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chillbot said:
It is my new life goal to get a topic featured in the vi-c newsletter.
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FWIW, had I started this back when your Microsoft Paint thread was new, I would have put that one in there. There was some cool stuff there. In fact, that reminds me that I need to change my avatar. :grin:

Thank you guys for the positive feedback. Good point about not making it too long, also.
 
Yes I like this. I sometimes enjoy KVR, mostly cause it keeps me up to date on, well, updates. Topics, and sales are always great content.
 
AllanH said:
Curious: Are the "notable threads" based on post count or some other short-term metric?
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Purely subjective, based on what I think people would find most interesting. No doubt I missed a couple good ones. That process will undoubtedly evolve.
 
Mike, hi. In your newsletter you mention some sales from vendors who advertise on VI. Say I ( and some other VI members who received the newsletter) visit one or few of those threads and end up buying the product. Vendor gets extra income and decides advertise with you again.

All fine. I'm personally ok with you making money that way. But how can you say ( a Quote from your newsletter):

"Don't worry, I don't make any money off of it" ?

Please explain. Thank you, Phillip
 
As far as I'm aware (and remember, this was all aired out a few months ago) VI-C does not get an affiliate-style cut of sales made "through" the forum. Rather they sell advertising directly to vendors.

I would assume/hope that the weekly product list is just scraped from Commercial Announcements or you can email Mike to get on it. The links in the email are trackbacked but they all go to VIC threads not vendor sites.
 
Phillip said:
Mike, hi. In your newsletter you mention some sales from vendors who advertise on VI. Say I ( and some other VI members who received the newsletter) visit one or few of those threads and end up buying the product. Vendor gets extra income and decides advertise with you again.

All fine. I'm personally ok with you making money that way. But how can you say ( a Quote from your newsletter):

"Don't worry, I don't make any money off of it" ?

Please explain. Thank you, Phillip
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You're a suspicious one! :grin: When I wrote, "Don't worry, I don't make any money off of it", I just meant that I'm not being paid directly for those mentions.

Beyond that, it could certainly be argued that listing new releases/sales in the newsletter would encourage developers to advertise, except ... it could also be argued that *any* improvements to the forum would encourage developers to advertise.

It's also worth noting that three of the seven companies that I listed are not advertisers here and I would be surprised if they ever will be. My intention was just to make a newsletter that would be useful to the person who doesn't stop in very often, and hopefully get them to come visit more often.

NoamL said:
As far as I'm aware (and remember, this was all aired out a few months ago) VI-C does not get an affiliate-style cut of sales made "through" the forum. Rather they sell advertising directly to vendors.
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Correct. An affiliate situation would make for a weird vibe here. I don't want any part of that.

NoamL said:
I would assume/hope that the weekly list is just taken from Commercial Announcements or you can email Mike to get on it.
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Correct again, although I'm not sure I'll want to deal with emails from people wanting to be on the list. That would turn this into a job. My plan is to just scan the Commercial Announcements section for the most interesting items.
 
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Mike Greene said:
I'm going to be sending out our first VI-Control newsletter later today or tomorrow, which I'm hoping to make a weekly thing. Undoubtedly people will have thoughts on it, good and bad, so here is the thread where everyone can comment and make suggestions.
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Exactly what I was expecting from you : "a good idea"... in fact, it shows something, you know us very well... :dancer:
 
Mike Greene said:
I'm going to be sending out our first VI-Control newsletter later today or tomorrow, which I'm hoping to make a weekly thing. Undoubtedly people will have thoughts on it, good and bad, so here is the thread where everyone can comment and make suggestions.
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By the way Mike did you change something on your avatar ?
 
I'm excited and it sounds like vi-control is in good hands.

Thank you Mike for stepping up and all the best with the no doubt significant workload this brings...

Best,
Hans
 
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