The Magnify Fast Movers - what's going on.

Hey gang,  thought i'd take a sec to share with you some news that should give channel owners some insights into how some channels are
growing fast - and what you can do to accelerate growth.

We've been noticing that membership and pageview growth go hand in hand.   This isn't surprising,  but it is exciting.  Channels like Skeewee.tv  are  serving a user base that has a shared set of interests and a shared set of stories.  Skeewee describes itself as: "SkeeWeeTV.com is a video community that features video from the ladies of the Nations first sorority of color".  They launched just 90 days ago and they're already at 1,346 members.   What's great about skeewee is that members share with other members,  and spread the word.  So as the channel admin,  you don't have to do all the work of trying to go out and create buzz and traffic - each new members seems to bring a few new ones with them.  This is very much like the facebook phenomenon we're seeing in the social space,  and catching on to this is important.  If your channel isn't a 'community'  you may want to think about how to make it feel more like one.

A few tips:

    1.  Post your channel admin profile on your home page.  Let folks know you're proud of what you've built.  And put your contact info in your
    profile.
    2.  Use the 'email your address book feature'  to make sure all your friends or customers are invited to join
    3.  Consider using twitter to start a dialog about your subject and invite folks to join your twitter feed
    4.  Go to places where folks that are interested in your topic might hang out and get them excited about your site.  Post in discussion
        groups,  blogs,  comments in related sites.  Be proud and wave your flag.
    5.  Consider buying Google Adwords to promote your channel.  Ok, this costs money - so don't feel you have to.  But it might be worth
        a few bucks to test.

Finally - make sure to check out other sites using Magnify to see what neat tricks,  solutions, and tools they're using.   You can post on the forums for help with CSS or other neat hacks.  For example,   Freerunning.magnify.net  has a great translation hack on their home page.  We may offer it as a widget at some point,  but for now - if you need it why not ask the channel admin to share it with you.

Finally -  here's a list of the sites with a large number of new members - all worth a look:

www.racingjunk.com

www.RationalResponseSquad.magnify.net

www.101greatgoals.magnify.net

www.flavorvideo.magnify.net