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lets see what I can do to clear some of my intent as brought up here.
MoneyWeather I agree or disagre, I love it when people get fired up about umpiring. It shows the passion which I was speaking of.Wal-Mart I would love both of you to come join my site and share your thoughts and views there as well as here. Cheers! |
Amazing. That is EXACTLY what I got out of the article.
Paranormal powers functioning normally. "Pretty clear" seems to get the job done. Interesteding. :rolleyes: |
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Quote: Originally Posted by Interested Ump The part I find untruthful is that umpires, the majority, DO officiate for the money. I would refer you to several discussions in the archives in 2007 about this matter. Quote:
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I replied in direct line with the thread. Quotes weren't necessary for anyone with ANY basic reasoning skills. I mean it's not like I replied to one comment from the OP fifteen pages later. Get real, man. It seems apparent that you understood WTH I was talking about. So what's the prob? Just stirring the pot as usual, huh? Your opinion of "what I act like" has no bearing on my life, my ability, or my willingness to post on this site. That's sort of like the pot calling the kettle black, don't you think? edit to add - quote included so that Fitty doesn't get lost. |
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Then you will have no problem knowing what a you act like. Or what my interp is on why you didnt quote anyone but flip off replies fully expecting everyone knows WTH you are talking about. Quote:
I think. No, I'm confused. Please, clarify, why is it you pick and choose when to quote? |
Emporer of Umpire Empire Empirically Incorrect ?
Maybe, maybe not. But EMPEROR is the correct spelling. Bob |
As Man In Blue would respond
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Thanks Fitump and to all of you for visiting. I saw my traffic get a nice little bump directly from this thread.
Just out of pure shameless self promotion, by the volume of new visitors hitting my site from here I was expecting a higher rate of people becoming members. But no worries, my site is still new and I'm still developing it into what I want. When you visit shoot me (Umpire in Chief) a PM and let me know what you think or if you have any suggestions. |
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The great thing about the internet is that its is unimaginably large and growing everyday. And nothing on the internet, to the best of my knowledge, is mutually exclusive nor collectively exhaustive. I personally cruise b/t 15-20 baseball/umpire sites a day and have for a few years. I even posted here under a different username until recently. Nothing other than my personal preferences (and my company's internet filter ;) )limit which sites I go to or participate in. I am trying to offer something very different than most other sites. My focus is to be more than just a forum, I am really gearing for the ultimate interactive site for umpires. Some of my interactive features include:
As you can see I'm looking to offer something far different than what is out there currently. You've just inspired me to write a new article, thanks (should be out later today or tomorrow depending on how quickly I can knock out some work here at my regular job). I am actually very pleased with the response I've received from my site thus far. Today is the 44th day my site is live and I am just shy of my 500th unique visitor by IP address, 31 members, not to mention the numbers of return visitors. This has far exceeded my goals for this point in the game, but I've still got a long way to go. For comparison purposes some research I did stated that the conversion rate (unique visitors to members) is <5% for sites in existance less than a year. I am just above 6%. Do I want to be the next Officiating.com or Umpires Resource Center? No, I am looking to be more interactive. Do I want the traffic and membership levels they have? Absolutely. Is there anything preventing anybody from visiting one, two, all or no similar sites? No. Those who host forums or websites don't mind (generally) others promoting their sites. I have/had a very successful political site for a while (It's still going, I just tend it a lot less than I use to) which was essentially a glorified blog with limited interactivity and I openly solicited people to from other sites to mine and visa-versa with no problem either way because we're not competing for their money. Before this thread came out to draw attention to my site I was planning on a Shamless Self Promotion Blitz. Very similar to what Rob Drake has successfully done. And I probably will still do, but I have a few bugs I'm still working out and want things to be just a little better cleaned up and just right before doing anything like that. Besides this is Rob's time and I don't want to step on his toes, so I'll probably continue to hang back as not to steal his spotlite. I'll post here again and PM you personally when my latest idea for an article is posted. |
Ump-Emp no one is trying to offset your goasl, go for it, the more the merrier. :D
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