09-13-09, 05:15 PM | #11 | |||
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First, many thanks to WTL (Billy Love).
WTL's concerns align with my philosophy and with what I am trying to accomplish. Over the past 12 years I have kept other's self-promotions to a minimum for the benefit of our members. WTL is right, it is my site. Quote:
Tim, I consider your post as promotion. This is a news release, of which the aim is to gain favorable attention and publicity for your company. I routinely moderate these forums to deliberately expunge these marketing plugs so that our visitors aren't bogged down with unsolicited advertising. I've had several conversations with Tim regarding this matter, and I thought it was behind us. He's testing my goodwill, of which I had shared a lot. The forums, for the past day, have resulted in a lot of contention. It is for this very reason, that I monitor and prohibit self-promotion from NON-ADVERTISERS, especially considering the fact that we have a strict policy for paying advertisers to get our approval first before posting anything of the promotional nature. Our advertisers are clearly informed of the policies regarding forum promotions for their products or services. They are clearly told, at the start of their advertising, the following: "As an advertiser of BassFishin.Com, you have the privilege to occasionally post on the forums a promotional post about things like new products, specials sales, and so on. But, before you do so, you MUST call or email BassFishin.Com and request approval." This policy is our way of controlling the promotional posts and making sure our members are not overwhelmed with routine promotions. This has nothing to do with whether Tim is or was an advertiser on this site. And by the way, he is not and hasn't been since the end of last July. Quote:
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Hi Donald, First off, let me welcome you to the BassFishin.Com forums! I wanted to ask if you could refrain from promoting your sponsors, namely TigeRodz, within the forums. While we certainly wish to promote and encourage conversation about brands and products within relevant topics, it should only come across as organic within the thread, and not as a purpose-driven plug. We appreciate your participation and contribution and look forward to your fellowship. Thanks and take care, Kevin Scarselli BassFishin.Com In the future, I will be deleting any unsolicited plugs. I feel I have more than justified the reasoning behind our policy. Again, thank you WTL for looking out for the best interest of the website, forums and our visitors. Best Regards, Kevin Scarselli BassFishin.Com |
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