DeyDurkie5;1248297 wrote:So that goes back to my point. You are trying to make this jjhuddle2.0

Nobody wants that, but if the site is to continue, SOMETHING has to return the site to profitability.

justincredible;1248303 wrote:No, but if I'm not making money off of it it can't exist. If you can't see the difference between the OC and the Huddle I'm not sure what to tell you.

I see a difference. But the direction you are taking it, it will be the huddle in no time. I mean hell, you had 3 of the top 20 posters on this site banned and one of them didn't even deserve the ban. He just somehow wound up on the ban list.

and for the record, you obviously have to make a profit. I'm just saying, in general, that you are trying to make it more like the huddle to make money. yes?

DeyDurkie5;1248314 wrote:I see a difference. But the direction you are taking it, it will be the huddle in no time. I mean hell, you had 3 of the top 20 posters on this site banned and one of them didn't even deserve the ban. He just somehow wound up on the ban list.

As such, the ban was nixed, and the infraction was removed from his account's history.

The Huddle would have never done that, as I can personally attest.

DeyDurkie5;1248317 wrote:and for the record, you obviously have to make a profit. I'm just saying, in general, that you are trying to make it more like the huddle to make money. yes?

At least until the revenue starts coming in, is what it sounds like.

DeyDurkie5;1248317 wrote:and for the record, you obviously have to make a profit. I'm just saying, in general, that you are trying to make it more like the huddle to make money. yes?

Having been in the discussion about this, it sounds like he's just trying to do two things:

a) pay for its own costs, and
b) make it worth the time and headache to deal with the fucknuts on here.

O-Trap;1248320 wrote:Having been in the discussion about this, it sounds like he's just trying to do two things:

a) pay for its own costs, and
b) make it worth the time and headache to deal with the fucknuts on here.

If you get enough marketing and advertising to get the site full of traffic during the high school season, your profit alone from advertising during that time should be able to cover the downtime that would accompany this site. High School football is a gold mine, you just knew to find a way to get this site out there in the open to everyone.

DeyDurkie5;1248322 wrote:If you get enough marketing and advertising to get the site full of traffic during the high school season, your profit alone from advertising during that time should be able to cover the downtime that would accompany this site. High School football is a gold mine, you just knew to find a way to get this site out there in the open to everyone.

That's a true statement. A perfect example of that is the Halloween costume niche. Over 90% of their annual revenue is typically earned in a single month.

The key is to ensure that this site would earn enough during the 3-4 months of football season to sustain most of it over the year (with some basketball and such incorporated as well, for when football is out of season, though the other HS forums don't get nearly the same volume during their seasons). I don't think you're going to do that with the proportion of page views in the football forum and AdSense.

It'd be nice, but it's never been realistic for this site, given the numbers we've had to work with.

But again, it's a good idea if it can be implemented.

Pertinent article:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/aaron-greenspan/why-i-sued-google-and-won_b_172403.html

Aaron Greenspan (CEO of Think) just sued Google over their closing his account with funds still due him, and he won.

Look I want Justin to make money. I don't have a problem with him trying to cash in on his investment. That's America and that's capitalism(the greatest).

But he's absolutely delusional if he's going to get some company to pay him $750 month to sponsor a forum in which half the topics are about food and how fat ETB's mom is.

sleeper;1248335 wrote:Look I want Justin to make money. I don't have a problem with him trying to cash in on his investment. That's America and that's capitalism(the greatest).

But he's absolutely delusional if he's going to get some company to pay him $750 month to sponsor a forum in which half the topics are about food and how fat ETB's mom is.

So serious business and the basement = half the forum?

How about this, since you're so successful, you just buy the website and run it yourself so that way justin gets paid and no one has to hear you complain about the same shit every post.

Everyone seems to have all of the answers on how to make money for the site. Unfortunately it's not that easy.

justincredible;1248343 wrote:Everyone seems to have all of the answers on how to make money for the site. Unfortunately it's not that easy.

Correct. It's why I never even tried to get into AdSense and organic traffic.

justincredible;1248343 wrote:Everyone seems to have all of the answers on how to make money for the site. Unfortunately it's not that easy.

Hypothetical: If i paid you $750 could I ban members?

BTW, sleeper, the $750 sponsor level isn't something I expected someone to jump in on. Especially not right away. You seem to be stuck on that number and not the other sponsorship levels I am offering. What is the harm in offering a site-wide sponsorship at a price like that? Also, you seem to skip over the fact that I've stated the rates are flexible.

Of course, why would you be reasonable when your only purpose here is to question every fucking thing I do?

Raw Dawgin' it;1248345 wrote:Hypothetical: If i paid you $750 could I ban members?

lol. No.

Raw Dawgin' it;1248337 wrote:So serious business and the basement = half the forum?

How about this, since you're so successful, you just buy the website and run it yourself so that way justin gets paid and no one has to hear you complain about the same shit every post.

I don't think buying a small internet forum is a worthwhile investment.

justincredible;1248348 wrote:lol. No.

How about just one member for $50?

justincredible;1248347 wrote:BTW, sleeper, the $750 sponsor level isn't something I expected someone to jump in on. Especially not right away. You seem to be stuck on that number and not the other sponsorship levels I am offering. What is the harm in offering a site-wide sponsorship at a price like that? Also, you seem to skip over the fact that I've stated the rates are flexible.

Of course, why would you be reasonable when your only purpose here is to question every fucking thing I do?

:thumbup:

queencitybuckeye;1248353 wrote:How about just one member for $50?

I got your PM yesterday. Your point is solid.

queencitybuckeye;1248353 wrote:How about just one member for $50?

isadore is going to cost more than $50. Just sayin'

Let's have a sitdown chat over a beer and talk about marketing strategies.

sleeper;1248358 wrote:isadore is going to cost more than $50. Just sayin'

Where's the poll?

vball10set;1248361 wrote:Where's the poll?

I'm not going to start it.

DeyDurkie5;1248359 wrote:Let's have a sitdown chat over a beer and talk about marketing strategies.

Is your dregree in marketing?