Membership Count
Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 8:54 pm
I noticed that we hit 100 members on the day after Christmas, then met the new year with 104
We still haven't been here for a month yet, so that's not bad for a narrow-interest "boutique" blog for the owners of an orphaned line of sailboats.
Quantity, however doesn't trump quality...and I think we've added some significant value to the experience of being a Freedom sailor. Way to go, Geoff & George!
At least nobody seems to be bitching at us over on the FOG group lately.
There's a "newbie" over there who's concerned that a cat ketch won't go to windward. Maybe we should consider doing some "targeted" (private message) emails to some of these people to let them know what we have (and that it's free, and not selling anything or running any paid ads or links). I detest being cold-called (on the phone or by email), and there's always the danger that someone's immediate reaction would be "Damned SPAMMERS".
There''s certainly nothing wrong with referencing a post on this bbs in answer to a question on the FOG group, and I anticipate that, more & more, we might actually be getting a few cases of people creating topics over here (in response to questions "over there") and THEN referring people to them. Our organized "venue" sure makes it a lot easier to re-locate topics when the question comes back up again (as they so often do).
Just wondering what y'all think?
We still haven't been here for a month yet, so that's not bad for a narrow-interest "boutique" blog for the owners of an orphaned line of sailboats.
Quantity, however doesn't trump quality...and I think we've added some significant value to the experience of being a Freedom sailor. Way to go, Geoff & George!
At least nobody seems to be bitching at us over on the FOG group lately.
There's a "newbie" over there who's concerned that a cat ketch won't go to windward. Maybe we should consider doing some "targeted" (private message) emails to some of these people to let them know what we have (and that it's free, and not selling anything or running any paid ads or links). I detest being cold-called (on the phone or by email), and there's always the danger that someone's immediate reaction would be "Damned SPAMMERS".
There''s certainly nothing wrong with referencing a post on this bbs in answer to a question on the FOG group, and I anticipate that, more & more, we might actually be getting a few cases of people creating topics over here (in response to questions "over there") and THEN referring people to them. Our organized "venue" sure makes it a lot easier to re-locate topics when the question comes back up again (as they so often do).
Just wondering what y'all think?