dgskydive 0 #126 January 16, 2009 Does an ad like that attract a gay person to want to skydive? I would think that gays would want the same things out of skydiving that the rest of us want...... big planes and lots of them.Dom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mdrejhon 8 #127 January 16, 2009 QuoteDoes an ad like that attract a gay person to want to skydive? I would think that gays would want the same things out of skydiving that the rest of us want...... big planes and lots of them.You mean the google ads I purchased? They were more targetted towards tandems, the people who aren't familiar with skydiving. I never had a problem with experienced skydivers searching "gay boogie" or "rainbow boogie" (rainbowskydive.com came top anyway), but I had a problem with potential tandems searching "gay skydiving" (ASC came at the top). My research of search trends (Google Ads statistics of the number of times the ad showed, and number of clicks) indicated that traffic went up with people starting to search for gay skydiving, especially after hearing about Rainbow Boogie, or through media coverage. Or people coming across my dropzone posts during 2006. Some would get Skyride's "gay tourist trap" page instead of the Rainbow Boogie I organized during 2006. Not many came to the event as a result of ads or articles, but a few did. Either way, it was a matter of principle that the publicity in the gay magazines/papers indirectly advertised the home DZ of Skyride, so I had to compete with that, at one point, raising the cost per click so that my link would stay at the top and always show on certain search terms. This adds up... Rainbow Boogie did get a few (not many) gay tandems, including one lesbian from the Phillipines (who was at OutGames, but wanted to do a tandem). It was on the last day, after almost everybody had left the dropzone, but she impressively spent a whole month of her own salary just for that tandem! Anyway, it's now all low key until the next Rainbow Boogie. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freakyrat 1 #128 January 16, 2009 (freakyrat et cetra, do you remember if there was any bonfire jokes at Rainbow Boogie 2006?) Mark, I never was at the bonfires but I'm sure there were some jokes especially with Brian there. he was a real card. Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dgskydive 0 #129 January 16, 2009 Wasnt speaking of your specific ads. I was refering to the link that was posted.Dom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pirana 0 #130 January 16, 2009 Yes, . . . I mean NO! Shit! What is the correct answer? " . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
