lonelywombat
October 14th, 2011, 05:51
I read the preamble of the new restaurant forum and dismissed itas an attempt to emulate the recipes and restaurants on gaybutton. The few expats that read the forums rarely post as can be seen on GB board. Advertisers are being sought for this board, I assume from restaurants, which is the reason why this was created.
I doubt the new forum will attract people to Sawatdee, or advertisers.
From time to time, I come across forums where the countries of posters currently reading, or in the last 24 hours are located. How to attract the tourist first time ot repeat, should be part of the business plan for Sawatdee, if the survival of Pattaya and Thailand as a gay destination is to be achieved.
Attracting people from google and other search engines to Sawatdee should be the first step towards encouraging them to visit or revisit LOS.
Id be very inclined if I was the new owner to let the restaurant forum disappear, and look towards how to capture some of the gay tourists that are using Bangkok as a transit area, on airlines that are increasing using BKK as a hub. Recently I flew Turkish Air from London via Instabul . They fly a daily service to Vietnam via BKK. Thats just one example.
Knowing the countries from where the hits on Sawatdee are coming form, is a valuable tool to use in selling advertising to. The growth area for advertisers is not to expats or tourist already here, but for those who are considering coming here soon.
The first thing I would do after cancelling the restaurant forum would be to widen the appeal of the forum by say renaming-
Sawatdee-Gay Thailand ,Gay Cambodia and Gay South East Asia.
There were some fantastic trip reports about Cambodia. I would seek to preserve those posts and to encourage additional trip reports from members.
Maybe a seperate moderator for the South East Asia forum to get it started.
If there was a business plan before purchase, then it is not obvious as yet.
I doubt the new forum will attract people to Sawatdee, or advertisers.
From time to time, I come across forums where the countries of posters currently reading, or in the last 24 hours are located. How to attract the tourist first time ot repeat, should be part of the business plan for Sawatdee, if the survival of Pattaya and Thailand as a gay destination is to be achieved.
Attracting people from google and other search engines to Sawatdee should be the first step towards encouraging them to visit or revisit LOS.
Id be very inclined if I was the new owner to let the restaurant forum disappear, and look towards how to capture some of the gay tourists that are using Bangkok as a transit area, on airlines that are increasing using BKK as a hub. Recently I flew Turkish Air from London via Instabul . They fly a daily service to Vietnam via BKK. Thats just one example.
Knowing the countries from where the hits on Sawatdee are coming form, is a valuable tool to use in selling advertising to. The growth area for advertisers is not to expats or tourist already here, but for those who are considering coming here soon.
The first thing I would do after cancelling the restaurant forum would be to widen the appeal of the forum by say renaming-
Sawatdee-Gay Thailand ,Gay Cambodia and Gay South East Asia.
There were some fantastic trip reports about Cambodia. I would seek to preserve those posts and to encourage additional trip reports from members.
Maybe a seperate moderator for the South East Asia forum to get it started.
If there was a business plan before purchase, then it is not obvious as yet.