Sun, May-20-01, 11:18
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Forum Founder
Posts: 19,570
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Plan: Atkins/PP/BFL
Stats: 400/223/200
BF:37%/17%/12%
Progress: 89%
Location: Ottawa, ON
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Originally posted by r.mines
Wa'il, maybe if we briefly explain how the survey can help, and what sponsors actually do, people might be more motivated to fill out the survey. I don't think many people are aware of the 'behind the scenes' activities that make it possible to maintain a site like this.
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Good point, and yes, you got it right. If we have decent demographics on visitors (general, not personal), and indication of how they like our site, advertisires can make a decisions easily. We were in line to be selected for the Carb-Solution campaign (when they had their funny TV ads), but were dropped since we had no such data. Which means we get stuck with the usual unrelated banners OR affiliate banners which pays commisions, but you have to wait a few months to get anything out of it. (example: it will take us a year to accumilate enough balance, $75, for amazon to pay us for book commisions!)
The more we grow, we can add additional services and tools to the site. Like we tried a few free chat servers and they were all frustrating. There are some good commercial chat solutions out there that we can join if we have enough funding.
But all in all, we're in good shape. I simply want this survey to help make it even better. In addition, I don't like to post messages that say "Please help us and click our sponsor" and all that. I prefer that the banners themselves are related to the concerns of our group, and people click on the things that interest them.
Wa'il
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