Just some thoughts on the newsletter and the site, James...
The site gives us links to key stuff and that is great, and the newsletter does not NEED to cover all the same stuff. But the newsletter should be readable and an overview of things, so I like the idea of two longer posts a week to do more of a narrative overview of happening along with some information not covered on the site. My guess is that MOST of your newsletter readers are looking at the site at least once a day -- I often bounce there two or three times a day.
And I will repeat my oft-mentioned note that coverage of the "minor" sports is very interesting to me. The women's soccer team played an exhibition yesterday evening but NOTHING about that anywhere -- I checked in Perplexity and Comet and nothing about results. They are Defending National Champions, so we should look to GENERATE interest.
Neat to see Marie McCool on the world team along with our other stars. THAT is the stuff that won't appear on the site and the background stuff that would make the newsletter more valuable to people like me.
Understand that so many of us are FAR from Chapel Hill. Keeping us informed is valuable.
Thanks for great feedback, Scott. I looked all over for the results from last night’s women’s soccer scrimmage (even on the UNCW site), and it was nowhere to be found. I’ll keep digging today and include it Monday if I can find it. If anyone else knows the results, please leave a note in the comments.
It is not about that game but about the overall coverage of these minor sports. That is the key point I wanted to make. I'm guessing we kicked ass in the game but it IS the preseason and an exhibition so unimportant overall. The newsletter should give us info NOT generally found on the site.
It should be your narrative. Your views on what is happening are so much different than the views of your general readership, so share that stuff. Will the baseball team get a new support dog? What has been going on with Vance? Just things like that.
Just some thoughts on the newsletter and the site, James...
The site gives us links to key stuff and that is great, and the newsletter does not NEED to cover all the same stuff. But the newsletter should be readable and an overview of things, so I like the idea of two longer posts a week to do more of a narrative overview of happening along with some information not covered on the site. My guess is that MOST of your newsletter readers are looking at the site at least once a day -- I often bounce there two or three times a day.
And I will repeat my oft-mentioned note that coverage of the "minor" sports is very interesting to me. The women's soccer team played an exhibition yesterday evening but NOTHING about that anywhere -- I checked in Perplexity and Comet and nothing about results. They are Defending National Champions, so we should look to GENERATE interest.
Neat to see Marie McCool on the world team along with our other stars. THAT is the stuff that won't appear on the site and the background stuff that would make the newsletter more valuable to people like me.
Understand that so many of us are FAR from Chapel Hill. Keeping us informed is valuable.
Have FUN out There!
Thanks for great feedback, Scott. I looked all over for the results from last night’s women’s soccer scrimmage (even on the UNCW site), and it was nowhere to be found. I’ll keep digging today and include it Monday if I can find it. If anyone else knows the results, please leave a note in the comments.
It is not about that game but about the overall coverage of these minor sports. That is the key point I wanted to make. I'm guessing we kicked ass in the game but it IS the preseason and an exhibition so unimportant overall. The newsletter should give us info NOT generally found on the site.
It should be your narrative. Your views on what is happening are so much different than the views of your general readership, so share that stuff. Will the baseball team get a new support dog? What has been going on with Vance? Just things like that.
(In my tiny view of things)
This is the best Tar Heel site!
Thanks for all you do and for being the Database!
I appreciate the kind words, and if there's ever anything I can do to improve it for you, please let me know. Your input helps steer the ship.