First of all thank you for joining our community! As you may be able to tell, Inraptured is filled with like minded erotic hypnosis fans as is a great place to connect with others that may be interested in your products.
Different ways to promote yourself here include:
1. Fill in as much of your profile as possible so other members know about you and your services.Your profile will be found by others members on our "Browse by Hypnotist Profile" page.
2. Upload sample or full audio files to your profile so members can hear your style and sample sessions easily. Audio files that have been uploaded already can be found by clicking here.
3. Create polls and ask questions to the community that may help you get ideas for sessions. Polls already created can be found by clicking here.
4. Upload stories about yourself possibly written by you or a sub to help promote yourself. Stories already created by members can be found by clicking here.
5. Write comments on friends profiles and participate in the forum to help get your profile seen and allow others to see how you interact within the community.
6. Form a group on Inraptured and allow members to join who wish to keep up with the latest news about you. Groups are a great way to get information out to members who will be interested in only what you have to say. Groups that have already created by members can be found by clicking here.
7. Write in your blog so members can get an idea of your interest and thoughts.Blogs that have already been made can be found by clicking here.
8. Add photos of yourself! Adding photos is a great way to get comments from other members and it may be an idea way to let the community attach an image to you.Photos that have already been made can be found by clicking here.
9. Upload a profile image to your profile.This is a way to again attach an image to you when you do updates around the site.
10. Add a link to your site in our link directory.Links that have already been made can be found by clicking here.
11. Place up advertisements about the products you are selling in our new Hypnotists Marketplace! Items that are already in the marketplace can be found here.
12. Buy banner advertising from us! Contact maurice for more info.
As you can see, there are many ways to promote yourself here on Inraptured. It all depends on how much or how little you use the resources here. Keep in mind that almost EVERYTHING you contribute to Inraptured will be viewable on your profile as well through a series of tabs. This way members will easily be able to find what items you have specially uploaded to our community.
The rest of this Hypnotist FAQ will focus on informing you about specific tools on the site you can use to help you connect with the Inraptured community. The rest of this FAQ will deal with different ways you can interact with Inraptured as a hypnotist! Enjoy your stay!
When you are on this page, please click on "Create New Album" link first. Fill in the following fields to create an album. Once you finish, you will be able to add photos to you album on the next screen. Look for "Add New Photos" and upload your images as you wish. Your photos will show up as a photo tab in your profile. Also your photos and album will be viewable on our "Browse Photos" page here as well as on your profile.
On this page you can make new polls and also edit the polls you currently have. To create a new poll, click on "create new poll" and then fill in the fields. Once finished, your poll will show up on our browse polls page here. Members will be able to vote on your poll and see the results of the poll thus far on this page as well. The poll will also be listed on your profile.
Once you are here you will first need to create a new playlist by clicking on the "Create New Playlist" link. Fill in the form on the next page and you will have a playlist.
Next click on the name of your new playlist. This should take you to a "Playlist Info" page. Click on the "Playlist" tab, and then the upload button. This will allow you to begin uploading files into your new playlist and the sessions you upload will go right into the profile as well.
Click on the "Add Files" button. Select a file from your computer, and then click on the "Upload Selected Files" button. The site will then upload your file and place it in your playlist and profile. The playlist of other members can be seen here:
To start adding videos to you account, first make sure you are logged into the site. Then look for the "My Apps" link and then click on the "Videos" link. You can also get to the video upload section by clicking here.
This page lists all the videos you have currently uploaded to the site. You can add, edit and delete your videos here.
When you get to this page, you are presented with 2 options. You can either upload your own video files from your computer, or connect to videos you may have already added to more popular video hosts.
If you want to upload your own videos from your computer, please click on "Upload New Video". You will be taken to a screen that will need a bunch of form fields filled out. At the end of the page you will see a big "browse" button. Click there to actually upload your file to our site. It may take a few minutes for the file to be uploaded completely. When finished, you should see a message from the site telling you it will be a bit before the video will be up.
When the site is finished converting the file, you will be able to see the video on the front page of the video section here.
As mentioned, you can also add videos from other sites, sch as youtube and metacafe. To do so just click on "Add a video from the video sharing website" when you are on the video uploading page clicking here. You will then need to fill in some information about your video and then save it, and you are done.
You can see your video on our video page, as well as your profile.
To start adding articles to your account, first make sure you are logged into the site. Then look for the "My Apps" link and then click on the "My Articles " link. You can also get to the article upload section by clicking here.
This page lists all the articles you have currently uploaded to the site. You can add, edit and delete your articles here.
When you are ready to upload your article, click on the "Add New Article" link on this page. You will see a few fields that you should fill out for your article. When you finish, you can either "Publish Article" or "Save as draft" if you want to save it for later.
When the article is uploaded, it will sit in the site que for an admin to appove it. It will generally take a few hours or possibly a day or two at most to get approved. Once it is uploaded, it will be listed in the article section of the site here, as well as your profile.
This page lists all the groups that you have created on the site. You can create and edit your groups on this page.
To create a group, click on "Create New Group" button.
On this next page, you will be presented with a lot of different options you can use to create your group. You can make the group visible by everyone, or just members. You can have the discussion board used by everyone, or just members, or just you if you wish.
Once you finish with choosing your group options, you will be able to upload a photo for the group on the next page. There is also a members tab to invite members to your group, and a group settings tab to adjust the style and settings of the group if you wish.
When you are finished, the group will be listed in our group page here.
There are many different features that the group has. You can attach your twitter account to this group by just entering in your twitter name. You can upload photos and audios using the Media tab.
You can use the "Discussion" tab to edit your groups discussion board. To post on your board, first click on the "Discussions" tab. Then look for your board (usually called "General Discussions"). You first will need to create a new topic by clicking on the "Post New Topic". Then type in a name for the topic and your message below. Click submit and that's it You created your first topic. Members as well as your self can reply to your topic by clicking on your board ("General Discussions" usually) Then clicking on the name of the topic. A box for members to reply to the topic will be on this page. I will add more information here about groups at a later date.
On this page you can make new links to be added to our link directory. Start by clicking on the "Submit A Link" button. Fill in the fields on the next page, and then click on "submit link". Your links will be added to our link directory here. Please only add links to your main site to this directory. This space should not be used to place links to your individual recordings, those should go in the Marketplace.
On this page you can make new entries into your blog. Start by clicking on the "Compose New Entry" button. Fill in the fields on the next page for your blog. You can click on "Preview Entry" if you would like to see how your entry looks first. Click on "Post Entry" if you would like to post your entry to the site. Your entry will then be loaded in onto our blog setion here.
On this page you can begin adding your products to the marketplace by clicking on the "Post New Items" link. Once you do so you will be taken to a page labeled "Post New Items". This page is the main area you will need to fill in for your product.
Begin by choosing the type of ad you wish to place into the Marketplace. Some ads can be placed for free, others may have a small fee associated with them. Here is the breakdown:
Standard Listing: This is a regular product ad that will expire after 7 days. Once the ad expires it will be removed from the marketplace.
Paid Listing: (5.00): Same as a Standard Listing except this ad will never expire from the Marketplace.
Hot Listing: (20.00): Same as a Paid Listing except the ad will be higher up on the Marketplace main page for at least 14 days. Your ad will also never expire from the Marketplace.
Sponsored Listing (15.00): Your ad will be labeled as a sponsored ad listing and it will be placed higher and on the right side of the marketplace page. Your ad will also never expire from the Marketplace.
Featured Listing (35.00): Your ad will be placed at the top of the Marketplace main page and stay there for at least 30 days. Only 4 slots will be available per month. Your ad will also never expire from the Marketplace.
If you know in advance you have a lot of products you wish to add to the Marketplace, please PM Maurice because the price for Paid Listings goes down if you buy more at one time.
5 Paid Listings: $20
10 Paid Listings: $35.
If you are submitting a session to the Marketplace that you are not charging for (a free session), please choose a standard ad and finish creating the ad, then contact Maurice and let him know through a PM.
These prices are current as of 6.7.2010. Please check the Marketplace for current ad prices.
After you select the ad type, please select your category. There will be a drop down for you to select if you are placing in an audio or video file. Then afterwards you will need to select the type of genre your session fits in to (such as foot fetish, love and addiction, etc).
The other fields on this page should be self explanatory. You would have to place in your name, a summary of the item, the price you are selling the session for, etc. afterwards, please click on the "Submit Now" button at the bottom of the page.
Once you hit submit your ad will be placed in the Marketplace and viewable on the manage. You will also be presented with 2 additional tabs. One is a Photo tab s you can upload cover art or images for the product. The other tab is for samples. This tab is titled "Audio Sessions, Samples & Photos". Here you can upload a sample mp3 to go with the session, or an entire mp3 if this is a free session. you may also upload video files as well as additional photos if you wish. the last page for customizing the styles of the ad using css. This can be fun but not a necessity.
Once this is done your ad will be in the Marketplace here . Your products will also be listed on your profile as well under the "Marketplace" tab.
Members who use the Marketplace will be able to browse and sort products based on genres, tags, newest products, most commented, highest and lowest price, and last updated. Also once you enter an item members will be able to browse the marketplace by Hypnotist's name as well here.