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:( - NOW: BOOSTING TRAFFIC

Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 7:39 pm
by Gareth
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Posted: Thu May 26, 2005 1:37 pm
by simon
Has been a bit quiet here lately.
Must make more effort to post more often here.

Posted: Thu May 26, 2005 2:21 pm
by jj
All it needs is its own domain .co.uk or whatever and then stickers / sig links from other forums etc will be easy. Im up for throwing in some $ (and I'm a student!) to get one if needed?

I think if new owners (like me) could be told to "check the yahoo list and also the forum at http://www.scotseliseforum.co.uk" or whatever it would def improve traffic.

Posted: Thu May 26, 2005 9:24 pm
by ed
If im honest i prefer this format! Im hoping traffic will pick up! :?

Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 10:43 am
by Gareth
Yeah, we could push for advertising, logo, URL etc but we don't really want to step on the toes of the Yahoo Group. OK, Robin has a link to this board but there is still the hard core never going to change from Yahoo members.

I think those of us that would like to do the above should chip in for the costs. It won't cost much.

Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 11:02 am
by simon
http://uk2.net/

Only costs a few quid for a domain name.

Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 11:07 am
by Gareth
Can we change colours?
Add logos where the above Elises are - top left?

Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 12:01 pm
by simon
We can.
What've you got in mind?

Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 1:25 pm
by Gareth
OK, so Lotus colours are yellow and green but having that on here will be too similiar to SELOC.

I don't like the white. How about:

Black and Gold?
or
Red, white and gold?

Going by your link Si,

Domain hosting per month per 10 domains £0.40
Nominet fee per month per 10 domains £1.65
Total per month £2.15
Total price for 2 years £60

So, how about we all or those that want to chuck in £5?
We could just leave it to a certain number that pay towards the site become moderators.
That will keep this place ticking over for a while.

Obviously no one will be making any profit.

Once domain name is registered it will be found in a google search.
Stickers could be made up similiar to the Scottish Elises,SELOC,MLOC etc.

I don't think we should call it Scottish Elises as they could piss off some of the yahoo members...man...can you believe me of all people are worrying what others will think. :roll:

Where's my pills.......

G

Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 2:48 pm
by jj
Fine by me...

So to pick a name.....

Criteria! - Lotus, elises, scotland, scottish people, eh... any more?

Also, where / who to throw the five spot at?

Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 4:09 pm
by Gareth
Elise Ecosse .co.uk - Si and Shug...stop laughing....
plastictoys.com
plasticlotus.co.uk
Mmmm, ran out.

Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 4:17 pm
by simon
lotuselisescotland.com ?

We could just get a url divert for £39 for 2 years.........
http://amail.co.uk/cgi-bin/register/con ... rand=amail

Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 4:32 pm
by jj
http://www.elisescotland.com - smaller and better / easier for stickers?

Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 5:04 pm
by Gareth
OK, £39 isn't too bad and elisescotland.com sounds fine.

I will open 2 new threads for anyone wanting to donate money at £5 each. See how much interest we get after a week. The other one for colour schemes.

We may have to donate more to pay for stickers. I'm happy to design them and deal with the printing.

Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 5:08 pm
by caleebra
Excuse me for perhaps asking a dumb question, but where is the forum hosted at the moment? Does it have plenty space for any future membership explosion? :D

I dont see why you shouldn't retain the Scottish Elises name, a different name does make it seem a bit "divisional" plus it's not like you're sitting up some kind of rival faction owners club, just a different place to chat.

Thinking out of the box, why not extend it to Scottish Lotus (+ Luton-Hethel lovechildren :wink: ) in general?

Anyway, never mind me, just thinking aloud :idea: