[NoVa-Corvairs] A few thoughts on the Vair Fair...

[Stan Darke]

hi fellas-

Back from India and almost back to my normal sleep schedule.  The good
thing is that my wife is still falling asleep at 8pm and I'm waking up to
breakfast and coffee in bed at 5:30 am.  We'll see how long that lasts.

I'm catching up on emails, but regarding social media, I'm happy to start
up an instagram and run that, along with anyone else who wants to post. I
have gained a lot of followers to my personal instagram, including a ton of
corvair guys around the country. It's easy to find them- they always follow
fellow corvair people. I've also gotten retweets and comments from Jay Leno
on twitter and many other people with tons of followers.  I have 437
currently on instagram and could get many of those to follow our club
account.  Below is a link to my page- you can scroll down for more pics- I
use mine for my cars but also my daily things, so you have to scroll down a
ways to see the car posts, since I've been in India for 2 weeks..

https://www.instagram.com/corvairstan/



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On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 6:32 PM, ALBERT BIRKS via Novacc-list <
novacc-list at corvair.org> wrote:

> Brian: Considering our resources, I believe the Sully and Rockville major
> classic car shows are the two best publicity events/activities we can
> offer.  However, to implement the benefit, we need a good showing at both
> of these along with owners to talk to prospective owners. As you indicate,
> other "social" media is available, however it takes a professional effort
> to keep them alive and interesting.
>
> Al Birks
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Bryan Blackwell via Novacc-list <novacc-list at corvair.org>
> *To:* Stan Darke <stan at dmvtees.com> ; Northern Va Corvair Club
> <novacc-list at corvair.org>
> *Sent:* Monday, December 28, 2015 10:14 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [NoVa-Corvairs] A few thoughts on the Vair Fair...
>
> Hi Stan,
>
> Some great thoughts there, social media is just today's version of radio
> and print - remember when people on the bus had their noses buried in a
> paper or an earphone jacked into the transistor radio?
>
> I will mention we've gotten some public turnout, and I think getting a
> larger event is possible, but just be aware that this event is really
> geared more toward the "all out" Corvair enthusiast, rather than being a
> multi marque meet up (I'm thinking Katie's or some of the online club
> meets).  We could consider doing more of that sort of thing to expose the
> cars to the public, it would fit that model better, and of course it's less
> up front work so a more frequent event is workable.
>
> One point on social media for everyone - it's not a matter of cost, it's a
> matter of using it.  I think a club Instagram account would be great, but
> we (many of us) should plan to post to it monthly or weekly to make it
> really work.  I post to our FB group now, adding that should be easy
> (pretty sure there are tools to do both at once).  Same thing with Twitter,
> stuff needs to go out to make it useful.
>
> I view these things as really good extensions of the club, there's a lot
> we can do with it.
>
> --Bryan
>
> > On Dec 17, 2015, at 8:14 PM, Stan Darke via Novacc-list <
> novacc-list at corvair.org> wrote:
> >
> > From the meeting/holiday party, I just was a bit discouraged by hearing
> people sit around and talking about selling a maximum of 50 t-shirts.  And
> not because I would make money- as I said, I am happy to do shirts at near
> cost... but because I would never settle for hosting an event where we
> would have people come from all over, yet only sell 50 t-shirts.  I think
> we should all open our minds a bit to what the future holds for Corvairs.
> I believe they are one of the most beautifully designed cars of the 60's.
> Definitely, as far as American made, and for a GM car.. (although I always
> loved Corvettes and Impalas, Corvairs have a European feeling body line
> that was very unique).
> > I would love to help make the 2016 Vair Fair an event that will help
> bring more positive attention to our cars.  I think we need to create
> social media accounts like Instagram and Twitter, in addition to the
> facebook page, and make it a point to get tons of new followers.  I'm happy
> to volunteer to run an Instagram account.  I think we can grow lots of
> support that way.
> >
>
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