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For herpes dating sites, it is hard to do social marketing,

May 19, 2016 1:42AM PDT

I am a new small herpes site owner, www.herpesdatingsites.date, I found it was hard to promote it on social site, take FB as example. Facebook does not allow dating-related site to do advertising. And people does not like or share your post, because, I guess, they are afraid that others know they have herpes. At present I do not know how to promote my site.

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Post was last edited on May 19, 2016 1:51 AM PDT

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Tough....
May 20, 2016 9:47PM PDT

Frankingly speaking, it's like trying to promote online to tell everybody the benefits of smoking...It's a taboo in the social media world...

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So no narrow ways to promote it?
May 22, 2016 7:31PM PDT

yo mean I have to give up the social marketing. If so, any other ways suggested?

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Advice
May 22, 2016 10:57PM PDT

No dear its easy to promote it on social platform, I think you did not follow the instruction of FB about date websites promotion. When you create a page these are the following instruction you must be follow.
1. restrict 18 below
2- use 18+ tag when you create the title of your page.
3- do not post link direct on FB , post link though other.

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Thanks
May 23, 2016 1:07AM PDT

Thanks for your advice. Will try!

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Idea
Nov 15, 2016 6:10AM PST

Hi my name is Natalie, I really think that that will be a tough think to do just because herpes is not something people like to talk about with no one. in that case, you have to look for a way were you can maybe put announcements in websites so that people with herpes know about this site and decide to enter to find someone to be with. But, the topic is a taboo in social media and real life, so it will be hard to make you website noticeable but not impossible.
have a nice day!