There is an important conversation about the future of paper certificates happening on the CQWW blog. Please visit http://cqww.com/blog/the-future-of-paper-certificates/ and add your opinion to the m
Extremely interesting. I like the idea of the printable also. Just curious tho. With the paper they make certs, how down the scores did they go in say 2013? Where they automatically sent one to someo
The CQ WW and CQ WPX send paper certificates to the winner of each category for each call area/country. In the past there would sometimes be certificates for lower places, but that has not been true
We are using a nice feature for our contest certs in EA. If you are a category winner you can ask for the paper certificate and we send it printed, if you don't like it we save money.. just giving an
As Randy said on his blog, over 2000 certificates went out for each mode of CQWW last year. To put things in perspective, that means about 25% of the entrants in the CQ contests get a certificate. 73
Author: Rudy Bakalov via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2015 20:15:50 -0400
I personally don't care about a paper certificate, but do remember the excitement of receiving my first one. In fact, it was the certificate that encouraged me to come back to the contesting world ha
" The publishing business is all about eyeballs and without the contests there will be no eyeballs." Sadly (for us contesters) this is not true. If you look at reader surveys conducted by both CQ and
Send first-time winners a certificate for free. Charge others enough to cover the free ones, too. Or: look at it as a money-maker. Surely, if ICOM can sponsor unsponsored ARRL plaques, Yaesu or Kenwo
Simple. The magazine and newspaper business has been in trouble since the rise of the internet. CQ is on the edge financially. It's not what they WANT to do, it's what they CAN do. 73, Jim K9YC _____
Randy makes a compelling point. I have decided that I will gladly finance the next certificate or walnut plaque that I win. Now, about those guys who want me to pay for their trip to Germany........
Author: Rudy Bakalov via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2015 13:40:28 -0400
If this is the case then the magazine has outlived its usefulness and relevance as a contest sponsor. Perhaps some of the equipment manufacturers would be interested in more prominent sponsorship in
I think Kelly has a very good point here about maintaining certificates for the first-time winners. In my early contesting years, it was really great to get a certificate for something in the mail (s
Contests were never money makers for any magazine. The difference is the cost of the contest was easily covered by other revenues, including subscription revenue, which dictated advertising revenue:
I have seen some interesting ideas posted regarding certificates. I think that making the certificates available on the internet is just fine. Those folks that get an exalted position can get a plaqu
Author: Rudy Bakalov via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2015 14:43:36 -0400
CQ Magazine is utterly mismanaged. It has failed to recognize and embrace the impact of the Internet and user created content. It is not a viable business, with or without printed certificates, unles
How many of us would be CQ Magazine subscribers if it weren't for the contest results? Barry W2UP That formula holds in reverse: the fewer readers, then you have fewer advertisers each willing to pay
Sending magazine issues out months late or sometimes not at all probably has not helped with their circulation totals. John KK9A How many of us would be CQ Magazine subscribers if it weren't for the
I would. I enjoy the articles, and it's always good to have more than one solitary voice speaking for amateur radio. -- Chuck Milam, N9KY N9KY@arrl.net _______________________________________________
Author: Ktfrog007--- via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2015 11:16:27 -0400
I had an online CQ subscription (which lapsed a few months ago) because I felt mailing the magazine had become a burden for CQ. But I hated the Zinio reader and couldn't access it on my Nook e-reader
Sending magazine issues out months late or sometimes not at all is a SYMPTOM of financial problems. So is turnover of long time staff. CQ has been struggling for a while. They have been very supporti