Charity advertising question
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Some or most of you already know that I adopted 3 children from Ukraine in August of last year. While I was there, the man in charge of helping my wife and I mentioned a charity that he had started, and I offered to help him with his web site if he ever needed it. So, he recently asked me to help him get more viewers for his page, and I'm not really sure how to go about that properly. (Maybe the CP effect will be enough? ;)) Anyway, here's the link: http://adopt.kiev.ua/?tmp=angel[^]. I plan on linking to it from my adoption-related blog, and I made sure that Google is capable of finding his site, but it's far down the results list. What else can I do to give him a hand? John
"You said a whole sentence with no words in it, and I understood you!" -- my wife as she cries about slowly becoming a geek.One would think that you'd get little to no result through improving search engine results, what sort of search would you target ? I would think that the best way you could help is to generate publicity locally, see if you can get a story in a newspaper, for example. However, this could backfire - the editor might decide a story on unknown charities and the risks of your money going to the mob would sell more papers :-) It sounds like a great idea though - although one would think that the cost of postage would greatly increase the cost of helping them this way, as opposed to sending money. Christian I have several lifelong friends that are New Yorkers but I have always gravitated toward the weirdo's. - Richard Stringer
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Some or most of you already know that I adopted 3 children from Ukraine in August of last year. While I was there, the man in charge of helping my wife and I mentioned a charity that he had started, and I offered to help him with his web site if he ever needed it. So, he recently asked me to help him get more viewers for his page, and I'm not really sure how to go about that properly. (Maybe the CP effect will be enough? ;)) Anyway, here's the link: http://adopt.kiev.ua/?tmp=angel[^]. I plan on linking to it from my adoption-related blog, and I made sure that Google is capable of finding his site, but it's far down the results list. What else can I do to give him a hand? John
"You said a whole sentence with no words in it, and I understood you!" -- my wife as she cries about slowly becoming a geek.John Fisher wrote: that I adopted 3 children from Ukrain Bully for you :) I'm not so sure clicking on the link will have the effect you desire. "One of the Georges," said Psmith, "I forget which, once said that a certain number of hours' sleep a day--I cannot recall for the moment how many--made a man something, which for the time being has slipped my memory."
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Some or most of you already know that I adopted 3 children from Ukraine in August of last year. While I was there, the man in charge of helping my wife and I mentioned a charity that he had started, and I offered to help him with his web site if he ever needed it. So, he recently asked me to help him get more viewers for his page, and I'm not really sure how to go about that properly. (Maybe the CP effect will be enough? ;)) Anyway, here's the link: http://adopt.kiev.ua/?tmp=angel[^]. I plan on linking to it from my adoption-related blog, and I made sure that Google is capable of finding his site, but it's far down the results list. What else can I do to give him a hand? John
"You said a whole sentence with no words in it, and I understood you!" -- my wife as she cries about slowly becoming a geek.Are there other adoption related sites/blogs/organizations you can trade links with? This could increase visibility on the search engine as well. BW
"Get up and open your eyes. Don't let yourself ever fall down.
Get through it and learn how to fly. I know you will find a way...
Today"
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Are there other adoption related sites/blogs/organizations you can trade links with? This could increase visibility on the search engine as well. BW
"Get up and open your eyes. Don't let yourself ever fall down.
Get through it and learn how to fly. I know you will find a way...
Today"
-Days of the NewThat's a worthy idea. Thanks, I'll look into it. John
"You said a whole sentence with no words in it, and I understood you!" -- my wife as she cries about slowly becoming a geek. -
John Fisher wrote: that I adopted 3 children from Ukrain Bully for you :) I'm not so sure clicking on the link will have the effect you desire. "One of the Georges," said Psmith, "I forget which, once said that a certain number of hours' sleep a day--I cannot recall for the moment how many--made a man something, which for the time being has slipped my memory."
I didn't really expect anything, but who knows? :) John
"You said a whole sentence with no words in it, and I understood you!" -- my wife as she cries about slowly becoming a geek. -
One would think that you'd get little to no result through improving search engine results, what sort of search would you target ? I would think that the best way you could help is to generate publicity locally, see if you can get a story in a newspaper, for example. However, this could backfire - the editor might decide a story on unknown charities and the risks of your money going to the mob would sell more papers :-) It sounds like a great idea though - although one would think that the cost of postage would greatly increase the cost of helping them this way, as opposed to sending money. Christian I have several lifelong friends that are New Yorkers but I have always gravitated toward the weirdo's. - Richard Stringer
Christian Graus wrote: the editor might decide a story on unknown charities and the risks of your money going to the mob would sell more papers LOL. I suppose that is possible, since they wouldn't have much more reason to trust me than him. Christian Graus wrote: It sounds like a great idea though - although one would think that the cost of postage would greatly increase the cost of helping them this way, as opposed to sending money. Admittedly, I am biased, but I couldn't help but think that if someone was going to go to the time, expense, and effort to do this -- they should just adopt the child. Someone's heart strings are going to get tied up through this sort of thing, and severing the connection could cause problems... John
"You said a whole sentence with no words in it, and I understood you!" -- my wife as she cries about slowly becoming a geek. -
Christian Graus wrote: the editor might decide a story on unknown charities and the risks of your money going to the mob would sell more papers LOL. I suppose that is possible, since they wouldn't have much more reason to trust me than him. Christian Graus wrote: It sounds like a great idea though - although one would think that the cost of postage would greatly increase the cost of helping them this way, as opposed to sending money. Admittedly, I am biased, but I couldn't help but think that if someone was going to go to the time, expense, and effort to do this -- they should just adopt the child. Someone's heart strings are going to get tied up through this sort of thing, and severing the connection could cause problems... John
"You said a whole sentence with no words in it, and I understood you!" -- my wife as she cries about slowly becoming a geek.Well, the site said these children are unadoptable. What does that mean ? Christian I have several lifelong friends that are New Yorkers but I have always gravitated toward the weirdo's. - Richard Stringer
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Well, the site said these children are unadoptable. What does that mean ? Christian I have several lifelong friends that are New Yorkers but I have always gravitated toward the weirdo's. - Richard Stringer
That doesn't normally mean "the government won't let you adopt them", but rather "no one ends up adopting them", because they are "too sick", "too old", or something. John
"You said a whole sentence with no words in it, and I understood you!" -- my wife as she cries about slowly becoming a geek. -
Some or most of you already know that I adopted 3 children from Ukraine in August of last year. While I was there, the man in charge of helping my wife and I mentioned a charity that he had started, and I offered to help him with his web site if he ever needed it. So, he recently asked me to help him get more viewers for his page, and I'm not really sure how to go about that properly. (Maybe the CP effect will be enough? ;)) Anyway, here's the link: http://adopt.kiev.ua/?tmp=angel[^]. I plan on linking to it from my adoption-related blog, and I made sure that Google is capable of finding his site, but it's far down the results list. What else can I do to give him a hand? John
"You said a whole sentence with no words in it, and I understood you!" -- my wife as she cries about slowly becoming a geek.I am curious, you say you adopted them, you mean they are living with you as your children, or that you supply them support every few months as the "Adopt an Angel" program appears to be setup? I posted a recommendation link to it on my HintsAndTips.com site. May become more involved directly. Rocky <>< Mozilla/Firefox Crushing IE's Lead![^]
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I am curious, you say you adopted them, you mean they are living with you as your children, or that you supply them support every few months as the "Adopt an Angel" program appears to be setup? I posted a recommendation link to it on my HintsAndTips.com site. May become more involved directly. Rocky <>< Mozilla/Firefox Crushing IE's Lead![^]
Rocky Moore wrote: I posted a recommendation link to it on my HintsAndTips.com site. Thanks! Rocky Moore wrote: May become more involved directly. Thinking it over is all I ask. :) Rocky Moore wrote: I am curious, you say you adopted them, you mean they are living with you as your children, or that you supply them support every few months as the "Adopt an Angel" program appears to be setup? They are my children, forever and always, and are living at my house. It was one of the absolute best decisions my wife and I have ever made! John
"You said a whole sentence with no words in it, and I understood you!" -- my wife as she cries about slowly becoming a geek. -
Rocky Moore wrote: I posted a recommendation link to it on my HintsAndTips.com site. Thanks! Rocky Moore wrote: May become more involved directly. Thinking it over is all I ask. :) Rocky Moore wrote: I am curious, you say you adopted them, you mean they are living with you as your children, or that you supply them support every few months as the "Adopt an Angel" program appears to be setup? They are my children, forever and always, and are living at my house. It was one of the absolute best decisions my wife and I have ever made! John
"You said a whole sentence with no words in it, and I understood you!" -- my wife as she cries about slowly becoming a geek.A couple from work is currently in China adopting a lovely baby girl. They set up a blog for everyone to follow along.http://journeytochloe.blogspot.com[^] Top 10 Geek Resulutions: 5. To decipher what that big room is, which has the blue ceiling and poor climate control.