Florida Snowman 352 Report post Posted February 21 3 hours ago, zeusand said: Thanks for all you do and keeping the site going👍 X2! 1 ckf reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ckf 107 Report post Posted March 21 I just sent out reminder invoices that haven't been paid. Please let me know if you already paid it so I can cancel the invoice. Also, let me know aren't interested anymore so I can cancel the invoice. Thanks for the support! 1 PLAYHARD reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLAYHARD 1,570 Report post Posted April 4 Tabernak. I just went to Hardhoresledder for the first time in like 9 years. Wowza, that's a lot of advertising. All forms, pop-ups, banners, embedded, even in their own forum topic rows, and none even slightly relevant to sledding. Ladies & Gents, of course we all know, but I'm figuring it can't hurt to show appreciation: We've got it good here! Scroll slow thru a post and see how many adds you get bombardiered by!... https://www.hardcoresledder.com/forums/272-quebec/1854870-northern-qc-trip-report-march-15-17-a.html Thanks all for being Contributing Members,! And for spreading the gospel to potential (relevant) Advertisers! 1 mikerider reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikerider 823 Report post Posted April 4 Re Upping the cash flow for QR. I am not a business person, so not sure if this is a good idea or not. What I would propose is having a second tier of advertisers, more like a shout out by members and paid for by members. In the forums we all mention the great places we stay and the restaurants that fed us so well, the dealers that got our sled fixed the same day it went down. I would be willing to pay $25 to give a shout out to a different business every year. Maybe we don't want the business to get a full banner like the paid advertisers, but maybe just a pinned forum where the host of the business (a QR member who paid for the shout out) gets to post about the business and tell about in more detail than usual. It could be a business that a member just likes or a business that helped you out one or more times. Of course we can still mention businesses for free in our regular posts. Just a thought. Any thoughts? mike 2 Florida Snowman and PLAYHARD reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLAYHARD 1,570 Report post Posted April 4 With ya! Especially preserving freedom to maturely praise (or pan) places, from our first-hand experiences. That's just plain patriotic. Self-shout-outs could be handy for us to know our advertisers better. What they offer, how they get it done, who they are, etc. Their banners have links to their websites. Maybe easy to put up an Advertiser Spotlight page where they can each keep a blog/post? Meantime we need to close those deals where we planted seeds with new Advertisers! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yeti62 60 Report post Posted April 4 Hey Playhard I was at Relais La Cache last week gave her this Web Site she said she would love to advertise on this site next season!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scorpionbowl 203 Report post Posted April 5 Great suggestion Mike, we are looking into how something like this could be implemented... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikerider 823 Report post Posted April 5 Thanks, Scorpionbowl You can probably come up with a better plan, but here is my thought. This would be a pinned topic in the general forums so that it is well viewed. No responses /replies are allowed, only the person paying the $25 can post. (this keeps it on topic of the businesses and the topic doesn't sidetrack). People are welcome to hit the 'like' button. So an example: I am giving a shout out to snowmobile dealer 'X' in the town of St. Y. For the past ten years I have spent several weeks a year snowmobiling out of the town of St. Y. During this time I have come across several people from afar who developed a problem with their snowmobile while near the town of St. Y. On each occasion dealer X was able to take in the disabled snowmobile and provide fast service, thus saving the vacation and saddlebag trip of many a rider. So many of these sledding people have told me of the great service received at dealer X, but also added how impressed they were with the showroom. They described it as spotless clean and neat, with an unusually large selection of clothing, accessories, and product to look at while their sled is being repaired. I have stopped into dealer X myself doing some rainy day window shopping and have found this dealer just as people described and then some. Dealer X has impressed me to give them a QuebecRider Shout Out for going the extra mile. mike 1 2 MrGutz, PLAYHARD and Florida Snowman reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLAYHARD 1,570 Report post Posted April 5 8 hours ago, Yeti62 said: Hey Playhard I was at Relais La Cache last week gave her this Web Site she said she would love to advertise on this site next season!! Saw that! Good stuff! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLAYHARD 1,570 Report post Posted April 5 33 minutes ago, mikerider said: I am giving a shout out to snowmobile dealer 'X' Dude! They sound AWESOME! What's their number?! Just 270 days... just 270 days... 2 zeusand and SnomoGary reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
momojohnny 64 Report post Posted April 5 (edited) Well , guess Ill say it again . On any given day "in" season , there are a lot of regulars views who do not make the annual contribution of $25 . Paying up your $25 buckers makes your name in GREEN ink on the bottom of the page on "who's on line" My suggestion to the powers to be is that to view the fabulous pictures and videos posted (if possible) you have to pay your $25 bucks. I think that if everybody ponied up, this site would be pretty much be self sustaining . Really, 😎 who could live without seeing all the pictures and videos from this fun gang here on QR. Please support the site by contributing annual dues of $25. Edited April 5 by momojohnny 5 1 800steve, zeusand, mikerider and 3 others reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zeusand 75 Report post Posted April 6 I totally agree and you can't post or you get timed out after 15 seconds and then can't get back in for a half hour. Me personally, I feel guilty not helping out a small mom-and-pop type site. The ironic thing is a lot of these guys buy brand new sleds every year. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fozzy 119 Report post Posted April 10 (edited) On 4/4/2019 at 9:49 PM, mikerider said: Thanks, Scorpionbowl You can probably come up with a better plan, but here is my thought. This would be a pinned topic in the general forums so that it is well viewed. No responses /replies are allowed, only the person paying the $25 can post. (this keeps it on topic of the businesses and the topic doesn't sidetrack). People are welcome to hit the 'like' button. So an example: I am giving a shout out to snowmobile dealer 'X' in the town of St. Y. For the past ten years I have spent several weeks a year snowmobiling out of the town of St. Y. During this time I have come across several people from afar who developed a problem with their snowmobile while near the town of St. Y. On each occasion dealer X was able to take in the disabled snowmobile and provide fast service, thus saving the vacation and saddlebag trip of many a rider. So many of these sledding people have told me of the great service received at dealer X, but also added how impressed they were with the showroom. They described it as spotless clean and neat, with an unusually large selection of clothing, accessories, and product to look at while their sled is being repaired. I have stopped into dealer X myself doing some rainy day window shopping and have found this dealer just as people described and then some. Dealer X has impressed me to give them a QuebecRider Shout Out for going the extra mile. mike Mike you forgot to mention while you were in town of St Y having your sled fixed at dealer X, you were at Bar XXX where the fine ladies of Quebec were making all your sad feelings of a broken sled be forgotten. On a serious note, I just paid for my Contributing Membership. Edited April 10 by Fozzy 2 1 PLAYHARD, mikerider and smclelan reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLAYHARD 1,570 Report post Posted April 10 12 hours ago, Fozzy said: On a serious note, I just paid for my Contributing Membership. 1 MrGutz reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scorpionbowl 203 Report post Posted April 10 Another benefit for contributing members who stop by my house, a free beer, in the spirit of Bernard...🍻 4 1 MrGutz, zeusand, PLAYHARD and 2 others reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EastMark 54 Report post Posted April 10 33 minutes ago, scorpionbowl said: Another benefit for contributing members who stop by my house, a free beer, in the spirit of Bernard...🍻 Well in that case count me in !!! LOL. No seriously...send me one of those invoices. Im happy to contribute to this site. 6 smclelan, Florida Snowman, scorpionbowl and 3 others reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trailblazer 812 Report post Posted June 20 On 3/21/2019 at 10:59 AM, ckf said: I just sent out reminder invoices that haven't been paid. Please let me know if you already paid it so I can cancel the invoice. Also, let me know aren't interested anymore so I can cancel the invoice. Thanks for the support! I don’t recall seeing one in my inbox, could you let me know if I’m up to date or need to be. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turbonator 16 Report post Posted October 12 payment sent....😁..... 1 ckf reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ckf 107 Report post Posted October 25 I've gotten way behind in sending out contributing membership renewals. I'm going to try to get them caught up over the next few days. I know some of you have already renewed on your own. I do this all manually, so if you get an invoice and you have already paid please message me so I can delete the invoice. As always, thanks for supporting QR.com. 1 nyskidooerinnewhampshire reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites