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No Tricks, Just Cool Treats: RackNerd's Halloween 2024 Giveaway Starts Now!
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I find your surprise unexpected, given the information provided. Have you had a chance to review the links? Yes, providers can easily obtain the same exposure we do, both free and paid. Now, on the other hand, if they're cheap, unwilling, or just don't have the business sense, neither you nor I can help them unless they're willing to seek help (which, by the way, I have and will continue to offer). And as for others who have been willing to invest in their brand, to me it doesn't matter if they've ever been associated to drama or not. So I'll leave that all for you.
OK, I understand what you're saying, I'm fully tracking - but what sensibilities should he care about? Yours? Mine? Others? The LET/LEB team, in my opinion, is begging for providers to participate (that's how I digest the ask). And we are simply marketing ourselves, investing in our brand and giving back to the community.
As for the views, they're entirely irrelevant to me, that's up to the community to participate and/or engage, i.e. what they consider to be a great giveaway to their minds (a particular giveaway may speak to a user more than another, depending on items and amount, etc). By the way, its worth pointing out that some of the archive links provided earlier were towards the beginning of the month, you're welcome to switch the archive.org links towards the end of the month to see what the thread achieved view-count wise.
I appreciate your perspective, however, it's important to clarify that these opportunities are equally offered to providers. All providers have the ability to contribute to the community and can reach out to the administration team to participate in such events, receiving the same type of opportunities and exposure.
If you're aware of instances where providers have attempted to engage/host a giveaway, and was completely ignored/disregarded by the administration, I would certainly agree that such treatment can be considered unfair. However, to my knowledge, no such cases have been reported.
The reference links (again mentioned below) essentially provide a clear cut guide on how providers can promote their brand within the community. It's at the discretion of each provider to determine the level of investment and contribution they wish to make towards their brand's growth:
May I suggest that if there's a particular provider you support and wish to see gain more visibility, consider offering your assistance (as I am willing to do) in guiding them on how to leverage these exposure opportunities? This could significantly aid in expanding their brand presence within the community.
It's fair to recognize your perspective on this, and it's also important to recognize the community that stands behind us, and for the reputation we've rightfully earned building our brand.
I sincerely appreciate that you have been level-headed on the situation. Some are, some aren't—and I recognize you have been. As you seem to know, there are always two sides to every story. As for allegations, facts, etc what I can say, the matter is essentially over with, public information for those that are interested, show five charges, four of which were fully dismissed, leaving a single charge as a misdemeanor, in efforts to mutually move on. Also (this is publicly available too), the case never made it to preliminary trial, trial, a jury, etc -- this was simply a very lengthy matter that lingered for years and years. Upon evaluating the cost (time and money) of continuing to go back and forth, I agreed to a "no contest" settlement conclusion, also known as "nolo contender," to accelerate resolution and put the matter to rest. This decision is intended to allow everyone to move forward and focus on more productive endeavors. We've clearly moved forward and achieved so much success since then, including ranking #58 on the 2024 Inc. 5000 Regionals Pacific list, and most recently, #1506 on the national 2024 Inc. 5000, in addition to ranking #16 in the telecommunications industry: https://www.inc.com/profile/racknerd-llc
These are not just accolades that you pay for, these are ones that you earn, and are verified through financial statements (Inc. has stringent requirements). Our commitment is to continue providing the same level of excellent service, commitment, and dedication that our customers have come to expect from us over the years. That remains and has remained unchanged, and further improvements are already underway (with two new datacenter location expansions coming before the end of this year). I understand some of this may be "salesy" to you, but we should also be recognized for the good that we do for our customers, the growth that we've been able to achieve, and the way that we've been giving back to the community. And none of that will ever change.
At the end of the day, I can't change your mind on what you feel is fair or unfair, though I personally believe that if all providers are equally able to engage the way that we do, its fair game. I stand by what I said above, in terms of the LET administration practically begging providers to participate. In terms of a "special relationship" with the LEB admins or whatever you wish to call it, I know you may not take my word for it, but we do not have such "special" relationship, other than doing what is available to everyone, and also one of our upstream providers happens to be ColoCrossing, who Jon works with, also which providers here are already pre-existing customers of, or can be. We also with many other upstream.
I appreciate your well wishes, and once again for being level headed, and we'll continue to grow our operations and build these non-disputable accolades/achievements, and be there for our customers.
I appreciate your concerns and care. Summary probation is quite different than what you're referring to; there is no requirement to register at a probation office, no probation officers to report to, visit, see, and neither is there a requirement to provide any test.
Wait - I can get a pinned post if I do a giveaway of some crappy amazonbasics monitor, a raspberry pi, and a crappy $10 keyboard? why isnt everyone doing this?
Hi @Allay -- Great question! More should be doing it.
If you're a provider looking to give back to the community, this is one of many available ways to do so.
Hi @suut -- you're totally right! Black Friday is around the corner, and we're going to have a blast
We've been working behind the scenes replenishing inventory just for Black Friday, on top of keeping up with the demand. We've struggled to do so, for months and months, but we always seem to make it happen.
As for a flash sale, always possible, we'll see
I'm no provider and don't look into, let alone search for what opportunities providers have/are given and with which conditions.
What I do see though is how many (hint: not many) "giveaway" threads, which I btw perceive as pure marketing BS born out of desperation (which, given the competition, I do understand). Even more importantly I understand that no provider really is here to do good deeds. They are here to earn money, simple as that, and I don't have the slightest problem with that. What I do see as a problem though is when they talk as if "love thy next and help" were their main motive *wink wink nudge nudge
The first 2 links are to LEB directly and the last one leads to LEB too. This here, however, is LET.
I'm a user here, not a provider, although I don't mind helping (and actually did), and also have done quite some work for our community - btw. pro bono.
Pardon me but again I don't think that you're really doing yourself or your brand a favour with that merciless sales and marketing attitude.
Especially when considering that some providers here really helped colleagues, not with nice phrases but with hard money and did not at all touted their own horn. A @jar, for example who just recently helped (probably not only) a colleague basically along the lines "so, here's your company pulled away from the abyss and here's something to eat on the table" without making lots of noise about it, is credible and obviously a decent man. From you I've yet to see something comparable, something that is not obviously basically yet more marketing ... (but I might have overlooked something. If so, feel free to provide a pointer to me)
Thank you.I really appreciate that you finally made a public statement here providing clarification. I trust that that statement is truthful and complete.
"the growth" I get and let pass. After all you're an entrepreneur. But please spare me the "recognized for the good that we do for our customers" and "we've been giving back to the community" yada yada. It simply triggers my "marketing/sales blabla" BS sensor and if it tells me anything than certainly not what you intended.
Sorry, dead wrong. One can change my mind on something with credible, tangible, convincing facts. The fact, for example, that you provided clarification re. the allegations/court issue above changed my view of you from "neutral with a slight negative tendency" towards "slightly positive".
I repeat my wishing you well - and this time without a "but".
See? Really being open, honest (as best one can), transparent, providing facts, etc. can achieve so much more than marketing/salesman BS. I might even test and benchmark a VPS from Racknerd ...
Thank You Jon! Appreciate what you and the team do, for all us, both providers and consumers. This community continues to grow in a positive direction.
I like these kind of giveaways and the like; however, I wish it did something other than Gleam and also something that involved something unique too. I think the issue with Gleam is that it is quickly shared outside the community with bot farms and stuff and I think the problem with just bumbing threads with a comment is self evident. I like the ones where it is like send a funny meme, or make a drawing/song/whatever art piece of the company/logo or tell about an interesting fact and a link to where you got it at. I also like the ones where they limit the entry to one per person so it isnt one or two people making 80% of the comments on the post. That is just my 2 cents tho.
You caught a felony over AlphaRacks/QuadraNet
Consumers still haven't gotten justice, though
To reiterate what was previously said: As you seem to know, there are always two sides to every story. As for allegations, facts, etc what I can say, the matter is essentially over with, public information for those that are interested, show five charges, four of which were fully dismissed, leaving a single charge as a misdemeanor, in efforts to mutually move on. Also (this is publicly available too), the case never made it to preliminary trial, trial, a jury, etc -- this was simply a very lengthy matter that lingered for years and years. Upon evaluating the cost (time and money) of continuing to go back and forth, I agreed to a "no contest" settlement conclusion, also known as "nolo contender," to accelerate resolution and put the matter to rest. This decision is intended to allow everyone to move forward and focus on more productive endeavors.
Ive never won anything in a contest like this. Hoping to win this time. Good luck everyone.
Thank You for participating and I hope you win
Good luck to everyone who enters.
Still hoping to see other hosting providers throw their hat into the ring to sponsor a future giveaway. Excellent marketing.
For anyone who says that there is favoritism occurring here because RackNerd sponsors giveaways often -- show me a single (legitimate) hosting provider who has asked to take advantage of any of our long list of free advertising benefits -- and who was not welcomed with open arms.
If I want to sponsor a giveaway what are the steps
For some reason, I am skeptical you are serious.
For providers, I think @jbiloh would want you to have a Patron tag, but I'll let him clarify.
For anyone else, a ticket.
Well that's what they're giving away here aren't they - ig $250 credit too
i am serious tho
@jbiloh
Where can a hosting provider review the long list of free advertising benefits you're referencing? Perhaps if that information was outlined in a pinned post we'd see more hosting providers participating.
The list of free advertising opportunities is included in:
There is more but I got tired of listing them.
Forgive me @jbiloh, I misinterpreted free implying without being a patron provider. Have a great weekend!
When you read this link: https://lowendbox.com/blog/money-money-free-advertising-free-money-partner-with-us-and-grow/
Do you conclude that free is not free?
@jbiloh > @jbiloh said:
Forgive me times two @jbiloh. That is a free opportunity for hosting providers to have their brand featured on your other website, LowEndBox.
Ashburn is advertised in the KVM deals but it's not an available option when configuring a service.
where is horror theme code
https://lowendbox.com/blog/chatgpts-opinion-on-the-best-horror-movie-of-all-time-surprised-me-oh-and-heres-some-free-bonus-entries-in-racknerds-halloween-giveaway/
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Good catch! Actually, we've sold out in this location most recently and are awaiting additional inventory. The demand has been a real challenge for us (I know I sound repetitive), though we're trending quite well with the growth, all thanks to all of you!
From experience, it is being distributed on both of their platforms -- and I believe this is fair to the community, as it provides an additional opportunity for a chance to enter and win.
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I'm in!
And I appreciate your forthrightness @dustinc. Hardly a problem in nearly 4 years as a customer and almost certain to renew again next month.
Me Neither and I won last year.. but didn't get the message until 2 months ago
Make sure you check your messages!