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A birthday wish
By Zach Arnold | January 19, 2006
By Zach Arnold
Today is my birthday. Which naturally means that it’s one of the few days in the calendar year in which I work on the Puroresu Power and Fight Opinion sites for less than 6 hours. Or at least I try to. Nonetheless, I do have a birthday wish that I would like all of you to try to fulfill on my behalf.
One of the big challenges that I have faced with both web sites is fundraising. I have spent so much of my time trying to build up these Internet projects because I have always believed in the cause, which is try to make as much information as possible to the average Internet reader. Over two years ago, I added audio/radio shows and created more interactivity. I converted Puroresu Power to a link-based update system that provided links to stories in multiple languages.
There are ways that you can help us out with fundraising for our two projects.
We need to raise some funds (aka capital). And the most direct way of doing this is by getting donations from you, the readers. Here are some ways that you can personally help us out and help increase the volume of activity for both the Puroresu Power & Fight Opinion web sites.
Advertising
I have worked very hard on guerilla marketing with the two sites. I’ve linked and tagged with Technorati. I’ve made sure that we have RSS & ATOM feeds. I’m working on an iTunes feed (with help from Rob Sayers). Now, the next challenge we face is buying advertising on other sites. In order to do this, we have to raise funds to do it. And we have to do careful research to pick the correct sites to advertise on. If you would like to help us out with raising funds for advertising, please send any PayPal donations to Dr. Keith Lipinski (send them to his e-mail address). Any money raised or donated will be used strictly for advertising costs.
If you run a big MMA or pro-wrestling site and are looking for a potential client/customer to buy advertising space, make your sales pitch to me. E-mail me.
Web Hosting Costs
On the Fight Opinion site, we have a link for everyone to donate via PayPal to A Small Orange, the web hosting provider of Fight Opinion. If you would like to help us pay for web hosting & server costs, it would be a tremendous help for all of us. If you would like to make donations directly to A Small Orange to help pay for our web costs, please use this link to make your donation. Your direct donation ensures that the donation money is being used 100% properly.
I have spent 15 years writing on both pro-wrestling and MMA. Nothing would make me happier than to find new ways to expand the Puroresu Power & Fight Opinion projects. It would be a lifetime achievement for me to make them as big as possible. Your help is needed and appreciated. Thank you.
Reading Material
OK, time for some Birthday reading links. These are three articles that I read and thought you might be interested in. Take a look.
- Joker’s Training Journal: Fight Training “Weird Science”
- The Arena: Ultimate Fighting Championship 58 Preview
- MMA Report: Thoughts on Ultimate Fight Night 3
Topics: All Topics, MMA, Pro-Wrestling, UFC, Zach Arnold | 6 Comments » | Permalink | Trackback |
Is there a way to donate that doesn’t involve PayPal? I’m in Australia and PayPal is hell to use when it involves foreign currency like mine
Alex – send Keith & I an e-mail (include both of us on it) and we’ll try to come up with a way that you can help out. Thank you for your support.
happy birthday man!
Happy Birthday Zach! Sorry for this late message but wish you all the best in your future undertaking and may all your wishes come true.
Hi Zach, a belated happy birthday from Vancouver! I wish you would accomplish more with working less hours than 2005 in the new year!
Belated Happy Birthday, Zach.