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Location: SoCal | Who is running the Ovation FanClub Facebook page and the Ovation Guitars (company) website? Just curious...
As an aside, Al is JibJab'd, from the Facebook page:
http://www.jibjab.com/view/1GozRKiuR-KOU-Nrf3IvDg?utm_campaign=Like...
Check it out.
By the way, on the OFC page, not much activity...last "posts to page" 3/31/2015, but previous 1/22/15.
Not sure what "posts to page" refers to. Last OFC post 2/14/15 concerning JAM Industries.
There are more current posts on the Ovation Guitars (company) Facebook Page (although last is 4/23/15, decent activity since 1/01/15.
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Location: SoCal | Answering my post, from Miles post in 2013, he is the registered owner:
http://ovationfanclub.com/megabbs/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=34453&... |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Yep.. There is an Ovation Collectors page that is actually the most active. Not sure why the OvationFanClub Facebook page didn't take off. Just one of those things. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | We already have an Ovation FanClub... it is right here.
Then there are some of us that just ain't warmed-up to Facebook.
Personally, the Ovation Instruments Collectors Board has me visiting FB much more than I ever did.
But I don't have a smart phone, I don't text, and I definitely don't twit!
I don't even like talking on the damn phone.
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Location: Sydney, Australia | arthurseery - 2015-04-28 8:59 PM
I don't even like talking on the damn phone.
You can TALK on a phone?! Wow, I just keep discovering new features on my iPhone all the time.
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Location: 6 String Ranch | yeah, there is a button somewhere you push for voice but i haven't found it yet. |
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Location: Canada | what's a facebook ... |
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Location: SoCal | From OMA's post: We already have an Ovation FanClub... it is right here.
That is true, a diverse collection of Ovation users that are able (within reason) to create new threads and make postings. The OFC was co-founded by Al and Miles but I personally have always considered it as a site built and supported by the members.
The Ovation FanClub (tm) Facebook page 'threads' seem to be only controlled by Miles as there are "POSTS TO PAGE" from 1/22/2015 to 3/21/15 and all of the threads (at least back to 2013) are by Ovation FanClub (tm).
I may be wrong but individuals are only able to post to established threads. This might be a reason it received 379 likes but few posts.
If it does not reflect the OvationFanClub.com site (diverse, energy, tech knowledge, etc.), my suggestion is that the semi-dormant Facebook page needs to more reflect our OFC or be removed. I never understood an individual's comments when I referred him to the OvationFanClub. Comment was "waste of time". He had gone out to the Facebook page instead of the .com page.
Is there a windmill nearby?
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Groups were just coming into fruition when I created it, and that has a lot to do with it. In general, forums are for discussions, Facebook is for promotion. There is certainly cross-over, but facebook info is disposable as it quickly falls off the radar. While there is some cross-over, the people who are on Facebook, are generally not using forums, as you noted in your example. Two different animals. In general I use Facebook to promote websites and at the very least as a place-holder. I should do more with it to promote this site, but I haven't. |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Art, you're the real deal...Love it! |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Beal, I know the feeling...I just got a Galaxy Note 4 as a early B.D. gift from SWMBO...the learning curve is challenging...like how to turn it on...etc. I really like it but its the size of a VW...
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Location: SoCal | Don't ever try and text me...turned it off on my 3G (wife is active texting on her 4G). At times, I have been tempted to put the sim back in one of the two old small metal flip top Motorolas that I still have. I do have a tablet but wireless only. |
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Location: Taxed To Death State | At the end of the day, the more people we can spread the word too and make aware of the brand we all love so much the better. There is a whole new generation of young kids and young adults who don't get or didn't get enough exposure to the creative arts whether it be music, theater, art, etc. For the guitar players who are young all they know are Martin & Taylor. OFC, Facebook, Twitter, Pintrest, whatever the medium it may be, as long as they have access to the information that's what matters. Some people don't even own computers anymore, all they have are iPhones or Droids. Facebook is popular among the young crowd, Web Sites like this are more for the serious players and collectors to dive deeper into the brand and want to really know the nut and bolts and be part of a community. Everyone has their own method to their madness. This site still gets a ton of traffic, the Facebook sites (OFC or Collectors Group) server their purpose to the extent that it is more of a visual experience. If people need nuts and bolts info they ALWAYS end up here and for good reason. The more the Ovation name is out there, the better. |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | My flip phone doesn't even have a camera!
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Location: Texas | arthurseery - 2015-04-28 3:59 AM
We already have an Ovation FanClub... it is right here.
Then there are some of us that just ain't warmed-up to Facebook.
Personally, the Ovation Instruments Collectors Board has me visiting FB much more than I ever did.
But I don't have a smart phone, I don't text, and I definitely don't twit!
I don't even like talking on the damn phone.
"Ain't warmed up" is too polite. Some of us intentionally avoid Facebook altogether.
I don't know what that "Ovation Instrument Collectors Board" is, but
apparently you need a Facebook account just to view it? No thanks.
(And OMA, you don't need all those other gadgets, your friends know where to find you! ;-)
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | danomyte - 2015-04-29 1:59 PM
At the end of the day, the more people we can spread the word too and make aware of the brand we all love so much the better. There is a whole new generation of young kids and young adults who don't get or didn't get enough exposure to the creative arts whether it be music, theater, art, etc. For the guitar players who are young all they know are Martin & Taylor. OFC, Facebook, Twitter, Pintrest, whatever the medium it may be, as long as they have access to the information that's what matters. Some people don't even own computers anymore, all they have are iPhones or Droids. Facebook is popular among the young crowd, Web Sites like this are more for the serious players and collectors to dive deeper into the brand and want to really know the nut and bolts and be part of a community. Everyone has their own method to their madness. This site still gets a ton of traffic, the Facebook sites (OFC or Collectors Group) server their purpose to the extent that it is more of a visual experience. If people need nuts and bolts info they ALWAYS end up here and for good reason. The more the Ovation name is out there, the better.
Exactly
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