Lay it on the table
Alright. I'm getting the template a little more to my liking, and with the ads and the store now ready I think I can move on to having a little more fun with this site.
Except for a few things...
1. When I started Bumper Sticker Rant I really wanted to make it a community effort. I wanted to see other bumper stickers from around the country, and for those people to see what's around me. Unfortunately the only other person who has submitted a bumper sticker is Ed. Come on guys, I know that there's a number of repeat visitors out there, and I even set up an email specifically for this site for people who didn't want to contribute all the time. So let's get some variety here.
2. Viewer stats. Traffic is doing ok, but I would really like to see my traffic increase. Honestly I think word of mouth is the best way to do it. So if you like the site let others know, blogroll it or just mention it in a post. The other way is to buy stuff in the store. I think everything in there has the web address plastered on it somewhere, and it's funny how well that can actually work.
3. Support the site, please. I signed up for a store and for those ads at the top so that I could have some fun with the site. I wanted to use some of the revenue from these things to go back into Bumper Sticker Rant. I would love to have contests, for both readers and contributors. I just think that something fun like that would just be icing on the cake. I would also like to have some nice looking business cards printed up so that when a picture is taken I can leave a card with the web address so the car owner can see what was said. Right now I'm thinking vistaprint, but I would like to see the site get a little more traffic before ordering 250 cards.
4.Sign up for the newsletter. Once I get some revenue coming in I will use this to announce contests and changes. Also any promotions I may run in the store would be posted here.
5. Have an idea? Let me know. I can't think of everything. Like I said, I want this to be a community thing.
Except for a few things...
1. When I started Bumper Sticker Rant I really wanted to make it a community effort. I wanted to see other bumper stickers from around the country, and for those people to see what's around me. Unfortunately the only other person who has submitted a bumper sticker is Ed. Come on guys, I know that there's a number of repeat visitors out there, and I even set up an email specifically for this site for people who didn't want to contribute all the time. So let's get some variety here.
2. Viewer stats. Traffic is doing ok, but I would really like to see my traffic increase. Honestly I think word of mouth is the best way to do it. So if you like the site let others know, blogroll it or just mention it in a post. The other way is to buy stuff in the store. I think everything in there has the web address plastered on it somewhere, and it's funny how well that can actually work.
3. Support the site, please. I signed up for a store and for those ads at the top so that I could have some fun with the site. I wanted to use some of the revenue from these things to go back into Bumper Sticker Rant. I would love to have contests, for both readers and contributors. I just think that something fun like that would just be icing on the cake. I would also like to have some nice looking business cards printed up so that when a picture is taken I can leave a card with the web address so the car owner can see what was said. Right now I'm thinking vistaprint, but I would like to see the site get a little more traffic before ordering 250 cards.
4.Sign up for the newsletter. Once I get some revenue coming in I will use this to announce contests and changes. Also any promotions I may run in the store would be posted here.
5. Have an idea? Let me know. I can't think of everything. Like I said, I want this to be a community thing.
posted by Phoenixwaller at
7:36 PM
2 Comments:
To be honest, I have been paying more attention to bumper stickers lately. I'll start keeping my camera more handy, and if I can record some good ones, I'd love to contribute them.
By
Bsoholic, at 7/13/2005 2:54 PM
I'd love to have more contributions. I just think that if we can truly make this a community thing it would be far better than what I can do alone.
By
Phoenixwaller, at 7/13/2005 3:12 PM
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