Habbox Live concerns

[hah]

GOT MY WILLY OUT FOR MATTGARNER


i said it was a rumor lol

[scott]

i can listen to habbox now lol


Listeners: 85/400

told u that was the probs scott ;l

We already knew that loads of people couldn't tune in using Habbox.com!

If you're using Centova you can always have the AutoDJ for that and get the free script provided so DJs can login and kick the autoDJ on/off, just implement it into the panel so they can do it when they login to the panel.

Like I said it would still make the DJs lazy and not want to DJ, @dean you didn't HAVE to DJ all that time nobody forced you to, it was your choice lol.

Not so long ago there was a big moan abuot DJs streaming and now the same people want an Auto DJ introduced which will be streaming again lol :S

[,Jess,]

I'm not gunna quote everything because it will take up too much space but anyway:

Listeners
The current listener numbers are dissapointing compared to what they used to be and obviously we are trying to get an improvement in this but there are many reasons for low listener numbers rather than the quality of HabboxLive (although I'm not going to lie that is a major factor). Habbo radios are not as popular anymore, yesterday during Habbox Starz I checked Clubhabbo and they had something like 30 listeners and HFFM were doing a similar event to ours and had around 100 at the time I tuned in. This time last year all 3 sites would have had at least double that (well ch might not have I can't remember if the radio was there then but still). There has been a decline in the overall popularity at Habbox everywhere and that is shown through the listeners and this can be down to changes to Habbo such as the marketplace but the only way this can fixed is if Habbox steps up its game as a whole and I know over the summer there are plenty of events and things to get the Habbox name out there so that should help.

Show quality
There is never going to be a way to get perfect show quality and all I can do is tune in and tell the DJs where they are going wrong and how to improve and I do this but it does take a lot of time because I like to get a wide variety of opinions from senior DJs and then listen myself to each DJ regularly and give them indepth feedback, not just 'you need to work on your show quality' - I like to tell them how else it isn't useful. When DJs don't take on advice or soon forget it, it is dissapointing and I cannot do much more than tell them. There are a lot of really talented DJs though and over time they do improve and in an ideal world they would all be perfect when I hired them and I would only hire perfect DJs but that isn't going to happen because none of them are perfect or professional DJs. People have always complained about show quality, but I know that we can get back to the standard that we were at and we are not that far off.

Staff numbers + activity
Someone saying we have 50 staff, that is not true we have 25 staff at the moment. Which is not enough for this time of year because to keep the radio up 24/7 they would all practically have to DJ at least once a day and that isn't taking into account people going away on holiday. We are opening applications later this week because we are in desperate need of DJs, especially international. There are not a large number of inactive staff like people are suggesting because just last week I was going through everyone and got rid of those that were doing nothing. We have about 9 inter DJs atm, so this would explain why it is the same people keeping the radio up and having to stream but this won't happen all summer because we are going to hire new staff and hopefully there will be a lot of interest from good quality DJs.

Age of DJs
The age of DJs should not even be an issue, it shouldn't be noticable and I do not believe how old certain DJs are is obvious. The truth is if someone applies and sounds dead young and like they are about 10 I don't hire them. But there have been people who are 11/12 who I have heard and then seen their age and been shocked. I don't look at age first but really the immaturity that is shown in some DJs the majority of the time comes from the older ones.

Streaming/auto DJ
Streaming is something that we should be seeing less and less of although there is quite a bit in the international hours probbaly because of the lack of international staff. We are aiming to cut this out and I don't think that the introduction of an auto DJ would help with this because as others have said it could cause staff to not bother and let the auto DJ do the work through the hour. The DJs put so much effort into keeping the radio up in fact I think it has been down for a total of 4 hours this whole month which in incredible and as soon as show quality starts to improve and streaming cuts down this will help us to gain listeners. People know that every time they tune in a DJ will be on and this is something about HabboxLive atm which is great.

Kazopark
This is something beyond my control but all DJs need to say once an hour is the words 'sponsered by kazopark' and that can easily be slipped in. I know some DJs start talking about it and how great it is which is not what is required so that could probably stop .

Prizes
HabboxLive as a whole is pretty low on prizes, well very. I am going to start building up the prize fun again and I want to put stuff to one side so I can give it to DJs to use in their shows because it is very hard to give out stuff every show and listeners often expect that so the prizes are lower so that it can be spread out more and I think for the time being this is better than nothing but hopefully things can improve.

Effort in shows and interacting with listeners
I think it was HFFM that had a rule that every DJ must do an event once a week in one of their shows. This could be something such as a guess the password, wina room, giveaway or maybe just like a special themed show idk. We could adapt this rule and make one for HabboxLive and this would mean that all DJs have to put in an extra effort which should make the show more enjoyable for the listeners and we could maybe have a page advertising the shows and this could help to boost listeners.

Using HxHD as a party,
I really hate the amount of times I see this room being used, it's small and boring for the listeners. I don't mind it being advertised in the offpeak hours but primetime I would rather it wasn't used at all. It gets so boring for the listeners and I would say 70% of the time it is used so we will be trying to change this.

Jingles
We were getting them, then I think there wasn't enough money for them and they aren't classed as a priority to management so not sure when we will get them.

I think I missed out some things but yeah can add them later

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yeah but seriously... who wants to go to a different site just to listen to the radio

[Alex3213]

Jingles
We were getting them, then I think there wasn't enough money for them and they aren't classed as a priority to management so not sure when we will get them.

I've only quoted that part because the rest of it sounds rather alright. It's not towards you but towards management: what is the priority, because personally this is very important on the advertising side of things?

Thanks.

[Richie]

Also I think a pop up player on the forum navigation with just the radio would come into great use and it will make a difference for the better. Small things like that would help in my opinion.

[Robbie]

i can listen to habbox now lol


Listeners: 85/400

told u that was the probs scott ;l

thanks to me (H)

[Calvin]

I was thinking maybe you could have the vault competition, get lots of rares in a room on Habbo and have a script on HabboxLive/Habbox.com and they have to get the numbers or something. Or even a competitions page and a different competition each week like tune in at a certain time and they have to get the secret codeword and the winner gets picked from a number generator.

[gangstaagent1]

I agree with everything above. I can almost guarantee you will get flamed or the habboxlive djs will take it the wrong way. Some will say it was the merge that effected habboxlive however I disagree, I'm not sure if nicola remembers but almost a year ago the standards of djs were starting to get worse and began to lose listeners. I said to Nicola as I can remember clearly 'I bet you one day habboxlive will drop below the 100 mark' and it has, staff could see it happening from a mile away and my point is no-one tried to prevent it from happening.


Kazopark
That stupid advertising thing with kazopark definitely is effecting the radio, yeah habbox are getting money out of it but your losing the traffic. Below I'm going to list a few things that I think may help habboxlive.



Furni
When I tuned into habboxlive in 06 & 07 I'm not going to lie I mainly tuned in for the competitions and for a bit of fun. Prizes used to be stuff like petals, ambers and the odd week, thrones. Now its stupid pointless furniture like mochas or hcs. Habbox might not have the furniture to be giving away and I'm aware djs can't ask for donations. What I think jess should do and yes it may seem rude but ask people on the forum for donations. That way better prizes and more competitions can be supplied.



On Air Talk
I've seen how it works in fm radio stations as I'm sure others have and yes I know habbox isn't fm but wouldn't it seem more professional if your djs made a script before each show? Rather than them go on air and stutter and talk about complete ******** that no-one wants to hear. Ask the djs to prepare a script and what songs they are going to play, they can work their requests into the scripts but if all fails and no-one requests a song they can go by the script. This will also let you see which djs can be actually arsed to put effort into habboxlive.



Interact & make fans
Lets be honest, djs pop on air and the same listeners say 'your my favourite dj' but say the exact same thing to the next dj. The djs need to attract their own listeners, get on habbo get chatting with people and in the process meet new friends. Speak to more people on the forum, post around the forum a little more and in fact it should be mandatory that they post around the forum. As much of a ***** fest habboxlive is, the djs need to work together, when I worked for habboxlive I had my own 'group' as some would call it, when one of us were on air we would advertise loads for the other person, we would tune into one another and ask everyone on our list to tune in and I can assure you it definitely brought in more listeners. There was like five or more in our 'group' imagine how successful habboxlive could be if everyone worked together invited, listened in and were using their initiative to help out when not asked.



Spice up the shows
Try get the listeners more active, get a skype account and have a chat with them. Do what they do in fm radios, record yourself speaking to them, then play it on it on air (for obvious reasons) dig up some old tunes you haven't heard in a while, have a poll asking what songs the listeners are getting bored of, have a list for them to choose from. Introduce different genres, dubstep, r&b, rap, classical? do what you gotta do.



Speaking over songs & radio going off air
I have to admit, fair play. After the last rant I had its been cut back loads, which is fantastic. It still happens but what can you do. The radio still seems to be boring at night. Perhaps jin should take a look at http://shoutautomation.com/ they have been around a long time and its basically an online auto dj which plays when the radios goes offline and I'm sure you can set it so when a dj connects it kicks the auto dj off air. You can setup playlists, genres, what time you want a song played at, record voice clips to be played at certain times, add jingles etc. Its very helpful just a suggestion and no I'm not getting paid to advertise for them (Thanks to skizzling for showing me this). The radio is delayed by 15 seconds already, I reckon it would be better to delay it by about one minute so if the radio does go off air it gives another dj the time to realise the radio has gone offline and connect without buffer.



Advertise
Put up a few facebook advertisements, google, trade advertising links with other websites. Yeah it will cost money but sure habbox have money now from kazopark use it while you have the chance. The prices aren't too extreme for advertising.



Make the radio compatible for as many programs as possible
Flash, wmp, adobe etc. Have a drop down menu for visters to choose from.



Different competitions
Maybe I am contradicting myself with the above by saying we need more habbo furniture, maybe its time for a change. Give away cds, yes it may be personal to give out peoples full address. Parents should have the trust of habbox management, ask the listener for their parents name or ask them could they ask their parents to email you. All details should stay confidential and if they don't want you knowing their address suggest to their parents that you could send it to their nearest post office for them to collect. That way the only details needed is the post office address and the collectors name.



Take suggestions like a complement
It shows that some people are actually trying to help habboxlive improve its quality and existence. Don't take everything so personal it might sound bad but we are just trying to help improve habboxlive at the end of the day.



Jingles
Have jingles for advertising the helpdesk, the habbox lottery, the forum, the news, the rare values, the competitions and events. Sounds like a hell of allot of jingles but it will change the shows and make them seem different. They don't need to be played constantly.



Stop being so up yourself
I know some staff that won't even bother speaking to new people as they just think they are some how above them and better. Everyone is the same and both new & old should be treated with the same respect staff members get.





thats just a few suggestions that I think may help habboxlive, ignore them if you wish.
Richard.

K I only read one page, and this poped out to me. After reading this, I started to speak to Jess. As you said about the skype account, I spoke to Jess about maybe getting it online and starting to talk to people. She agreed to letting this happen. We will get it posted on the twitter account so that listeners who have skype can freely add it.

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i said do a talk show ages ago using skype