How much does it cost to run the site? Could an NPR like, reader-funded but free system potentially have merit?
Traffic increase
- Thread starter kneeblock
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Yo! Mama!
Thanks for offering some input. Splinty is working w/ some affiliate sites, that will hopefully help us start making a buck or two. We knew, that like any business, it was going to take some initial capitol out of pocket to get this started. We're more than fine with that. Right now, all that we ask from our members is what I listed in my post on Page 1. Tweet your asses off, participate in Q&A's, tell your friends, buy a shirt if you have $25 to spare How bout i just post this shit on the UG ? Invite everyone over. Whaddaya think ?
1) I wouldn't advise that, if you want to continue posting there lol
2) Nah...I would prefer we somehow get back the 150 that were invited, signed up the first week, and were too impatient to see us grow to this point. Suggestions?
Yeah , Give me one of those 1st 100 spots
You figure out a way to have those members come back w/ an open mind, and I'll put whatever title you want under your name. That goes for anyone reading this. Start with Hocky Balboa. He signed up here, we gave him a gold name, he made one post and never came back.Yeah , Give me one of those 1st 100 spots
Wow, thanks HKP! Paging @Splinty.
You know the crazy thing about that? I think they might actually do it lol.you should buy a banner add on mma.tv. you know the huge one down the side that blocks half the page
we have a lot of great members who have disappeared over time
yeah I invited inf0 here and he joined and i never see him
Yep, he's another one. Crowbar, MMAplaywright, Stealth, etc. The list goes on and on.
i;ll ask crowbar what he thinks and see why youre being viewed the way you are. You have to realize the UG is a staple. Im all for another
but theres sherdog and they fought it out in the beginning. You guys should know this is a mma forum V.2. Dont take that wrong but Lauzon was right.
You are re creating a better UG. They have big history though.
I know
@MMAHAWK and
@BirdWatcher are going to give us some great press at an upcoming fan expo as well. We'll get there. I'm confident of it.
I've got almost 50 and 3 are chicks!I've got quite a few Facebook friends. I'll make a post
Your move Leigh. ..
Ya'll beastin 25/8 huh?Thanks for the kind words@Kneeblock. And I agree, the only thing we lack is traffic. How do we improve that? Below are some things that come to mind:
1) If you're a member that has Twitter, use it. Make it a point to get on there every other day, and tweet about how awesome this place is...about how you've experienced other MMA forums and none compare to The MMA Community. About how people should sign up and see what we're all about. I try to tweet as much as I possibly can, but I also work a full time job, go to school, etc. So to have our members promote us on Twitter, where I can retweet it, would be a huge help.
2) We have a pretty consistent average of 20-50 guests online at any time throughout the day. When I tweet articles out, that # can be 80-100. We need those people to sign up & participate in discussion. It takes 30 seconds. We have a very welcoming group of members. Guests/Lurkers dont get access to the incredible features we have here. It makes no sense to me, to not sign up. If they did, it would help us immensely.
3) We had 200 people sign up here in the first two weeks after we launched. The problem is, 80% of them gave up on us after a week and went back to the other site. You can see who they are and the last time they logged on, under the member list. Those folks likely have no idea how awesome this new software is, because they were long gone before we ever changed over to it.
4) Tell anyone and everyone you know about us, and tell them to sign up & participate in discussion. Word of mouth is big.
5) Participate in the Q&A's. I book these things with great people that are willing to take time out of their busy schedules, to spend a couple hours interacting on a forum that is only 4 months old...and a lot of people here won't even take 30 seconds to post one question for them. It's hard to promote that Q&A on Twitter (when it's done), when all of the questions are by the same 6-8-10 people. And it's hard to convince other fighters & MMA personalities to do one, when they see the lack of participation.
In reality, a lot of our growth depends on you...the members. And I don't want anyone to take this the wrong way, because I'm not lecturing or whatever...but it seems like many here want a cool place to hang out w/out idiots, trolls, censorship. They want state of the art features. They want to tell us what we do wrong, and what we can do better. But they don't want to put any work into helping us grow. We haven't asked anyone for a dime here. All we've ever asked is - do your part in helping us grow. Participate in the Q&A's, tweet about us, tell your friends about us, buy a shirt if you want to rep us (and help us fund the place), etc.
I spend anywhere from 12-14 hrs a day on here. Splinty the same. We should be right? We own the place after all. But the fact of the matter is, we could spend 24/7/365 adding, tweaking, setting up Q&A's, trying to move discussions along, etc, etc...and none if it will matter if the members don't do their part. That's just me being as real and honest as I can be about the situation.
I hope everyone will not take offense, but instead, take action and help us make this place what it can be.
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what we need is one of those scandals that OMA did back in the day on the UG to get main stream media attention on the site.
or have Joe Rogan mention you on TV and PPV at least 4 - 5 times.
or have Joe Rogan mention you on TV and PPV at least 4 - 5 times.
Is Harold Howard still alive? Ranger Scott?
lets get shonie carter on board. he would play along with this.