A collection of articles about the TidBITS membership program — why we started it, what it provides members, and how it has succeeded over time.
Learn how you can help keep TidBITS vibrant and relevant in the face of ever-increasing costs for writing, editing, development, and hosting. We have some perks for you in return!
Our TidBITS membership program is off to a great start, and we’re aiming for 2,000 members by the end of January. Adam shares details so far, along with the lessons we’ve learned in the process.
This week marks the 22nd year of continuous publication for TidBITS. Will you help us continue for another 22 years by becoming a TidBITS member?
Our membership program is a year old now, and while it was a huge help in keeping TidBITS vibrant in 2012, we still need help to defray the costs of writing, editing, development, and hosting going forward. Please join today!
Our membership program played a major role in keeping TidBITS vibrant in 2013, but we still need help covering the costs of writing, editing, development, and hosting in 2014. If you’re not already a TidBITS member, please join today!
Learn how you can help keep TidBITS vibrant and relevant in the face of ever-increasing costs for writing, editing, development, and hosting. We have some perks for you in return!
We need your ongoing support to keep TidBITS vibrant and relevant in the next year, and if enough TidBITS readers step forward to help, we’ll eliminate banner ads and affiliate link redirectors from our Web site.
Membership revenues haven’t yet met the level necessary to eliminate banner ads and affiliate link redirectors from the TidBITS site — join in January to promote the concept of an ad-free Internet.
The second month of our membership challenge is over, and while our membership rolls and revenues did increase, it wasn’t enough that we can justify removing banner ads from our site.
Heads up! We’ve begun the process of completely revamping TidBITS’s Internet presence and expect to start rolling out big changes in early 2018. You can look forward to a modernized TidBITS experience that’s more visually appealing and mobile friendly.
In keeping with our tradition, we’re going to take off the last few weeks of the year to spend with family and friends, so look for the next email issue of TidBITS on 8 January 2018. Thanks for your attention in 2017, and here’s looking forward to the major Internet infrastructure changes for TidBITS in 2018!
Our membership program plays a crucial role in ensuring that we can bring you TidBITS every week, but memberships went down earlier this year during the transition to our new Internet infrastructure and its new membership system. Join TidBITS today and help us continue our award-winning tech journalism!
If you set up an automatically renewing TidBITS membership before April 2018, our new membership system will require a one-time restart from you. Sorry for the inconvenience!
In an attempt to recover from the loss of 500 members, we sent an email appeal last week that resulted in over 500 people signing up for the TidBITS membership program and putting us back on firm footing. Thank you!
We’re coming up on our 30th anniversary in April 2020, but the only way TidBITS can keep bringing you the Apple news, advice, and technical details you need is if you chip in to make it happen. Join the TidBITS membership program today!