Firstly, sorry I don't post here as much as I used to but I am pretty busy these days, however, this topic seems to require some serious clarification.
Secondly, hopefully I haven't lost my touch at assembling an unstoppable wall of text for those who care to read it so here we go...
The Scooter Resource is now implementing an advertising program for scooter companies in the industry to gain added exposure on the largest and oldest freestyle scooter website on the internet with 7 different packages to choose from depending on your budget starting at $25 a month. Every single package includes some form of banner space on the home page, article pages or forum as well as a company specific section in the new "Show-Room" forum in the Classifieds section. Every company that has a Show-Room is allowed to assign their own company representative/moderator for their section to control the discussions and there is no limit to the amount of threads you want to have about your company, products, contest, team, etc. in your Show-Room. Depending on the package you also get a set amount of monthly home page updates about your companies products, team, contests, etc. and when such updates are made a corresponding thread will be created and linked to your Show-Room so there is no "navigation" required. Instant exposure. We also offer in-house Ad-Building for a fee to help companies attain a more professional appearance if they do not have the resources at their disposal to do so themselves.
To address a few comments and concerns:
so what, do we all just make new threads when we want to update the community about something to do with our businesses? say torn comes out with a new part? how will i update you guys?
Post a lot with it in your signature? Your Scooter thread? Eye Candy thread? Then when you decide to get serious with your business you can spend $25 a month and have free reign over your own Show-Room, banners and updates. Please don't take this the wrong way but if you are trying to start a scooter company and $25 is too much to ask then you might want to rethink your game plan. SD5 was $500 just for a booth space the day of the event and it was the biggest comp yet...
Are we gonna delete the Trading Post next because people get to advertise their parts for free? lol, what a crock of shit.
No. Stop. Think.
i didnt read a singl post, so all im gonmna say is, when you want to advertise something lets say on a billboard, its not going to be free. think of a thread being a billboard.
idk
Thank you for using your brain and not jumping on the bandwagon. Advertising is part of running a business and business expense.
just out of curiosity does lucky scooter parts pay for u guys for advertising there parts at the top
Yes, and there are numerous other companies getting their ads ready at the moment so most of the "locked" threads will be getting moved to the companies Show-Room and reopened for discussion.
But billboards EVERYONE can see easily. And everyone can see the ads on top of the site easily.
But threads you cant you have to navigate to them
As stated above, no navigation will be required because there will be banners and updates linking to everything.
whoever decided on this new "rule" is straight up retarded.
It is an old rule that is now being enforced again because we now have the means to provide better, more professional alternatives to helping companies gain exposure.
Its not the point that its 25$ a month its the point that there making you pay just to put up a thread on there sight. Why doesn't andrew if hes the one making this rule or anyone else that works at the shop actually restock the parts on freestyle depot to get money instead of doing this.
FD is not SR nor is PROTO. They are all separately run business with their own bank accounts and budgets. If SR is going to start providing more content and bringing on dedicated staff to do so then SR needs to generate funds on its own to pay for these things. It will help companies gain a more professional level of exposure and it will provide more worthwhile and interesting content for the users. Win/win?
On that note you may have seen that Alex Steadman has been posting some fairly in depth content recently. Aside from plain old "copy and paste" company updates and web video embed codes most blogs do, SR is actually gearing up for weekly content updates which has been the plan for years now but had a few set backs. These updates will actually be rich in intellectual substance, written and punctuated properly using proper structure, grammar and syntax. If none of that makes sense to you then you are the exact reason we are doing it, to enlighten you and hopefully help the sport grow, mature and become more professional in hopes of a more mainstream audience. To do this you need a qualified and educated staff capable of presenting the sport the way it should be not the way it is and that does not come free.
Long story short, for the amount of traffic SR gets and the ammount of exposure companies stand to gain, the Ad pricing is retardedly cheap and the revenue generated is being used to bring on dedicated staff to make the site better for you, the users. I'd be willing to bet that most of you still live with your parents who pay for everything and you have no real concept of independence, running a business or cash flow so I'm not taking any of these harsh and absurd comments personally. If you don't like what we are doing it is still free to complain. As for those saying this forum sucks and they are going to use another just remember that a forum is only as good as it's userbase and when all the forums in our sport have all the same users that makes all the forums the same. The only thing that sets a site apart is the extra curricular content and substance we can provide to the sport and that is what we are focusing on now.
Hopefully this clears up some of your concerns because I don't have enough time in a day to keep posting like this. I have a few businesses to run, a sport to promote and a scooter to ride. Thank you. Good day.
