Thread: Brainstorming: How to get the word out about LDing and DreamViews???

I was thinking that DV should put an ad on a popular website with dramatic facts (1/3 of your life is missing! Do the impossible! Remember details from YEARS ago!) and link them here with incentive. (Find out how with DreamViews.com! Over 20,000 members strong... Nothing to lose, everything to gain!)

DV could also advertise on public transportation. There are millions in the US alone that use it, so why not take advantage?

Advertising costs money that DV doesn't have. Also, I'm very likely to ignore ads and if I saw an ad for something related to dreaming I'd dismiss it as new age crap.

If I'm not mistaken, DV is actually a business, right?

Also, I'm pretty sure that according to mainstream populous, LD'ing IS new age crap. It's up there with hypnosis, bineural beats and things like that. (funny thing is, hypnosis and bineural beats actually work)

It's been drilled into the minds of millions that dreams should not be messed with, and it's been assumed that anything that seems "out there" is fake. (for instance, ~20% of US citizens seriously believe that we have not been to the moon)

Call big time radio talk shows and talk about lucid dreaming. Then ease into mentioning "Dream Views on the internet". If you dive right into talking about "DreamViews.com", you will sound like an advertiser and it will get bleeped out, most likely. Coast to Coast would be an awesome show to mention it on, if you can ever get on the show. I have gotten on it twice, but there was a guest host both times. It was back when Art Bell was the main host, and I was never able to get on when he was in the studio. But people did it all the time.

Also, start threads about lucid dreaming on major web sites, particularly psychology, philosophy, and mysticism sites. In your original post, provide a link to this site. Try not to come across as a spammer. Doing this will be very effective.

It's one thing to get the word out about lucid dreaming, but getting the word out about DV would cause lots more people to come to DV thus changing the community for better or for worse. Personally, I don't see any reason why DV should change. It has sustained growth and the community is fine.

I share Bleagle's view. Why do we need the DV community to be bigger? It's not like you get any more profit. You get money from these advertisments everywhere. People don't pay to sign up. If people hear about LD'ing and they want to try it, they can search it up and find us. If we just get giant, nobody will know anyone and it will become a Twitter deal. It's going to suck.

Good points guys. I never really thought about DV becoming TOO big, but I can see how that could become a problem. However, I still like the idea of spreading the word about DV and lucid dreaming in general. Perhaps the membership process could be more strict, like mods would have to approve each "applicant" first, or any interested person would have to fill out a questionair or something.

Also, Iv'e noticed there are hundreds of members here who havn't been active for 2+ years. I think a project staff should work on is deleting any accounts that have been inactive for a certain amount of time; I'm sure this has already been discussed

Originally Posted by dreamingofdreaming

Good points guys. I never really thought about DV becoming TOO big, but I can see how that could become a problem. However, I still like the idea of spreading the word about DV and lucid dreaming in general. Perhaps the membership process could be more strict, like mods would have to approve each "applicant" first, or any interested person would have to fill out a questionair or something.

Also, Iv'e noticed there are hundreds of members here who havn't been active for 2+ years. I think a project staff should work on is deleting any accounts that have been inactive for a certain amount of time; I'm sure this has already been discussed

Well you can't just delete accounts. What if they want to come back?

When DV gets big, we will lose the sense of family here because nobody knows each other. You'll never see my posts because all the other posts drown me out. Same with everyone else.