Daver
PMA Member
For no particular good reason I had never joined the IBA until this past weekend at the Deer Classic. Long overdue, but now I am officially "in"!
OK, now for the promotional idea... I can say that the promo copy of the quarterly IBA newsletter that someone there at the booth gave me was a big hit at my house, specifically Bonker's hilarious writeup on his DRV (Deer Recovery Vehicle) travails. On the coughing fit scale, which maxes out at 4 "hacks" BTW, any more than that and I would have had to have been rushed to the ER for resuscitation or something, it scored it a perfect 4! My son watched me read, laugh and cough my way through the story and could not wait to read it himself when I finished. He also found it quite funny and wanted to know if I had any more stories like it.
The story was so good and funny that I think others might sign up for the IBA just to get other similar reading material! Maybe you could post backdated stories wirtten by Bonker as a promo/tease for others to see what they are missing and lure them in.
Although I know many here tease the ol' Bonker quite a bit, and judging by his wardrobe I can see how that might be, but I am really serious about this idea, no joke!
OK, now for the promotional idea... I can say that the promo copy of the quarterly IBA newsletter that someone there at the booth gave me was a big hit at my house, specifically Bonker's hilarious writeup on his DRV (Deer Recovery Vehicle) travails. On the coughing fit scale, which maxes out at 4 "hacks" BTW, any more than that and I would have had to have been rushed to the ER for resuscitation or something, it scored it a perfect 4! My son watched me read, laugh and cough my way through the story and could not wait to read it himself when I finished. He also found it quite funny and wanted to know if I had any more stories like it.
The story was so good and funny that I think others might sign up for the IBA just to get other similar reading material! Maybe you could post backdated stories wirtten by Bonker as a promo/tease for others to see what they are missing and lure them in.

Although I know many here tease the ol' Bonker quite a bit, and judging by his wardrobe I can see how that might be, but I am really serious about this idea, no joke!