Now everything seems to be picking up in pace we need to generate more awareness for Casimir Effect which is where you come in. With our limited budget we cannot afford massive advertising expenditure so we do as much as we can with what we have and hope that you can help.
Talk to People
This is by far the easiest and cheapest form of promotion; I do it a lot, sometimes I feel as though I have not more to say about my life other than Casimir Effect. You don’t need to go Verbal Diarrhoea lengths to help, but if you have any friends who like sci-fi or like a romance with a twist then let them know and send them a link. This is great for forums, Twitter, Facebook and any other place where you talk to people with similar interests. Also as we have Gareth and Neil if you know any Gareth fans or Matrix fans that’s another angle you can use on the people you know.
Banner and Website Promotions
We have provided a selection of icons and banners for you to use, these can be found on the Viral Marketing section. Please feel free to use them on your websites blog and whatever you can squeeze them on to. Like taking to people this is a cheap way to help out and get the word spread.
Social Networks
Many people use Facebook, Myspace, twitter and countless other way to connect with the rest of the world. We try to keep our main site as up-to-date as possible, and keep Myspace and Facebook topped up when we can. However if you see something of interests on one of Casimir Effects site pages, tweet it blog it or do whatever you can to get it out there. Re-Tweeting our Twitter posts is a fantastic way to expand our network of friends.
Tombstones
At the top of each blog update there are a number of popup tombstones each for a different way to spread the word about an update. There is everything from Facebook status updates, through Twitter updates and Diggs. If you can click on one or two of these which suite your style then it will help us spread the word
Internet Campaigns
| We have already started a Twibbon campaign for any twitter user out there. This puts a little icon on your Twitter avatar to show your support for Casimir Effect. This is a good way to gauge how far our influence has spread through Twitter. I think the same Twibbon can be used on Facebook and Myspace. It could also be used as a conversation starter. We are also looking at other forms on internet campaigns if you have any ideas or can set one up let us know. |
Flyers
This is one of the elements of promotion that will cost something but can bring a whole new audience to Casimir Effect. In our Viral Marketing section we have flyers to download. These as simple flyers can be cheaply copied please don’t spend massive amounts of your own money printing stunning colour versions, just a print and cheap B&W photocopy is all it needs. Then cut them up and spread them around at gigs, college, university, work, conventions, events, festivals, well anywhere you think you can get away with dropping some flyers. If you work in a shop you could pop them in people’s bags when packing them or in packages if you sell stuff online.
Fan Fiction
It’s probably too early for people to look at writing fan-fic, but to let you know we love the stuff. The only thing we ask is that if you do write some you put that it is Copyright Casimir Productions as it is our world and characters. Hey we may even put some of the best stories up on the site, we will try to link to them if we can. We aren’t opposed to NC-17 slash-fiction, at the end of the day it’s a bit of adult fun; however we cannot link to NC-17 Slash-Fiction is as Casimir Effect is aimed at a general audience where such stories may be considered inappropriate.
Funding Update
We are 40% of the way to our first Funding goal, thank you to everyone who has helped. Our first midpoint is coming up we might be £150 sort of this if everything keep going as it is. It just means that little bit extra needs to be found over Christmas. Other than that it’s fantastic that so many of you want to help.









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November 22nd, 2009 at 8:17 pm (Quote)
Hey,
I just wanted to let you know first that I am very excited about this project and will do what I can to help with promotion.
Secondly, I think you may wish to reword your quote fine print on fan fic linking. I am sure what you meant to say, is that you can not link to any NC-17 fan fic, because you’re meant to be peruse-able by a general audience, rather then that you can only ‘not link’ to NC-17 slash fics, which comes off as mildly homophobic and I am sure that is simply an error. As I know that some of the people involved with this project would never support that and of course that you wouldn’t be willing to include it if it weren’t an error. So, just thought you’d want to know it comes off that way.
Best wishes from the land of authoress Crimson M. Kildare
November 22nd, 2009 at 8:36 pm (Quote)
On behalf of a dear friend who can not leave a comment due to software issues, I have been asked to add these suggestions to my previous comment …
Three things:
1. A beta Reader for the site text would be helpful for catching typos and other errors, a fresh pair of eyes is just always a plus.
2. If you remove the word ‘too’ from the phrase we aren’t too opposed to NC-17 slash fics, that statement will no longer sound bigoted.
3. If you make it specifically clear that it is all NC-17 material that can not be linked to, you will avoid the problem of losing folks who were excited about the project and ready to help with promotion, but who felt they couldn’t support anything that might come off as bigoted.
Again, I wish to stress that these comments are left respectfully and in the desire to assist you in creating greater and greater success for yourselves.
Sincerely,
Crimson M. Kildare and Friend
November 22nd, 2009 at 11:54 pm (Quote)
Hi Crimson,
At least two people go through every post however no matter how many people view a post things will always get through and individual interpretation cannot always be anticipated. Thanks for pointing this out to us. I have edited the post slightly to make it clear.
November 23rd, 2009 at 12:11 am (Quote)
I have also altered the site as it seems some people have has issues accessing some of the pages
November 23rd, 2009 at 12:38 am (Quote)
Hi Gabriel,
Thanks so much! Glad to do anything I can to help out! Very excited about this project, best of luck!
Crimson