Corey Kruitbosch
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As far as TFO goes, I was being facetious in my first thread and probably wasn’t very nice to them. I know that their management is aware of the need to update the site, but you have to admit that their internet marketing decisions have almost always been spot-on. They wouldn’t have become the very relevant player they are today if they hadn’t used the web well. But I do agree with you, Corey, that the time has come for an update, as it eventually does for all web sites (this one included).
Hope I didnt sound to harsh … I have a TICRX 9wt and love it. Glad to hear will be putting up a new site!
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I would ask for regular photo essays from my guides, reps, and contributors and I’d lace them together into a This Is Fly-style monthly presentation, which would be fed out to the loyal users via newsletter.…
I would “sell” as many stickers as a user wanted for the cost of shipping, and I would hold periodic contests for useful things like new advertising ideas or product concepts, giving away logo’ed schwag to keep people coming back.I couldnt agree with you more here .. RSS feeds, contests, stickers, swag … All that stuff that ‘reminds’ your customers how cool your product is and lets them be involved. Should be key to any online marketing campaign, IMO.
You did a good job, Corey. I was wondering where they got the photography. The use of a big fat PNG logo that comes up first is very nice and I like the way you layered the DIVs to have the shadows stay consistent. Very nice.
Thanks Zach .. Was a fun site to do. Was the first time I dug in and used sIFR for my text, I think it also added quite a bit to the site.
Planning a September trip to Montana and stumbled on the 4 Rivers website. Impressive [smiley=thumbup.gif]
Cool and thanks .. I’m really looking forward to checking out their full-moon night floats on the Maddy!
As far as the big sites go…At the bottom
Temple Fork. They really NEED a better site. I even sent them an email about it a couple of years ago. It does not encourage me to buy one of their rods, even though I like them.
Lamson-Waterworks. Ouch.
At the top
The Simms and Fishpond sites are very nice IMO.
My fav that has not been mentioned is the St. Croix site ( http://www.stcroixrods.com/ ). IMO it has a real nice individual look and feel that sets it apart.
Four Rivers Fishing Company – (http://www.4riversmontana.com/) The Twin Bridges fly shop; very nice site.
I was going to wait til tomorrow on my lunch to post, because I wanted to take the time to really give my thoughts to all of the sites listed .. til I saw this post!
Thats my site! Super stoked that you called it out as being good and not super suck! 🙂 Worked my a$$ off on it last summer/fall! Feel free to drop Greg an email and let him know you liked it!
. I really made an effort to build off the whole ‘western’ feel/theme with the site. I’m going from a xti to a 50d here soon. For me, the extra ‘stuff’ that comes with the 50d is worth it. If I already had a 40d, I’d prob sit tight.
The 10-22mm is a great lens, but its an ef-s lens. So, until canon allows for ef-s lenses on full frame bodies … You wont be able to update to a full frame body and still use your ef-s lenses.
Also .. Check out the other current 50d thread. http://www.itinerantangler.com/cgi-bin/board/YaBB.pl?num=1235492106
Mine was off also.. I think you also have to set the email option for “new PMs” in addition to message notification.
Chad .. Very sorry to hear about the job. i have to say, it sounds like you have a great attitude about it! Looking forward to seeing some of your personal projects.
Brian .. Glad you are liking your new camera!
Thanks for your review. I am in pretty much the same boat as you and had decided to go ahead with the 50d, for many of the same reasons as you stated. The big selling point for me is the 15mp, which means I will have a little more cropping area to work with in the future. I’m waiting on the tax return to place my order.
Did you order the body only? What lens are you using?
I fished with a few guys who had scadden toons last year and they are great, quality pontoons .. The standing platform and bar are pretty cool. I’ll be picking up one later this year and replacing my current ‘budget’ ‘toon.
The outlaw design seems pretty cool, but it also seemed a little big. So, I have not decided between the skykomish and the outlaw.
I like HDR in moderation and think that it can enhance portions of an image quite a bit.. Check out the HDR sticky thread. Of course, its a subjective thing … Personally, I like image #2 the best. It seems to have a real painterly feel, but I would prob tone it down a little .. I tend to like images that give just a hint of HDR. Thanks for sharing!