The post that was in the Site issues area this afternoon got my attention and got me thinking about doing something I have thought about for a bit now.
ProCooling won't close up shop any time soon, or ever as long as I am here... but in order for ProCooling to become relevant again, and get back on its game we need some help!
What we nee is staff. Editorial writers, Reviewers, Project writers, etc...
The catch is the writers, staff, etc... need to be dedicated and GOOD writers. We have had MANY staff in the past that either never wrote anything but had big big plans, or just plain couldn’t write to save their life. We need lively active writers who know how to paint a picture or present an idea or concept in words effectively. Someone who will take a sense of ownership and actively help move the site back into the fore front of the industry or at least back into the light of it
As Procooling has shown, we are no BS. Staff who come on need to be the same, call it how it is, straight up, no fluff crap.
Topics: Anything you choose that is technical or industry related in nature. Yes the sites name is ProCooling, but diversity in the content is good. I would love to get info and analysis at a technical level of memory technologies, upcoming processor tech, storage tech, etc... We all know now that reviewing and getting quantifiable results doing cooling testing that is accepted across the board is not possible and is the reason that PC is in this lul currently. While doing cooling testing would be optimal, there is a substantial cost, and instantly obsolesce of any testing rig that makes it not really the thing I think will happen unless we get some damn motivated writers
If you have a topic, I am sure we can find a place for it on the site. Consumer electronics included.
Compensation: Reviewers keep what ever they review, and if a writer shows themselves to be a valuable asset to the site, they will be compensated in a profit sharing percentage of what the site brings in. In time if the site develops into a strong enough money flow, then per article of the month payouts (ala OC'rs) is possible. My only goal for PC is for it to pay for itself, which is just does right now... barely. So if we get more traffic, and more presence, money is not going to be that hard to get to the point we can pay out.
What PC has to offer the reader base:
1. A long history of technical reviews/articles/editorials
2. A technical and attentive audience who have in the past defined many stages of the cooling market's development.
3. A fluid website that integrates with the forums, chat, etc...
4. Access to many experts in many fields for validation of review/article data.
5. A semi-inactive staff of very bright individuals (pH, Brian, myself)... we may be too lazy to write, but we sure can lend a hand
6. A reliable server (was reliable until it flaked out last week for some weird ass reason hehe), that has lots of additional capacity.
Please reply, PM or email me (
joe@procooling.com ) if you are interested. We have asked this before, but when we did we had a website that was impossible to update... that’s changed... now we have a website that’s able to be dynamically updated via the web... so why not have at it?! Just a word of caution though,
we will not accept just anyone... I would rather PC sit as it is, than to take on second rate writers or fluff pieces.
I will probably ask for a sample of writing from you or a review or what ever you want to do on the site to check out how you go about it.