[TCARC-NTX] Fwd: hamfest publicity option

[david@justcalldavid.com]

--- David Vakos <davidsalata@msn.com> wrote:
> Dear Hamfest Vendor,
> 
>  
> 
>             Please allow this letter to introduce
> you to our company and website. We own
> www.amateurradio.com<http://www.amateurradio.com/>.
> This site is one of the largest growing amateur
> radio sites on the Internet today. We are presently
> receiving 36,000 hits per month on this site and
> while it is only 50% complete. Imagine what the
> numbers will be like when the site is 100% complete.
> While there will always be changes with new vendors,
> new news articles and manufactures and other amateur
> related material to add therefore, it will never be
> 100% complete. Extensive Survey and Research has
> shown that the amateur's first stop on the Internet
> to start looking for amateur radio sites are to type
> in www.amateurradio.com. While all of our hits are
> done by word of mouth. We do not pay a service 700
> to 1700 dollars a month to be placed on a search
> engine we still seem to make it on those search
> engines. Our growth rate varies but seems to settle
> in at about 5% a day.
> 
>  
> 
>             For example on the April 14,2004 we
> received 25,119 hits and passed102696 Kbytes of
> traffic through our site. That is 1046 hits per
> hour. We are getting so busy there are times that I
> cannot get on board to upload updates to the site as
> I try to update the site once a day.
> 
>  
> 
>             Some of the ideas we have started have
> been a contest tying Echolink into site. We are
> offering awards for Working States, Countries, Zones
> and Continents. We also produce newsletters for
> clubs with local news, district and national news
> all in PDF format sent to them on a CD-ROM, Emailed
> or posted on Amateur Radio On-Line. These
> newsletters are done in Full Color.
> 
>  
> 
>             This is the perfect spot to advertise
> your hamfest our rates are inexpensive and your
> exposure to the amateur radio community is high. For
> a six-month run you are only looking at $42.00 for a
> full page written by our professional staff with an
> unlimited email addresses to store and forward to
> you.
> 
>  
> 
>             So to get you started to day you can fax
> us a copy of your flyer or send us to your current
> URL and we will write you a dynamic eye catching
> page for all hams to see. We our numbers you have
> nothing to lose and everything to gain. We accept
> for payment paypal, check (subject to clearing)
> Money Order, or Bank Check. Our paypal account is
> davidsalata@msn.com<mailto:davidsalata@msn.com>,
> that is the prefer method of payment. If you wish a
> shorter time frame it runs $7,00 per month plus a
> $3.00 set up fee. However, the $3.00 fee will be
> waiver if your hamfest is less than six months from
> now. A six-month run does not have a set up fee.
> 
>  
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Dave Vakos
> 
> N4DBB
>