Ad Sales Continue... Traffic on Website Up, Despite Summer Season

Submitted by kpaul.mallasch on Wed, 07/30/2008 - 7:14pm.

Made a small breakthrough today. Someone in the car vertical jumped on board with the next print edition. It's the smallest ad (they seem to be testing waters), but the fact we got them to sign a check is good, I think. Other bigger advertisers are being courted. Again, it's going slower than I thought, but I have the fact that my product is brand new against me.

Don't get me wrong, being new and unique is a good thing too - especially for the people. The business owners, though, are careful and cautious with money (reason they're still in business!) So it may take a little longer to ramp up to speed, but the numbers are looking good.

I attended a good business networking meeting as a guest this morning. Good stuff.

Also, I've noticed that traffic is up since the first hard copies were passed out and the rest were mailed. It's sticking too. I wasn't expecting a giant spike. It's nice to see it staying above a certain level all week, though, with more and more people signing up for accounts - for all sorts of reasons.

Some want the classifieds. Some are looking for info. Some want to talk and feel part of the community. Most seem to be meshing with the existing community really well.

One superstar has stepped up, sending in photos of accidents, fires, etc.

The 'user points' system seems to be working. I can't wait to tie that to real physical items - or something.

Anyway, just a quick note. I'm tired, but we had a little good news today with landing the car dealer and the other place most likely. (There I go counting eggs again...)

Wish me luck... Give me a shout out...