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Why would you need to advertise for Clash of Clans? Well, you don’t – not specifically. Presumably, given the overwhelming popularity of the game, the Clash of Clans developers have more than adequately taken care of that.

There are reasons, however, why you might want to spread the word around a bit more than it already has been, some of which have to do with the game’s primary focus: the formation of clans, the organized groups of players which compete against each other online.

Whether you’re joining an established clan, for all of the benefits that that association might bring, or you’re trying to create your own clan – one of the most noteworthy achievements in the game – you might find yourself wanting to add a few more names to the clan roster.

You can advertise in global chat, work on your clan’s ranking, and focus on keeping only quality players in your clan; that way, you can create an attractive group for other skilled and experience players, strong assets to your cause, to want to join up with. When that’s not enough, however… how can you go above and beyond, to find yet more people to join your clan?

Talk to Your Friends

Do you have any friends, online gaming acquaintances, or other associates who might be interested in playing Clash of Clans with you, whether or not they already play the game at all? Many people have smartphones nowadays, and such mobile devices are the only thing required to play Clash of Clans… other than the willingness to download the game and get started.

With that in mind, it’s possible that you might know a few people yourself who would be interested in picking up the game, and who would be only too happy to benefit from the guidance and perks involved in joining a clan early on in their Clash of Clans career.
This is especially simple if the person you’re bringing on board doesn’t already play the game. There are a lot of virtues by which Clash of Clans can be sold, including the simplicity of its mechanics, the ease by which underlying concepts may be understood, and the simple “fun factor” of an exciting and competitive game to play with friends during one’s spare time.

Such a new player will be less skilled than one who already has some experience, but they’ll also most likely be easy to persuade to take up with your clan for protection. More experienced players might not be so eager if your clan isn’t especially large yet – they might even be more interested in facing you as an enemy (all in good friendship, of course)!

Spread the Word Online

There are many places online where it’s possible to put a surreptitious advertisement for something you’re involved in… as long as it’s not too blatant. For instance, most internet forums, message boards, and bulletin boards have something called a “signature,” within which you can embed almost any kind of content… from a brief line of text, to HTML coding, to images.

Some websites even allow for videos in their users’ signatures, although such Sites are often so choked with content as to be relatively worthless for advertising purposes. That being said, a simple tagline – coupled with a link – can be inserted into your signature, turning every post and comment you make on a given Website into its own freestanding advertisement for your Clan.

There are many Websites dedicated to Clash of Clans, to online gaming in general, and to clan- or club-based online gaming. Many of these Sites provide locations within which you may legitimately advertise your clan, perhaps with a post dedicated solely to the purpose.

Some clan owners might even insist that their members each do something like this, at least once – if not on a recurring basis. This is a place where you can go wild: describe your clan’s goals, and explain why someone would want to join your clan, in greater detail.

YouTube.com is crowded with videos relating directly to the Clash of Clans game. People upload video tutorials, or simply record and share some of their favorite moments within the game… whether a resounding victory, or a crushing defeat (either one can be memorable).

YouTube comments are a notorious breeding ground for hostile and trollish online personas, but a short, well-crafted line encouraging players to give your clan a look can sometimes stand out amidst all of the chaos. Plus, with something so narrowly focused as a particular aspect of a specific online game, you’re less likely to have a lot of excess content and far more likely to see intelligent and perceptive commentary on the game itself.

Strategy Time!

That’s right, it’s time to discuss strategy… on this glorious and beautiful day (the time and date this was written, it was snowing outside with a wind chill below zero. The author is just being facetious and incredibly sarcastic). But the strategy part is at least real, because without strategy a game is just pressing buttons and hoping something good happens.

In that fashion, such a game would have a lot in common with how most people decide who they’re going to marry… not to mention how they live their lives, leaving everything up to a craps shoot. I’m getting off-topic, though… back to Clash of Clans.

Strategy isn’t defined, in this instance by how one expects to survive through a marriage when the other one is holding the gun (figuratively speaking… mostly). In this case, strategy is defined for a single video game, and that brings us to Clash of Clans again, where people learn the finer tips of how to properly navigate through the game without looking like an idiot. Unless of course you’re wearing a funny-looking hat while playing.

In the meantime, the non-hat wearing people can follow me to camera two. I’m afraid that there’s no time for a warm-up; we’ve got a lot of information to cover and little enough time to do it in.

1. Number one in the strategy guide is to know how to work around your level. Seriously! Once you start a game it’s pretty easy to assume that low-level strikes and hits are gonna happen, and that you’ll do a lot of ass kicking yourself, but the buffer zone only lasts between level one and six. Strategy is pretty easy to dictate and handle at this point; you’ve got a “newbie shield” protecting you for your first three days, so build up your resource gathering and storage capacity as much as you can, particularly the gathering side of things.

   Following the same advice, for people just starting, you’ll jump straight into a Town Hall level 2 by the end of the tutorial (which you are heartily encouraged to complete). It cannot be stressed enough, however: try and level up all structures equally! Don’t let your Town Hall outpace everything else!

2. Point #2 is next, mostly because 2 follows 1 naturally in most situations. This is actually something of a restatement, because the information cannot be stressed enough… in any Clash of Clans strategy guide for beginners, the most effective method is the method everyone’s talking about… level up your structures evenly!

   Why?

   By the time you reach level six and up you’ll notice that not only are times getting longer in between structure builds, but with new structures you get, you’re stuck with a waiting period in between for beginning structures built.

   You get more wall for instance, and increased turrets, plus new buildings to meet your expanding needs. All of this is predicated on the assumption that you’ve already built what you’ll need to take advantage of it right away, including the expanded resource gathering and storage needed to work relatively quickly.

   None of those things are coming if you advance your Town Hall to level five or six right away, so you’ll have quite some work ahead of you—spend the time, build the structures, don’t Mickey Mouse it.

3. Between levels 2 through 6, farming should be the ultimate goal. When your Town Hall reaches 4, not much has changed from lower levels, and raids will give you pretty decent resources, but always shoot high—go for 30k gold and elixir as a minimum basis and always expect to try and go higher. Reason for this? Wait time in between mixed with resource cost in between, this amount is going to help you turn a profit per raid.

   Also, try not to stress too much if you get hit by giants and archers around this point. Why? Giants cost a lot, and you won’t see a need for them until way later on. Figure out your limitations and focus small for now, it’ll take you far.

4. Don’t be ashamed to look to others for advice, and try to find a decent clan. Your fellow clan members will be the ones helping you to pick up your slack when you aren’t entirely sure what it is that you’re supposed to be doing. They will be especially beneficial in raid defense too depending on, so don’t discount them, or the advice they can give you based off of their own experiences too.

   I find an effective and strong clan is one that supports one another. Often times these clans are defined by having their own blog site to discuss ideas for raid tips and the like, so be on the look out for that.

   

5. Final tip of the day; know your opposition. Splash damage for instance is one way that people find themselves suffering, and in massive amounts too. When scoping out sites for a raid become aware of mortar towers and wizard towers that can cause splash damage due to high placement and location, and be wary of which troops you send out first for the attach. If you’re not careful you can literally send a whole platoon to their swift and untimely death in less than a couple of minutes.