks
http://mcplanetlist.com/
Please feel free to give suggestions. Im open to any ideas
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You going to be remaking this anytime soon?
Really looking forward to seeing this redone.