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Post by Greg C. on May 11, 2007 21:43:39 GMT -5
Enjoy folks, this is the last contest Alamosports will ever have. With advertising months in advance, and increased members, still only 3 submissions in a week.
Thanks,
Greg
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Post by neferetus on May 11, 2007 22:14:50 GMT -5
It certainly did draw attention to the board, though. We went from 66 members to 79. Not bad.
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Post by Greg C. on May 11, 2007 22:25:36 GMT -5
Maybe a threat will get 'em goin'.
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Post by wisconsinalamobuff on May 15, 2007 18:09:19 GMT -5
I hope you have another contest. It would be a shame since it did draw a lot of attention.
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Post by Bromhead24 on May 16, 2007 10:31:54 GMT -5
i have an excuse...i have been under the weather
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Post by Greg C. on May 16, 2007 12:26:49 GMT -5
I hope you feel better....
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Post by RebAl on May 16, 2007 12:38:42 GMT -5
It's sometimes very difficult to get new members and even more so to get them to regularily post. I think you are doing everything possible to attract members as your site is very well thought out with some interesting topics.
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Post by seguin on May 16, 2007 14:27:41 GMT -5
It´s a great site Davy has created! Davy sent me a PM about the contest but there was only hours to deadline so it was an impossible task to answer all those tough questions in that short time. Could it be that the questions were too tough since only a few participated in the contest? Not everybody has a lot of books on the Alamo for reference. Maybe you could get more people to be in the contest if all the answers could be found on the web. - Just some thoughts.
As for members, we must remember that Alamo buffs are a limited group of people. Personally I think that the quality of the forum is more important than the number of members...
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Post by Greg C. on May 16, 2007 16:20:01 GMT -5
It´s a great site Davy has created! Davy sent me a PM about the contest but there was only hours to deadline so it was an impossible task to answer all those tough questions in that short time. Could it be that the questions were too tough since only a few participated in the contest? Not everybody has a lot of books on the Alamo for reference. Maybe you could get more people to be in the contest if all the answers could be found on the web. - Just some thoughts. As for members, we must remember that Alamo buffs are a limited group of people. Personally I think that the quality of the forum is more important than the number of members... All the answers could be found by clicking the "Search" button at the top of the page and then typing in what you are looking for. As for how hard the questions were, I didn't find them extremely hard but they still have to be challenging. Maybe I'll give it another try next year... |
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Post by grislyexponent on May 16, 2007 23:21:41 GMT -5
that was my first try- the search button- had no luck, may have been me but i couldnt get anything there. i found every answer thru topics. glad i did, i found a lot of topics i had missed, when on dial up
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Post by alamojohnuk on May 17, 2007 7:04:40 GMT -5
Greg, thanks for your pm, it was much appreciated, please don't quit on the idea of holding further contests as I am sure that interest can only increase the more that people "spread the word"
As Seguin pointed out we are a limited group of people (Alamo buffs) and this is one of only 3 worthwhile forums that I am aware of on the net, so please don't be downhearted about the response to the comp' I for my part am spreading the word over here in the UK, and have got a few people in my pub now avidly asking questions about all things Alamo, whereas a couple of months ago they thought it was just a car rental service ( I kid you not!).
So keep the faith and we out here will try and do our bit to draw more attention to this forum and hopefully come next time you will have a much better response and you will feel that all your hard work has not been in vain.
Best regards
John.
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Post by Bromhead24 on May 17, 2007 9:04:16 GMT -5
I really wanted to participate but you, Nef and Coleblooded know of my severe personal problems and as much as i attempted to answer, i couldn't get my mind on it.....thats a top notch indication on clinical depression.
But hopefully, i'll win next year.
;D
Mike
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Post by Greg C. on May 17, 2007 19:37:41 GMT -5
I do hope something comes along and raises your spirits. I wish there was something I could do for you...
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