itrade just because you and other "think" its a bad idea doesnt mean it is. a good friend of mine works for a publishing company in marketing. i told him of this idea (the bus) he thought it was good, he as well as I like the face to face contact. also liking the traveling billboard. this traveling billboard had been to many major cities in the last few months.
now from the quarter report, we had 9300 subs on average for the 3 months, but 11800 to end the quarter. now simple math will tell you the only way to average 9300 and end with 11800 is to have the last month be a very good month. I would say they added over 2000 people in september, if you factor in churn it was probably closer to 3,000 people. now what would cause such a high jump? is it just coincidence that the bus tour started that month?
they are handing out tons of t-shirts, dont you think others will ask about what is on the shirt, what its about?
as far as crowds in the pictures, no doubt some podcasts have shown many more that others. but think about it, they show about 1 minute of footage over a 5-6 hour stop. they have, 3 workers? Im sure one cant be running the camera every time they have a few more people, they are not there to impress investors they are there to sell the program. Im sure the last thing they can do when they have a nig crowd is try to film, that is probably when they need all hands on selling as the one person runs the gaming part.
some dates have gone off schedule, on a 20 some stop national tour you cant expect it all to go off perfect, they have made most. I think only one or two have been problems. I heard they where to set up monday in seattle close to the stadium, then again it rained hard all day and wouldnt expect them to have set up.
I would much rather judge the tour off the results of september other than 30 second per stop of video footage. yes I am making an assumption those september subs came from the bus tour, as you are making an assumption that they didnt have big crowds and its a failure.
you cant expect a big crowd at mc donalds at one time, but over a 6 hour stretch you could expect a few hundred people to show up.
i like the bus idea, I like the face to face, I like the traveling billboard, and I dont think its just a coincidence the subs went up a lot after the tour started, yes some stops have done better than others, that is expected. there are many different ways to market, you cant just do one or the other, they have internet ads, some billboards, the bus tour, in the cc flyer, some tv commercials in certain areas, and on other items and events.
you probably didnt agree with the bus fom the start, what is your reason for the sharp spike in subs for the month of september?
fact is if I pass that bus I cant help but read the outside, and thats good advertising. I personally dont click on internet ads, Im on a site to be on that site, not to go to another
all just my opinion
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