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Sorry if you guys are finding the new adds obtrusive. During the next few weeks Ill be trying a few different variations and ad placements. Feel free to comment about them here.
I’ve really been struggling with finding a way to create some revenue from the site to help support it. As I’ve said many times before I have never wanted the site to be a PAY to see the content type of site. So alternatively I have to find ways to just support the site to keep it turned on. While I do appreciate donations they are far too few and in between to keep things rolling. The other thing about donations is it always seems to be the same few people trying to keep this boat a float. Hardly fair considering how many people and businesses are using this resource daily.
I have tried to offer advertising to all the major Alfa suppliers & businesses but they just don't get the web thing and would rather spend their dollars in publications that are a fraction of our online distribution. To me it makes no sense but that’s how it is. Without their support its kind of hard to create an all Alfa Romeo related advertising program. I just don’t get why they wouldn’t want to advertise directly to their customers and build their Alfa Romeo brands with the exposure.
At one time I tried to open an online store to help support the site and got nothing but flack over this. This is a great model that seems to be working for many other auto forum sites. Unfortunately many of the BB’ers had a different take on this and the online store was put on stand by while other avenues (advertising) were taken. After many hours in development I took the resistance as a bit of a slap in the face. I think most people failed to see the larger picture.
The basic nuts and bolts is that the site is barely supporting itself let alone have any budget for creating better content or features. Any of you smart people out there please feel free to comment here or by PM any ideas you might have to help turn things around.
In the mean time please be patient with the ads while I try to find something that works for all of us.
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