5 Ideas for Getting Fisheaters lucrative

[JoeVoxxPop]

what are the logistics for vox selling stuff? Seems to add to her headaches. My thinking is more along the line of a viral campaign to increase traffic to increase ad revenue. But then would increase traffic cost vox money?

[GeorgeT]

Compile, edit and sell a book where people tell their stories of what Catholic life was like pre V2. I think it would sell well. Ask Tim and anyone else you know that lived back then to write an essay. Edit them, put them in a book and give it a good title. I'd buy it. These stories need to be preserved before the members of that generation die off.

[Tim]

It could be done by finding someone with the skills right here, out of work, or with the time, and letting them set it up. Vox could work out the details but they could be paid with a share of the money. It'd be a bit of work up front but after that it's maintenance, and the percent paid would come along as a percent of sales, like a sales rep. You don't need to be an MBA. Probably most of you that have some school know enough about the computer, and marketing is all about what you like and what will sell. This could be a way for Fisheaters to be self sufficient and for a mom to make a revenue stream for mad money.

tim

[StEnda1916]

Publish the Main Site Content - I like that idea:  Traditional Catholicism For Dummies (include bonus finger rosary)

[drummerboy]

Having been a biz man I'd go with the gift shop. What is needed is someone with marketing verve and some computer skills. I'd look to Monk Rock for inspiration. It needs some standard stuff like Scapulars. It also needs some unique Fisheaters stuff which others will want and pull them here. I'm no marketeer but lets exercise our minds, what of a Fisheater bathrobe which comes in Franciscan brown with a cowl for weaing at home to play on the computer. It could be offered in the colors appropriate for other orders, too. It probably should link to Breviaries for sale and Diurnals, Missals, etc. Click and buy and FE gets a percentage. Hoodies would probably sell. Perhaps a Fisheaters  cookbook which is down loadable and needs no printing, and for a small monthly subscription you get all of the additions every month. This could go for every article in the front too. They could be sold in PDF for small money that would add up. A small  gold or silver plated dagger for letter opening something like a knife used by a monk for eating in an Abbey say 1245 would be a hot item. Latin inscripted of course.

tim

Love the robe idea.  Except make mine that deep Carmelite brown, and with a belt, for better hand to hand combat abilities.

[charlesh]

Here's an idea for a tshirt:

[frenlenk]

There was a member who sold Fisheater mugs a while back. That would be a nice addition to the gift shop. The owner could receive a percentage of the profit from each mug sold.

[Vox Clamantis]

I've got the FE CafePress shop here:  http://www.cafepress.com/fisheaters -- but it doesn't sell much at all. Alas!

Charlesh, I LOVE that Tee! If you can make that at 2000 pixels X 2000 pixels at 200 dpi, I can use it! That fish looks awesome (I love B&W vintagey-looking graphics).

If any of you know of a small business that'd benefit from advertising on a place like FE (front page or forum), send them to me! The FE advertising page is
here: http://www.fisheaters.com/advertising.html
 

[dahveed]

I have to say that I like the idea of publishing carefully selected content from the main site. I find myself in more discussions with angry prots of certain types from time to time, and have in the past relied on a combination of iPieta, FE, and ScriptureCatholic.  Mr. Salza's site is great, as is iPieta, but I've often thought FE the best, because of the manner of expression. I know I'd buy a copy. It'd go nicely with the copy of Denziger's I've meant to buy the last year or so. Tim's idea is a good one, though. There's no shortage of talent here.

[Tim]

Charlesh, I think there is a word for Fisheater in Latin. Are you aware of it ? I can't remeber ir. It might make it even cooler.

tim