This Week's Sign That The Economy Apocalypse Is Upon Us
by Ben Golliver on Mar 17, 2009 2:59 PM PDT
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PrintSports Radio 95.5FM has turned to craigslist to sell advertisements for .... 20.... dollars... a .... day.
20 dollars gets you 10 seconds during any program.
Why don't you write out your own 10 second script in the comments? Be creative: sell whatever product/service/person/etc. you'd like.
Let's turn this into a contest. Rec your favorites.
-- Ben (benjamin.golliver@gmail.com)
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hi my names sophia
and my facebook is www.facebook.com/sophia.blazers
add me
Sophia
Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod. - William Shakespeare
Roses are red
violets in bloom
Sophia’s in love
with Nicholas Batum
-Bow4Meow
by BlazerFan1 on Mar 17, 2009 3:03 PM PDT reply actions 3 recs
Hi Sophia!
your link doesn’t work… or wait, was that the radio add you would play?
"Travis has more hops than a bunny in a brewery. He elevates so high his seat doubles as a flotation device."
-Dave
by SabonisBonus on Mar 17, 2009 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Darn it...
I thought I was gonna add a new friend. Maybe someone on ESPN.com wants to be my friend.
so as I read this....
I immediately thought to myself how I bet there are a huge group of people who will read it and think it’s legit, and try to “friend” her.
Fellas…it’s called eharmony.com, and it actually works pretty well
Golly Gee, I sure hope I didn't huwt anybody's feewings.... sniff...sniff....
GO G.O. ! You've got a calcium supplement endorsement waiting for you!
You guys really should do some BE ads. it would be quick like “If you are a Blazers fan talk about it on BlazersEdge.com”
I hope I can get a bunch of championships, like 15. " - Greg Oden
Or “BlazersEdge.Com home of the NBA’s Smartest Fans”
I hope I can get a bunch of championships, like 15. " - Greg Oden
More like this…
“Home to the NBA’s smartest fans, or are you dumb enough to contest it?”
win/win
"Literary Criticism is not bookkeeping." -SB
by nightbluefruit on Mar 17, 2009 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions
think about all the riff raff that would attract though
say no to riff raff!
"Travis has more hops than a bunny in a brewery. He elevates so high his seat doubles as a flotation device."
-Dave
by SabonisBonus on Mar 17, 2009 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Fight back against a bad economy!
Raise your net hourly wage for actual work by spending your boss’s money. Take time form your busy work day to check out Blazersedge – THE site for Blazer fans and structuralist analysis of the desire to win and NBA championship.
by raoulduke on Mar 17, 2009 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions 12 recs
very nice
Give the man his "M"!!!
by you'vegottomakeyourfreethrows on Mar 17, 2009 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Blazers Edge....
…….it’s as healthy for Blazers addicts as holding an AA meeting at a brewery. Ben & Dave are your brewmasters.
Yes! Yes! In the face!
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by 2phattoplay on Mar 17, 2009 3:14 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
It would be entertaining to hear you try to get all that out in 10 seconds.
by still.i.rise on Mar 17, 2009 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions
your right
i guess i would have to fork over at least another twenty.
sorry charlie
each rod takes 40 to 50hrs.to craft, and 200.00 worth of components. even at my price that works out to less than someone working at mcdonalds.when you count all the overhead.. …. the only way i make a small fortune is if i start with a large one!!!
For play during the MSP
Tired of hearing the People’s Chump, I mean Champ, talk about what a disappointment Greg Oden is? Turn to 1080 the Fan and hear 10 minutes of Blazers coverage a day, tops. We can’t possibly fit much bagging on Oden time in ten minutes, can we?
by homersolo on Mar 17, 2009 3:15 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
I stopped listening to MSP when they said Rudy acted like a wuss after the Ariza foul
When you’re dealing with possible neck/back injuries, the rule is you don’t move and don’t let morons like that move you either.
Oh, and the Oden talk was getting old too. Wow, I’ve really worked myself up thinking about how irritating that show is. I would far rather listen to the entire BFT than 10 minutes of their drivel. I appreciate that Canzano has admitted the times he’s been wrong…well, most of them anyway.
If you can't laugh at yourself, everyone else probably is already.
Ben.... if you don;t mind me asking.
about how much revenue does BlazersEdge bring in from its advertising… I completely understand if you don’t want to answer.
The last I heard, blogs are rarely heavily profitable
The exceptions are blogs where they have a very strong base (ie. a major nationally-read blog) and has very well targeted advertising that’s really effective.
Many blogs barely make enough to pay for bandwidth, if they host it themselves. (That’s why many use blogger, etc)
I don’t know how BE does financially. But I imagine it’s nothing to get too excited about. And don’t forget, it’s SBN’s site.
(This is all “to my knowledge”… no guarantees it’s all current)
Newspapers are vanishing all over the country.
That’s a lot of advertising space no longer available to advertisers. Where are those dollars going instead? Surely not to the Internet. What happens when the recession ends?
I’m curious to see where the reporters and journalists who wrote for those local publications end-up. Are any of those who have transitioned to a website or blog earning comparable pay?
Actually....a LOT of ad money
IS flowing to the internet. A bunch from radio, magazines and newspaper (a TON from newspaper).
I say that as a guy who works in advertising. :-)
by antediluvian on Mar 17, 2009 5:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm guessing at least 80% of that money
is going to some Russian hacker with a spambot no one can stop.
So both you and Ben really get nothing for running this site?
I hope I can get a bunch of championships, like 15. " - Greg Oden
A powerful load of self-satisfaction
Blazers win BDL 2 on 2 tournament!
Skeets: i’ll close it down now … congrats. you bastards
some girl named Megan offered to buy Dave a beer at the Bedge party
that ought to count for something
Bedge or go home -- Sabonis4Ever
I was going to say I just wait for girls to ask for my email address
but then I started to count how many times that’s happened….and I couldn’t think of any….
Bedge or go home -- Sabonis4Ever
by prezofdeath on Mar 17, 2009 11:27 PM PDT up reply actions
cute little girl
last name Fox I think. – Elgin
Blazers win BDL 2 on 2 tournament!
Skeets: i’ll close it down now … congrats. you bastards
Or During Wheels at Work
Thanks to the lampbam surgery, even Wheels doesn’t hang out at Schonley’s Place after the game. Come to where real fans gather after a game: Blazersedge.com
Kill your productivity...
and join Blazers Edge today!
(then, in the super fast voice, say this)All newbies are subject to first post hazing and harrassment. Newbies must carry Dave’s luggage when he makes it to the city. Newbies are to hold the lens for ben when he’s pic’in kix.
Give the man his "M"!!!
by you'vegottomakeyourfreethrows on Mar 17, 2009 3:17 PM PDT reply actions
Good for 95.5. Seriously!
They’re using every option available to bring business in, and to let people know “we’re willing to make deals”. It’s better than wasting that air time.. just like an airline seat, once that chance passes, it’s gone.
I know it looks like it’s “beneath them”, but it’s like a person who’s will take a job they previously saw as beneath them, to make sure they can pay the bills.
So, huzzah, good for them.
On a related note, hey 95.5, I don’t live in Portland, but I NEVER hear anything positive about your sports talk guys from the commenters who do live there. Maybe you’d get more listeners and, therefore, more advertisers, if people liked your hosts more.
Just a random thought.
Narrator: "Like sports arguments with no real answer?"
Fan 1: “Sergio!”
Fan 2: “Bayless!”
Fan 1: “Sergio!”
Fan 2: “Bayless!”
“BlazersEdge.com…….We don’t have anything better to do either.”
Yes! Yes! In the face!
by LeafHawk on Mar 17, 2009 3:22 PM PDT reply actions 22 recs
rec'd
nailed it
"Travis has more hops than a bunny in a brewery. He elevates so high his seat doubles as a flotation device."
-Dave
by SabonisBonus on Mar 17, 2009 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions
rec
"I've learned one thing, and that's to quit worrying about stupid things. You have four years to be irresponsible here. Relax. Work is for people with jobs. You'll never remember class time, but you'll remember time you wasted hanging out with your friends. So, stay out late. Go out on a Tuesday with your friends when you have a paper due Wednesday. Spend money you don't have. Drink 'till sunrise. The work never ends, but college does" - Tom Petty
Everything I'd pay for would get me in trouble
Oh, I got one.
If you think the Blazers suck and they are soft, then go to my webpage, http://blazerssuck.blogspot.com/ to share your opinion about their suckiness.
by tominhawaii on Mar 17, 2009 3:31 PM PDT reply actions 10 recs
LaMarcus and Channing are the best
Lamarcus – injury Prone soft Chuckler
Channing – see LA only softer.
HAHAHAHA
OH! HE JAMS WITH TWO HANDS! You gotta be kidding me!
Now don't get too excited Bayless, We'll let MB do that -
No get excited! TELL EM WHERE YOU'RE FROM!
Travis was the funniest
slow like forest gump
Epic
wow
did you create that just for this comment? I feel like a slacker.
rec.
vanillathrillagorillaprzybilla
by RenoBlazerFan on Mar 17, 2009 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions
How much income do you make from your Blazerssuck blog?
If it is a really, really big number and you don’t want to say, that’s ok.
Can you use the word “monies” in your answer?
The cowards never started
The weak died along the way
Only the strong survived
They were the Trailblazers
great now the blazers
are going to go to that website and read all of that stuff and cry themselves to sleep
damn softies
"Slum dunk? You just go to the rim, and crush.. crush the ball in the rim."
- Nic Batum
hahaha i love that logo where you use Paint to mouse-write Suck
sweet stuff tomminator
Yes on Proposition #9 (RLEC must go!!!!)
Listen to this, it's the latest gimmick trying to take advantage of people on the radio...
"I've learned one thing, and that's to quit worrying about stupid things. You have four years to be irresponsible here. Relax. Work is for people with jobs. You'll never remember class time, but you'll remember time you wasted hanging out with your friends. So, stay out late. Go out on a Tuesday with your friends when you have a paper due Wednesday. Spend money you don't have. Drink 'till sunrise. The work never ends, but college does" - Tom Petty
by Work?nah... on Mar 17, 2009 3:36 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
then you go to the next ad
"I've learned one thing, and that's to quit worrying about stupid things. You have four years to be irresponsible here. Relax. Work is for people with jobs. You'll never remember class time, but you'll remember time you wasted hanging out with your friends. So, stay out late. Go out on a Tuesday with your friends when you have a paper due Wednesday. Spend money you don't have. Drink 'till sunrise. The work never ends, but college does" - Tom Petty
If you’re going to go to an NBA blog with a punny name coined from the title of a W. Somerset Maugham Novel, why not consider Blazer’s Edge? There’s a good chance it will prove more rewarding that Of Kaman Bondage or Jamario Moon and Sixpence.
"Literary Criticism is not bookkeeping." -SB
by nightbluefruit on Mar 17, 2009 3:40 PM PDT reply actions 10 recs
Nightbluefruit writes post
I fire up the “google”
Not sayin’ I’m dumb…
The cowards never started
The weak died along the way
Only the strong survived
They were the Trailblazers
by lukeyhere on Mar 17, 2009 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Rec'd for haiku
Jerryd Bayless has two emotions: Kill and Win.
"I want to put points on your face."
-Rudy to Pau Gasol
TRADE TRAVIS OUTLAW FOR A CHAIR
by rockingharder on Mar 17, 2009 5:50 PM PDT up reply actions
nightbluefruit owns my brain
rec’d
"Travis has more hops than a bunny in a brewery. He elevates so high his seat doubles as a flotation device."
-Dave
by SabonisBonus on Mar 17, 2009 11:42 PM PDT up reply actions
How about....
Hey Portland, don’t forget to donate to the “Send Jeff Gillooly to Trevor Ariza’s house” fund today. Every penny helps.
I missed a home game last year....I'm just now recovering!
by Brannon49 on Mar 17, 2009 3:45 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I'll pay the $20 for your first ad
Blazers win BDL 2 on 2 tournament!
Skeets: i’ll close it down now … congrats. you bastards
You don't have Comcast?
Well let me rub your nose in what you can’t get!
From the back of Travis Outlaw's Franz card: Travis leads the team in monstrous thunder dunks, wins awards for post game interviews, and often gets extra points for degree of difficulty.
From the back of Greg Oden's Franz card: Nickname: Jaws. Has an insatiable desire to tear rims apart while cruising the open court, and was once interested in using head-gear for his profession.
by TheOdenator on Mar 17, 2009 4:16 PM PDT reply actions 3 recs
Do you love money? Do you enjoy providing subpar services? Do you find other peoples hate warming? Why don’t you apply for CEO at Comcast Sports Network today!
by Se Hace La Vista Gorda on Mar 18, 2009 7:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Are you an alcoholic?
I can’t help with that. But Blazersedge.com is a really cool site. Maybe it will take your mind off it.
I Blazersedge daily, nightly and ever so rightly.
by Claire on Mar 17, 2009 4:21 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Co-dependent? I can help!
Blazers win BDL 2 on 2 tournament!
Skeets: i’ll close it down now … congrats. you bastards
by 22baylor on Mar 18, 2009 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Hi, my name is ______ and I'm at least 100x cooler than you because I have my own commercial
"It's not who jumps the highest -- it's who wants it the most" Buck Williams
"and if EVERYONE confronted with a tough, disgusting situation pulled out, I don't think I would have been born." Mortimer
by Fund A Mental on Mar 17, 2009 4:36 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
This is JE Skeets for the Ball Don't Lie Comment Section Charity
Commenter 1: “LeBron!”
Commenter 2: “Kobe!”
Commenter 1: “LeBron!”
Commenter 2: “Kobe!”
And to think for just 10 cents a day these mindless trolls could get the lobotomies they so desperately need! Please help today.
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
Gary accidentally rams the tour bus
into Corey Maggette’s knee and the left tire goes flat.
Tour guide: It’s nothing, folks, Gary will have this fixed in a jiffy.
You can listen to sports talk radio and let your brain rot
or you can go to BlazersEdge.com and exchange baskeball info with people with a clue, like KP2, Dave and Ben.
OK…not really funny or entertaining. But I swear it’s true Senator.
"Hey Kenny, are you drunk yet?"
The person who makes that daily call is a BE reader/poster. We are everywhere.
I do believe in Greg, I do believe in Greg. I do I do I do I do I do believe in Greg.
"Hi, I'm Bill Simmons and I met my life long partner Kevin Durant on eBlazersEdge.com"
Yes on Proposition #9 (RLEC must go!!!!)
by broyposse on Mar 17, 2009 6:23 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
very funny
in a groaning kind of way, but still quite funny. – Elgin
Blazers win BDL 2 on 2 tournament!
Skeets: i’ll close it down now … congrats. you bastards
Want to talk Blazers?
Come get some on the EDGE! Blazersedge.com !
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VISIT www.guaranty.com NOW and call Sean at 800.818.9344 or email sean.keith@guaranty.com for your Blazing deal!
(ya know that might just be worth 20 bucs)
Jerryd Bayless is our FUTURE!! PLEASE DON"T TRADE HIM - TRUST IN KP!! Oh - and please Buy an RV from me and support Blazermania!!!!
it's a good thing "guaranty" is spoken and not spelled on the radio. =)
I do believe in Greg, I do believe in Greg. I do I do I do I do I do believe in Greg.
Oh. It's the name of the company. I am dumb.
I do believe in Greg, I do believe in Greg. I do I do I do I do I do believe in Greg.
I would just come up with some 10 second spots highlighting the top moments of Blazer history
and let them play them at random throughout the day. Clips from 77, Schonz’s call of some of the good ol’ days of Blazerdom, Roy’s shot over Houston….cool stuff like that.
How would I pay for it? I’d mug someone each day on the way home from work to pay for it, which wouldn’t be wrong—it’d be Robin Hooding.
Bedge or go home -- Sabonis4Ever
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now I'm hungry. I think I'll take an Armada Empanada
I Blazersedge daily, nightly and ever so rightly.
Do it, do it till you're satisfied.
The rest of the ten seconds can just be awkward silence.
by Jerb on Mar 18, 2009 3:14 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs
then finally Vance comes on
Uh . . . OK Wheels. – Elgin
Blazers win BDL 2 on 2 tournament!
Skeets: i’ll close it down now … congrats. you bastards
Just before the silence have the sound of a lighter lighting a cigarette.
I missed a home game last year....I'm just now recovering!
This is great
“Stop listening to the morning radio shows, they lie all the time anyway. Read the Blazers Edge, we kind of know what’s going on. Tominhawaii is all you need for your morning pick-me-up.”
by Se Hace La Vista Gorda on Mar 18, 2009 7:19 AM PDT reply actions
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