I would be happy to put a flyer in every package as it goes out.. but
I don't really want to pay for it. After all, I already promote the
site via banner ad from MoviePosterBid and I also promote MoPo from
www.movieposters-stills.com FOR FREE in both cases and I'm not
looking to acquire more costs when my costs are so high anyway.
while it may increase MoPo traffic, seeing as I already have most of
MoPo on MPB, I'm not sure it would increase any traffic for MPB...
I do have another solution however......
Scott must enforce the rules on one hand.
the recent flap between Jeannie & Claude, and the subsequent members
that attacked Jeannie without really getting on Claude for starting
it and going against the basic rule as stated in the MoPo charter
<I.E. : "1) Personal attacks of any kind will not be tolerated. This
includes name-calling, innuendo, insults or gossip".
while it does not say off list attacks, the reality is that any
contact that is initiated by a member due to any post to the group,
should in my opinion be covered by this rule>
enforcement of this rule will without a doubt keep flamings off the
board, and these flamings are without a doubt a major contributor to
falling membership, especially in light of recent membership decline
which lost 20 members following that flap
I was actually very surprised that many did not see the hypocrisy of
coddling Claude for being "outed" on MoPo, while attacking Jeannie
for outing an unsolicited off-list email of Claude attacking her .
Now I have nothing against Claude myself, and I never had any contact
with Jeannie except by reading her posts until last week and without
a doubt, Claude was wrong in flaming her, which is my opinion as an
observer and her presence on this group does not allow members to
attack her off list just because they want to.
ALSO, I suggest a rule be put in place that forces each member to
contribute an essay (500-1500 words) of some sort on something like a
30 day basis, unless for some reason a member cannot do that for
outside reasons that are explained to the list moderator. Any member
who does not contribute gets a 30 day notice, and then is
un-subscribed if that member does not post in the next 30 days.
Essays must be about collecting, movies, actors, posters etc.. and
must be reasonably intelligent. Also, though other members should be
allowed to comment on someone's essay.. name calling, flaming etc -
which seems to be the major form of disagreement on this group -
should not be happening when someone wants to post something useful
to the group (or any other time)
I know that rule might not appeal to everyone as many members NEVER
POST ANYTHING AT ALL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
look, there is a simple reality.. MoPo has become a list of sellers
and lurkers and if members are not willing to PARTICIPATE in an
intelligent & meaningful manner, then the group has only one way to go.
There is no doubt that many people on the net think that just because
someone they don't like is on the net, that they can attack them
endlessly with no repercussions unlike if they were on the street,
where they would get their lights punched out. You should handle
yourself in the same manner regardless of whether your are 2 in a
room, or 2 on opposite sides of the world. It's the old "do unto
others as you would have them do unto you" and some on MoPo refuse to
acquiesce to that credo.
I'm sure there are other things that can also help.. but that's my two-cents
Rich==========================
At 02:04 PM 9/4/2006, Dave Smith wrote:
Hi All,
The decline in MoPo membership is troubling and I recently talked to
Scott about this less than a month ago.
Anyone care to guess the number of "For Sale/Auction" ads on MoPo
vs. "Wanted" ads? I do not have hard statistics but my guess is they
number close to 9 or 10 "for sale" ads vs. 1 "wanted" ad. I am
guilty as well. Are we all just listing "For Sale" ads to each other?
HERE IS THE IDEA TO INCREASE MEMBERSHIP:
There is a flyer that Scott created a while ago inviting people to
join MoPo. If every seller rolled up one of these flyers and
enclosed it with every poster they sold, think of how many new
people would join MoPo. If the numbers did increase dramatically,
think of how many new possible buyers would now be looking at your
"For Sale/For Auction" ads.
This is such a simple concept and at the same time, it is cost
efficient and would easily be trackable to see if it yields any
results. But for it to work, we would need participation from as
many sellers as possible and continue to do it on a consistent basis.
WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE:
Scott needs to make the flyer downloadable to everyone. It would
then be our responsibility - and yes - our cost to make copies of
the flyer and then enclose them with all poster sales. As sellers,
we would benefit by increasing the membership of MoPo and then we
would have more people that we can drive to our web sites and
auctions. Additionally, the number of want ads will increase as
well. Bruce alone could probably double the MoPo membership in a
couple months if he was to get behind this idea.
A small cost to give back to the forum while at the same time
potentially increasing your own personal business.
Opinions/comments from anybody?
Sincerely,
Dave Smith
Reel Deals
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Syracuse, NY 13203
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