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Okay, what are the big nits?
Ah, Mattu...how about a tangelo resting on a book that is opened to Chapter 9?
Seriously, if you acknowledge that the Orange County bankruptcy is not a mental association you wish to encourage and that regionalism is potentially problematic, why would you "envision something orange, maybe some blue...the ocean...mountains..California-ish?"
Moreover, NO ONE associates southern California with investing prowess. It's Ditzville, USA.
I understand that you're going to keep the California references out of the firm name. I'd keep them out of the logo too.
But the O/S must be known to be on the list, right?
"According to a Nasdaq spokeswoman there are about 1,300 reporting Pink Sheets companies. But only 235 of those, for which the exchange has current information on shares outstanding, are currently subject to Reg SHO threshold requirements." #msg-5052435
MEMI is on the list and its last filing was in early '02, I believe.
Close, 8-9 screens.
Yes.
Raz, it had an "Oscar" release in December.
Yes.
It goes to national release in a couple of weeks.
Reinstate his soros man alias too.
Impressively, it only took 20 posts over a mere three weeks to straighten out. This certainly gives those who call you inattentive their just comeuppance.
My shrink informs me that it isn't a complex after all.
When Warren got out, I got out. #msg-2499377
What are tuition and fees at FSU anyway, 10 grand? Give me the ball, and I'll put his kid through FSU.
Then we want L3!!!!
He's an amnesiac: #msg-5034665.
What was Roger the Dodger's record in Super Bowls? I forget.
Yes, they are most irritating. I had forgotten that Marino started the season as the back up to the dearly departed David Woodley.
In their first NFL seasons, Marino lost his first game, Kosar lost his first game, Vick didn't make the playoffs.
Edit: Neither did Cunningham.
I think.
I didn't realize it at the time, but last year was the 60th anniversary of the word, glop. Glop parties should have been the rage. What happened?
17 total posts, all of them in jail. How cool is that. Do you believe in reincarnation?
Oh, it's a must. In fact, it is virtually impossible to completely misinterpret pinky trades without L2.
Well then, our work is done. Free L2 is the Holy Grail.
Of course, if the new brokerage offered free L2 to premium members only, that alone would probably treble your current conversion rate (at minimum).
Let me guess: That's off the table too.
Yecch. Is that horse piss still sold?
Why, thank you. (He can't afford me.)
I bet easily 75% of my potential subscribers don't even have a CLUE what features the premium subscription DOES offer...That's what Im' feeling for ideas on.
Until your big idea hits, you could try some marketing on the cheap:
(1) To initiate their free trials, present members with a listing of the 10(?) Premium Features, and ask them to rank those features 1-10 according to how useful they expect to find them during the trial period.
(2) Immediately after the free trial, ask them to rank the same features again.
You might find a significant difference between expectation and experience. You might find none at all. For your purposes right now, that is a secondary consideration.
What you will have done is (a) introduced new members to the Premium Features prior to the trial, (b) reinforced the features as benefits after the trial and (c) encouraged new members to give those features at least a modicum of consideration before, during and after the trial.
How odd that she would post that to me.
waterwisp, you might want to readdress your post to Matt. He probably won't see it if you don't.
Ruellit, so, so many have said it.
For you, Mattu, I'll waive my usual fee:
The difficulty in converting freebie members to premium status lies in the fact that you give them everything they really need or even want for free.
Non-paying subscribers can create boards, post 18 messages daily on "stock" boards, and set up people and board Favorites lists. Basically, your ensuing sales pitch is that, for a fee, they can also scroll, search and socialize.
In essence, you have given them free appetizers, soup, and entrees. Now you're asking them to pay for dessert. The problem is that they're stuffed. They don't want any.
Without a doubt, you can take steps to marginally and perhaps significantly increase your conversion rates of new and recent members. (Perhaps you could select two from the many ideas that will be offered and conduct an A/B split over a three month period.)
But...
The best way to convert the freebie old guard is to offer them disincentives to remain non-paying. (Slash the daily post limit in half. No favorites. No iggies. No bread. No water.)
At present, you're giving away the store.
bibit canus....that, I already knew.
Again?
The board will pray for your soul....
but don't expect it to do a whole lot.
Somehow, that doesn't comfort me.
Nah, Hesse is the guy who wrote Stepinwoof.
It was more like "God Doesn't Want You To Be or Marry a Millionaire or Have Any Fun at All."
The worst literature course that I ever took was The Early American Novel. God, did that ever suck.
I had an abnormal journalism professor.