★Shiny★Umbreon★ wrote:Someone said I could take over their adoptables, star kitties. They asked me to because they aren't online as often anymore. There's not many adopters as there were before. I'm planning in drawing some events and host some raffles once some litters have gone up. Do you think this is a good way to start?
Absolutely! Also, make sure you advertise as much as you can in your signature, and make something available so fans can do the same if they wish. c:
Another something that I haven't seen yet that might work: If you've got an affiliate that's very popular, talk to that species/agency/what-have-you owner and see if you can run a deal with them: maybe a small contest that involves whatever they offer (for example, if it's an art shop, maybe a piece of art from them; or if it's a species thread, a character design) alongside something that you're adopting out.
... That's hard to understand, let me try one big example. xD I used two of my own species to illustrate, though I'm not quite sure how the second part would go considering they aren't very complementary of one another. :B
Monster Adopts has two affiliates, Art Shop 1 and Jefferson Starships. Monster's holding an event - a raffle, with the prizes being a Monster and a headshot from the artist of Art Shop 1 (after a quick conversation with said artist, of course; maybe the owner of Monster will have to pay a small fee or something to make it fair?).
Another part of the event is an art contest with the prizes being a complementary pair of friends: a Monster and a Jefferson Starship, donated to the event after another quick conversation with the species owner. They could be specially edited, or something, to make it even more appealing.
All win: The artist and Jefferson Starships get advertising, and the Monsters have made followers of the art shop and the Jefferson Starships aware of the species.