Earth's Mightiest Fansites: A Call to Arms! Or At Least to Post

Aha..

I'm sorry you're unwilling to check it out. You might like it.

Chinese food is never a continental buffet's strength. You simply don't go there if you want to eat real good chinese food. Not trying to rain on anyone's parade, but this has been attempted before without any success.

LOL @Rodimus9

Sorry @Ed. I've been a member over there for a long time, but I'm starting to think CBM would have to go down for Earth's Mightiest to get that kind of attention.

Admittedly I haven't been over to EM in a while, but I'm gonna try to hang out there more often, Ed.

@Shaman- Aw, c'mon man, it's a really cool site!

I'll go there when I want to read about a scoop of somebody elses scoop that they found on ew.com....retards...LOL!!



FYME ;-)

With all due respect, Rodimus9, 80% of CBM's headlines are aggregated from other sites. There have been and will continue to also be exclusive interviews over there on subjects that won't fit here.

HeyVanity, thanks. Appreciate the good wishes. I really do believe that there's something there.

@EdGross- Yeah I tried to join a few weeks ago and never got a confirmation email so I gave up.

Rodimus9, just like CBM, anyone posting pages with google adsense can make money doing so. And if you think I'm somehow getting rich doing this stuff, you're mistaken. It's about trying to grow something that may pay off in the future -- and the same is true for anyone who gets involved.

TwilightMutant, if you can, try again and if you don't get a response I'll check into it.

MsKyle08 is awesome! It amazes me sometimes how logic seems to elude so many frequenters of CBM. Tell 'em, honeychild!

MsKyle, thanks. Appreciate it.

Swanky, not a lot of book and music coverage at this point, but the field is wide open. What I love about it is that the subjects can be SO wide-ranging.

And, Intruder, we're glad to have you.

Matches- Physically, EM's just as cool as CBM. That's the truth. I mean, it has the same blueprint. But there in lies the problem. It's "as" cool as CBM while CBM ain't going anywhere, rather just as strong as it's always been. So, to make people go there, especially by advertising it ON CBM, you need to make it "cool-er". I've tried going to more than one website that offered the same perks before and you know what happens? Not only me but many others that do try it eventually just gravitate back to the ONE place where they get the MOST of what they look for.

To make people CHOOSE to eat your continental buffet's chinese food over their own local favorites (to which they seem to enjoy every single day without feeling the need to try anything new), you need to make BETTER food to offer them. Not the same food (with a slightly different taste) with the option to fill their plates with greek, italian, french and indian foods as well.

A one-stop shop doesn't succeed unless they have something other popular stores can't give their already established clientele. Does Wal-Mart make their money from offering the same products that could be found elsewhere WITHOUT lowering their prices? Of course not. That wouldn't even be logical. You bet your sweet ass they make their prices so low that their competitiors can't even afford to compete anymore. That's how they became that big, that popular. But news is free and no matter how you sugar-coat it, it still tastes the same.

And i'm sure you've heard this expression before: "You can't sell ice to inuits". If you offer people what they are already getting everyday for free and all you've got to offer them as incentives is what they aren't really interested in, why would they go for it? I mean, you've seen what happens when a non-comic-related article pops up on CBM. People go apeshit saying it has no business being here in the first place, and add that they aren't coming to this place for unrelated stuff. And although EM's and Ed's articles are just as well written as the ones on CBM, it's still a proven fact that people will prefer to read the comic book film related ones on CBM than at EM. It's just how it is and it's certainly not because EM hasn't been advertised enough or inappropriately. For EM to thrive, they'd either have to completely quit the CBM news and focus on a different specific niche or completely merge with CBM under one roof(which would equivalate to CBM shutting down and let's face it, that's not going to happen). What actually made CBM this big and popular is the fact that they did specifically the OPPOSITE of EM. They saw people's thirst for comic book film news, to which people only got by the drop amongst plenty of film news they weren't interested in, and they decided to make a place where all the CBM fans can get their fix. BOOM! Success.

I really do wish for EM to do well. I have nothing "against" the site itself, it's a fine site. But it's just not something i see people "prefering" over what they're already getting, even if EM gets exclusives. I mean seriously, we've all seen what these websites do when news pops up exclusively elsewhere. They make their own news article about it with just a link to the source. And i know for a fact that PLENTY of readers don't follow that link. Some might, to get the full story, but they rarely ever jump ships. They come back to the site they continuously enjoy. It's just a small fact of life. Sorry to be a pain but if EM had what the people truly wanted and searched for, it would already be bigger than CBM. EM isn't new. It didn't start yesterday. And it certainly isn't lacking any exposure from popular sites such as CBM.

I dig EM. They have some great stuff and you don't have to listen to some douche whining about how this doesn't haev anythign to do with comicbooks.

I'll help any way I can Ed. I do have to admit that I have contributed and frequented over there before but I always seem to gravitate back to CBM. Not through any lack of interest, it just seems like I get caught up with whats going on here and don't make it back over there for sometimes weeks at a time.

I've said before that my work is sporadic but any time I'm online I'll see if I can't browse and contribute. It is a great site and worth the effort to try and build it into something bigger.

i'm already on EM man jst havent made any articles on it yet tho

Love your work ED! I just forget to go over there. But i will definatly make an effort to visit more. I wish you the best of luck my friend!

I go to EM and Post as well but Comics is my thing so I orbit this site more so then not.

Hey Ed...I was at EM first, then found CBM... I love 'em both. You have a solid following and foundation, forget the naysayers and the weak ass chinese buffet bullshit! Rodimus...go [frick] yourself when shaman pulls out...

EMF is Cool.... It's No different than CBM...

Hi, Ed. Very interested in EM and I already know I'm gonna get butchered for saying it, but I'm not sure I understand the process of getting a fansite up and running on EM. Can you direct me to any source that would give me the basics?