pook en-US Wed, 30 May 2012 01:05:59 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://singletrackworld.com/forum/search.php http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/persuade-me-not-to-cancel-my-subscription-to-singletrack/page/5#post-3261324 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:51:41 +0000 bullheart 3261324@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>I can see another t-shirt design coming out of this</blockquote></p> <p>I'm afraid Al Spokebloke probably wouldn't consider the one I have in mind for legal reasons... </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/persuade-me-not-to-cancel-my-subscription-to-singletrack/page/5#post-3260999 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 23:00:38 +0000 Elfinsafety 3260999@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>I can see another t-shirt design coming out of this</blockquote></p> <p> <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_biggrin.gif" title=":D" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> <p>(Scurries off to create a new slogan <em>even better</em>* than the 'railway sleepers' one....)</p> <p>*If indeed that is even <em>possible</em>.</p> <p><img src="http://www.bbc.co.uk/lancashire/content/images/2006/02/16/smashey_nicey66_66x49.jpg"> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/persuade-me-not-to-cancel-my-subscription-to-singletrack/page/5#post-3260650 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:24:19 +0000 WackoAK 3260650@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I've just noticed that my "P" is missing as an old card that was caught up in the great "chainreaction fraud" issue was registered to my account. STW should sue CRC for loss of earnings... </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/persuade-me-not-to-cancel-my-subscription-to-singletrack/page/5#post-3260618 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:14:52 +0000 cinnamon_girl 3260618@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I would really like to see more articles by Dave Anderson on access type issues. Did enjoy his writings and do feel that we all need to be more aware of what the powers-that-be are up to.</p> <p>Also anything involving history and maps. <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":-)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> Along with riding a suitably historical route.</p> <p>Always enjoy reading the overseas trip reports and in particular the more unusual destinations.</p> <p>Thanks. <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_biggrin.gif" title=":D" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/persuade-me-not-to-cancel-my-subscription-to-singletrack/page/5#post-3260610 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:12:36 +0000 yossarian 3260610@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I can see another t-shirt design coming out of this </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/persuade-me-not-to-cancel-my-subscription-to-singletrack/page/5#post-3260576 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:03:25 +0000 CaptJon 3260576@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>Mark - Resident Grumpy<br /> Cougar has it </p> <p>There's better ways to reach potential subscribers. 17 have subscribed since this thread was started for example</blockquote></p> <p>Make that 18...</p> <p>That's right suckers, I got a 'P' next to my name now.</p> <p>FYI Mark, despite using the forum regularly i had no idea i could get a digital sub (and the added content) for just £15. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/persuade-me-not-to-cancel-my-subscription-to-singletrack/page/5#post-3260363 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:57:22 +0000 flap_jack 3260363@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Mark, that's great news. </p> <p>I despair at what's happened to Prospect over the last few months... </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/persuade-me-not-to-cancel-my-subscription-to-singletrack/page/5#post-3260346 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:51:45 +0000 Mark 3260346@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I think there's a danger here that some are thinking we are moving from print to digital. We are not. Print is being overhauled and improved too. Digital and print are not mutually exclusive. Infact the investment we are planning to put into the printed mag is the largest chunk of cash in the entire plan. We currently spend around £100k/year on print. I calculate that will likely rise to £125k in 2012. If you love the print mag and are worried it will be forgotten or left out of the good stuff then please don't worry. That's far from what we are planning to do <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":-)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/persuade-me-not-to-cancel-my-subscription-to-singletrack/page/5#post-3260330 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:42:03 +0000 flap_jack 3260330@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>That's where mobile devices are best, surely</blockquote></p> <p>Not in my clumsy world. I'd break/submerge/drop them. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/persuade-me-not-to-cancel-my-subscription-to-singletrack/page/5#post-3260323 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:39:45 +0000 chakaping 3260323@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Ahem... just wanted to say that I think the advertising/editorial ratio is fine. The other MTB mags I read seem to have significantly more advertising, <em>for the amount of editorial they carry</em>. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/persuade-me-not-to-cancel-my-subscription-to-singletrack/page/5#post-3260312 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:36:44 +0000 miketually 3260312@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>I read the mags in odd moments - on the train, in the bog, whilst making a tea or coffee, passenger in car coming back from rides, etc. By the time I've read them, the mags are tatty, torn and teastained.</p> <p>A mobile device is not suitable for any of these moments</blockquote></p> <p>That's where mobile devices are best, surely? My mobile is always in my pocket, while the print mag is somewhere in the living room at the moment. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/persuade-me-not-to-cancel-my-subscription-to-singletrack/page/5#post-3260280 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:28:41 +0000 bullheart 3260280@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>I have every <strong>sympathy</strong> for your situation I really do and so I'm going to bow out of a debate with you. I think it best we just don't communicate at all on a personal level. That doesn't alter the fact we will support your causes and campaigns where we can.</blockquote></p> <p>Keep your sympathy for someone who needs it. </p> <p>I do not. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/persuade-me-not-to-cancel-my-subscription-to-singletrack/page/5#post-3260267 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:25:23 +0000 flap_jack 3260267@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I subscribe to three magazines: STW, Prospect and Private Eye. The first two are changing significantly, with more web only content.</p> <p>This I really don't like. </p> <p>I read the mags in odd moments - on the train, in the bog, whilst making a tea or coffee, passenger in car coming back from rides, etc. By the time I've read them, the mags are tatty, torn and teastained.</p> <p>A mobile device is not suitable for any of these moments, and so I'm not getting to see the whole content. Hence I can see a time when I will cancel these subs, despite having been on board with both since day 1.<br /> I'd be interested in how many others feel this way.</p> <p>Private Eye, however, remains unchanged and an interview with Hislop indicates it will remain stoically print only. Thank God. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/persuade-me-not-to-cancel-my-subscription-to-singletrack/page/5#post-3260244 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:19:44 +0000 Mark 3260244@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I have every sympathy for your situation I really do and so I'm going to bow out of a debate with you. I think it best we just don't communicate at all on a personal level. That doesn't alter the fact we will support your causes and campaigns where we can. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/persuade-me-not-to-cancel-my-subscription-to-singletrack/page/5#post-3260226 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:13:39 +0000 Kevevs 3260226@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>shuttup Kev! respec Bullheart. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/persuade-me-not-to-cancel-my-subscription-to-singletrack/page/5#post-3260219 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:09:48 +0000 bullheart 3260219@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>Bin the ads? Are you seriously suggesting that a viable way forward as a business is to kill of a income stream responsible for a third of our annual turnover?</blockquote></p> <p>TRJ has very few ads in it, as does Rouleur. Presumably their response is to jack the price up to compensate, but I'm happy to pay the extra for consistent excellence and less ads.</p> <p><blockquote>Also, there is no evidence that people are leaving us in the way you imply</blockquote></p> <p>Have I missed something? What <em>way</em> did I imply that people were leaving? If you read through the last four pages, people have said they're no longer subscribing or are letting their subscriptions run out and not renewing, so what I've done is repeated the anecdotal evidence from posters on this thread. By all means submit the details of subscription take-up and deletion here for greater scrutiny and I'll happily alter my perception.</p> <p><blockquote>As much as I'm loath to get into a 'debate' with you, especially after I made your worthy xmas gift thread sticky, I'll engage..</blockquote></p> <p>For the record, I didn't ask that of you, someone else did. I asked that the thread remained live, and that I would accept a ban if it was deemed necessary. </p> <p>But then perhaps I should be grateful for your <em>support</em> and simply not question your judgement. As stated in your email correspondence a while ago eh? </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/persuade-me-not-to-cancel-my-subscription-to-singletrack/page/5#post-3260116 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:34:08 +0000 DavidB 3260116@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>Seems like a good way of creating mailing list unsubscribers to me</blockquote></p> <p>Not if you opted in to it as I stated. My personal view is that people are more inclined to buy something they can see rather than something they are told will be ace. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/persuade-me-not-to-cancel-my-subscription-to-singletrack/page/5#post-3260047 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:13:39 +0000 druidh 3260047@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Now <em>that's</em> funny! </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/persuade-me-not-to-cancel-my-subscription-to-singletrack/page/5#post-3260044 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:12:55 +0000 Mark 3260044@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Cougar has it <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":-)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> <p>There's better ways to reach potential subscribers. 17 have subscribed since this thread was started for example <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":-)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/persuade-me-not-to-cancel-my-subscription-to-singletrack/page/5#post-3260032 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:08:53 +0000 Cougar 3260032@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Seems like a good way of creating mailing list unsubscribers to me. </p>