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    • #43718

      TF_Joe Carass

        if any of you would be kind enough to take the Match Fishing mags survey on http://www.matchfishingmagazine.com it only takes 5 Mins and the results will help us see what area’s of the mag you all like and which you dont.

        also if you have any idea’s for the mag or suggestions, either post them on here or be a bit more personal and e-mail me at [email protected]

        Many Thanks
        Joe

        Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!!!!

      • #126535

        TF_rowdy

          seems to be stuck on the first page joe,cant go to next page

        • #126537

          MrFoxman

            Worked fine for me and all done.

          • #126540

            TF_squatt

              Cannot move off page one…. errors.

            • #126541

              TF_Ryan

                Mine worked fine.

              • #126543

                TF_Joe Carass

                  ive tried it on IE and it got stuck, yet tried it on SAFARI and it works fine.

                • #126544

                  TF_Johnny Mac

                    Done, cheers Joe ~clap

                  • #126545

                    TF_Joe Carass

                      Thanks lads

                    • #126551

                      TF_NW Cut Angler

                        Joe the design of the questionnaire could be improved. If you for example do not belong to a club / fish club matches then the questionnaire should miss those questions related that follow etc.

                      • #126555

                        TF_mike pattinson

                          Joe

                          Like a few others cannot get past 1st page.

                          tried several times

                        • #126557

                          TF_NW Cut Angler

                            Works on Firefox

                          • #126558

                            Anonymous

                              First page would load only…..

                              Joe on the first page…

                              Why the “what salary are you on” got to do with improving the match fishing mag?

                              Trolley

                            • #126561

                              TF_Leaky Lloyd

                                mine wont work either, and i aint got a clue what this safari and firefox thingymebob means so ill have to leave it!

                              • #126564

                                TF_Joe Carass

                                  its just different types of internet browsers mate. the girls at work must have rushed it online so that it was up over the xmas period. we work on MAC’s at work and only use safari so i suppose it wont have got a last minute test. ill get them to sort that out when we get back after the hols.

                                  i think the salary question is just to get an idea who buys our mag, as the general consensus is that a lot of our readers are ‘sun’ readers.

                                  thanks everyone who has taken the time out to do it!!!!

                                  joe

                                • #126579

                                  TF_thedog

                                    didnt get past the first page but not cos it wouldnt load, i cant see how my marrital status or earnings would help in any way. i subscribe to MF but wouldnt read the s*n if i was paid to. If you want ideas to improve your mag just ask on here.
                                    How about a dedicating a issue to fishing a festival take a few anglers, cover how they go about getting through the week or split the issue into three cover a festival in England, Ireland and Holland show how the three differ.
                                    What about covering a open match at different venues around the country as a monthly slot.
                                    Im sure you will get a few other ideas from the users on here

                                  • #126583

                                    TF_Sharp Hook

                                      Just a question.

                                      The original question was. ‘Want to help make match fishing magazine better’

                                      What does how much I earn, marital status, home owner and question the like have to do with making a magazine better. Why do you need to know?

                                      Sorry not filled in the questionaire because of the above. Point less info that will no doubt be sold on to a third party so I can get loads of crap either emailed or sent to me.

                                      Revamp the questionaire and i’ll think about it.

                                    • #126584

                                      TF_budnudd
                                      Participant

                                        Stop being so negative steve b..

                                        It’s plainly obvious to me that there is a distinct shortage of FT reading- homosexual Asian homowners earning £50k plus subscribing to MF!!!~sick

                                      • #126585

                                        TF_Joe Carass

                                          the only questions i had input into were the ones actually about fishing lol and to do these things we also have to please the powers that be!!!

                                        • #126587

                                          TF_p2hl_p2hl

                                            Questions about your income and home ownership, are important.
                                            High income = high disposable income. Should MF through this questionnaire be able to demonstrate that their readership has a higher than expected income, They might be able charge more for the ads, in the mag, especially the non fishing ads. Home ownership: the point is along the same lines.
                                            This means MF can invest more in the mag or have better and more expensive office parties…provided we all bring home a lot dough.

                                            And if you dont like answering those 2 questions, just do what everybody else does lie… simple as that… to go on here and complain about it, just shows you have too much time on your hands = most likely unemployed, retired ect. = low income… the fact that I come one here and have time to complain at about that fact that you complain over a questionnaire only shows that I am an ass…. A low income ass, by my own logic…
                                            But hey I already know that =OD
                                            Have a happy holiday…

                                            and good luck with the mag joe

                                          • #126588

                                            TF_Sharp Hook

                                              Never meant to offend you Joe or point the finger. I just find it stupid that these question have to be asked. They have no relevance as far as I’m concerned.

                                            • #126592

                                              TF_spineynorman

                                                This may be the prob with page 2 loading. Im no coder but from loooking at the script returned by the developer tool that may be the prob — i may be wrong (usually am)

                                                Unknown runtime error ScriptResource.axd?d=-h12WHWgj_LclxGTwx3kABhwkGCJEKxy-ZIV3eckkv6rE9__j_7T3kZ-J53smibOWgcIMSFjW1xlCShsaEhFKjeVJPzKCqC_b4W8EKyfrIPZMZ2OnoRAVVQcAi_oCmTHkbJdyA2&t=2ae7e7f5, line 2 character 32743

                                              • #126599

                                                TF_Stewart

                                                  @Joe Carass wrote:

                                                  its just different types of internet browsers mate. the girls at work must have rushed it online so that it was up over the xmas period. we work on MAC’s at work and only use safari so i suppose it wont have got a last minute test. ill get them to sort that out when we get back after the hols.

                                                  i think the salary question is just to get an idea who buys our mag, as the general consensus is that a lot of our readers are ‘sun’ readers.

                                                  thanks everyone who has taken the time out to do it!!!!

                                                  joe

                                                  Now then Joe, what exactly is wrong with ‘Sun’ readers? If they do make the majority of your readership do you want to lose them? Didn’t Stan Piecha write for the Sun?
                                                  I quite like looking at the Sun!

                                                  Glad to see that you are trying to improve something that is already good!

                                                • #126602

                                                  TF_Joe Carass

                                                    stewart-im a sun reader lol i’m just stating the facts nothing more.
                                                    i think we sometimes try to be all things to all men and it just isnt possible.

                                                    out of interest what are your thoughts on our regular coloumnists:
                                                    Lee Kerry
                                                    Darren Cox
                                                    Matt Maginnis
                                                    ????

                                                    Joe

                                                  • #126603

                                                    TF_NW Cut Angler

                                                      Most surveys have these types of questions. It isn’t a big deal.

                                                    • #126604

                                                      TF_Anthonywaters
                                                      Participant

                                                        I subscribe to match fishing because its difficult to get hold of I think it should be acknowleged that getting hold of a copy is difficult why cant DHP get it into the supermarkets ? Im sure increasing availability will in directly increase your sales ? And I know all anglers have different tastes but theres too much river fishing in it for me I dont know anyone that goes river fishing anymore.

                                                      • #126605

                                                        TF_rocketFeeder

                                                          Forgive my ignorance, but what is ‘a Sun reader’?

                                                        • #126606

                                                          TF_Joe Carass

                                                            reads the sun newspaper lol

                                                          • #126608

                                                            TF_NW Cut Angler

                                                              It is quite odd and something I think DHP need to rectify for their own POV, I find Pole fishing hard to get hold of but Match Fishing is readily available. I presume both have the same distributor?

                                                            • #126609

                                                              TF_NW Cut Angler

                                                                Rocket basically marketing types like to categorise people. So if you read the Sun that is one tick for a category type.

                                                                There are a multitude of ways of categorising people. Even the Census does so.

                                                                Another method

                                                                http://www.businessballs.com/freespecialresources/acorn-demographics-2010.pdf

                                                              • #126610

                                                                TF_AdzT
                                                                Participant

                                                                  didnt work for me sorry joe

                                                                • #126704

                                                                  himoverthere
                                                                  Participant

                                                                    silly questions. why should we give you that info? more so why should we lie? you want help then i guess you should go away and come back with some questions that do not dig for personal info…..

                                                                  • #126718

                                                                    TF_Gavin

                                                                      Anthonywaters, they have to pay to have the mags in the supermarkets! Is why you find the higher selling TCF and carp mags in the supermarkets- they can justify the expense of paying to have them there in the extra sales. Match mags have a smaller audience than the above mentioned so it probably aint worth paying to have the mags in there as the sales wouldn’t increase enough to warrant the outlay.

                                                                    • #126721

                                                                      TF_fred van den feeder

                                                                        make it better? how about awnser emails and make sure the subcribers get the magazine they have payed for?(the magazine) Must be more people than myself that moves and change adress? make it easy, log in page were i can change the adress my self?

                                                                      • #126723

                                                                        TF_Stewart

                                                                          Joe,
                                                                          I was only jesting! Sorry I have not been able to get back, I have been computer restricted for a few days.
                                                                          I like to read your regular contributors as each brings their own character to Match Fishing magazine. They each try to bring something different, which in my opinion is interesting, and at the same time instructional. Even though I do not get on rivers and canals these days I still read the articles. (Hopefully, one day they might fill the Cornish rivers with Barbel, Roach and Chub) I’m sure it must be helping to improve angler’s ability. Do you see a change in the way the match anglers on say the S & K approach matches now? Now, that there is more information available from the likes of Lee, Alan and yourself?

                                                                        • #126726

                                                                          TF_jono

                                                                            worked straight away for me using mozilla firefox browser. anyone who is having problems just download this or safari and it should work?!

                                                                          • #126731

                                                                            TF_tractorboy

                                                                              How about some articles on fishing the Wye. 😉
                                                                              lol

                                                                            • #126737

                                                                              TF_Rutilus

                                                                                The questionaire has nothing to do with “improvements”.
                                                                                A cheap ploy to gather personal info and sell on to 3rd parties.
                                                                                Those that have filled it in wait out for junk mail and spam!!

                                                                              • #126742

                                                                                pelletking

                                                                                  out of interest what are your thoughts on our regular coloumnists:
                                                                                  Lee Kerry
                                                                                  Darren Cox
                                                                                  Matt Maginnis
                                                                                  ????

                                                                                  Joe[/quote]

                                                                                  all good anglers no doubt about it but it would be nice to see the old feature where u follow regular winners on the circuit on a full match again, sure it was called “stopwatch” that was a good feature. that way if were goin to one of the venues we see how they have fished it an caught.

                                                                                • #126744

                                                                                  TF_Anthonywaters
                                                                                  Participant

                                                                                    Still dont work on windows 7 you can fill out the first page of the survey then it freezes shame I fancied winning that snazzy seatbox.

                                                                                  • #126747

                                                                                    TF_Joe Carass

                                                                                      stewart- your not kidding about the S&K!!!! everyone uses the same floats, hooks, line and mix as lee now lol and people say tackle in features doesnt work???

                                                                                    • #126750

                                                                                      TF_NW Cut Angler

                                                                                        I think Harry went too much River orientated which is understandable as that is his passion but realistically they are never going to be where they once were re match fishing.

                                                                                        I do not read much of what Matt writes. Lee Kerry I enjoy. Darren Cox I have really enjoyed in the last 12 months as he concentrates of the dynamics of angling / what happens under the surface etc.

                                                                                      • #126752

                                                                                        TF_Joe Carass

                                                                                          ye Darren truly is a credit to the sport, how he keeps coming up with things to write about i’ll never know but he does and its brilliant stuff.

                                                                                          im just looking foward to being able to do normal features again…sick of all the ice lol

                                                                                        • #126753

                                                                                          TF_NW Cut Angler

                                                                                            People may think otherwise but it must be hard to keep coming up with article after article other than the diary format.

                                                                                            Quirky thinking anglers appear from time to time witha lot to offer. I was very impressed by Mark Wragg when he wrote in the Angling Star and he has slowly made it to the nationwide publications.

                                                                                            The crossover specimen tactics to commercial match fishing have been something new / different.

                                                                                          • #126755

                                                                                            TF_NW Cut Angler

                                                                                              Something that may be of interest to many albeit it will probably only boost magazine purchases with the region / area focussed upon in that edition would be a really in depth profile of venues.

                                                                                              Whiteacres / South West is the obvious one but places like Cudmore / Woodlands / Oaks / Partridge with details re pegs / depth / hotspots / tactics etc.

                                                                                            • #126756

                                                                                              TF_Joe Carass

                                                                                                wraggy is a legend!!! that bloke wins so many matches its daft.

                                                                                                i like the venue type features, we did a real in depth piece on the river Tee’s and i thought it was a great read. i deffo think they are better than the venue detective type pieces.

                                                                                              • #127355

                                                                                                TF_Runcton

                                                                                                  Is this working yet or is it just a way of getting e-mail addresses. I have tried to fill it out twice, the last time being this morning. I only got as far as completing Page 1 when it froze. I have have now received 3 e-mails today from Match Fishing.

                                                                                                • #127360

                                                                                                  TF_pr@ngler

                                                                                                    Doesn’t reflect well that this link has been like this now for weeks and it still doesn’t work

                                                                                                  • #127362

                                                                                                    TF_D.W.

                                                                                                      @Runcton wrote:

                                                                                                      Is this working yet or is it just a way of getting e-mail addresses. I have tried to fill it out twice, the last time being this morning. I only got as far as completing Page 1 when it froze. I have have now received 3 e-mails today from Match Fishing.

                                                                                                      Ditto & none of the emails I received had an UNSUBSCRIBE link (as required by law). Wouldn’t bother me if I had signed up to a mailing list, but I didn’t even get past page one like others!

                                                                                                    • #127363

                                                                                                      TF_Joe Carass

                                                                                                        @pr@ngler wrote:

                                                                                                        Doesn’t reflect well that this link has been like this now for weeks and it still doesn’t work

                                                                                                        in fairness its only our first day back at work today, should be sorted asap now we are back.

                                                                                                      • #127365

                                                                                                        TF_Runcton

                                                                                                          @D.W. wrote:

                                                                                                          @Runcton wrote:

                                                                                                          Is this working yet or is it just a way of getting e-mail addresses. I have tried to fill it out twice, the last time being this morning. I only got as far as completing Page 1 when it froze. I have have now received 3 e-mails today from Match Fishing.

                                                                                                          Ditto & none of the emails I received had an UNSUBSCRIBE link (as required by law). Wouldn’t bother me if I had signed up to a mailing list, but I didn’t even get past page one like others!

                                                                                                          To be fair there is an UNSUBSCRIBE link on the bottom of the e-mails I had sent to me. I don’t mind the e-mails it just came as a suprise to have 3 in one day. Although the third one was to let me know that I could ignore the second one.

                                                                                                          If its a new thing that they are trying to do be keeping people in touch with what is ging on then fair enough. It would have been better to ask first though!

                                                                                                        • #127379

                                                                                                          TF_Gavin

                                                                                                            @D.W. wrote:

                                                                                                            @Runcton wrote:

                                                                                                            Is this working yet or is it just a way of getting e-mail addresses. I have tried to fill it out twice, the last time being this morning. I only got as far as completing Page 1 when it froze. I have have now received 3 e-mails today from Match Fishing.

                                                                                                            Ditto & none of the emails I received had an UNSUBSCRIBE link (as required by law). Wouldn’t bother me if I had signed up to a mailing list, but I didn’t even get past page one like others!

                                                                                                            Same, except Virgin Media refuses to let me open them to see what they are (and decide if I want to un-subscribe!)

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