Member Drive

Post by **stipud** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 11:58 am

The number of users joining has completely stagnated recently. I am thinking either there is something wrong with the registration page, or people just aren't hearing about this place anymore. We need to keep new people coming in, in order to keep from getting stale!

I made a post in the phoenix gold area of the sounddomain forum advertising us. I am not sure where else would be applicable... but it would be really nice if PG could link to us somehow as well (twist a few arms Errin?

). If you guys see any PG posts on other forums, please don't hesitate to link to us.

Let me know if you guys have any ideas. I am working on getting better search engine coverage. Right now, google has indexed a bunch of fucked up old URLs from the site (in the old slow URL rewriting schema), and it needs to catch up to the new URL design. I also set up a mod that generates a dynamic sitemap for our site which includes all the thread URLs along with information that helps google and other pages index us.

I am also trying to get us into the yahoo directory and other places... If you guys know any high-ranking websites that get indexed frequently, make sure you drop our URL

Hontzo_MD · Post by **Hontzo_MD** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 3:18 pm

Make your sig over on SB clickable.

TigraTunerke · Post by **TigraTunerke** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 3:51 pm

Maybe a PhoenixPhorum-banner with a link,
then we can download it and place it on some sites we
regulary visit or put it in our signature on other forums...

Post by **Bfowler** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 3:58 pm

Paul made one.....i cant find it now...still looking

here you go

<a href="http://www.phoenixphorum.com"><img src="http://phoenixphorum.com/templates/Tita ... s/logo.jpg" alt="Phoenix Phorum"></a>

Post by **AVICJR** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 4:03 pm

It's a couple of months away but what effect will the roadster66 website have? Is it a forum or what? Maybe set up something in conjunction with it.

Mastiff · Post by **Mastiff** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 4:12 pm

seriously doubt it will ever happen

Post by **Francious70** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 8:42 am

AVICJR wrote:It's a couple of months away but what effect will the roadster66 website have? Is it a forum or what? Maybe set up something in conjunction with it.

I don't think that site is actually going to be anything other than a link back to Phoenixgold.com

Post by **AVICJR** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 9:34 am

I wonder what they mean (article) about an exclusive on line community?

Post by **Francious70** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 10:28 am

Hmm... maybe there'll be a forum for Roadster66 owners.

Post by **Bfowler** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 10:50 am

Francious70 wrote:Hmm... maybe there'll be a forum for Roadster66 owners.

. I can't see PG getting it off the ground. It will happen around the time rsdcomps come out...

BH · Post by BH » Thu Jan 11, 2007 11:31 am

AVICJR wrote:It's a couple of months away but what effect will the roadster66 website have? Is it a forum or what? Maybe set up something in conjunction with it.

I'm sure all it will be is a place where people can post install pics and there may be a little forum at it.

BH · Post by BH » Thu Jan 11, 2007 11:32 am

Mastiff wrote:seriously doubt it will ever happen

Being that it said it was mentioned by Leahy I think it will... I have nothing but respect for that guy! He's really got a good head on his shoulders and hes one of the only product development type guys that I've met who actually knows the product he's selling. He really knows his stuff and loves his job and it shows!

BH · Post by BH » Thu Jan 11, 2007 11:34 am

Bfowler wrote:
Francious70 wrote:Hmm... maybe there'll be a forum for Roadster66 owners.
. I can't see PG getting it off the ground. It will happen around the time rsdcomps come out...

How long does it really take to launch a forum when you've already got a template of one that they had in the past? And a pictures posting section when they've already got one working on the PG site? Its a copy paste and clean up site to create. Cake!

Post by **AVICJR** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 3:11 pm

I guess we'll all just have to wait and see.

TigraTunerke · Post by **TigraTunerke** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 7:44 pm

Bfowler wrote:Paul made one.....i cant find it now...still looking

here you go

<a href="http://www.phoenixphorum.com"><img src="http://phoenixphorum.com/templates/Tita ... s/logo.jpg" alt="Phoenix Phorum"></a>

Thx,
but what do I need to do with this text,
so it will become a banner when I place it into my signature?

I've tried to copy the text and paste it into my signature,
but It only showed the text.
Also tried to put [img]in%20front%20and[/img] behind it,
but same result.

I'm not so good with that kind of computerstuff...

Post by **stipud** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 8:51 pm

Use forum code:

Code: Select all

[url=http://www.phoenixphorum.com][img]http://phoenixphorum.com/templates/Titanium/images/logo.jpg[/img][/url]

Post by **mr tibbs** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 8:48 am

stipud wrote:Use forum code:

Code: Select all

[url=http://www.phoenixphorum.com][img]http://phoenixphorum.com/templates/Titanium/images/logo.jpg[/img][/url]

Done!

Post by **stipud** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 12:40 pm

Another great way to get members is just by linking them to threads here.

For example, we just got a great opportunity with this CES thread:
http://phoenixphorum.com/ces-pics-vt332.html

If you guys go to any other forums, I'm sure everyone there is excited about CES as well, so you could post the above link on other forums as well.

I noticed marko linked bdub's woofer test thread on a UK chat forum, and that got us a few members as well. I also linked us in a thread on the SaabCentral forums and got us another few members that way. Basically, the more links we have pointing to us will get us more members, with the added bonus of a higher pagerank in google!

Post by **AVICJR** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 9:41 pm

I just joined another forum and was wanting to put the phoenix banner in my sig. I copied it and pasted it, but it's not working. Any idea why?

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[url=http://www.phoenixphorum.com][img]http://phoenixphorum.com/templates/Titanium/images/logo.jpg[/img][/url]

This is the code I used.

Post by **AVICJR** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 10:06 pm

EDIT: never mind, it just didn't work on my first post. It appeared in second post.

Now if I can the get the PG surfer logo for my avatar.

Post by **Bfowler** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 11:46 am

stipud wrote:Another great way to get members is just by linking them to threads here.

For example, we just got a great opportunity with this CES thread:
http://phoenixphorum.com/ces-pics-vt332.html

If you guys go to any other forums, I'm sure everyone there is excited about CES as well, so you could post the above link on other forums as well.

I noticed marko linked bdub's woofer test thread on a UK chat forum, and that got us a few members as well. I also linked us in a thread on the SaabCentral forums and got us another few members that way. Basically, the more links we have pointing to us will get us more members, with the added bonus of a higher pagerank in google!

im sure you had to have seen a couple come in from bimmerfourms

how do we get google to re-cache the site?