Best Ways To Advertise Your Minecraft Server

Server admins or moderators are Minecraft players; they love the game and want to start a server to build a community around it. These moderators don’t know the best possible ways to advertise their server as they don’t have any background in advertising. Advertising can be a tricky field to break into as it might take you months to start seeing results, and that too if you know what you're doing; novices don’t know what to do.

5 Ways To Advertise Your MC Server

For such people, we did a simple article highlighting the 5 best ways to advertise your server; you can check it out here. This article will shed some light on one specific mode of advertising your Minecraft server, using Minecraft server lists. These server lists contain thousands of servers, and the servers with the most votes get ranked at the top.

Minecraft Listing Management

There are hundreds of Minecraft server lists out there; consider posting your server IP and website on as many as you possibly can. The more people that see your server, the better chance you have of gaining new players.

However, simply posting your IP and website on a list isn’t going to cut it. You need to make sure that your listing is well-managed in order to attract attention. Here are a few tips for managing your listings:

1. Keep Your Listings Up-to-Date

Make sure that your listings are always up-to-date. If you change your IP address or website, be sure to update all of your listings accordingly. Nothing is worse than clicking on a listing only to find that the server is no longer online.

2. Use Eye-Catching Images

When creating your listing, be sure to use an eye-catching image. This will help your listing stand out from the rest and attract attention.

3. Write a Compelling Description

In addition to using an eye-catching image, you’ll also want to write a compelling description for your listing. This is your opportunity to sell potential players on why they should join your server. Be sure to include information such as what makes your server unique, what game mode it uses, etc.

4. Promote Your Server

Once you’ve created your listings, be sure to promote them as much as possible. Post them elsewhere on social media, forums, etc. The more people that see your listing, the better chance you have of attracting new players

Minecraft Server Voting

If you get your players to vote for your server, you’ll see a massive influx of players onto your server. Many players who want to try a new server will most of the time visit these server list sites, so you need to rank on these sites if you're going to get new players.

But before we take a look at the 5 techniques, try putting yourself into the shoes of a regular Minecraft player who logged onto your server. Will you vote for it if the server is mediocre or bad? The first step to ranking is making a great server. From now on, we'll assume you have a good server. All these tips will only work if you have a good server!

In-game perks

To get players excited about your server, you might’ve already introduced many new items or perks that players earn through various tasks. You can simply add the task of voting for the server, a new task that’ll unlock new perks for the player.

You can do this very easily by using voting plugins that work in conjunction with Minecraft server lists. If the player votes once, give him more incentives to keep voting every day!

Ranks

Ranks are a great way to create an engaging community; think about it. You have players on your server who would like to administer on your behalf just for a rank! Thes players should be given special privileges on the server.

You can give away basic ranks when players vote for your server for a week or a month. You can adjust the time frame and the number of votes as you wish,

Monthly Events

This might sound odd, but many servers have used this technique with much success. Every month have an event that encourages the players to go and vote for you in mass. The voting activity might be a part of a quest or some event that will get the player or his team's points!

Make sure the events you hold are good and worth playing!

Free Merch

If your server is seeing a good influx of players via these server lists, you should double down on this advertising medium. A popular advertising book named Traction has made it very clear that if you find a mode of advertising that is giving good results, continue or even expand it!

Paid Advertising

The main source of revenue for these server sites is via paid promotions. So for a small amount, you can get your server at the top. But this isn’t sustainable unless you’re somehow making money for this server. But again, if you want a lot of players as fast as possible, this is the way to go!

There are many ways to advertise your Minecraft server, but using a Minecraft server list is one of the best ways to get exposure for your server. With so many servers competing for votes, it can be tough to get yours to the top, but with patience and persistence, you can make it happen. Keep voting for your server, posting everywhere, and eventually, you'll see results. Thanks for reading, and please reach out if you need any assistance with game & community marketing or have some new tactic ideas!