David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director, Grassroots Motorsports & Classic Motorsports
6/2/16 1:40 p.m.

We're about to launch our next e-newsletter, and there's some good content in there. While it's light on BMX stuff, it's still anther way to enjoy some GRM goodness. It's free, too.

You can sign up here.

Enjoy and thanks.

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director, Grassroots Motorsports & Classic Motorsports
6/2/16 10:18 p.m.

So everyone's getting it, right?

And very soon we'll be hosting some newsletter-only contests. What kind of prizes? Cool ones, of course.

M2Pilot
M2Pilot HalfDork
6/2/16 10:37 p.m.

Don't know about everyone but I got mine & enjoyed. Can't wait to win cool prizes too

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director, Grassroots Motorsports & Classic Motorsports
6/2/16 10:41 p.m.

Cool and cool.

Thank you.

paranoid_android74
paranoid_android74 SuperDork
6/3/16 7:24 a.m.

I haven't received one in some time.

So I signed up again, maybe that will fix it

1988RedT2
1988RedT2 PowerDork
6/3/16 7:36 a.m.

What is it, like email? I don't really read that stuff.

foxtrapper
foxtrapper UltimaDork
6/3/16 7:43 a.m.

Think this is the first I've ever heard of it.

gearheadmb
gearheadmb HalfDork
6/3/16 8:34 a.m.

I got mine. Haven't looked too close at it yet but it did show up.

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director, Grassroots Motorsports & Classic Motorsports
6/3/16 8:41 a.m.

Yes, they're sent via e-mail. Plus our message board members have been known to make regular appearances.

Adrian_Thompson
Adrian_Thompson MegaDork
6/3/16 8:49 a.m.

Found it, it goes to my 'promotions' box in GMAIL which I treat like a spam filter and never look at.

Adrian_Thompson
Adrian_Thompson MegaDork
6/3/16 8:53 a.m.

Hmm, looking at it, I think it might be appropriately filed after all.

Marjorie Suddard
Marjorie Suddard General Manager, Grassroots Motorsports & Classic Motorsports
6/3/16 9:31 a.m.

There is some promotion in it, but as always it's stuff from our world we hope will be of interest and value--just as in the magazine. There's also editorial content, sometimes cameos from forum members, alerts to event happenings (this is where you'll learn about things like our Rolex tickets being released for sale).

Bottom line, we try hard to make it interesting and a quality piece. Sorry if you caught a whiff of commerce--capitalism is all great on the Internet until someone fears writers will stop writing for free.

Margie

NOHOME
NOHOME PowerDork
6/3/16 9:34 a.m.

yup

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director, Grassroots Motorsports & Classic Motorsports
6/3/16 9:38 a.m.
Adrian_Thompson wrote: Hmm, looking at it, I think it might be appropriately filed after all.

Just for Adrien, I'm going to ask Tom to add something extra special to the next one. Trust me, you're going to love it.

Adrian_Thompson
Adrian_Thompson MegaDork
6/3/16 10:05 a.m.
David S. Wallens wrote:
Adrian_Thompson wrote: Hmm, looking at it, I think it might be appropriately filed after all.
Just for Adrien, I'm going to ask Tom to add something extra special to the next one. Trust me, you're going to love it.

I appreciate that.

I may have come off a bit snarky, but I opened it and scrolled down. I saw a pic of Tommy's Trooper and it talked about tires. I clicked expecting a piece about how to choose tires, instead it went straight to the manufactures page. Then I saw a pic of an SVX. 'ooo' went my brain so I clicked it. Link back to the forum. 'Booo' went my brain. I got tuned off after that. I guess I'll go back and read in more detail until I get the next issue announcing I won the race deck flooring, plus an article on cheap hop ups for Boxsters and a Volvo C30 build :)

Marjorie Suddard
Marjorie Suddard General Manager, Grassroots Motorsports & Classic Motorsports
6/3/16 10:20 a.m.

Fair enough. I'll move "kill Adrian" back down my to-do list.

Margie

Adrian_Thompson
Adrian_Thompson MegaDork
6/3/16 10:51 a.m.
Marjorie Suddard wrote: Fair enough. I'll move "kill Adrian" back down my to-do list. Margie

Sorry guys, back to the warehouse, Margie doesn't need the supplies today after all.

alfadriver
alfadriver MegaDork
6/3/16 11:19 a.m.
David S. Wallens wrote:
Adrian_Thompson wrote: Hmm, looking at it, I think it might be appropriately filed after all.
Just for Adrien, I'm going to ask Tom to add something extra special to the next one. Trust me, you're going to love it.

May be a dumb question- why not have those articles in the magazine. The one that people pay for?

I appreciate the newsletters, and I also appreciate that you have to advertise in them, so that the are not for free.

But it seems as if that's what the magazine is for- paying subscriptions and paying newstand prices and all.

alfadriver
alfadriver MegaDork
6/3/16 11:20 a.m.

In reply to Adrian_Thompson:

FWIW, Adrian- you didn't win. Neither did I....

Marjorie Suddard
Marjorie Suddard General Manager, Grassroots Motorsports & Classic Motorsports
6/3/16 11:26 a.m.

Lots of places do just that, but I guess we just try to give people what we'd be interested in seeing, as well as provide a glimpse of what we do, hoping that people will be motivated to check us out further. Kind of the drug-dealer's approach: first taste is free.

Besides, a lot of our newsletter readers ARE subscribers.

Margie

revrico
revrico GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
6/3/16 11:47 a.m.

I just signed up. Compared to all the other newsletters I get, this one will at least be informative. I will admit, paranoid Android pointed out he caught the tape numbers thread thanks to the newsletter, which swayed me somewhat this way. I might not have much of a life, but I still miss important threads from time to time.

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