08-10-2014, 20:31
(This post was last modified: 08-10-2014, 21:00 by theo_luddite.)
Stairs and Mark - at last names to the main Admin's, first of all good job on what you've done so far. Fine, you've held your hands up and admitted you've knee jerked your reaction and you'll take steps to sort it to hopefully most folks satisfaction.
I asked Ams a couple of times (here and another thread) who your target market is. Maybe I should ask you (or you should ask yourselves) who your target income streams are and are you targeting the right one's? Trying to get a bunch of (mostly) hairy back-sided football fans to behave like church choir boys on a forum like this isn't going to happen if that's the kind of advertiser you are hoping to attract. You need to be looking for the kind of advertiser that is more open to a few ribald comments, the kind that is more likely to be associated with sports rather than the type that is more likely to advertise on say Faceache. You've both made comments that come right out of the Marketing for Dummies genre of books. Put them down and get hold of the Selling for Dummies book first. You've established the needs of most of your current members. Now establish the needs of potential advertisers that fit that model, not the other way round.
There's got to be at least, what, 4,5, 6-10 forums for every league club that has a decent size following of fans to post on? You aren't easily going to move half or a tenth of them over here (short to medium term) even if some of them might read the drivel we all write. Toning things down a bit may or may not tempt a few more to sign up, time will tell.
PS. I don't need my mates on here to chat to. I can do that in person, at the match, down the pub, on the phone or by email and most of them wouldn't consider joining any forum anyway. They don't even read them.
Good luck - don't put the cart before the horse.
Meanwhile Amchaff is exercising her right to free speech while I post the drivel above.
I asked Ams a couple of times (here and another thread) who your target market is. Maybe I should ask you (or you should ask yourselves) who your target income streams are and are you targeting the right one's? Trying to get a bunch of (mostly) hairy back-sided football fans to behave like church choir boys on a forum like this isn't going to happen if that's the kind of advertiser you are hoping to attract. You need to be looking for the kind of advertiser that is more open to a few ribald comments, the kind that is more likely to be associated with sports rather than the type that is more likely to advertise on say Faceache. You've both made comments that come right out of the Marketing for Dummies genre of books. Put them down and get hold of the Selling for Dummies book first. You've established the needs of most of your current members. Now establish the needs of potential advertisers that fit that model, not the other way round.
There's got to be at least, what, 4,5, 6-10 forums for every league club that has a decent size following of fans to post on? You aren't easily going to move half or a tenth of them over here (short to medium term) even if some of them might read the drivel we all write. Toning things down a bit may or may not tempt a few more to sign up, time will tell.
PS. I don't need my mates on here to chat to. I can do that in person, at the match, down the pub, on the phone or by email and most of them wouldn't consider joining any forum anyway. They don't even read them.
Good luck - don't put the cart before the horse.
Meanwhile Amchaff is exercising her right to free speech while I post the drivel above.
A guide to cask ale.
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“In the best pubs, you can spend entire afternoons deep in refreshment without a care in the world.”
“In the best pubs, you can spend entire afternoons deep in refreshment without a care in the world.”
I had worried whether Arsenal and Scunthorpe would be innocent victims of the filtering but fortunately not. Must admit I had been tempted to add Wolves 
