[tibbz]

Originally Posted by WhiteAngel

ok my eyes hurt now from staring at the screen. Good nights guys!!

good night

[evoi19]

Ray - most community sites have local advertisers that do display ads. The great thing is that they track performance, such as how many clicks, how many times it was seen, and even what pages it was seen on. There are some that even track where they go after they reach your site.

[Ray]

Originally Posted by evo119

Normally larger clients, such as automakers, CPG, movie houses, electronic companies. Our major client was Cingular and brands such as coke, paramount, warner bros.

Nice!

Originally Posted by evo119

There are alot of companies that target local markets that do well. You can target certain age groups, genders, marital status. city, state, specific pages/channels on a site...almost anything.


Ray if you're interested, let me know.

Nice, again! I am definitley interested! Please enlighten me.
Thus far, we have targeted geography and age groups, but wonder if we are heading in the right direction. A bulk of my business arrives from word-of-mouth, and, correct me if I am wrong, I am guessing that those who would accept advertising are those that fall in the "general" automotive category.

[Ray]

Originally Posted by evo119

Ray - most community sites have local advertisers that do display ads. The great thing is that they track performance, such as how many clicks, how many times it was seen, and even what pages it was seen on. There are some that even track where they go after they reach your site.

I have incorporated google analytics to my site and realized the following:

-previous traffic derrived from random locations through search engines
-more recent traffic comes from local areas, normally from direct input of domain name.


Solution:

I am having the site redesigned to cater to the local traffic as opposed to a standard shopping cart based site. The awareness of a brick and morter may add a sense of security to consumers.

[Ray]

Originally Posted by WhiteAngel

ok my eyes hurt now from staring at the screen. Good nights guys!!

Sleep well WhiteAngel.

[tibbz]

don't stay up to late.....i don't want to wake up tomorrow and see you guys still talking....laterz

[evoi19]

Originally Posted by Ray

Nice!


Nice, again! I am definitley interested! Please enlighten me.
Thus far, we have targeted geography and age groups, but wonder if we are heading in the right direction. A bulk of my business arrives from word-of-mouth, and, correct me if I am wrong, I am guessing that those who would accept advertising are those that fall in the "general" automotive category.

Not necessarily just automotive category. You can pick which areas you would like to have your ads up on. Of course the more relevant the page/channel the better the results.

For example, on Yahoo, they have a local section that you can target at that will hit the Bay Area.

I think you're doing all right from what i hear. Targeted ads are where you want to be since you're local to the bay area. But it really depends where you want to take the company and what message you want to get to consumers. Do you want to just cater to the tuning enthusiasts or want to do a full service shop for normal people as well.

May i ask what sites you've run on so far?

[Ray]

Night bro!

Originally Posted by tibbz

don't stay up to late.....i don't want to wake up tomorrow and see you guys still talking....laterz

[Ray]

Originally Posted by evo119

Not necessarily just automotive category. You can pick which areas you would like to have your ads up on. Of course the more relevant the page/channel the better the results.

For example, on Yahoo, they have a local section that you can target at that will hit the Bay Area.

I think you're doing all right from what i hear. Targeted ads are where you want to be since you're local to the bay area. But it really depends where you want to take the company and what message you want to get to consumers. Do you want to just cater to the tuning enthusiasts or want to do a full service shop for normal people as well.

May i ask what sites you've run on so far?

Faxon garage was primarily a general repair facility prior to our aquisition, yet we retained that entity in addition to the tuner spectrum.

I would love to see that aspect improve, but really wonder how effective online advertising will be.

In that retrospect, I want everyone in the area to realize what services we have to offer. I want everyone to recognize our services so they can refer their friends and family.

[!Xoible]

good morning norcal

[SES_D]

Morning norcal...

damn school's a bitch. Never again will I take 8 AM Classes

Originally Posted by Ray

Faxon garage was primarily a general repair facility prior to our aquisition, yet we retained that entity in addition to the tuner spectrum.

I would love to see that aspect improve, but really wonder how effective online advertising will be.

In that retrospect, I want everyone in the area to realize what services we have to offer. I want everyone to recognize our services so they can refer their friends and family.

By the way, must you type so intellectually?! I haven't turned my brain on yet dude!!!

[18LLC]

it's very hard to catch up with this thread, i gave up. I never know angel needs to sleep. AJ can't hold anymore.

[Minipuck V 2.0]

mornin norcal

[18LLC]

Originally Posted by Minipuck V 2.0

mornin norcal

morning foo

[Minipuck V 2.0]

talkin on aim and here? double whore!

[18LLC]

Originally Posted by Minipuck V 2.0

talkin on aim and here? double whore!

here is for public knowing our relationship, aim is for our private talk, dude. shhhhhhhhhhhhh, don't tell anyone.

[Minipuck V 2.0]

hahahah u a freak hahahahah

[Stephii_Rawr]

morning morning :] last day of summer... then school starts...

[18LLC]

Originally Posted by Minipuck V 2.0

hahahah u a freak hahahahah

that makes you and me are perfect match.

[Minipuck V 2.0]

Originally Posted by 18LLC

that makes you and me are perfect match.

don't tell linda!

[Minipuck V 2.0]

Originally Posted by Stephii_Rawr

morning morning :] last day of summer... then school starts...

can't wait for the summer weather to end

[18LLC]

Originally Posted by Minipuck V 2.0

don't tell linda!

she's busy with the baby, so we can do what we want to do, freely