POLL: Contests, Paid Assignments, or Both?

**admin** · 03-Mar-2010, 09:01 PM

I'd like to start growing the site a bit, and had a few ideas. Curious to see what the community thinks would do well.

The ideas:

1. Contests. For example:

become a facebook fan, and I'll draw a winner from anyone that's a facebook fan of the site once a month, and give out a decent prize to a randomly selected fan. $100 perhaps.
post of the month. $40 first prize, $30 second prize, $20 third prize.
send-a-friend. get friends to sign up, and potentially win something.

2. "Paid Assignments"

"How to" articles. I pitch topics, and pay you to write articles that I would publish on the site. "How to NonRev on Airline XYZ", or "What is a ZED fare?". Would have to be topics that draw more travel industry employees to the site.
Post a nonrev.net flyer/ad in your airline break room / crew lounge /etc , post a picture of it, and get paid. Perhaps a bonus for best/most creative placement?

3. Your ideas? What might draw more people to the site?

Vote in the poll at the top of the thread!

**spongebue** · 04-Mar-2010, 12:15 AM

I think that your best bet would be to get exposure with the airlines themselves in a way that things trickle down to the employees. I remember seeing this place mentioned when I worked at NW (pre-merger)... it was somewhere in their systems, though I don't remember where exactly.

Otherwise, I'd enjoy writing articles if I'm well-versed enough in the subject. Being a former employee (trying to get back in) doesn't help me much

**Migflanker** · 04-Mar-2010, 12:03 PM

Kerry, I do like the idea of Facebook and I think it would generate traffic. However I don't like the idea of rewarding a "randomly selected fan" merely because they viewed or registered for the site.
I do like your idea to acknowledge active members, the people that particpate with helpul, useful, interesting, fun, posts, articles and blogs. These are the members that should be rewarded.
I like the idea of the flyer in the breakroom/lounge. (Chris had a flyer we could download) I would like to suggest adding non rev business cards to the campaign; because people keep losing those little slips of paper with the email address that I hand out.........right K!

**skipper1467** · 04-Mar-2010, 05:44 PM

As far as Facebook, I like it and don't like it. I like connecting with people I went to high School with. I don't like how unsecure it seems. I have gotten several bogus post with links in them. I would join a fan page if there was one. I also like the idea of getting the word out at places of employment. If someone has a flyer or something I will have the Wife post them where she works.

**nrsa1** · 07-Mar-2010, 08:14 PM

Would carriers allow you, or charge you, to post on their employee portals? Jetnet, in the case of AA. Agree that Facebook could generate bogus posts. Lastly, would the "Paid assiginments" be QC'd? If an article had an error, would there be risk of losing credibility?

**admin** · 07-Mar-2010, 08:18 PM

Originally Posted by nrsa1

Would carriers allow you, or charge you, to post on their employee portals? Jetnet, in the case of AA. Agree that Facebook could generate bogus posts. Lastly, would the "Paid assiginments" be QC'd? If an article had an error, would there be risk of losing credibility?

I have no idea what carriers might allow on their employee portals. I happen to know that nonrev.net is already listed on a few of them, but it's generally buried in some "helpful links" section. Perhaps paid advertising in a newsletter ( Airline, Union, etc ) might get better exposure?

Yes, the paid assignments would be edited before being posted as an article. The delivery method if you take an assignment is to email it to me.

**29palms** · 09-Mar-2010, 04:05 AM

I think facebook is the stupidist thing that ever came out. "WONT YOU ADD ME AS MY FRIEND"??? And people post on there like they do a diary for everyone to read. Very bad idea for intelligence purposes. Do you want people to know what you do every day? Who you know? What you like or dislike? So you can see that I am not a facebook kind of fan. I do like the incentive of writing some articles after a trip to try and win some cash as mentioned and the amount seems like a fair bet too. 40 dollars for first place, monthly winners ect...you would have nicer prose indeed from others that otherwise would not post so eligantly. I'm not so sure I want co-workers snooping around here either. This is my time off and I don't want to be guessing or them trying to guess whom I may be. Let them find it on their own if they really have the travel spirit.

**admin** · 09-Mar-2010, 07:20 AM

Originally Posted by 29palms

I think facebook is the stupidist thing that ever came out. "WONT YOU ADD ME AS MY FRIEND"??? And people post on there like they do a diary for everyone to read. Very bad idea for intelligence purposes. Do you want people to know what you do every day? Who you know? What you like or dislike? So you can see that I am not a facebook kind of fan. I do like the incentive of writing some articles after a trip to try and win some cash as mentioned and the amount seems like a fair bet too. 40 dollars for first place, monthly winners ect...you would have nicer prose indeed from others that otherwise would not post so eligantly. I'm not so sure I want co-workers snooping around here either. This is my time off and I don't want to be guessing or them trying to guess whom I may be. Let them find it on their own if they really have the travel spirit.

Heh. I do have a Facebook account, but I try to be careful what I post there. And I know what you mean about some of the drivel that comes that way. On the other hand, it *is* popular. Since I started pushing the site there, 15% of our visits have come from facebook....I think we have 700+ fans now.

The contest does seem to be encouraging people to post...

**Migflanker** · 09-Mar-2010, 11:36 AM

Originally Posted by 29palms

I think facebook is the stupidist thing that ever came out. "WONT YOU ADD ME AS MY FRIEND"???
...... I'm not so sure I want co-workers snooping around here either. This is my time off and I don't want to be guessing or them trying to guess whom I may be. Let them find it on their own if they really have the travel spirit.

I don't know about the dumbest thing, the cat cam website is pretty bad (and don't ask me how I know about that) Unlike Admin, I'm not on Facebook, Twitter or any of those social sites. I socialize old skool style--I go to the bar.

ROTFL

As far as not wanting co-workers snooping around, come on Palms give your co-workers a break tell them about the Forum. I think you got the whole incognito thing down pat. *wink*

Palms and Kerry this is for you

**mrs767er** · 09-Mar-2010, 11:53 AM

My objection is that most of NR "fans" may have no link to interline airlines etc.
To me, that's not right and I do feel invaded. I think I'll be more guarded--I don't care for the open access and would prefer a more private atmosphere. I may have to slink back into the shadows.
I may have to go so far as to "defriend" nonrev.net in the future

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