AGREED, to that last .........
I am intending to do more with the various social media accounts, especially Instagram and Youtube. Def
I guess the various discussions about them and social media links on the newsletters are working out as well as many things do here........We have a Pinterest page too, but I haven't looked at it in years because Pinterest is a real pain in the arse.Def
Vidar actually brings up a valuable point- we need to register in each of these places so no one tries to pretend to be us. There is, for example, a website called multi dash tool dot org that swears they aren't copying us. As for why MTO has a presence, well, I would like to blame it on the maple syrup, but the fact is, it brings people here to the forum and helps us keep an eye on what other makers and manufacturers are doing. I have bought a few knives and tools in the past from smaller makers that seem to only advertise on Facebook.So, bringing more people to the forum and helping us to keep up to date on things, both seem like valuable and viable reasons for getting involved in them. For those of you that don't care for the Book of Faces, or Instant Gramification, no worries, we will venture out into the virtual unknown and bring back anything that is even remotely worthy of your attention. Def
If someone asks about a tool and mod, I can search through my images on Pinterest in a few min and be immediately taken to the thread on Mt.org . For me atleast its way more effective than Google now that I put the time in saving the images.
Some folks probably heard me said this in the past--personally, what really attracts me the most about MTO is not just the tools, but the fine folks between it. This is one of the very few forums I'd been to where people would make you actually felt welcomed and real friendships were bonded from this place. People might be drawn to this forum at first by our mods or the deep knowledge to begin with, but what makes them stay, I think, is not just the information, but the personal interactions.So I do agree with some of the assessment about diverging the interaction thru too many social media could be a disservice to the forum.Different platform of social media, one way or another, could often be some form of advertising or branding. How successful a 'post' or an 'account' are often judged by how many followers/likes/views but how well do they actually know these thousands of followers? I think it might be beneficial for the forum, to see how active members are recruited, and how involved are they on different platforms of social media, that might give us some idea whether it is worth the extra effort to promote on certain platform for recruitment.
I do see major issues if there starts to be parts of discussions and information all over various media.
A possible variant just to extend reach a bit might be some no response posts of particular subjects which simply leads to this forum. That way all the info is still in one place (here), but there are some tentacles going out there.
Nice one pfrsantos .
Micah made that one months ago. Obviously you aren't following the MTO Instagram, Twitter or FB page! Def
Given this seems to be a thread about brand expansion for MTO:We have had the kerfuffle with the hats; the store is no more; and the only other MTO merch left is to order one of Toffy's tools printed by shapeways...so here's a questionHas anyone thought of perhaps teaming with an all in one merch company?I was thinking of this after watching some DemoRanch/OffTheRanch YT videos on the company they have built that handles shirts, hats, etc plus does the sales page and shipping too.The real issues:-Is the cost/commitment of signing with such a company worth it for MTO?-Do we have enough member market to support such a thing?-Would outside/nonmember sales be a factor to consider? The LM/Gerber patent drawing shirts may be a nonmember draw just by appearance for example.-Would bieng lined up next to other media brands drive increased intrest towards MTO as a form of addvertising in itself.This is neither criticism nor suggestion; just a series of idle thought that I have been sitting on for a while now.
Don't count the MTO Store out just yet- I think we will be seeing it back soon, although with a slightly shifted focus perhaps. The fact is, I was trying to be a dealer of multitools, but I fail simply by virtue of geography.I don't expect members to pay more, but by the time I paid for shipping and import taxes to Canada, I couldn't sell items at a reasonable enough profit to make it worthwhile, and then the Canadian Government went all silly on OH opening blades and that pretty well killed off any chance we had to make a go of it. If and when the store comes back it is likely to concentrate on the things we can manage, like more MTO and Swiss Army Knights merchandise, with some of the odd knife tool and SAK deals that can be worthwhile.As for partnering with others, I am not against it, I have just never really found a partnership agreement that I can adhere to. Dear ol Def doesn't play well with others, and I don't want Partner X's failings to negatively affect MTO. I have always felt that if we can't do it on our own, we shouldn't do it at all.Def
Don't count the MTO Store out just yet- I think we will be seeing it back soon
I don't expect members to pay more, but by the time I paid for shipping and import taxes to Canada, I couldn't sell items at a reasonable enough profit to make it worthwhile, and then the Canadian Government went all silly on OH opening blades and that pretty well killed off any chance we had to make a go of it.
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