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Offline Badger

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Attracting new members to PA
« on: October 16, 2025, 01:22:24 pm »
     We have dozens of facebook pages dedicated to primitive bow making. I am going to start plugging PA on these pages. Maybe if we all do that we can start gaining members. I don't think it would take long. Some of the posts I see will have 100 or more comments so there is a lot of activity.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Attracting new members to SDMB
« Reply #1 on: October 16, 2025, 04:31:01 pm »
Steve, what is the SBMB? Is it the flight shooting organization?
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Offline Badger

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Re: Attracting new members to SDMB
« Reply #2 on: October 16, 2025, 05:28:54 pm »
Pat, that was a mistake, it should have read PA. SDMB is another non archery site that I visit.  I fixed it.


Offline willie

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Re: Attracting new members to PA
« Reply #3 on: October 16, 2025, 06:00:59 pm »
if I-phones cannot access the site and the ads are still a problem for many, perhaps one might want to wait until things are fixed up better?
First impressions count.

Offline Selfbowman

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Re: Attracting new members to PA
« Reply #4 on: October 16, 2025, 06:08:18 pm »
They have lots of hits because they can reply without all the hoops you have to jump through on this site. Yes we would have all the dumb things said like when I first got on PA. 🤠🤠🤠oh ya I still say dumb stuff.🤠🤠
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Offline bentstick54

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Re: Attracting new members to PA
« Reply #5 on: October 16, 2025, 06:43:40 pm »
I’ve thought about that also as I have joined several Primitive archery type of Facebook pages. My concern is if you read through the posts there is a very high percentage of people “offering advice” that I’m betting have never even attempted to build a bow. A lot of false knowledge I would be concerned about. How do you separate the people that want to be serious from the so called experts?

Offline Badger

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Re: Attracting new members to PA
« Reply #6 on: October 16, 2025, 07:31:37 pm »
  Good points Arvin. I don't have to jump through any hoops on my computer and don't see many pop-ups. I wonder why it is a different experience for some of us? I haven't tried it on my phone yet, and I know most people use their phones. It sounds like we need something that could set us apart. Some of our old crew have gone silent, while others have gone professional. What about a weekly or monthly thread where different bowyers would be featured, they would introduce themselves and answer questions based on how they do things, or even talk about mistakes they had to learn from?  whatever?

Offline Badger

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Re: Attracting new members to PA
« Reply #7 on: October 16, 2025, 07:34:01 pm »
I’ve thought about that also as I have joined several Primitive archery type of Facebook pages. My concern is if you read through the posts there is a very high percentage of people “offering advice” that I’m betting have never even attempted to build a bow. A lot of false knowledge I would be concerned about. How do you separate the people that want to be serious from the so called experts?

  That might be the good part. As long as debate stays civil encourage it. Nobody has to pull punches just no hitting below the belt.

Offline Burnsie

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Re: Attracting new members to PA
« Reply #8 on: Today at 12:30:17 am »
I use a Chromebook with the Chrome browser - I get no pop ups at all when I'm on PA. 
Other computers running Windows 10 or 11 I get all kinds of pop ups.