MartialTalk Need Your Help....

I just thought of this.

Sell, for $1 or $3 or whatever, 1 html page that anyone can buy to upload a more detailed biography such as an enhanced version of our profiles, but with a photo and a small video clip.

This way people can direct each other to these pages and say "look" I look like this, I move like this, my bio says this.

It could
a. Make everyone more personable/relatable
b. Play to egos of people who want to put up a clip of how great they are
c. Serve as an ad for a system/style/school
d. Be a really cool gallery/reference/Who's Who on Martial Talk particularly if the video clips are mostly of favorite techniques
e. Generate more money if you charge $1 or whatever to allow the uploading/changing of an additional video clip or clips
f. Turn into a Contest/online tournament (done before I know) if you have us all submit 1 clip of a technique. Then we can vote on that clip and it can be featured on the Hall of Fame Homepage or something. Like a Clip of the Month. Maybe someone would turn in a clip so cool that it would win several months in a row.

But clips must be kept small and short to make this work.

I can help you think of ways to do this for $5 instead if that is the credit card/ecommerce minimum threshold.
%think%

P.S. You could charge $12/yr for this "page" and allow quarterly updates of the clips or something. Maybe you could also sell 3 video updates for $5. Just more ideas. Never say die!
 
Ok...I looked into the Auction software, and the 'Classified Ad' software...so far, the freebies I've found well, stink....and the better ones cost some $$. I'll keep looking...worse case, I'll 'roll our own' but it'll take time.

We're sort of caught in a catch 22... There is a lot of cool things we can do, but the more we do, the more server space/resources we use, which mean we need more $ to operate at full speed.

Right now, we have had 6 new subscribers sign up. We're hoping to hit 300 by months end.

Thank you again for the support!
:asian:
 
The Tally so far:
8 new subscribers (292 to go)
1 new advertiser
5 inquries on sponsorships.

Thank you for your support.

Can we hit 300 subscribers by the end of Oct?
Can we hit $1,000 by November?

:)
 
I was visiting that "other" forum, where so many of our ex-kenpo guys went. They just ask for $10 donations on the home page. Very up front about it. You want us here? You have to help keep us running.

On MartialTalk you could do that ... or for $2 more, get a magazine and support your favorite forum??? What to do, what to do?

SUBSCRIBE!

And thanks mucho (now why do I want to say Mojo now? - must be the Prof. Joe Lansdale book I just read.)

Peace - Out!
-MB
 
Just some food for thought...
Alot of folks don't realize the costs in running a forum. Theres a ton of freebies out there, cheaper less featureful software, lower quality hosting, etc.

MT operating costs this year: Aprox $1600
(Includes software fees, advertising, and an 'estimate' for hosting)

Expected costs for 2004 : Aprox $3,000 (due to increased hardware requirements.)
Add an additional $1,200 if we start doing real advertising in something like BlackBelt or Inside Kung Fu.

300 subscribers = $3,600. Not enough for me to retire on, but enough to keep us running at full speed through most of 2004.

Our target goal is $5,000. We're currently at $96. :)
 
The Tally so far:
9 new subscribers (291 to go)
1 new advertiser on schools page.
5 inquries on sponsorships, 1 new one.


Goal: $5,000
Reached: $208


Anyone wanting to send a check or money order for under $12:
send to
Bob Hubbard
PO Box 1372
Buffalo NY 14220

and make it payable to Robert Hubbard

Please make sure you include a note saying its for MartialTalk, and include your user name.

:asian:
 
Just a short note:
I'll be off line until Monday, so processing of subscriptions will be delayed until then.


Tally as of this AM:
9 new subscribers (291 to go)
1 new advertiser on schools page.
5 inquries on sponsorships, 1 new one.

Goal: $5,000
Reached: $208

:asian:
 
Ok, I just got back from the successful WMAA camp in DE. Met a lot of great folks there. :)

I brought with me some hard copys of the current issues and sold out. Was definately a good thing. :)


Current tally:

Tally as of this message:
15 new subscribers (285 to go)
$13 profit on paper-issues
1 new advertiser on schools page.
5 inquries on sponsorships, 1 new one.

Goal: $5,000
Reached: $293

I should have all the new subscriptions processed shortly. Thank you for the patience and the support!

:asian:
 
Current tally:

Tally as of this message:
16 new subscribers (284 to go)
$13 profit on paper-issues
1 new advertiser on schools page. Typhoon Filipino School of Martial Arts
5 inquries on sponsorships, 2 new ones.
New Knife Forum Sponsor: Tribal Blade Fighting Arts
Another forum spot being finalized.

Goal: $5,000
Reached: $385 (note: this is invoiced, not fully received yet)

:asian:
 
Just an update, no change since the last update.

Site traffics been rising and again putting some strain on the server. Without the funding to either expand the current server, or move MT to its own server I'm going to be forced to begin scaling back features.

Just a reminder:
E-Zine subscriptions are only $12.
You can get a dual subscription to both MT Magazine and The Martialist for $20

Advertisements on the schools directory start at $20/year,
with forum sponsorships at $80 per year.

See http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/adrates.htm for full advertising rates.

You can also send less than $12 by check or money order:
Bob Hubbard
PO Box 1372
Buffalo, NY 14220

Please be certain to note your MT username somewhere so I can give you credit.

:asian:
 
In order to conserve server resources, we've had to shut down the chat room. The chat room, though not heavily used ate up a lot of server resources (mysql querries for the techies). At our current income level, we can not afford another server upgrade to support our requirements, nor can we afford to move to our own box which would allow us to add additional features.

To date, we've raised less than $500.
 
Ok, I was just informed of an error on the e-zines subscription sign up form. If you've tried subscribing in the last few days and gotten a "page not found" error, please try again. It should be working correctly now. If you got that, the subscription did not go through.

I apologize for the inconvenience.




__________________
 
You mentioned you were looking into PayPal. If it's a go, let me know when you have it all set up and I'll send some $$ to MartialTalk.

- Ceicei
 
Im a reader more than a poster, but when Kaith called I answered. And its a great deal. You get a subscription to Martial Talk Mag as well ans to The Martialist. Its a great deal. Until I subscribed, I was an avid reader of the free content of both magazines. Now I have full priveleges to all the articles. Its worth the money. I cant recomenned them enough, and for the price, everyone wins. You will enjoy the articles and it will keep martialtalk alive.
Frederick Warder
 
Current tally:

Tally as of this message:
19 new subscribers (281 to go)
$13 profit on paper-issues
3 new advertisers
2 donations through Paypal

Goal: $5,000
Reached: $447.57 (note: this is invoiced, not fully received yet)


Note: We have a joint promotion with "The Martialist" ezine. You can get 1 year subscriptions to -both- for only $18.
See http://www.martialtalk.com/magazine/specialoffer.htm for more information.

:asian:
 
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