+The Hokesters Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 You know the little slogans under our avatars and our signatures? Is it ok if we advertise a cache or a website address which in turn advertises a cache? I know there is some rule about not promoting one's individual caches in the forums but I wondered if the above method is frowned upon. I don't own any caches yet but I have something in the pipeline that I would like certain regular forum hounds to find out about. I don't also want to be considered a spammer by emailing them direct through their profile Simon Quote Link to comment
+Cave Troll and Eeyore Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 You can advertise new caches in the GeocacheUK.com forum Quote Link to comment
+wildlifewriter Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 (snip) I don't also want to be considered a spammer by emailing them direct through their profile If you leave out one certain person, and e-mail the rest of us, you'll probably be all right. Quote Link to comment
+mongoose39uk Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 I don't also want to be considered a spammer by emailing them direct through their profile. Ah, now then. Would it be spam if it were caching related? Quote Link to comment
+wildlifewriter Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 (snip) I don't own any caches yet but I have something in the pipeline that I would like certain regular forum hounds to find out about. Sensible answer, now... 1) Most of the "regular forum hounds" are, almost by definition, keen cachers. If your new cache appears in our radius of operation, we will know about it, probably long before the automatic notifications go out. 2) If your cache has some unique feature or special virtue, refer to it in the cache description. Most people read the listings carefully before seeking a cache although there are, admittedly, exceptions. 3) If this is the first one you've placed, an urge to tell everyone and anyone about it by any means available, is natural. (This is the same reason that people insist on showing photos of vile and mis-shapen infants round the office.) You'll get over it. 4) But if your new cache DOES turn out to be the greatest piece of planning, placement, concealment and descriptive HTML writing that ever saw light of day filtering through beech leaves - it will soon become justly famous, anyway, and you won't have needed to "advertise" it. Quote Link to comment
+The Hokesters Posted October 31, 2004 Author Share Posted October 31, 2004 Thanks WLW that is a very useful reply. I only ask because I think there are a few cachers of a particular type who are going to be interested. We shall see how it goes - it is still in the planning stage at the moment but as you eloquently put - I am anxious for word to get out Quote Link to comment
+wildlifewriter Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 I only ask because I think there are a few cachers of a particular type who are going to be interested. Aaaah... I see. If the cache is directed at special-interest groups, then one has to get creative when naming it. The more specific, the more difficult it becomes to choose a suitable cache title. For example: it could take weeks to name a cache which appeals to people who are abnormally obsessed with cycling AND Flemish baroque painters AND brass band music. (But you could just enter: "The Van Dyck Black Dyke Bike Hike" and leave it at that...) Quote Link to comment
+The Hokesters Posted October 31, 2004 Author Share Posted October 31, 2004 lol! Quote Link to comment
+MarcB Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 How long did you spend thinking of that! MarcB Quote Link to comment
+wildlifewriter Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 How long did you spend thinking of that! About forty seconds. Then another minute or so to remove a reference to lesbianism, which may have caused offence. Quote Link to comment
+Haggis Hunter Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 (snip) I don't also want to be considered a spammer by emailing them direct through their profile If you leave out one certain person, and e-mail the rest of us, you'll probably be all right. ROFLMAO Apparently if it is geocaching orientated you can still email this person, but personaly I am deleting him from my address book, so that I don't accidently abuse his email address. Hokesters you can email me anytime you like, just as long as any links don't have the police knocking at my door Quote Link to comment
Cholo Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 I don't also want to be considered a spammer Simon Maybe not spam, but it might be considered a tad hokey. Quote Link to comment
+The Hokesters Posted November 1, 2004 Author Share Posted November 1, 2004 Maybe not spam, but it might be considered a tad hokey. Hey that's the name of our dog What's it mean in the US??? Si Quote Link to comment
Cholo Posted November 2, 2004 Share Posted November 2, 2004 Maybe not spam, but it might be considered a tad hokey. Hey that's the name of our dog What's it mean in the US??? Si Hokey means not very classy. I would call Benny Hill or Three Stooges comedy hokey. Have you heard of the chilldren's song "The Hokey Pokey"? Btw, my Samoyed dog of 17 years who died in 2002 was named Cholo. Quote Link to comment
+The Hokesters Posted November 2, 2004 Author Share Posted November 2, 2004 Hokey means not very classy. I would call Benny Hill or Three Stooges comedy hokey. Have you heard of the chilldren's song "The Hokey Pokey"?Btw, my Samoyed dog of 17 years who died in 2002 was named Cholo. Cool. Although spelt different ways by different parts of the World, Hokeydog was actually names after the HokeyPokey (or HokiPoki) man who was an Italian ice cream salesman - you probably know this right? We couldn't choose her name so we did a flip stop through a dictionary then pin in a page and landed on Hokey Pokey. It stuck because when we rescued her at only 5 weeks old she was completely edible Quote Link to comment
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