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Motorsport Crunch

  • 28-10-2009 10:57am
    #1
    cian1500ww
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,904 ✭✭✭


    Motosport Crunch is a brand new motorsport news website launching tonight at 11pm. The site covers almost every area of motorsport from the exciting Formula One to the fast paced Moto GP. All the articles are wrote by fans for fans so you're sure of a good interesting read.
    Make sure to pop by the site at 11pm tonight to be one of the first to see the newest motorsport news site on the block ;)

    http://www.motorsportcrunch.com

    Make sure to join our Facebook fan page and follow us on Twitter :D


Comments

  • #2
    amacachi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,316 ✭✭✭✭amacachi


    Bad time of the year for launching a motorsport website. :pac:


  • #3
    cian1500ww
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,904 ✭✭✭cian1500ww


    amacachi wrote: »
    Bad time of the year for launching a motorsport website. :pac:
    I know, you'd think that, but with so many championships drawing to a close and news about 2010 changes to calendars, new drivers etc. there's any amount of things to write about ;)


  • #4
    cian1500ww
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,904 ✭✭✭cian1500ww


    Site is now available, take a look http://www.motorsportcrunch.com


  • #5
    cian1500ww
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,904 ✭✭✭cian1500ww


    Some important F1 news added today http://www.motorsportcrunch.com


  • #6
    Robbo
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 10,581 Mod ✭✭✭✭Robbo


    cian1500ww wrote: »
    Some important F1 news added today http://www.motorsportcrunch.com
    Whilst I appreciate your enthusiasm, there's any number of sites out there that rely on aggregating material and producing it as copypasta. Perhaps if you could offer more by way of analysis or a different view, you could help differentiate yourself.

    I considered such a project myself (although with more of a rallying bent) a couple of years ago and came to a couple of conclusions. Firstly, there's a lot of effort to keep it moving at the same pace as your competitors, you can't take a day off; wake up on Sunday morning with a hangover, you still have to produce "content".

    Secondly, unless you're out there actually talking 1-to-1 with the people that matter, you're left with (1) press releases, (2) unsubstantiated internet scuttlebutt and (3) blatant plagiarism of the established and professional press.

    Finally, there's money. You have your hosting costs and then the direct effort you put in. What can you get back? Google ads don't really cut it and direct sponsorship needs profile and the brass balls to go looking for it.

    In summation, offer a different angle or present the content in a novel manner (I love Rallytwit these days), otherwise you're doomed to be copying and pasting mendacious press releases until you lose interest.


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