Lousiana Biker Magazine Louisiana Biker Magazine Jun2016 | Page 4

Louisiana Biker Magazine Volume 1, Issue 6 - June 2016 Publisher - Dubois “Frosty” Daniels Associate Publisher - Angel “Boss Lady” Bowman Lousiana Biker LLC P.O. Box 673 Loranger, LA 70446 Associate Editor - Tommy “Tomcat” Patterson News Editor - Stacey “Snoopy” Conly (504) 264-1077 [email protected] Marketing Princess - Sherri Harris Event Coordinator - Jackie “Firefly” Hower Contributors Ginger Williams, Robert TuTu, Angela Lingefelt, Ainnsley Begnaud, Kellie Cormier, Rebel Rageur, FlipFlop Deana Berry, Jason Wilson, Randall Cobb, Ashley Roy, Joanie Nerrettig, Barry Tanner Sr., Alicia Smith Technical Advisory Board Dave Ervin, Rob Rangold, Joe Vincent, The Professor, Max Materne On the Cover - Rider: Courtney Moore Bike: Triumph Daytona 675 On the Calendar - Model: Chris Lafitte Bike: 2012 Street Glide FLHX Special Thanks: Alan and Marjorie Stanton, Larry Friedman, Nikki Jackson, R. E. Daniels, Dennis Brody Publisher’s Note Mama S We are already up to our sixth issue, seven if you count the half size sample issue we put together last November. Our website has been active about six months also, and our Facebook page was started just ten months ago. It is really amazing how far we have come in such a short time. We are ahead of our goals in every metric you can measure. We reached our circulation goal in just three months, with 100% distribution and almost zero returns. Most locations run out within days. We have more subscriptions sold than we had ever planned for. Traffic on our www site is not bad, but we will be working to increase it in the coming months. Our Alexa rank puts us at #1 in Louisiana for web traffic, but I think we can still do better. Our social networking stats have been phenominal. On Facebook, we are #1 in the state by a HUGE margin. From the stats I pulled an hour ago (5/19/2016, 7:30am) our Page Likes are 160% of the next local motorcycle magazine, and our Engagement is an astounding 2000% of theirs. This is the metric that shows how active users are on the page, and that is the one that really counts. All of this progress and success is only possible because of our staff. We really have a great group of people onboard. This month, we would like to thank and congratulate Sherri Harris, who is known here as Mama S, as she moves up to the position of Marketing Princess. I'm pretty sure she just made that job title up, but I am also sure she will do a great job for us with our ad sales and accounts receivables. Frosty Table of Contents Renegade's Patch Holder Day Patch Holder Appreciation at Renegade Harley-Davidson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Ramblin' Man The Bob Seymour Journey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Confederates MC Spring Blow Out Confederates MC and A.B.A.T.E. Rally at Bonnie & Clyde Trade Days . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Renegade's Patch Holder Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 The Bob Seymour Journey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Confederates MC Spring Blow Out . . . . . . . . 10 Wrench's Custom Build . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 CVMA Poker Run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Louisiana Readers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Hoka Hey Challenge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Street Soldierz Bike Wash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Louisiana Riders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Hell on Wheels MC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Cycle Gear Bike Night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Camp Rainman Ride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Farewell to Squirrell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Love, Loyalty, Respect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Perhaps Heaven: Aftermath . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30