Dear Pet Talk people, old and new
Dear Pet Talk people!
We are writing to all of you for your thoughts, ideas and input!
We know a lot of you rarely come to Pet Talk any more, even though I see you over on Facebook, and you participate in the FB community there.
What could we do to improve Pet Talk so more people would participate here? I worry that most of the forums are very quiet, and while a pet may get "likes" over on Facebook, and on Google+, the people whose pets are being featured cannot see those. They can see posts on Pet Talk, even if they do not join themselves. I often get emails from people saying thanks for the comments, who never join the forum but "lurk" on their pets' day.
Would it help if we added Facebook integration to the Pet Talk forum so you could log in with your Facebook ID?
Since we came late to Facebook, it is almost impossible for others to find the Dog, Cat and Pet of the Day pages on Facebook. If you think them being there has any value, please let us know or "like" these pages.
Also, what could we do to improve Dog, Cat, and Pet of the Day to attract more people to the homepages? We make sure the Pet, Dog and Cat we feature are loved pets already in homes, and the photos and stories are of good quality. We celebrate the love and relationships between people and pets, and know how important folks pets are to them, and want to keep the websites going, and growing!
We appreciate you "Liking" "Plussing" and sharing the Dog, Cat and Pet of the Day. And we know that dog lovers and cat lovers and pet lovers are a group that is diverse in every other matter, with widely varying musical and cultural tastes, politics, religions, nationalities, ages, genders and everything else.
But we know our love for our pets can unite us, and make the world a better place for people and the animals too.
Please let me know how we can improve by writing to me at [email protected] or here on Pet Talk.
Facebook
Dog of the Day - https://www.facebook.com/DogoftheDayOfficial
Cat of the Day - https://www.facebook.com/CatoftheDayOfficial
Pet of the Day - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pet-o...16055821791272
Google+
Dog of the Day - https://plus.google.com/104780259361843036149/
Cat of the Day - https://plus.google.com/+CatoftheDay
Pet of the Day - https://plus.google.com/+PetoftheDay
Twitter
Dog of the Day - http://twitter.com/dogofthedaycom
Cat of the Day - http://twitter.com/catoftheday
Pet of the Day - http://twitter.com/petoftheday
Pinterest
Dog of the Day - http://www.pinterest.com/dogofthedaycom/
Cat of the Day - http://www.pinterest.com/catoftheday/
Pet of the Day - http://www.pinterest.com/petoftheday/
Hoping you get more participation!
Hi Karen,
My husband and I visit Cat of the Day most every morning, but you are correct, I haven't participated in Pet Talk for a long time. I used to have a number of friends there, and hope your posting this will bring some of them to the surface as well.
Part of the reason I don't participate on PT any more is time online...I go through 200 or so animal rescue emails a day - share them nationwide in an effort to get orphaned pets new homes. I do have a facebook page, but it too is mostly for animal rescue, and I really don't post there as much as I'd like to. I wasn't even aware that there were facebook pages for Cat/Dog/Pet of the Day. I've just now visited your Cat of the Day fb page...very nice.
Integration of the other entities might work. Would it be possible to have a link from the facebook page, etc., to pet talk and maybe a note on the top of the pet talk page for the day about "visit us on facebook" and others giving the link? Going back and forth might draw people who list their cats/dogs/pets to check out the facebook page and others to see comments there. Not sure how you'd do all of that, but I know you and Paul are very online savvy.
I will try to visit more often and make a comment, although I admit that we only visit Cat of the Day, rarely taking time to visit dog or pet pages.
I would be happy to post a comment on my Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/baris.r.page encouraging my friends to visit your pages, but again, I really don't have that large a following - mostly just family and rescue people. I discourage most postings not relating to animals.
Let me know where this leads...maybe you'll get some good comments from other pet talk people.
Good luck.
Bari DuBois
I'll try to pop in more often
Hi,
I'm sorry it has taken me so long to answer your email. This is part of the problem that prevents me from coming in as much as I would like. I'm so swamped usually with work that I don't seem to find time to do the other things I enjoy.
I'll make it a point now though, to pop in more often. This is a lovely site. Like what others have said, I detest Facebook, too. I keep joining, then remember why I hate it, and quit again. I'd much rather be with pet people. :)