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World domination has always been the stated aim of ShootUp, with an active sideline in the whole diabetes thing.
We have great bunch of readers and lurkers, but we want more. There are too many people out there without access to decent diabetes based humour and poorly written blog posts.
This is where you lot come in. Have you any ideas how we can spread the word about ShootUp to the unfortunate souls who know nothing of the despond and despair we offer?
How did you find us? How else could we have got at you if we didn’t get you that way? Any ideas on how we could spread the word more widely?
Thoughts appreciated.
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Hmmm… well, I could do a thread on Lola the labradoodle alert dog for diabetes. that would cover 3 subjects. If you can publish a picture it would be easier – i did one somewhere on here but it wasn’t easy – it didn’t show up on the thread I don’t think.
I THINK I found my way by reading about you on the Diabetes UK site.
What about sending a letter to Balance? And to IDDT? Both are well read magazines. People who read and are interested about their condition are the most likely candidates.
Send a photocopy-able leaflet to every head diabetes nurse in the UK? Our clinic has loads of leaflets. Some nurses may just throw it away, some will photocopy it and put it in the leaflet displayers.
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Hmmm… well, I could do a thread on Lola the labradoodle alert dog for diabetes. that would cover 3 subjects. If you can publish a picture it would be easier – i did one somewhere on here but it wasn’t easy – it didn’t show up on the thread I don’t think.
I THINK I found my way by reading about you on the Diabetes UK site.
What about sending a letter to Balance? And to IDDT? Both are well read magazines. People who read and are interested about their condition are the most likely candidates.
Send a photocopy-able leaflet to every head diabetes nurse in the UK? Our clinic has loads of leaflets. Some nurses may just throw it away, some will photocopy it and put it in the leaflet displayers.
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@Lizz – I like the grey – it’s restful! The front page needs a bit more tweaking though – I’m not quite happy with it.
Oh and an article about Lola would be very interesting – lets walk and talk on the email.
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@Lizz – I like the grey – it’s restful! The front page needs a bit more tweaking though – I’m not quite happy with it.
Oh and an article about Lola would be very interesting – lets walk and talk on the email.
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Whilst grey is not great purple is a horrible colour.
I did get a plug into the last Balance but to be honest it would need a full page article and then some to generate any visitors under the age of 78.
Unfortunately for you Tim I think Twitter is the future. Just follow as many diabetics from around the world as you can. And also change your description to include a bit about the forum and how it’s a more light-hearted forum. As you know traffic generates traffic and getting a few of the big hitting DOCers to recommend will do wonders to improve the flow.
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Whilst grey is not great purple is a horrible colour.
I did get a plug into the last Balance but to be honest it would need a full page article and then some to generate any visitors under the age of 78.
Unfortunately for you Tim I think Twitter is the future. Just follow as many diabetics from around the world as you can. And also change your description to include a bit about the forum and how it’s a more light-hearted forum. As you know traffic generates traffic and getting a few of the big hitting DOCers to recommend will do wonders to improve the flow.
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@seasiderdave – Yeah, I know what you mean; but I don’t neccessarily want to focus on getting other diabetic bloggers reading and commenting (of course, they are more than welcome to!). We want normal, relatively literate diabetics who don’t normally frequent websites. So maybe Balance, etc., is the way forward. Who knows?
And what’s wrong with grey! I like it!
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@seasiderdave – Yeah, I know what you mean; but I don’t neccessarily want to focus on getting other diabetic bloggers reading and commenting (of course, they are more than welcome to!). We want normal, relatively literate diabetics who don’t normally frequent websites. So maybe Balance, etc., is the way forward. Who knows?
And what’s wrong with grey! I like it!
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I joined after reading Tim and Alison’s post in the Abbott mag. Thank god I did didn’t like DUK some pretty scary opinionated people, far too serious! Having just joined I find Twitter a waste of my time can’t be bothered.
Web site — Grey is peaceful/calm and doesn’t cause any adverse problems if reading whilst hypo ing. As said before “Less is More” Do you really want to attract “other”pancreatically challenged people ????
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I joined after reading Tim and Alison’s post in the Abbott mag. Thank god I did didn’t like DUK some pretty scary opinionated people, far too serious! Having just joined I find Twitter a waste of my time can’t be bothered.
Web site — Grey is peaceful/calm and doesn’t cause any adverse problems if reading whilst hypo ing. As said before “Less is More” Do you really want to attract “other”pancreatically challenged people ????
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@seasiderdave – Our favourite Pole? I’ll have to Czech…
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@seasiderdave – Our favourite Pole? I’ll have to Czech…
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@mustard – we do have to attract new people. The only reason we still maintain the site is that it massages our huge egos every time we post an article that then gets more than two comments
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@mustard – we do have to attract new people. The only reason we still maintain the site is that it massages our huge egos every time we post an article that then gets more than two comments
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Maybe we need recipes – I’ve been working on a new recipes section here: http://betes.co.uk/recipes
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Maybe we need recipes – I’ve been working on a new recipes section here: http://betes.co.uk/recipes
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Recipe for success:
1 cup – Contentious articles
5 cups – Funny articles
4 cups – Pertinent gripes (aired)
Sprinkle of Witty comments
Beat the above over the head of anyone who will listen. Drape with a naked man and a naked woman and post on the internet, advertise everywhere people go to eat interesting stuff.
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Recipe for success:
1 cup – Contentious articles
5 cups – Funny articles
4 cups – Pertinent gripes (aired)
Sprinkle of Witty comments
Beat the above over the head of anyone who will listen. Drape with a naked man and a naked woman and post on the internet, advertise everywhere people go to eat interesting stuff.
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I’m always shocked by the number of Diabetics who have never heard of Diabetes UK. So I don’t expect a website to be any different.
When I did Dafnee admittedly near 5 years ago now, of the 20ish people doing it, 50% had never heard of DUK and only 2 where actually members (and I’m only a member because my Mum and Dad made me a life member as a child)
The Issue I suspect is that in the UK most people don’t do there own research on there health, and blindly trust there doctor. Let alone get involved and discuss it.
Its all part of the same issue.
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I’m always shocked by the number of Diabetics who have never heard of Diabetes UK. So I don’t expect a website to be any different.
When I did Dafnee admittedly near 5 years ago now, of the 20ish people doing it, 50% had never heard of DUK and only 2 where actually members (and I’m only a member because my Mum and Dad made me a life member as a child)
The Issue I suspect is that in the UK most people don’t do there own research on there health, and blindly trust there doctor. Let alone get involved and discuss it.
Its all part of the same issue.
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