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Help NS blow its all-time traffic record by a landslide

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Mr.Bishop
Posts: 22708 - Karma: 76,633
With all the popularity of the site lately, we're right at the end of a month so unprecedented with growth, that we barely even know what to do with it. In the hands of the NS community, we've grown to the point that we're just about to cross a single month where 700,000 different people dropped by once or more. That is frankly completely nuts, and has exceeded the expectations of basically everyone at the parent companies' office.

However... I want to really show them the power of this community. I realize that no action that we take as staff can ever even come close to the actions that we can take as a community unit. The entire philosophy about this site is based on community, and I want you to know that we're extremely committed to this going forwards. If it ain't what the community wants, then fuck it it goes.

What I would absolutely LOVE is if you guys could help us over today and tomorrow and see if we can blast our most successful month with an apocalyptic traffic spike like we've never seen before. It sounds impossible, but using the mechanics of Facebook's edgerank formula... we just might be able to do it.

If you're willing, then I need you to take a few minutes out of your day today, and your day tomorrow to help us. The task is extremely simple, but remember... you won't help us by sharing tonnes of garbage, you need to follow these instructions very carefully:

1) Search through the site, and find a forum thread, Video or news article that you love, and think that your facebook friends would love. (pictures don't work because facebook just steals them)

2) Share that in your status, but make sure to be extremely careful to title the post in a way that would be of interest to your friends.

3) Watch for your friends making these posts, and when you see them - LIKE the post, and make a comment, even if its "first" (very important)

4) In those same posts after liking and commenting, share one or two (don't spam) on your own timeline.... only if you think they're awesome.


If you all follow these rules and do it once today, and once tomorrow we just might be able to make a wave in the universe that everyone around this powerful centre will feel.

Who knows... maybe I'm crazy and I don't have the magic code... but damn this would be a cool-ass experience.

So if you're down, then please give it a shot and help NS blast our record into another galaxy!

You guys are the best.

-Mr.Bishop


Jan 30 2012 6:31PM
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CK_Ski
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^ Yes, master.
Jan 31 2012 11:09AM
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Mike-O
Posts: 14593 - Karma: 1,089
I think it's working already, NS has never been so slow for me.
Jan 31 2012 11:14AM
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old-dirty11
Posts: 340 - Karma: 238

I'm in such a good idea!

Jan 31 2012 11:17AM
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Mkvackay
Posts: 1903 - Karma: 5,465
i think my video has helped you guys out over the last week

i had people sharing the NS vid link who didn't even know what newschoolers was.

glad to see we're breakin records
Jan 31 2012 11:19AM
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Trojan~Man
Posts: 1996 - Karma: 1,357
is it working!?!?!?! :P
Jan 31 2012 11:41AM
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Mstchief
Posts: 751 - Karma: 524
here in Utah you can marry your wife and NS
Jan 31 2012 11:47AM
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DayMan
Posts: 4704 - Karma: 8,748
It's gonna happen. WOMAN LOGIC THREAD FTW!
Jan 31 2012 1:10PM
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*monsterskier*
Posts: 2671 - Karma: 61
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Jan 31 2012 1:18PM
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207
Posts: 8969 - Karma: 3,846
yes ns sway
Jan 31 2012 2:28PM
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DayMan
Posts: 4704 - Karma: 8,748
who is this parent company you speak of?
Jan 31 2012 8:34PM
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smallmtskier
Posts: 254 - Karma: 41
http://www.grindmedia.com/ ..if i'm not mistaken
Jan 31 2012 8:37PM
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Blandct
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Yes just go to the very bottom of NS and you will see.
Jan 31 2012 8:47PM
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Mr.Bishop
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Hell yes you did! That was actually a massive traffic spike for us. That video is GOLD.

To everyone else, you sure did help. Your sharing managed to push us to an absolute record-shattering all-time traffic apocalypse of 713,345 Unique visitors in the month of January.

SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND people checked out NS in January. SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND. Isn't that fucking nuts? To me it is... shit when I started here the traffic was at 43,000 unique visitors, and when Freeze went under we spiked to 87,000. Back then I thought that was the most insane traffic spike we could ever possibly have. Now we're literally almost ten times as big.

Its actually amazing... the biggest thing that you guys can do for traffic on here is simply share out the rad stuff that you see on your various social networks. NS has always been a place where we share the love of the sport, and people who haven't discovered it but love skiing simply need a nudge and something to get them in.

This used to be accomplished with stickers on helmets, one new park skier asking another "What is newschoolers.com?" but these days the absolute immense power of facebook makes that same interaction so much easier.

So anyway, this community is absolutely amazing, and it has been a god damn honor to build it right alongside all of you. The hard work of the NS staff and the members of this commmunity are like nothing else in this world.

Thanks all of you from all of us. You guys are rad.

Next step... world domination.


Feb 1 2012 2:33PM
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Mr.Bishop
Posts: 22708 - Karma: 76,633
Yep you got it. Grind media owns various action sports (and some other sports) magazines and websites, as well as www.grindtv.com, which is the action sports portal for Yahoo.

Same company as owns Powder, Snowboarder, Bike, Ridemonkey, etc.

Good guys, I'm actually out here in the office this week. They are located in San Clemente, California.


Feb 1 2012 2:34PM
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Mkvackay
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so awesome man. glad to be a part of it
Feb 1 2012 2:41PM
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kingcomet32
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Will this bring more revenue or more users, If this will help NS get some more cash flow I'd love to help. But i think part of the beauty of NS is that its a close knit community of people who have a love for skiing, and a jonesin for the park. If we do this and all it does is bring in a mass of people who ski once or twice a year it might water-down one of the best parts of being an NS member.
Feb 1 2012 4:08PM
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BenWest
Posts: 470 - Karma: 89
i'm sure that Woman Logic thread helped... definitely shared that one with a number of people this month
Feb 1 2012 4:08PM
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QuinnBestwick
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im doing it Ns to the world
Feb 1 2012 4:21PM
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BenWest
Posts: 470 - Karma: 89
a rather sad realization, but I wonder if this had anything to do with sarah burke's passing... I saw Newschoolers mentioned in multiple media outlets in articles about her, my brother heard NS mentioned a couple times on various radio stations. We can only hope to see the silver lining on that cloud - hopefully more people discovered freestyle skiing through this and will also come to love it
Feb 1 2012 4:37PM
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mistaT
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Let us know when NS breaks a million!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Feb 1 2012 5:14PM
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.frenchy
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The sad thing is I've been on grindtv longer than I have on Newschoolers... I don't even know how!
Feb 1 2012 5:16PM
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Trojan~Man
Posts: 1996 - Karma: 1,357
yes. slap NS stickers everywhere possible!
Feb 11 2012 1:54PM
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Mr.Bishop
Posts: 22708 - Karma: 76,633
The strategy though that we're employing around here is that the core of Newschoolers will always remain tight-knit. Outsiders just come in, consume a bit of content, browse a couple of threads and peace out. That is why we have such a push to have the community create and feature content.


Feb 11 2012 2:04PM
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Mr.Bishop
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Some of it is due to that, but not a huge amount. We were so broken up by the news of Sarah passing, that none of us could manage to break the news quickly.

It definitely was a factor though, and we also hope that it is for the good of the sport and educating people out there on what skiing is all about.


Feb 11 2012 2:06PM
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ColoradoSkiShop
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Just posted this on our Facebook page.  Hope it can help add to this month's visitors for you guys!
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Feb 11 2012 4:34PM
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