Just wanted to say thanks to all the loyal members here.
It seems like every time I turn around, some ones creating a new FB group or instagram feed to capture a cheap easy way to claim a little fame in this game. Its a battle I struggle with every day to keep traffic coming here.
I've spent years building this site and the SCJB brand to what it is. It wasnt an over night success. I've even lost girlfriends over it (no joke! lol)
I've been doing this site before facebook existed and myspace was all the rave. Before RDP and PB were in existence....and the OG hotboat (where it REALLY began, not the current site) was the only site out there worth mentioning. Hotboat was cool, but it was filled full of jackasses. I created SCJB with the sense of making a community, not a forum of ridicule, cliques, and shenanigans.
But now with a few clicks, you can create your own FB group and with no ease at all, you can reel in a few thousand members.....for what? No one realize the joke FB is playing you all on......let me explain.
So I create a site (socaljetboats.com) and put up my own content (articles, threads, pics, videos, etc).....and I run ads to make money, right?
Now follow this....
You post YOUR videos (keyword: content) on youtube, you can monetize (make money on) them, right?
Now you post YOUR content on facebook...your information, your pictures, your videos, etc.....YOU have to pay to get people to see them by boosting your post. This is no joke. I post something on the socaljetboats facebook page, I get maybe a few hundred views out of the 1,500 people who like the page. Now if I boost a post (I did this when I posted the shirts for sale) by spending $30, I get 6,500 views.
Facebook has flipped the whole ideology of how the internet works on its head by making you have to PAY to get SEEN.....all while they slam every ad in the world in your face.
This is no conspiracy theory. Its all right there for you to see. I am just ranting to make you all aware what youre buying into when you sign up for those groups on facebook. I understand they are convenient and easy since its all right there in facebook, but also know its feeding the monster which is killing what's been loyal to you - the grass roots jet boat owners website: SoCalJetBoats.com.
So that being said, thank you all for being loyal to this site. I try to go above and beyond what the other sites and groups have to offer. (videos, mobile app, shirts, dvd's, etc) ...all this doesn't come without expense. Its been a long way to get to this point and I still always try to keep things growing and evolving.
-Brad
