Tell me it isn't so...

Hey MyFitTribers! We are still working on MFT site and will continue to do so however, we need get the word about more about this great site so please share it with your friends and families. Our goal is to continue to offer great health and fitness content for all of you for years to come. We are looking at ways to generate some revenues to cover expenses and will roll out these plans soon. In the meantime, we hope you continue to enjoy the site and please keep coming back for great workouts and healthy advice from the pros and your peers here at MyFitTribe!

We welcome any ideas and suggestions too. Make it a great day!
- Dave C, MFT Member since the beginning!

In academic publishing some journals have a 'moving wall'. Basically, paying subscribers can get to articles immediately, others have to wait (6 months, 1 year, 5 years, it depends).

Maybe MFT could do something similar. Paying subscribers could see everything immediately whereas non-paying viewers could only see it after a while (1 month, 6 months, etc).

This way, some people, including me, will be happy to pay to have immediate access to new material, but at the same time even non-paying people eventually will be able to see things, thereby allowing *everyone* to benefit from this great site.

Anyway, good luck.

hey guys,

It's true that MFT is in some trouble. The site is in the hole big time financially, as writing articles (this is another big issue: it's very hard to find people who want to write articles), filming videos, paying for server costs and bandwidth all adds up real quick. And, unfortunately the ads on the site right now are basically not making any money at all, and no one is really buying products. So, we are looking into alternate ways to at least balance out the costs. We are thinking about having premium memberships, but aren't sure yet what value we can add to make that worthwhile to the users. Perhaps being able to decide what content they want to see?

Anyways, all is not lost yet, we will likely be making some changes in the near future to try and get the site back on track and hopefully turn this into a healthy site that can last for a long long time.

i thought the same thing. My fit tribe use to be more popular. in a matter of hours there would be multiple responses to a new entry blog. now, i leave good, helpful, knowledgeable blogs and noone responds. everyone seems to be off doing there own thing. its a shame. but i don't understand how myfittribe makes money. For example, it doesn't cost anything to make a facebook. but facebook is so popular companies advertise on there site. On my facebook i always have movie advertising or something like that and thats how facebook makes there money (along with multiple other ways as well)
but with MFT - i only see stuff that is related to myfittribe so i don't understand how they make there money. I mean someone buying a t-shirt once a month isn't keeping this site up and running... or at least i don't think so.

it would be bad if the site closed down. I really do enjoy reading and posting blogs. I even get that feeling that i helped someone today or i gave someone some advice.