It’s that time of year again. Let’s cut right to the ugly-colored bar graph (the true mark of the amateur):
A pretty good quarter, all told. June would have been pretty weak had I not gone to Origins, though. Not too bad even if I haven’t yet taken Thor’s excellent advice. We’re working on it, honestly! Would The Stalwart lie to you?
The ever-foul-mouthed Keith Senkowski has posted the 2nd Quarter numbers for Conspiracy of Shadows, but I don’t know how to do a direct link with his new setup, so you’ll just have to manually look up the entry for July 19, 2006.
Glad to see Origins did well for you, Michael – is there any correlation between sales and AP threads (at the Forge or RPG.net or wherever) that you’ve observed?
What the Limey Queen said. Seen any trends in your sales? I’ve noticed mine come at the beginning or the end of the month… Never the middle it seems.
Trends? Analysis? What do you think I am, a businessman?
Honestly, I barely know what to look for, but I’ll take a peek when I get a few minutes. Part of the problem is the dearth of AP threads for WGP… IIRC, there was Thor’s Vigiles game this fall on nerdNYC, and my (unflattering) “2-fisted Prez balks” thread after Dreamation. I think that’s it on the forums. Kat just posted a new one on the Forge last night, so we’ll see about that in October.
There’s also the Grand Experiment, a fusion of WGP… and M&M, but that’s only on LJ, so I doubt it gets much notice.
If anyone knows of AP I missed, let me know.
Interesting. I’m thinking, of course, about Thor’s recent post on scenarios, and the uptick in sales that a flame war or actual play post may or may not generate. I’m pretty sure they do increase sales, but would love to see a correlation that nailed my gut feeling.
Happily, I think there’s a clear distinction between good AP and overt shilling.
Glad to see Origins did well for you, Michael – is there any correlation between sales and AP threads (at the Forge or RPG.net or wherever) that you’ve observed?
What the Limey Queen said. Seen any trends in your sales? I’ve noticed mine come at the beginning or the end of the month… Never the middle it seems.
Trends? Analysis? What do you think I am, a businessman?
Honestly, I barely know what to look for, but I’ll take a peek when I get a few minutes. Part of the problem is the dearth of AP threads for WGP… IIRC, there was Thor’s Vigiles game this fall on nerdNYC, and my (unflattering) “2-fisted Prez balks” thread after Dreamation. I think that’s it on the forums. Kat just posted a new one on the Forge last night, so we’ll see about that in October.
There’s also the Grand Experiment, a fusion of WGP… and M&M, but that’s only on LJ, so I doubt it gets much notice.
If anyone knows of AP I missed, let me know.
Interesting. I’m thinking, of course, about Thor’s recent post on scenarios, and the uptick in sales that a flame war or actual play post may or may not generate. I’m pretty sure they do increase sales, but would love to see a correlation that nailed my gut feeling.
Happily, I think there’s a clear distinction between good AP and overt shilling.