i was thinking...

[Tracy]

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Subject line: Not really happy with the mods

business will increase if you do what your doing, you should also post something inthe coupons section if you havent already. lots of sponsors taking advatnage of that.

I talked to Dan about it, as long as you keep it in the car pics section its cool. Just do this, post up maybe 2-3 projects a week. You have to understand that when you post 15 projects, all the other threads dissappear and all you see is batlground..lol..thats where the complains come in, mix it up a little. I have taken away Mac n'u' MOD powers, he had not right and he knew to come into your thread and say any damn thing to you all. Mike has been sent an email also.

Hey Tracy, how have you been.Thanks for the heads up Tracy, I am handling the situation right now.

He decided to talk crap in one of our threads then delete all of their posts after there were 15-20 people viewing the thread. I don't have a problem with people giving their input, but I do have a problem with them doing so in a rude way then deleting it.

Batlground: Prelude Turbo

Pretty sure you can see all of the deleted posts.

Thanks for your understanding. I'm not really one to complain much about my threads, but I don't like that someone took advantage of their powers knowingly, told me they were doing so in not so many words, then took action on it. If someone is going to say something, then be prepared to leave it and stand by it. It might make you think about what you say before you say it if you don't rely on the fact that you can delete it.

I also realize that we have been posting a lot and it is annoying some folks, but as I stated int he thread, we are just seeing what works. I hope you understand.

Thanks again.

I don't care about Mike. He isn't a mod and he can't delete threads. Thats why I am upset. Don't just post shit then delete it because you can. I can handle the criticism, just not the power abuse. Especially when IA is going thru all kinds of changing citing sponsor reasons.

I will tell you that we started posting because we noticed we were getting left behind when it comes to that. All of the other shops were posting all of their projects and we barely ever do. Then we started to check how much traffic the sponsor forums actually get as opposed to the other forums. It's not an ongoing issue and it has gone on for about a week or 2. I don't think it's the end of the world that after 8 years on the forum, we tried some things out to see what works best. It's not a long term thing. Just testing some things out. I will forward your PM to Dan though.

We have been posting in the coupon section. It is working great. We are actually definitely seeing the return on posting more. It just wasn't working in the sponsor section. The moment we moved out of the section, we saw an increase in views of our threads (outside of the sponsor forum) and quote requests from IA members.

We are in a weird spot because we have always been on the road racing, so that was our main form of advertising. It's new for us to have to promote on the forums like this and in this industry is is very important that you keep your name fresh in the minds of your target. People have a really short memory if you don't remind them.

Of course we have always been active on the forum, but in a different way. Again I appreciate your understanding and you working with us to figure all of this out.

edited because I forgot the last 2.