Thread: POLL: Contests, Paid Assignments, or Both?

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.

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?

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.

Originally Posted by Migflanker

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!

I love that idea Mig. I always travel with my biz cards to hand out to people I meet on the way, but especially to other airline employees who help me out. If they are nice to me I make sure I tell them to email me next time they need help with something on my airline. To this end I think the nonrev card is a great idea. Say on your flight you meet an FA who loves to travel and you start talking, you give him/her a card - if they like the site they will tell their friends/other crew and it spreads by word of mouth. You don't really want to be walking around with fliers on the plane! I think the idea as Kerry said is to be targeted - fliers have mass appeal, but the people might not be interested, or you might interest people who come on to ask one qn for their next trip and never come back or never contribute. I know this might be odd, but I have a carry on "kit" - standard stuff I take each time... and business cards is one of them.

We could get standard cards made at vistaprint quite cheaply, or even in China you can get these things printed for next to nothing.

I really really love these:
MiniCards | Design Unique Mini Business Cards Online | moo.com USA and to a lesser extent MOO Business Cards | Unique Custom Business Cards | moo.com USA

They are interesting, memorable etc, yet more $ than plain cards from vistaprint, at around $0.16/card

What if we developed an approved image(s) and then if people wanted to they could get these cards themselves? Sure not everyone would want to spend, I probably would though. Just an idea. Or even an approved overlay image, and one could put their own pic of a plane or something on the front with the nonrev.net overlayed.

Originally Posted by nrsa1

Would carriers allow you, or charge you, to post on their employee portals?

I like the idea of getting in with airlines. I interned with someone at WN who is now full time in their pass bureau who looks after their intranet site and also their page in luvlines, she might be interested in getting involved. Issue is it is quite common that airlines have a "useful links" section which isn't that useful as no one ever checks it! A mention in the employee newsletter however...

What if we developed an approved image(s) and then if people wanted to they could get these cards themselves? Sure not everyone would want to spend, I probably would though. Just an idea. Or even an approved overlay image, and one could put their own pic of a plane or something on the front with the nonrev.net overlayed.

Here you go: http://nonrev.net/files-other-resour...net-logos.html

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.

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...