THATS ABOUT 233 NEW MEMBERS THIS YEAR. HOW LONG IS THE TRIAL MEMBERSHIP GOOD FOR?

More specifically, it is 191 Paid members so far this year.

Standard	87
Gold	96
Lifetime	8

Trial is good for 90 days.

Great questions Vetterbob.  I was curious as well.  I always see many "Welcome so and so" threads and wondered how many actually joined. 

THAT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION BIFF. 15-20 CONVERSION IS NOT BAD.

To me, the current 15% conversion rate is good, but not great.

Competing with other sites?
There is no competition for C3VR!

Possibly, some folks may conceive C3VR as something different, and are not used to seeing folks get along nicely, compared to the "other" sites?
This time of year is when a lot of us work on/update our cars, so there doesn't seem to be as much chatter as we see in the cruizin season. Just an observation.
Perhaps if some C3VR members start Welcoming the new members via P/Ms...a little more personal than the generic messages on the "Welcome" threads.
I know when I originally joined, I forgot about it altogether for a long time. Had someone sent me a personal "Welcome", or something like that, I would have been more active in the beginning, but that's just me.
Just another opinion....

Yeah, that's a great idea Joel,

Part ot the Funfest number increase probally can be attributed to Funfest itself adding a day to their agenda. That was another full day of promotional advertisment.
Not to mention the phenominal job done by the hard working folks in the tent. I know the folks I worked with did a super job of telling people why they should be interested in C3VR. It was also a great idea to stage a members car next to the tent for viewing purposes.

Another idea I have heard mentioned that Adam may want to consider is changing a portion of our parking lot tent. Currently it is a hospitality tent for members for to mingle and and sit back and relax.

Maybe another function of this tent should be to provide an oppertuninity to visit with our members. A tent Welcoming Comittee of some sort could be formed.

Previously it was mentioned that some of the tent folks may not have warmed up to folks passing through the C3VR tent if they were unknown. Maybe by knowning that potential new members would be stopping by this welcomming committe could provide the right 1st impression the we truly want to convey. Likewise the potential members can view our cars.

One last thought would be to define to folks what exactly the Registry is. To me a registry indicates a place where data is entered and kept, creating a list.

In this case Vettes between 1968 & 1982. Adam does an excellant job of explaining that and more but I am not so sure the rest of us touched on that as well as Adam. I am fortunate and have had the oppertunity to work with him a couple of times and have picked up on some of his tricks that are important for potential members to know.

C3VR is much more than a registry. Each of the folks here have displayed that time and time again with what they bring to the site.!

All in all this is a great site and the members, moderators, and Adam do a great job of adding content, oppertunity, and most of all fun to what drives most of back to this place each day.

Thanks to all your great!   

    Tuxblacray2007-12-08 12:26:12

Well December made a gallant run at the century mark but fell just a bit short.  Still it was only the 4th month of 2007 to have less than 100 new members sign up. 

Vey impressive numbers.