Matt / PA

Yeah I'm here because I'm a glutton for punishment.

No not at all.......it's just 'Off" a bit. LOL
Don't lump the staff in as part of an advertising campaign, the fact that we're all here has nothing to do with sponsorship or selling bows or tapping into the subconcious of the members. We'd all still be here if Bowtech went belly up tomorrow. (That should start a rumor)
They don't care that we're here or probably even know we're here, only that if we do make ourselves available to the public that we do so in a professional manner that will reflect well on the company.

As always as well, brand loyalty breeds free advertising with any company. We're happy when guys choose to display Bowtech avatars or recommend the bows, no different than if they have a Mathews , or Hoyt one. Good for them too.

Thesponsorship of this site isn't anything 'Slick', geez we're HOPING that everyone reads those banners, and clicks the links. That's as in your face advertising asBowtech can get on a site like this. Nothing subliminal about it it's just plain ol' advertising.

quiksilver

Subtle: www.huntingnet.com

versus

Not-so-Subtle: http://forums.mathewsinc.com/

Germ

Ok Matt, LOL Like it or not you are a part of advertising and marketing.I know how busniesses work, I know how marketing departments work. They(Bowtech) do a great Job

Matt / PA

That I agree with.

Grandviewer

I know I'm just a knuckle dragging bow hunter but I see Bowtech Corporate Staffall over this site so don't tell me this ain't a bowtech under ground site - please insult us some more.

Germ

This would fall under the Not-so-Subtle

Matt / PA

Quote:

I know I'm just a knuckle dragging bow hunter but I see Bowtech Corporate Staffall over this site so don't tell me this ain't a bowtech under ground site - please insult us some more.

Nobody is insulting anybody.......some of you guys just aren't hearing what I am saying. The Bowtech corporate staff mostly came about because this is where the contacts were made to find those people. They were already here, we just made them official........YOu guys also need to understand these are the same people who are standing at our booth at a Deer and Turkey Expo, or Cabela's sale or standing at the bow rack during a sale at Bass Pro talking about and setting up Diamonds, they are the same people working the interactive shooting trailer or manning the Rascal game at a big IBO shoot.
They just happen to also be members here. Being here isn't their function. They could all sign off and never come back here tomorrow....that's not their function.
IASKED all the members of the Bowtech corporate staff who are also members here to please list that line in their signatures.......that way people know up front that they are dealing with an official representative of the company. That way they cannot be accused of "Hiding" anything or having an agenda.
It simply puts it up front and makes them available for help if need be.
If you see that tagline you can then make your own conclusions as to a bias or agenda.

Buck Magnet

Yeah, alot of guys don't seem to realize that 99% of these corporate staff members were using this forum before they become staff members for BowTech. BowTech didn't recruit these guys to come onto this board and post, they were already members, and now they are just associated with BowTech!

I for one am happy to have these guys here, no matter what brand of bow you shoot, these guys will have info that will help with any problems that you have.

Sooner State Hunter

You are insinuating that "not-so-subtle" is bad. Why should one have to guess where to go to get technical advice on a particular brand of bow?

Washington Hunter

No one is saying that "not-so-subtle" is bad, its just not subtle.

You can tell for absolute sure that Mathew's forum is just that, a forum for Mathew's shooters.

HuntingNet may not be owned soley by Bowtech, but it is a Bowtech heavy forum. Lots of corporate staff, lots of Bowtech shooters. Subtle.