First Sponsor of New Site
I am pleased to announce that the new EaglePost, which is scheduled to go live on March 1st has secured our first Hattiesburg-based, long-term sponsor - Dohtery’s Furniture and Bedding (http://www.dohertysfurniture.com/).
I thought I’d take a moment to explain why this is so important to the future of EaglePost:
To users, EaglePost has always been and will always be free. That is not to say that the service is. The cost to run and operate EaglePost has always been covered by the Board Owner and other generous individuals who’ve made donations.
EaglePost has never had the resources to promote itself to any great extent (the Board Owners have in the past spent some money on promotion, but very little). You are most likely here because you heard about the site through word-of-mouth. I would like to change that. I would like to apply additional resources to ensure that every USM fan is aware this service exists.
To fund this additional promotion (beyond what I’m capable of donating), I have made a few changes to EaglePost. You’ll notice some Google ads on some services and the Sponsor Board. I currently have a few national services as sponsors and a “donation” button on these Sponsor Boards. The addition of Doherty’s Furniture and Bedding is a major step in the direction I hope the Sponsor Board goes for a number of reasons. Most importantly is to help build a relationship between the Hattiesburg-based businesses and the USM fan base. There has been a lot of discussion about this relationship and the basic conclusion we always seem to get to is that a good relationship is mutually beneficial.
So, with that in mind, when you or any friends or family are in the market for furniture and/or bedding I hope you’ll stop by and tell Bill I said, “Hi”. I cannot thank him enough for his support of EaglePost.
Go Eagles!