Other Forums and Sites for Promoting NYRA

[Yasha]

I was just thinking about how nice it would be to have more people contributing to the threads asking for suggestions for a pledge FAQ and other similar attempts at constructive stuff around here. The head-smackingly obvious (go easy on me, I'm not functional on so little sleep) option for getting more active participation would be to actually go out around the net and promote NYRA more. Considering that I just started a thread yesterday about the whole spread Firefox campaign I probably should have thought about focusing on this more earlier. But it came up now... so, does anyone have any good suggestions for other forums or website that might be good places to promote NYRA?

I'll start off with the Bolt forums, ASFAR forums, Oblivion forums, and ACLU forums. (Yeah I know, easy options all of them). Anyone have more to add?

[XavierAKadafi]

I tend to bring NYRA up to every forum I join and then put them in my signature on those that I don't.

Anybody who isn't trying to bring NYRA up other forums should be ashamed...

[KPalicz]

Post links to NYRA absolutely everywhere you can. Not only to attract more people, but it'll help our Google rank too. And link to subpages like our issue pages.

But if you have a homepage, provide a NYRA link, link in your AIM profile, in your sig line for forums, hell sign your name with the NYRA address when sending e-mails. Put this link freaken everywhere. When you go into a computer lab, set YouthRights.org as the homepage. Or open a browser window, go to NYRA and leave it open when you leave. Write the web address on your money. Make flyers and stick them up around town.

[XavierAKadafi]

on your money, now that's a new one..

[KPalicz]

Yup, on money. Think how many times a bill changes hands in its life. Put the website and a slogan and its some free advertising.

[SciVille]

Cool.

Message board membership is a way to go, too. If you're in a nice, friendly mb, usually everyone at least glances at the sites in others' signatures and profiles.:b:

[Yasha]

Yeah that would be really effective marketing if enough of us did it on a regular basis.

[XavierAKadafi]

Well, I've got a couple bills right now.. :) *gets to writing*

Anybody who has any form of bill should do the same..

I don't know about you, but a lot of people I know actually read whats on their money and do what it says for the hell of it.

[XavierAKadafi]

This sounds like an easy campain that would be successful..

1's, 5's, and 10s.. Possibly 20s.. anything bigger.. break it down so more are distributed.

[SciVille]

Not to be a spoil sport, but isn't defacing currency technically illegal?:scared:

[XavierAKadafi]

O.o.. How many times have you gotten money that has been written on?

Did you press charges on the store that distributed it to you?

[SciVille]

Oh, yes, I did. I have five lawsuits pending at the moment...;)

Back in ninth grade, we used to fold pennies using the table vice in shop class. Quite fun until realizing we were just left with unusable pieces of copper.:P

[Yasha]

I wrote it on all the money I could find when I was reading this thread earlier. That would be a whole $1. :)

[KPalicz]

writing on money is NOT illegal. Its only illegal if it renders the bill unusable. Therefor burning money is illegal, writing on it, or even cutting it in half (and taping it back together) is allowed.

[SciVille]

Oh, okay. Well, I'd better get writing!:naughty:

[XavierAKadafi]

I just wrote on $14.. a 10 and 4 1's.. :)

[KPalicz]

I've always thought that if this catches on, we could sell stamps to people. To make it easier to mark their bills.

[Yasha]

Actually that would be a great idea. Little ink stamps with youth rights slogans or the youthrights.org url. Any idea how much they would cost?

[KPalicz]

no idea. but i've always figured it could be something we'd sell whenever we get a store set up.

[KPalicz]

People still sticking with it? I've been marking bills off and on for years now. It'd be great if everyone else regularly did as well.

Also, with Jason's suggestion for other boards to mention NYRA. Anyone have more ideas?

[XavierAKadafi]

I've done it.. every bill that comes in my posession.

[KPalicz]

Sweet :b: