BY ED WRIGHT
Dec. 21, 2010, 3:45 p.m.
I gave PlymouthCantonSports.com my best shot.
I worked 10 times harder than I had worked at any previous
endeavor.
I attended every local sporting event humanly possible, took
thousands of photos and wrote millions of words in an effort to provide
fans with a comprehensive daily update of the local sports scene.
And the number of visitors and number of hits the site
attracted
--
several
thousand each day -- reflected my effort.
Unfortunately, the advertising revenue the site generated didn't
come close to matching the other numbers.
For some reason, local business owners (with a few exceptions)
were not willing to part with a couple hundred dollars for three months
of every-day-on-the-website exposure on a website that over 100,000
different people (almost all local) have visited in the past 16 months.
So even though my shot had good rotation and appeared bound for
the bottom of the net, it has rimmed out.
And that makes me sad because I loved doing this.
But there comes a point when you realize that investing 40-plus
hours a week into something that gives you back next to nothing is not
a good investment.
Thank you very much to the business owners who did believe in
the site (I will refund any money I owe you within the next month) and
to all the administrators, coaches, athletes, booster-club presidents
and fans who made this site a short-term success.
Beginning Wednesday, I will use my free hours to look for a job.
I have faith that everything will work out.
Happy holidays to you and your family.
(NOTE: The
site will still be online through May 30 for people to check out
archived stories.)
Ed Wright
can be reached at (734) 453-1980 or info@plymouthcantonsports.com.
ED WRIGHT COLUMN
ARCHIVES
Shining light on amazing people and amazing
causes
Check out who won the spring sports edition of
the Eddie Awards
Have you had your blood sugar tested
lately? I thank God I did
Plymouth girls soccer team's run to state
title game was truly amazing
31st Canton Cup was memorable event
Success at the Park is incredible
This pitcher's comeback hit close to home
Wedgewood's performance was off-the-charts
amazing!
CEBL's 8-9-year-old Sixers proved winning
isn't everything
Canton's girls basketball team played like
true champions
There are some 'sick' performances unfolding
around these parts -- and we're not talking Swine Flu
Plymouth's Hahn well deserving of MHSAA's
scholar-athlete award
Unnesessary red
tape is tripping up Zech's college soccer career
Falcusan earns
"Greatest PCEP Female Athlete 2000-09" title with convincing victory
Goble-Rolfe showdown was one for the record
books
Local teams hit the high school basketball
lottery
Unscientific
survey will lead the "greatest" PCEP athlete from the past decade
They
don't make sports games like they used to
Annual poem saluting athletes who
excelled in 2009
Danny Cassidy will be remembered as
a
humble, happy young man who had the jump shot to be envied.
Steelers-Lions
rivalry brings out the best in junior gridiron heroes
Let's bury that crazy John
Glenn-Plymouth play
On
crazy finishes, sharp cornerbacks
and unheralded mid-fielders
Let's hear it
for the band, high school volleyball and 88-cent Corn Flakes
This
All-Star Football team has true
character(s)
The story
behind the creation of
PlymouthCantonSports.com
If you would like to advertise on
PlymouthCantonSports.com or if you have ideas for the site, please send
an e-mail to Ed Wright at info@plymouthcantonsports.com.
