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Jan 5^th, 2007 at 3:13pm

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Don't you think that SimV should have a monthly newsletter? I think that we should be informed about changes, new aircraft,multiplayer sessions, and real life aviation. Grin

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Reply #1 - Jan 5^th, 2007 at 3:17pm

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We have a daily one ......... called the forums Grin

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Reply #2 - Jan 5^th, 2007 at 3:52pm

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a1 wrote on Jan 5^th, 2007 at 3:13pm:

Don't you think that SimV should have a monthly newsletter? I think that we should be informed about changes, new aircraft,multiplayer sessions, and real life aviation. Grin

You offering to do the work?

Remember - A good suggestion includes an Answer ........ Wink

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Reply #3 - Jan 5^th, 2007 at 4:10pm

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eno wrote on Jan 5^th, 2007 at 3:17pm:

We have a daily one ......... called the forums Grin

Might actually work though - the newsletter arriving in the inbox once a month may just prompt a few people back to the site and the forums...

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Reply #4 - Jan 5^th, 2007 at 4:39pm

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may one of the admins or someone who has experience with these things do it?

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Reply #5 - Jan 5^th, 2007 at 4:52pm

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Posted by: a1 Posted on: Today at 4:39pm
may one of the admins or someone who has experience with these things do it?

LOL, like we don't have our plates filled already Grin

Like pete said,.

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Reply #6 - Jan 5^th, 2007 at 4:58pm

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i don't have the right tools to do it. i am a newbe at this internet computer stuff.

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Reply #7 - Jan 5^th, 2007 at 5:29pm

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a1 wrote on Jan 5^th, 2007 at 4:58pm:

i don't have the right tools to do it. i am a newbe at this internet computer stuff.

Now just look at what a pickle your in! But I agree it is a good idea, maybe we could brainstorm so ideas to go with this newsletter. I wouldn't mind helping out but we would need a team of people...

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Reply #8 - Jan 5^th, 2007 at 5:46pm

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Well, what kind of things would you want in a newsletter - bearing in mind in some ways Andy is entirely correct - the forum and main site are a constantly updated "feed" as it were. Personally I think you'd be looking at bringing in the not so regular SimV users...

Content is another thing altogether. Something that could be quite nice, assuming it was (for example) a 4 page or so Acrobat document could be mini reviews (1/2 page or so) of the month's best freeware. This is something that is now lacking in the off the shelf UK publication "PC Pilot", which, ahving been taken over by Key Publishing (Today's Pilot, FlyPast, AFM etc fame) seems to have completely dumped - all we know get are thumbnails of what's on the cover disc.

Just a few ideas...

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Reply #9 - Jan 5^th, 2007 at 9:02pm

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lets try to get as many people as we can to be involved in this and lets see what happens. I myself don't have acrobat reader.

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Reply #10 - Jan 6^th, 2007 at 7:27am

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I think a newsletter would be completely useless. Since we already have these forums and the mainsite, what do you want to put in the newsletter? Freeware reviews? Download the free aircraft/scenery and try it yourself. Payware reviews? Are already provided by the manufacturer or independent FS sites. What else? News about SimViation? See the forum. How many people do you think would be interested in reading news that has been on the site already? Not many I pressume.

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Reply #11 - Jan 6^th, 2007 at 6:32pm

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I think a newsletter would be completely useless. Since we already have these forums and the mainsite, what do you want to put in the newsletter? Freeware reviews? Download the free aircraft/scenery and try it yourself. Payware reviews? Are already provided by the manufacturer or independent FS sites. What else? News about SimViation? See the forum. How many people do you think would be interested in reading news that has been on the site already? Not many I pressume.

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The content may be completely irrelevant. What it could do is arrive in the mailbox of everyone who signs up to the forum once a month. How many people do you think register for the forum and then don't come back again for months, or leave the account dormant? Quite a few I imagine (although I suspect only Pete really knows). The forum has over 20,000 registered users. How many of them visit regularly?

A newsletter, could even a simple single page showing the highlights of SimV, and maybe a selection of some of the (more serious) topics being discussed on the forum, and would maybe help prompt a few people to think "Yeah, Simviation - I remember that - it was a decent site/forum".

Hopefully this could spruce up a few areas of the forum which IMHO aren't quite what they were a year or two back - mainly recently due the the plethora of topics purely linking to Youtube* (which personally I find a bit of a turn off).

*Other video hosting sites are available

People like Avsim, Flightsim.com, Simmarket have one. For a major FS site, maybe it is worth it.

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Reply #12 - Jan 6^th, 2007 at 7:55pm

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not only the people that are registered get one but any one that subscribe. this website should be the first people come to find news and downloads. the newsletter would be a tool to help and convince people to use this site.

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Reply #13 - Jan 7^th, 2007 at 2:58am

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Charlie wrote on Jan 6^th, 2007 at 6:32pm:

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I think a newsletter would be completely useless. Since we already have these forums and the mainsite, what do you want to put in the newsletter? Freeware reviews? Download the free aircraft/scenery and try it yourself. Payware reviews? Are already provided by the manufacturer or independent FS sites. What else? News about SimViation? See the forum. How many people do you think would be interested in reading news that has been on the site already? Not many I pressume.

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The content may be completely irrelevant. What it could do is arrive in the mailbox of everyone who signs up to the forum once a month. How many people do you think register for the forum and then don't come back again for months, or leave the account dormant? Quite a few I imagine (although I suspect only Pete really knows). The forum has over 20,000 registered users. How many of them visit regularly?

A newsletter, could even a simple single page showing the highlights of SimV, and maybe a selection of some of the (more serious) topics being discussed on the forum, and would maybe help prompt a few people to think "Yeah, Simviation - I remember that - it was a decent site/forum".

Hopefully this could spruce up a few areas of the forum which IMHO aren't quite what they were a year or two back - mainly recently due the the plethora of topics purely linking to Youtube* (which personally I find a bit of a turn off).

*Other video hosting sites are available

People like Avsim, Flightsim.com, Simmarket have one. For a major FS site, maybe it is worth it.

If you look at it like that, you might have a point.

The fact that Avsim, NoNodes.com and Simmarket have one is not important. Those three sites also have much more (very annoying) adverts. Ever wondered why? Sometimes it's better to stay small.

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Reply #14 - Jan 7^th, 2007 at 9:19am

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If you look at it like that, you might have a point.

The fact that Avsim, NoNodes.com and Simmarket have one is not important. Those three sites also have much more (very annoying) adverts. Ever wondered why? Sometimes it's better to stay small.

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True, but those three sites have a lot more commercial background than SimV appears to have (FS Pilot shop etc). I can't see how having more potential visitors would be such a terrible thing...

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Reply #15 - Jan 7^th, 2007 at 10:16am

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Getting more visitors isn't the biggest problem (besides the possible bandwidth problem leading to more costs, leading to more adverts...). There is another problem. How are you going to contact more that 20000 people and ask them if they are interested in a newsletter? Posting the question in the forum is no option since many don't use the forum (see the reaction to this thread). Having the option when you register is good but would only be seen by new members. Putting the option in Profile will also only be seen by the regulars here.

The only(?) option you have is to send every registered member, who doesn't visit very often, an e-mail asking if they are interested in the newsletter. Now can you spell SPAM?

Just to keep the discussion going,

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Reply #16 - Jan 7^th, 2007 at 10:39am

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Getting more visitors isn't the biggest problem (besides the possible bandwidth problem leading to more costs, leading to more adverts...). There is another problem. How are you going to contact more that 20000 people and ask them if they are interested in a newsletter?

Because you add it as an option to all those registering now, not those who've registered in the past (you just have to hope they come back anyway). The other way would be maybe to add a link to the SimV newsletter on the main site, then on that page have a click here to sign up type thing.

Purely hypothetical. Just putting forward ideas...

On the SPAM subject, surely sending one email inviting someone to signup for a newsletter could not be construed as SPAM as they gave their email address (so must have some interest) when signing up the forum.

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