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Gave you access to the **** posting forum
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bigunitcards
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What if you or someone on here you trust that does high volume on eBay made their username 'FreedomCardboard' or something similar. Link or mention the site in description or my eBay page. Even if they don't see that, people will randomly google FCB to see if there is a website. Nearly all your prospective new members are on eBay, go to them.
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Violation of eBay terms. Imo facebook groups are the fertile ground.
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Topnotchsy
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Hate to bring up an idea I've mentioned in the past but do not have time to orchestrate, but I think if we did a virtual card show and picked a specific time and made sure that it was done right (make sure to have some solid sellers lined up, set people up to create their threads in advance, figure out some giveaways and other elements, utilize a chat room function (I think that exists here?) etc.
Spreading the word about that at a specific time could be an easy way to draw people here.
Spreading the word about that at a specific time could be an easy way to draw people here.
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Topnotchsy
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I'm happy to be involved and offer thoughts, but someone else would need to be the driving force behind it as I don't have the time to dedicate to it at the moment.
You the boss, can't you create a fake username like christof omligc to do the postings?
seriously, I'd say do another natty promo but I don't know what kind of ROI you got on that so it may not be the wiseest money spend to increase the participating user base. I suppose you could also take out an ad on some group breakers sites but those people likely would rather blow cash on group breaks than add forums to their online hobby time so that may not be a good spend either.
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Our old natty budget is higher than our current gross revenue.
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Blowout, and Beckett before, have large numbers of members because there are other reasons for people to be there, and it reached a tipping point where people just decided that's the message board to be on. On FCB, we talk about cards...and that's pretty much it. And we're, I suspect, a somewhat older crowd than on BO, less prone to hyperbole and drama, we mostly collect things besides the latest Topps set and Bowman squinkofractors, and we don't make a new thread for each game played by [insert current big name], so there's not a whole lot for people to chew on and regurgitate and re-chew.
This sort of inertia is tough to overcome without spending a lot on marketing (or maybe it's not that much? How much are Facebook ads?) or creating another reason to pull people here. Other than publishing a price guide that revolutionizes the hobby, or becoming one of the largest wax dealers on the web, the other possibility is that old web traffic standby, generating original content. I know you ask for volunteers for curating the Hot List, but how about just diving in and doing it? Even if it's not strictly accurate. And there used to be collector interviews, and a product review or blog post here and there, but there needs to be a reason to pull eyeballs here. Even doing something like BlowoutBuzz, where you just copy the card companies' press releases. I often think about starting a hobby blog for myself, but somehow I get two paragraphs in and just space out. But somewhere there must be at least a couple people who have thoughts and can regularly transcribe them.
This sort of inertia is tough to overcome without spending a lot on marketing (or maybe it's not that much? How much are Facebook ads?) or creating another reason to pull people here. Other than publishing a price guide that revolutionizes the hobby, or becoming one of the largest wax dealers on the web, the other possibility is that old web traffic standby, generating original content. I know you ask for volunteers for curating the Hot List, but how about just diving in and doing it? Even if it's not strictly accurate. And there used to be collector interviews, and a product review or blog post here and there, but there needs to be a reason to pull eyeballs here. Even doing something like BlowoutBuzz, where you just copy the card companies' press releases. I often think about starting a hobby blog for myself, but somehow I get two paragraphs in and just space out. But somewhere there must be at least a couple people who have thoughts and can regularly transcribe them.
death2redemptions
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We have a forum dedicated to ****ing? The possibilities of what that four letter word might be are endless but so far I like each and every potential option!
johnryno
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tramers
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not sure how many have joined but I always tell about this site when I'm selling at stadium .
death2redemptions
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Game-used?
gamecockfanatic
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i may be waaaaaay off base with this , but one thing i will say is that 95% of the posts i see by johnryno are exactly the type of off-putting , offensive , and highly inappropriate sort of content that will not ATTRACT potential new members but actually drive them (as well as some current members) away....
AnthonyCorona
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To me, it seems the upcoming National is the best place to meet like minded people (sadly, I am not going). Can the members going do some type of promotion? Even if it is just handing out business cards for the forum to the people they meet to help promote the forum.
FCB...where serious collectors come to have fun.
Let's get the word out.
FCB...where serious collectors come to have fun.
Let's get the word out.
Lancemountain
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I'll set up a virtual table at the virtual show
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swish54_99
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I think it'd be cool and draw people here to have a once a month virtual sports memorabilia/card show sale. Everyone's always saying how there's no shows to go to anymore. Bring back shows but in 21st century style....on-line. Might want it to be able to be viewed on mobile devices as well, if possible, for people who aren't at home the hours of the sale. I'd set up a thread for it.
Also, having a small booth at the major shows across the country handing out business cards for the site is a good idea. There's big shows 2-3 times a year in Chicago at the Rosemont, the National, Tristar shows in Texas, Chantilly shows out east, probably something in Cali that I'm not aware of.
Also, having a small booth at the major shows across the country handing out business cards for the site is a good idea. There's big shows 2-3 times a year in Chicago at the Rosemont, the National, Tristar shows in Texas, Chantilly shows out east, probably something in Cali that I'm not aware of.
