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If it were me I would not go down this road until much later.  SNES gaming does not have near enough market penetration for advertising on Facebook outside of the page you already have.  And we are still not still not known to many retro gamers.  We should start there.

What is the product?  Your website which details the SNES.

Who is your customer?  The retro game enthusiast.

Look at this Graph. 

So look at the retrogamers who populate the various gaming sites and message boards as your Tier 1’s.  They may not know about us but would probably jump into our website if we illustrate the value of it to THEM.  This would mean perhaps advertising to them on sites like Racketboy and Clan of the Gray Wolf.

Tier 2 is the tricky one.  These are the modern gamers who sneer at old systems, as well as retrogamers who have not or will not play SNES. (they are out there, believe it or not).  To get this group involved all we can really do is continue to make the case for the system itself, thereby creating NEW SNES gamers since it is unlikely that an ad (however good) will sway gamers who refuse the SNES on whatever principal.

As a fansite we might as well forget about tier 3, as we will likely never see it.  These are people who are on a whole different planet.  Many of them will have never played a game on a console.  Many of them can only name Mario and Sonic.  THEY ARE NON-GAMERS.  They are non-participants.  This would be your Facebook crowd.

We are nowhere NEAR the need for mass-Ads yet.

I’m actually with Grimm and in favor of natural growth, as I favor merchandising over marketing.  I.E:  make a good product and they will come.

That said it is not my website so if this is what you want, the above is the way forward.  If you have to advertise do not waste time and money on tier 3 before you have reached tier 1 and 2.

Relax.  All I am saying is that Neither of us favor advertising on Facebook as a viable strategy. 

We can come at this from different angles and still come to the same conclusion.  You said “not on Facebook”, and I said “not on Facebook.”

Don’t be so quick to slap an extended hand away….A lot comes from two angles aligning to reach one goal.

Glad that I didn’t upset you because it was not my intent.  No one will ever agree on 100 percent of issues, least of all you and I.  Still, everyone can find common ground on SOMETHING.

Just because I am evil doesn’t mean I can never have an opinion that favors the good now and then.

Voluntary donations are actually a good idea.

As far as that model goes, yeah I can definitely see where someone with your view could be upset.  All that was intended for was to show a WAY FORWARD if he is determined on that path.  I happen to think that there are much better avenues.

“Consumption peddler is what that means. The person with the most stuff and money when he dies does not win, he only succeeds in taking advantage of most people.”

I’m actually with you on this one, too.  He who dies with the most toys still dies.  You cannot take it with you.  understand that I only use my job as a means to enhance my life which is so unfairly short.  Most people do not enjoy work, I am lucky in that I do, yet there are places I would much rather be.  I like to travel.  I like to eat good food.  I like to explore other avenues of thought.  I just ordered those documentaries you posted in the digital distribution thread.  None of this would be possible without my employment.  I would be unable to travel to London or see a Soccer game or get on a fishing vessel.  It all takes money.

It isn’t about taking advantage, it is only about getting the means to enhance my life, of which I only have one of. 

We know what you meant.  It is a good idea, just not yet.

As to if it ever happens that will be Masamune’s call.  But you found us on Facebook, so I am Willing to bet that others who enjoy SNES will find it that way as well.

All in time……