MafiaWars for Newbie

Mafia Wars Game

Selecting and Building your Mafia Team

Convincing someone can be daunting task in itself; however
this is not true in case of mafia team. Friends, folks and
family members will happily be a part of your team. Do not
forget that the whole idea of social networking sites like
Facebook and Myspace is to gain new friends, and to stay in
contact with the existing ones. Being a part of your mafia
team will only add to their fun factor online.
I have included below some basic and easy steps that one
can follow to build a strong mafia team with little efforts in
comparison to the results. These steps will save you lots of
time and efforts, attempting to learn the tricks of the trade.
The steps given below are full proof, and can work for
anyone just like it worked for me.

Step 1: Welcome your Entire Network to Play

Now this might seem like a big deal, you will be pleased to
know that inviting your entire network of friends and folks
will barely take a few minutes of your time. Just like few of
the other social networking sites, you will find an inbuilt
feature which allows you to invite the entire network with a
few mouse clicks. You will also get a special reference link
which can be passed on to your friends for them to join
upon their wish. While the first option may seem like a great
time saver, there is something which you should know about
both the methods.
From my personal experience, I have seen that the second
option gathers a lot of friends to join in comparison to the
first option. From my point of view, the inbuilt application
has some limitations in terms of clearing the spam filters
because of which your message may not reach all your
friends. The method that has worked well for me is
composing and sending a personalized mail to everyone.
Include the reference link in the email along with the
standard massage. They simply have to accept your
invitation to be a part of your team.
Another trick which has worked well for me is the usage of
the private message option available in most social
networking sites. Check the users who are active on the site.
Perhaps you can spend some time to visit their profiles to
know about their interests, and accordingly decide to email
them with the personalized message and reference link,
inviting them to be a part of your team. Most people will join
since they have nothing to lose, and they are anyways
online for most part of their time. The only thing which one
needs to consider while using this technique is to make sure
that they do not overload the mailbox of any members.
Spamming is treated seriously by most social networking
sites, and they will not tolerate such activities from any of
their members.

Step 2: Hunt for Good Players in Forums

By now, you won’t be surprised to know that there are
thousands of people worldwide who are addicted to this
game. They call themselves the so called champions, and
take immense pride, since they have mastered a fantastic
game like this one. Forming a team of such solid players is
the key to become successful in this game. You will find
such players on some renowned forums, or through the
“Apps” directory of Facebook and Myspace. Simply perform
a name search by the word “Mafia Wars,” and you will locate
these champion players.
You can join the forum, and play an active part in the
discussions related to Mafia Wars. You will be moved by the
zeal and enthusiasm some people have towards this game.
Add them as a friend and invite them to join your own mafia
team, and see your list growing over a period of time.
My acceptance rate went higher when I included the name
of the game in the message, whenever I invited new friends.
You can apply the same strategy, as you are already aware
about their interests towards the game through their posts.
Rinse and repeat this process several times frequently, and
within no time you will find yourself heading a strong mafia
team.
There are people who will try to spam you with their
unwanted deals, and if you notice any suspicious activity,
remove them from your friends list, in order to play safe.
You may not want to engage with a spammer or a
prospective fraud person, in order to build your mafia list.
Although this is a rare occasion, it is always better to be well
informed.

Step 3: Recruit through Other Sources

With the recent explosion of social networking sites, the
ability to make new friends and to stay connected with them
is almost endless. Search for forums that have sections
which talks about Mafia Wars. These members are targeted
people, and you may not need any kind of convincing to
make them join your team. Simply sign up on the forum,
and send a friend request with a good message to increase
your team strength.

Step 4: Find players through Blogs and Websites

With the large majority of people being net savvy, blogs and
websites have gained immense popularity and traffic. One
can create a website with contents about Mafia Wars. If you
have interesting contents people will be driven towards your
team. If you do not want to spend even a penny for this
purpose, then you can join free blogging sites like
www.wordpress.com or www.blogger.com. All you need to
do is fill the blog with a profile, and update them with
regular posts about this game.
People are always looking around for new tricks and
methods to be the best player this game has ever produced.
You can share some of your techniques to help them in their
ambitious cause. If they find your blog interesting, they will
visit frequently with their friends. Make sure to include your
reference link in most of the posts so that you do not miss
on the opportunity of them being a part of your team.
Youtube is another site that you can help you find your
players. Youtube is quite popular amongst users across the
world, and has millions of visits almost every day. Make an
interesting mafia video, and wait for the people to join your
team.

Step 5: Finding Players from Twitter

The dominance of twitter over other social networking sites
is beyond words. It’s a great site for connecting people as
well as to make money with good marketing strategies. If
individuals can make money, can’t you simply invite people
to be a part of an interesting team?
It’s free to join twitter. One can open an account within
minutes by visiting the website www.twitter.com
Once the account is set up, the next step would be to add
friends to your account. Twitter allows one to add up to 500
friends in a single day. There are several automated tools
that allow one to add friends automatically, if you find the
manual process cumbersive.
Once you have good number of friends in your friend list,
then post tweets on your account with the reference link to
Mafia Wars. Your tweets will reach to all your friends who
can then take the decision of joining your team or not. One
can also use the auto-tweet feature which allows one to
send tweets automatically in regular intervals. One of the
website that offers this feature is www.tweetlater.com
One of the other features that one can use to their
advantage is the search function available within twitter.
Simply type “Mafia Wars” in the search area and hit the
submit button which will bring up the list of people
interested in this particular game. Once you find the list of
people the rest is relatively easy. Add them to your friend
list and invite them to join your team.
Lastly, one can create an account with www.twollow.com to
follow people based on the words of your choice. All the
above tools can help one automate the whole process, and
get followers with great ease over a period of time.
One can also create multiple twitter accounts to get a huge
list of followers, in order to speedup up the whole process.