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I know I USED to be the one who can't talk, but now, I'm more popular, and I'm going to tell you how to get more views.

You know all the sticky's in Show and tell? Well, they are very helpful, but when I was on a quest for views, it didn't always help. Some of the tips do, like commenting on a project and giving a positive, helpful and intelligent feedback, eg:

Awesome project! I love the smooth way the sprite moves! It's neat and tidy, I'm giving you a Loveit!

The main thing you should do, though, is produce a project for the Scratch Design Studio.

How does this help? Well, every now and then, if you've put your project in the Scratch design studio, on the front page, random projects appear on the front page. Your project get's shown a lot on the front page and people view your project. Click here to see the latest Design Studio.

The Scratch Design Studio is extremely helpful, but there is another vital thing you need to do in order to get some more views, which is advertising in the Show and tell forums.

Tips for doing this:

*Don't put a title like 'CLICK HERE!!! AMAZING PROJECT!!!'. Loads of people do this because they want people to know they're project is good, but when people see the actual project, it's usually not that good, and although you'll get views on this project ONCE, people will be fobbed off by you, and won't look at any more of your projects.

*Give a good title, for eg: Two Colourful Sunshine Bursts! People who like colour or sunshine or just like art will then take a look at your ad and look at your project.

*Use BBCode to link to projects. If you just put a URL on the post, people with older computers may find it too slow to copy and paste or type in the URL bar. To find out how to make a BBCode, click here.

*Give a detailed description! Don't just put a link and write something like 'Good project', write a detailed description of your project so people can understand what the project is about.

Thank you for reading this, and I hope it helps! 

Last edited by tomicool (2010-07-04 12:31:03)