There is a robust amount of video on YouTube which is the largest
houser of video on the web. Just do a search. Many of the videos I've
watched have a large number of hits. In talking to new members of my
club, there seems to be an awareness of these YouTube videos and an
excitement generated by them. I often mention the YouTube links to
prospective new members.

What seems to be missing is not promotional content but rather the
next step of directing them to a clearing house for getting directly
involved with soaring, ie the "next step". The videos I've watched
often mention the local group that made the video (We've made a few
for OCSA), but for those prospects not in my clubs marketing area they
don't get a hand off. If every video ended with a link to an IGC
listing of national organizations, and if every national organization
had a listing of all their associated clubs, and every club had a
welcoming message to share with the viewer then the waterfall would be
complete. The SSA's "Where to Soar" section is an example but is
never mentioned in any video I've seen.

How can we encourage our video posters to include a (inter)national
link?

LT
54 and getting older...

PS- Posting seminars, etc is a great idea too for those of us adready
into soaring, but this does not address the "new student" promotional
issue which was borge's original question.

PPS- Noel, I'd like to hear more about your "social settings and the
psychology of the generation gap" as you mention in #2 of your post.




On Nov 13, 5:10*am, wrote:
Does anyone out there have a good example how we in gliding community
using Podcasts to spread our information and stories ? *Have the
feeling we don’t attract new students in there channels.