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#1 User is offline   klytia 

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Posted 29 September 2011 - 07:43 PM

I think we need to liven up the forum somewhat, a new injection of subscribers might be swayed by the offer of a AMW / Niche give away!

I know we have the normal stuff from the magazine but what about something forum specific on a weekly basis ?

There are a lot of lookers but not too many participate in the discussions.

Let's liven this sucker up......any ideas?????

We have a major event coming up, why not start something along with a correct guess of what's going to be offered for forum members

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Posted 29 September 2011 - 08:22 PM

Well that was exciting, I am off sailing.......see Y'all in a few days...

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Posted 29 September 2011 - 08:35 PM

So first prize is sailing with YOU... damn your competitions prizes suck
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Posted 29 September 2011 - 08:38 PM

yeah shove your coffee cups, I am gone for the rest of the week....

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Posted 29 September 2011 - 08:39 PM

It could be worse. We might have to go sailing with you TL.


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Posted 29 September 2011 - 08:41 PM

Yeah that would be dangerous
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Posted 29 September 2011 - 08:49 PM

Shark bait. Just saying' :)


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Posted 29 September 2011 - 08:52 PM

Competitions sound like a great idea!! I'll make some calls and get something happening :)

The sailing does look nice!


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Posted 29 September 2011 - 09:00 PM

This all sounds cool.....I would be happy to win a prize sailing with Mick....:)
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Posted 29 September 2011 - 09:40 PM

Great news Tara, let's hope in future niche can be more Proactive on this situation, rather than Reactive
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Posted 29 September 2011 - 09:58 PM

Awesome to hear.


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Posted 02 October 2011 - 12:50 PM

By memory when the the prize for the router was up for grabs, I did notice a hell of a lot more 1st time posters trying for it, has the stats shown there are significant rises in people becoming members or subscribers of the forum/magazine via these competitions.

I can remember when i first joined Macworld ages ago, you know, when they had podcasts and so on, i was reading a post ,I think it was around the time when a survey was conducted and you were offered a chance of a random prize if you answered all the questions. I can vividly remember seeing in a post a conversation between a couple of members that their was a guy who won a macbook or macbook pro from a previous Macworld competition and was never seen or heard from again, did he end up popping up again anywhere?
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Posted 02 October 2011 - 01:22 PM

View PostJim, on 02 October 2011 - 01:50 PM, said:

I can vividly remember seeing in a post a conversation between a couple of members that their was a guy who won a macbook or macbook pro from a previous Macworld competition and was never seen or heard from again, did he end up popping up again anywhere?


No, never.
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Posted 02 October 2011 - 02:37 PM

Was that you Golfer..... please do tell the story, i tried looking through old posts but couldn't find it.


Anyway, I think Mick's on the right track ,maybe (weekly or fortnightly) prizes through out the year, you could always leave a major prize till the end of the year if one was offered, however to be eligible for it you will need to be a participant through out the year in the mini competitions which involve topics in the mag and parts of the forum and so on.

In past posts there was mention of this, I think, (guess the parts of a particular Mac or Apple product) could be a mix of new and old maybe.
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Posted 02 October 2011 - 05:11 PM

Jim, good to see you back with a shiny new avatar, we should re-name you "DONK" for that one.....Ken see to it my friend.

I am back to from delivering the Hanse 47' over the past couple of days...I can offer up a Sailing prize if needed to get things going here...

This is going South with the Anchorsmith group of Islands in the distance...

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And me and my foot hard at it, two days of this was hard to take......

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Posted 02 October 2011 - 07:13 PM

View PostJim, on 02 October 2011 - 03:37 PM, said:

Was that you Golfer..... please do tell the story, i tried looking through old posts but couldn't find it.


It's a long time ago Jim, back in the days of MJCP. Can't remember exactly which notebook it was, may have even been the first Air. The competition was announced, a heap of newbies registered and one of them was announced as the winner. The prize was delivered and it was suggested in the forums that he go on a podcast episode to talk about his win, given that he never bothered to contribute after his registration post. That didn't happen and never heard from him since.
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Posted 02 October 2011 - 07:16 PM

Yes it was an air, and I foolishly told him, I would buy him a DVD drive for it to help put his school work on it, but luckily for me, he cleared off, before he gave me his delivery address :P
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Posted 02 October 2011 - 07:37 PM

View PostJim, on 02 October 2011 - 03:37 PM, said:


Anyway, I think Mick's on the right track ,maybe (weekly or fortnightly) prizes through out the year, you could always leave a major prize till the end of the year if one was offered, however to be eligible for it you will need to be a participant through out the year in the mini competitions which involve topics in the mag and parts of the forum and so on.



Good idea Jim. I like the idea of being eligible for the competition.
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Posted 02 October 2011 - 08:06 PM

Well, it seems we all agree on something, only Tara has had a say from Niche so we might see some action this week.......
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Posted 02 October 2011 - 08:11 PM

I would like to win a competition going sailing with you Mick. The weather here in Sydney sux..... Raining, cold and miserable!
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