Fan Club Minutes: 9-1-10

Posted by RJ Licata | September 1, 2010

The Peter Pan Fan Club has existed for a solid two months now, and the reception from all our readers has been awesome. We’re extremely thankful for all the support. We’ll continue to push out top-notch content for as long as you all continue to read it.

Of course it’s never a good idea to rest on your laurels, and we’re nowhere near satisfied, which is why we’re always trying to improve your site. This fan club minutes comes a few weeks after our last update. Because we’re in the growing stages, change will come often, but as we settle into a routine, I’m hoping to stretch the updates out to once a month, and maybe, down the road, to a quarterly report.

But that is all theory at this point. For now, take a look at some of the things that have been going on at the Peter Pan Fan Club over the past few weeks…

Tweet Meme & Facebook Sharer

We’ve added easy share buttons to both Facebook and Twitter. They are located at the top of each post, just below the title.

We hope that you will use these buttons to help spread the word about our site. That, and it looks way cooler when there’s a double digit number in the box rather than a big fat zero.

Facebook Fan Page

One of our favorite ways to interact with readers (besides comments here on our blog) is on our Facebook Fan Page. As of my writing this report, we have 115 Facebook fans. Considering that most of them joined in the past month, we’re doing ok, but still would like to see that number increase.

If you haven’t joined our fan page yet, you can do so very easily by clicking the “like” button on the fan box on our sidebar.

Additionally, if you’d really like to help out, and you think your friends would enjoy what the Peter Pan Fan Club has to offer, you can invite them to join the revolution against old age too. This is also very simple.

First, go to the Peter Pan Fan Club Facebook page and click the “suggest to friends” link underneath the PPFC logo. It should look like this:

Then, just pick the friends you want to send a suggestion to.

Another easy way to share our page with your friends is to post a link to it in your status feed.

Here’s the address: http://www.facebook.com/peterpanfanclub

Just copy the link into the feed, add whatever cool stuff you want to say about us, then press “share”. Job done.

And we thank you.

Favorite Parenting One-Liners

One of the perks of being a fan of our Facebook page is you get some content that isn’t found anywhere else. This could be anything from inspirational quotes to contests (coming soon, hopefully).

Sometimes we’ll also ask for your opinion on articles we’re currently working on. This is what happened recently, when we asked for some of your favorite parenting one-liners. It got a good response, which included some solid advice.

Some of our favorites…

“Be firm, consistent and fair.” -Josh
“It’s only a stage they’re going through. It will pass.” -Patti
“Don’t get arrested.” -Anthony

And the most concerning one?

“Keep crying and I’ll give you something to cry about.” -from my mom

Moving on…

New Article Series on PPFC

We’ve recently launched two new categories for article series that we will be posting to on a somewhat regular basis. They are “Character Spotlight” and “Awesome People”.

“Character Spotlight” will allow us to highlight a particular character in a movie, tv show, book, etc. The character will possess some sort of a notable trait that we find admirable, or ridiculous, or something in between. Most of the time they will be someone who we feel deserves more attention than their role offered them, thus we will attempt to put the spotlight on them for just a little longer.

For an example, check out the Character Spotlight of Coach Bobby Finstock that Bo put together.

“Awesome People” is a closer look at real-life people who in our opinion live or lived in a way that promotes staying youthful. Not all will fit the criteria as closely as the first subject for this series, but the Awesome People post on Walt Disney is a good example of what you can expect in the future.

Your Opinion Matters

As much as this site is something we use to help us stay young, we want to help others do the same. In order for us to do that, we need to know what you think. Don’t be afraid to send us your thoughts and ideas. Fill our the form on our contact page, leave us a comment on a post you love or hate, or write on our Facebook wall.

Whatever way you choose, just know that the Peter Pan Fan Club is here to help you, and your opinion matters to us.