Ppsstt! Got five bucks? Join Forum Giveaway.

[Joe Black]

Dennis, you can put me in at 4x. Do you want that and the extinguisher now or when we get together April 6 ?

[Big George's BBQ]

$5 for a chance to win some great prizes and it helps a great site. Not bad

[Blythewood BBQ'er]

Originally Posted by Joe Black

Dennis, you can put me in at 4x. Do you want that and the extinguisher now or when we get together April 6 ?

Joe goto
https://www.gofundme.com/fundraising...n-and-outreach


And click the Donate tab. If you want 4 entries then donate 5$ 4 times. Thanks bud!


Hold the fire extinguisher until the drawing is finished. I will get you the name and address of the winner and you can ship it from your business.



Thanks again for the donations!

[Blythewood BBQ'er]

Lets push this over 500$ today y'all!

[Blythewood BBQ'er]

Wow! Page2?

[Ron_L]

I think I caught up on the prizes in the first post.

[jdtTX]

Is bbqoutreach organized as a charity?

[Blythewood BBQ'er]

Originally Posted by Ron_L

I think I caught up on the prizes in the first post.

Yep looks good Ron! Thank you!

[Blythewood BBQ'er]

Originally Posted by jdtTX

Is bbqoutreach organized as a charity?

I not sure of it's status, hopefully the boss will see this and chime in.

[Ron_L]

Originally Posted by Blythewood BBQ'er

I not sure of it's status, hopefully the boss will see this and chime in.

I flagged it for him. He’ll let us know when he can.

[BBQchef33]

Originally Posted by jdtTX

Is bbqoutreach organized as a charity?

Not yet. We unofficially launched "outreach" last fall and we were going thru the feasibility of making it a 501c. I started soliciting sponsors and larger contributors late last year and then some other unrelated circumstances have taken priority since. In December, I've hired a marketing firm to help us, which also got backburner for the time being.

In the past, I've funded our outreach and veteran events using the google advertising revenue. Our forum expenses were paid with subscriptions and when they fall short, I tap the google revenue. Adblockers, Facebook and instagram have made a huge dent in our revenue stream. Adblockers alone have accounted for more than a third of our loss. Last year I personally funded a significant portion of our 2000 veteran event at the Northport VA Hospital. I've already started socking personal funds away for this years event.

Internal Funding(Adsense and subscriptions) of the forum expenses will always be the priority. I always maintained a 2-3 month buffer in funds for mass failures, which has been impossible for well over a year. We are currently at a little over a months surplus. Anything above and beyond that goes to our outreach expenses and events. Unless i can get commitments from some larger sponsors for supplies, monetary donations, etc, the cost and liability of maintaining a 501c wont be worth it. Once I finish things that need to be done now, i will get back on that wagon.

[BBQchef33]

Heres an FYI just to share and put things in perspective. This is our revenue loss due to ad blockers for just the past 18 days. $445, with January/February being our slowest months. Factor in traffic reductions due to social media and we are taking a huge hit as compared to just 2 years ago. Many forums have shut down, we still survive.

[jdtTX]

Just be careful with giveaways. They're typically governed by the gambling folks in each state and there are strict rules around them.

[SirPorkaLot]

Originally Posted by jdtTX

Just be careful with giveaways. They're typically governed by the gambling folks in each state and there are subs key right rules around them.

It’s okay, Blythewood is administering this one from the BBQ-Brethren yacht which is currently sailing in International waters.

[BBQchef33]

Originally Posted by jdtTX

Just be careful with giveaways. They're typically governed by the gambling folks in each state and there are strict rules around them.

Originally Posted by SirPorkaLot

It’s okay, Blythewood is administering this one from the BBQ-Brethren yacht which is currently sailing in International waters.

Thanks.. totally forgot.. they are not the R word.. they are giveaways. Google does not allow Waffles with an R.



yes seriously... JDtTX is right.. its considered gambling and not allowed by google. we can be tagged as a gambling site.


the threads have been corrected.