How to attract hobbyists if you have no reviews?
Advertise by posting in the Ad Board with pictures, rates & services. Get a website.
First, be sure to read the TER Instruction Manual which is locked as the top post on the Newbie forum. ("Return to Forum" button; scroll up.)
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Here is a recent related thread: http://www.theeroticreview.com/discussion-boards/newbie-33/it-took-me-almost-6-months-167876?page=1#167952 Related, but not exactly what you asked.
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Scroll thru the newbie posts and look for related subject lines: "I'm new." "Please help!" "How to get reviews?" "Where to advertise?" "How to post an ad?" 3-4 pages should turn up several topics.
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Use the search feature and search for things like [first review] [all these words] and see what comes up.
How to attract hobbyists if you have no reviews?
to join TER and write a review of you.
That's what got me to do it.
Be sure to stoke their hair and stair longingly into their eyes while you ask.
...You still had hair to stroke.
just not where I'd prefer to have it, however.
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see that anytime you respond to a post you are permitted to add a link to your website or ad. As GS said, be sure you post your once every 7 days ad on your regional ad board. Marketing is about getting your name and photo in the eyes of potential clients (like billboards on a highway).