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FUCKING HATE VIDEO COMMERCIALS!!!!!

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Greenfield*
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i cant fucking stand commercials that have loud ass music its the worst thing, and alot of them are longer than the video im trying to watch. if they all had no music it would make it soo much better i dont get why they need them anyways ns could make so much money to run the site off of stickers and hats if they would sell them.
Nov 21 2011 10:09AM
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Mr.Bishop
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Sadly this is by no means actually true in any way shape or form. Even at the absolute peak of branded merch sales, it never made up more than about 10% of our total revenue.

In terms of acutal operating profit too, it did comparatively far, far worse. We pay the bills around here with ads.

I think the video ads are awesome. Sure we're working on the balance, but its cool to have an all-skiing experience no?


Nov 21 2011 10:22AM
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Greenfield*
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i agree with you that all the commercials are ski based but it just gets annoying when like you hear the same little sound board over and over again for each video
Nov 21 2011 10:26AM
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Mr.Bishop
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I know... what can I say its a work in progress. : )

More and more companies are getting on board with the system, so we're starting to see the ads fluctuate more and more.


Nov 21 2011 10:32AM
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Trace.
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My only complaint is how loud they are, honestly though some of the ads have some pretty sick skiing like the Line and Smith ones
Nov 21 2011 11:28AM
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Bumblesteeze
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How would newschoolers make any revenue?

http://www.worthofweb.com/website-value/newschoolers.com

I don't know how accurate this website is, but it's pretty cool.
Nov 21 2011 12:26PM
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Mr.Bishop
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Quite inaccurate. : )


Nov 21 2011 1:00PM
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JHendrix
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how much money does newschoolers make off of advertisements and all?
Nov 21 2011 4:06PM
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.frenchy
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Moar?
Nov 21 2011 7:02PM
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Bumblesteeze
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It's probably not something he would like to share
Nov 21 2011 7:49PM
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JStrathern
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My only complaint on the video ads is that you can't change the volume, that's just not fair. Besides that I don't mind them.
Nov 21 2011 8:32PM
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eheath
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just hit mute on yout computer jesus christ
Nov 21 2011 8:42PM
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Greenfield*
Posts: 467 - Karma: 31
my microwave dosent have one
Nov 21 2011 8:44PM
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squibble
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just dont let the length creep past 30s, and i wont complain too much

Nov 23 2011 8:22PM
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Crispy.
Posts: 6109 - Karma: 7,683
It's how Newschoolers keeps this site up, deal with it.
Nov 23 2011 10:26PM
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Mr.Bishop
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We usually recommend 5-15 seconds as the ideal time.


Nov 24 2011 3:12PM
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Trojan~Man
Posts: 1996 - Karma: 1,357
I find line ads to be the least annoying, and thats probably entirely due to the fact that they are the shortest ones. they come and go its nbd. but when they get too long is when you really notice em. sometimes they even have good skiing in em too!
( positive feedback = more helpful imo.)
Nov 24 2011 4:17PM
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Trojan~Man
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p.s im in no way a line fanboy!! (im impartial) just felt like that needed to be added.
sorry for dub post.
Nov 24 2011 4:18PM
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