Post by Dan White on Apr 6, 2009 17:23:24 GMT -5
Okay, I'm really beginning to feel like Al Gore when I write this. Well, Al Gore in the South Park episode. It's like I'm talking about something that's really affecting this place, but it's falling on deaf ears. And unlike manbearpig, this is real. I'm super duper serial (okay, that's enough joking around). It's a conflict that we need to resolve.
Basically, we are suffering on the roster front. I counted the roster that we have at the minute, and although it appears rather bulky, we currently only have 19 or so people that I'd consider active. A lot of people are leaving without notice, or having to go on a sabbatical for whatever reason. I'm not criticising these people as clearly ACW isn't anyone's first priority.
But you have to look at things like Fallen Heroes as a pointer. Even though every year in the months of March-May we tend to suffer because schools and universities are finishing up and there's exams and stuff to do, but I found a few stats which compare to previous Fallen Heroes:
In 2005, 21 of the 30 people that entered Fallen Heroes were active handlers
In 2006, 24 of the 30 people that entered Fallen Heroes were active handlers
In 2007, 26 of the 30 people that entered Fallen Heroes were active handlers
In 2008, 23 of the 31 people that entered Fallen Heroes were active handlers (not including Torak, or Hitman of the Gods)
In 2009, we have had 13 people sign up to Fallen Heroes. It's pretty grim reading. And it's a case that we should all be more aware of.
It's pretty obvious that just advertising doesn't work as well as it did. The reason for this is because e-fedding as a whole is suffering, but we don't need to be part of the problem. I think though that as ACW has developed, it's become more and more of a case that new folk tend to be scared off by the different manner of which we function.
I've always thought there should be a basic introductory PM that is sent to new folk, that basically covers how we work. Then that could guide the new members towards the Guides. Secondly, I think that people should be more welcoming to new members. We've often seen people sign up, post a well-structured profile, only to not sign in ever again. If people took more initiative and maybe added these people, tried to introduce them to ACW and to how we work, it would give them more of an incentive to keep them here.
My main point though, which I made in a Suggestions topic (before it was taken off topic) is that we should all look at real-life friends who like wrestling, and may be into e-fedding. Door-to-door sales works better than placing a random ad in a newspaper, that's a proven fact. So hands-on, personal advertising may work better. Case in point, I knew Rob was interested in wrestling, so I put the proposal of ACW in front of him, and thus he joined. We then both got Jonny Hughes to join based on this. Jake Steele was able to personally bring in a lot of GWF guys. It's the same manner.
This method means that if these people are confused at something, rather than just leave and forget about it, they can come to you and you can help explain things. It's not like ACW is hard to understand, it's just that we work differently to other feds, which I think puts people off.
The bottom line is that if we're going to survive the current e-fedding slump, we need to bring in members. And the best way to do that is to personally approach people. The worst thing that could happen is that they don't like the idea of it. So what's stopping people?
I request that unlike my previous topic, people don't take this off-topic. There's Social Boards where you can do that.
Basically, we are suffering on the roster front. I counted the roster that we have at the minute, and although it appears rather bulky, we currently only have 19 or so people that I'd consider active. A lot of people are leaving without notice, or having to go on a sabbatical for whatever reason. I'm not criticising these people as clearly ACW isn't anyone's first priority.
But you have to look at things like Fallen Heroes as a pointer. Even though every year in the months of March-May we tend to suffer because schools and universities are finishing up and there's exams and stuff to do, but I found a few stats which compare to previous Fallen Heroes:
In 2005, 21 of the 30 people that entered Fallen Heroes were active handlers
In 2006, 24 of the 30 people that entered Fallen Heroes were active handlers
In 2007, 26 of the 30 people that entered Fallen Heroes were active handlers
In 2008, 23 of the 31 people that entered Fallen Heroes were active handlers (not including Torak, or Hitman of the Gods)
In 2009, we have had 13 people sign up to Fallen Heroes. It's pretty grim reading. And it's a case that we should all be more aware of.
It's pretty obvious that just advertising doesn't work as well as it did. The reason for this is because e-fedding as a whole is suffering, but we don't need to be part of the problem. I think though that as ACW has developed, it's become more and more of a case that new folk tend to be scared off by the different manner of which we function.
I've always thought there should be a basic introductory PM that is sent to new folk, that basically covers how we work. Then that could guide the new members towards the Guides. Secondly, I think that people should be more welcoming to new members. We've often seen people sign up, post a well-structured profile, only to not sign in ever again. If people took more initiative and maybe added these people, tried to introduce them to ACW and to how we work, it would give them more of an incentive to keep them here.
My main point though, which I made in a Suggestions topic (before it was taken off topic) is that we should all look at real-life friends who like wrestling, and may be into e-fedding. Door-to-door sales works better than placing a random ad in a newspaper, that's a proven fact. So hands-on, personal advertising may work better. Case in point, I knew Rob was interested in wrestling, so I put the proposal of ACW in front of him, and thus he joined. We then both got Jonny Hughes to join based on this. Jake Steele was able to personally bring in a lot of GWF guys. It's the same manner.
This method means that if these people are confused at something, rather than just leave and forget about it, they can come to you and you can help explain things. It's not like ACW is hard to understand, it's just that we work differently to other feds, which I think puts people off.
The bottom line is that if we're going to survive the current e-fedding slump, we need to bring in members. And the best way to do that is to personally approach people. The worst thing that could happen is that they don't like the idea of it. So what's stopping people?
I request that unlike my previous topic, people don't take this off-topic. There's Social Boards where you can do that.