If you have not yet noticed, Stock Outboard has created a Facebook page. It also appears that they have a new graphic image to go along with it. They (I am not sure who the page administrator is) have done this to increase the online presence of the sport (I am making the assumption) so as to gain greater exposure and set the stage for future recruitment and promotional opportunities as they may arise.
Here is the link.
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Sto...903156?sk=wall
While I am not authorized to speak for the Stock Outboard Commission or the APBA, it is my derived opinion that this SO Facebook page has nothing to do with all the work APBA is doing with their website and social forum nor is it duplicative in nature. I believe it is complementary and not meant to conflict or compete with those other efforts. The market for attention is wide in scope and we need to cover as much of that ground as we can and these tools can help us.
Let me diverge from my main point for just a minute to help reinforce a point that many of us are saying. The next time you go out to dinner and have to wait 30 minutes to be seated, please observe all the young families with younger kids 5-7 years of age. You will see many of them patiently waiting for their table using some form of electronic devise to keep them busy. The digital revolution started back in the 1980’s and I don’t know what we will call what is going on today, but I believe in the notion that tomorrow will have much more electronic technology embedded into it.
If you are reading this online then you have everything you need to create an online presence for your (and our collective) racing efforts. If you are apprehensive about privacy issues, please call me; I will help show you how you can protect your identity and still help our grassroots efforts to expose and promote Stock Outboard Powerboat Racing. It is not burdensome to maintain; visit it whenever you want, don’t when you don’t want to.
Ok, back on point. In support of supporting each other I would like to ask that:
All the Stock Outboard clubs that have not yet crated a Facebook page, please do.
All Stock Outboard clubs that have a Facebook page go to and ‘like’ the Stock Outboard page while also creating a link to it on your page for surfers to see and use.
All Stock Outboard Clubs post your club image along with a short club bio on the Stock Outboard Facebook page. This will capture your image in their photo collection. It will not only promote your club/club page, it will drive traffic to the Stock Outboard page and I don’t see a downside to any of that.
If your a Facebook hold out club, pass you image and bio along to one of us Facebook users and we can make the posting for you.
In closing; please do on underestimate the impact your simple independent actions can have on our common interest. I am not asking you to like it; not everyone embraces this technology the same. I am just asking you to support it at a level that is win-win for all of us.
Here is the link.
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Sto...903156?sk=wall
While I am not authorized to speak for the Stock Outboard Commission or the APBA, it is my derived opinion that this SO Facebook page has nothing to do with all the work APBA is doing with their website and social forum nor is it duplicative in nature. I believe it is complementary and not meant to conflict or compete with those other efforts. The market for attention is wide in scope and we need to cover as much of that ground as we can and these tools can help us.
Let me diverge from my main point for just a minute to help reinforce a point that many of us are saying. The next time you go out to dinner and have to wait 30 minutes to be seated, please observe all the young families with younger kids 5-7 years of age. You will see many of them patiently waiting for their table using some form of electronic devise to keep them busy. The digital revolution started back in the 1980’s and I don’t know what we will call what is going on today, but I believe in the notion that tomorrow will have much more electronic technology embedded into it.
If you are reading this online then you have everything you need to create an online presence for your (and our collective) racing efforts. If you are apprehensive about privacy issues, please call me; I will help show you how you can protect your identity and still help our grassroots efforts to expose and promote Stock Outboard Powerboat Racing. It is not burdensome to maintain; visit it whenever you want, don’t when you don’t want to.
Ok, back on point. In support of supporting each other I would like to ask that:
All the Stock Outboard clubs that have not yet crated a Facebook page, please do.
All Stock Outboard clubs that have a Facebook page go to and ‘like’ the Stock Outboard page while also creating a link to it on your page for surfers to see and use.
All Stock Outboard Clubs post your club image along with a short club bio on the Stock Outboard Facebook page. This will capture your image in their photo collection. It will not only promote your club/club page, it will drive traffic to the Stock Outboard page and I don’t see a downside to any of that.
If your a Facebook hold out club, pass you image and bio along to one of us Facebook users and we can make the posting for you.
In closing; please do on underestimate the impact your simple independent actions can have on our common interest. I am not asking you to like it; not everyone embraces this technology the same. I am just asking you to support it at a level that is win-win for all of us.
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