Today we officially begin a new era here on BikePortland.
After a decade of providing news, information and inspiration for thousands of readers like you every day, it’s time to take an exciting step together.
We have launched a new subscription program that will give you a new way to help us continue our momentum. As I hinted at last month and as you can hear in the video above, relying solely on banner ads to support this business is not sustainable.
We want to continue our important work and we want to exceed your expectations of what a transportation blog can be. But to do that, we need you to sign-up today to become a BikePortlander.
Why sign-up? BikePortlanders get the following benefits:
— Create Your Own Posts: You’ll be able to log-in, create, edit and then submit your own posts that will be published directly on BikePortland.org. Only subscribers can create posts, but anyone will be able to read them and comment on them. We’ll share the best posts on our Front Page. (See the first few BikePortlander Posts.)
— Get Discounts and Deals: BikePortlanders will have access to our Deals & Discounts page where you’ll find coupons and special offers from our local business partners.
— Shaded Comments: As a BikePortlander, all your comments will be lightly shaded a different color to help them stand out from the crowd.
— The Street Beat Newsletter: If you kept up perfectly with all the Portland news that matters, you’d never have time to get out for a ride. Street Beat is a pithy, upbeat summary of the Portland news you can use in your low-car life: biking, transit, walking, land-use, real estate, urban design and more, including links to the best reporting of the month from BikePortland and every other news outlet in town.
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How much does it cost?
BikePortlander Basic – $10 per month ~ Join at this level and you’ll rest easy knowing that you support BikePortland’s unique brand of independent advocacy journalism.
BikePortlander Spokesperson – $20 per month ~ Join at this level and you’ll be a crucial spoke in our wheels, helping us to roll toward an even better and brighter future. With each person who signs up at this level we’ll add their name to a spoke on our wheels of progress. When we reach 32 Spokespeople we’ll build a real wheel and host a party to celebrate. Over time, these wheels will symbolize the strength of our community.
BikePortlander Business – $30 per month ~ Business supporters get a link in our sidebar, a BikePortland window decal and/or website badge (to show off your support!), and a listing in our new and improved bicycle business directory. Business supporters will also be able to post their own news and annoucements in the BikePortlander section.
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Since we launched this program at our 10th Birthday party on Friday night (stay tuned for photos and a recap!) nearly over 90 people have already signed up! You might have noticed how their comments are shaded light grey and a few of them have already been published on our new BikePortlander Posts section.
Now it’s your turn.
To help kick things off we have a special offer:
— The next 100 people who sign up at the $10 level will get this awesome Bridges of Portland poster created by one of local business partners Fat Pencil Studio.
— The next 50 people who sign up at the $20 level will get a $20 credit to spend at any Bike Gallery store.
Thank you for reading and supporting our work all these years. Please sign up today and help us continue “to inform and inspire” well into the future.