Brandon.n.h Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 Two nights ago my first LOR show had started. I had people slow down a bit to see what was going on, but no one has actually stopped to tune in. I understand its not thanksgiving yet and hope that afterwards people will be more interested as well as word of mouth. What was your first show like? Were your first few days/weeks slow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GS Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 Two nights ago my first LOR show had started. I had people slow down a bit to see what was going on, but no one has actually stopped to tune in. I understand its not thanksgiving yet and hope that afterwards people will be more interested as well as word of mouth. What was your first show like? Were your first few days/weeks slow?Chaos, police every night working on traffic. Sold the show after the first year. Be careful what you wish for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l0chte Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 Nobody wants to be the first car to stop... Once one does it builds fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
columbus27 Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 Our show really picks up on the weekend and the week before Christmas. Friday and Sat are big days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Hans Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 It's still early in the season so I wouldn't get upset about people not stopping. My first year was slow (which in my opinion is good... sort of eases the neighbors into it). A few will stop. Once one stops more will stop. Word of mouth will build the traffic. The nice part of slow traffic now is thakt you have no competition for viewing space when you go out to look at it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken collins Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 First couple years, things were slow, and I felt a lot like you do now. Now in its 7th year, we have to bring in outside help for traffic control. Your pretty early for start up, typicaly we see most of our traffic the last 2 week ends before Christmas. Use this time to tweak your sequences, maybe start a new one, and work on next years layout. If this is your first year, it just gets bigger and better in the future. Enjoy it now, you'll be so busy with traffic that you won't get to enjoy your own show later on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhitePlainsNY Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 The people that slow down as they drive by usually come back with a car full of kids as it gets closer to Christmas. Don't get discouraged. It'll pick up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caleb Linburg Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 more people will start to show up closer to Christmas. I Had a few show up and stop while I just had one thing on testing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgrant Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 Yeah, same for me. This is my first year and not sure what to expect. One other home a couple of miles away does this and they've got cars backed up for a good mile or so. Since very few know about mine, I doubt this first year will be much. Next week, one week from today is my official light up. I've got a sign posted out there inviting everyone for it. Now I'll be the fool if no one shows up but oh well....I am considering handing out candy canes to the kids and possible hot chocolate or cider to the adults. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon.n.h Posted November 16, 2012 Author Share Posted November 16, 2012 Glad to hear the positive comments! Thanks guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gman7711 Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 I live in a court with a busy street behind us. I wonder if I need to make a sign back there.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryebred Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 I too have a house that backs up against a busy street. I have a banner on the back side of my fence facing the street and it even has a light on it that comes on at night so people can see it. My first year I talked to a few people that stopped by and it seemed most people were from within the neighborhood that happened to see it as they drove by on the way to their own house.Last year was my second year and we started getting more people that had heard about our place from californiachristmaslights.com as well as a listing in our local city lights display section on their website. The first two years I started the display Thanksgiving weekend and hardly got anyone stopping at all that week. However, last year, the week before Christmas, there was never less than six cars at a time out there. This year should be even better.I am not going to bother with starting the weekend after Thanksgiving this year and will instead finish set up that weekend and test it out a few times the week after before going live December 1st. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GS Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 I live in a court with a busy street behind us. I wonder if I need to make a sign back there....Put the show in your back yard, on the busy street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon.n.h Posted November 17, 2012 Author Share Posted November 17, 2012 I too live in a busy neighborhood, but still nobody stops. I feel that it could be because I have only 16 channels. I don't see why that matters to the regular viewer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCas4380 Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 it's early don't worry, if you built it they will come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilM0nkey Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 I'm slightly nervous but Richmond is all about TLT so I think I should be fine. I hope at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Farmer Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Make sure your radio station sign is well posted so they understand to turn on the radio. The first year I did this I had neighboors asking me why my lights flashed so funny. NOW, they understand. I have one lighted radio sign and about 4 others placed so they can tune in before they acutally get here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgrant Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Had some family with a friend stop over last night, so I ran one sequence for them. People driving by stopped in the middle of the street and others went past and turned around, coming back and stopping! Cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gman7711 Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Put the show in your back yard, on the busy street. You can't see my back yard (up on a hill)And there's no place to stop and watch... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Rise Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Last year was my first year. First couple of weeks it was pretty slow, one or two cars every half hour or so. Then it picks up. I live on a small street and it started to get crazy as it got closer to Christmas. Had as many as 6 cars at once. That's all my tiny street can handle. This being my second year, I'm thinking that word has gotten out. Be careful what you wish for and whatever you do, don't advertise. Things will spiral outta control and your neighbors will turn on you. Word of mouth will bring more visitors.My current show is an hour and a half long ran continuously. If things start to get crazy, I have multiple shows broken up into 15 minute segments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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