Help Me Make This Forum Great! Redbluebirds.com - kickstarter-esque campaign.

[RhysGlobal Superstar]

First topic message reminder :

For us regular users, we have really come to enjoy the little community that is starting to develop on this forum. A place to share your views and discuss the football without the taste of change souring all our topics.

The forum has been alive for less than a year and any good and lively community can take a significant time to grow and develop.

As enjoyable as things are currently however, I would love it for this place to be a lot busier....so I was wondering how I could do that. Those who have been here a while will know that I have tried many incentives to give this place a kick-start, all at personal expense. In the past, I have given away:

A signed Earnshaw Photo
A signed Whittingham Photo
A year's free subscription to City Player
Created the Credits Store
Various other competitions that I can't remember doing...

All of which, has realised little success. So what is left? Well this idea, may be a little nuts/ambitious so I just want to sound it out for peoples opinions...

I want to explore the possibility of this forum having a Stadium perimeter advertising banner for the whole of next season. I believe we would be the the first forum to consider the idea and it would target the exact type of people we would like to attract.

It would be great exposure for us and it would certainly get people talking....

Although this could be quite pricey, it is not as much as I thought. After doing a bit of digging, it looks like stadium advertising goes from £43 a game (probably plus VAT) - for a season. Realistically, I am looking at £1500 to get this idea off the ground.

Considering that I am will be swapping jobs in August (driving instructor here I come!) and the mrs is on maternity, there is no way that I would be able to cough all this up myself.

So here goes. I wondered about running a little forum campaign to raise the money - raising it through many different methods, through donations and fundraising events etc (cake sale or something - ideas please). We would have a number of months, between now and the beginning of the season, to raise the dosh.

I have the idea that the banner would obviously say something like 'Redbluebirds.com - a new fan forum' (very open to suggestions). But significantly, as a thank you, we could put the forum usernames of all the 'backers & donors' in a namecloud (google namecloud if you are not sure what one is) - the bigger backers will fill a bigger space - and have it as the banners background image.

What does everyone think of the idea? You can answer anonymously through the poll question too (poll open to guests)!

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[RhysGlobal Superstar]

[thewelshfellaClub Legend]

Dont worry Rhys ive fixed it

[davewebber65National Legend]

i'm in and back eaten my spam rolls

[davewebber65National Legend]

just read your message. why not approach the club for funding. hell it is their bloody colour

[The TonkerNational Legend]

just read your message. why not approach the club for funding. hell it is their bloody colour

But there are two colours in our title - which is the whole point isn't it? If we're funded by the club, wouldn't we risk being viewed as the official "red" board, so deepening the divide? I'm sure we would be viewed in many quarters as simply a mouthpiece for the club if we're financially dependent upon it.

[davewebber65National Legend]

but the club does not have a message board. so why not ask. they can only say no

[The TonkerNational Legend]

Up to Rhys of course, but I'm suggesting we don't want to be the club's messageboard, because our stance on the colour is neutral, as our name suggests.

[glasgowronnieCaptain of Country]

I'd help from sunny Glasgow, not sure how though

[Valley TrashGlobal Superstar]

I'll run a lift bumming service #ElevatorEleveator #OtisSoYouNotice

[Tans TacheNational Legend]

The thing that bothers me is we get more posters they turn out to b knobs, ccmb rejects/banned posters, u cant vet them, I know we can ban them but im so used to our small community

[thewelshfellaClub Legend]

I really think tache that a lot of the new posters that have gone now only left because there isn't enough bitching on this site for them.

They all say I'm sick of the aamb but IMO they are like a battered wife that always goes back to there husbands Annis is there husband but he will never respect them know matter how far they bend over.

[davewebber65National Legend]

as there is not an offical cardiff city messageboard this has to be the nearest to one so still think we should ask for funding

[R-DONOCaptain of Country]

I, personally, wouldn't be comfortable with the idea of this becoming the "official" clubs messageboard. The keystone to this forum is its impartiality. Many people on here, at least I think, are like myself. Neither pro-red, longing to see blue and the bluebird predominate again. Whilst not being anti-red and sacrificing the team that we all love dearly.
A departure from this stance would likely also see the departure of me, and whilst many of you may not weep at that, I, for one, will be saddened as my brief time here has been enjoyed so far.

[Judge dRedInternational Call-Up]

I would have thought you would have been around long enough to be picked up by this place Link it to a blog and you should start getting regular visitors.

[Arkay DubyaGlobal Superstar]

I'd help where I could Rhys

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