Balloon Ride Operator Membership.

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A Hot Air Balloonist Ride Operators Membership.

 

The Hot Air Balloon Ride Operators membership has a ton of benefits that make it a great value at only $5 a month.  Here is a list of the Benefits, Permissions and Items a Ride Operator Membership includes.

 

• Customize your personal space.  Ad a company logo or photos of yourself so everyone knows who you are.  Set your local time so postings will have a real time stamp on them.  Add information on the different ways other members can contact you outside the HotAirBalloonist.com site.  Add Age and gender and birth dates if you wish. Set background photos or custom colors for your personal area.  Create a custom signature with logo and email and contact information, so each post or topic you start will have your custom imprint on it.  Create a friends list.  Customize your space anyway you want.

• Create your Custom Business Advertisement.  Go to the Ride Operators Category and build your own topic.  Insert photos, text, links, emails, phone numbers and anything you want to make your page stand out from the others.  This is your Ride Operation advertisement and you can create it any way you would like.  Go back and change it every day if you want.  It is yours to edit and alter at any time while you are a member on the site.

• Create a photo gallery all about your ballooning.  Link your photo gallery to your Balloon Ride Operators Topic!  Add descriptions of the photos about where and when they were taken. 

• Create a blog about your ballooning or an event you are attending.  Our Blog center is quite complex and will allow you to be quite creative in sharing your adventures

• Use the Online Chat Room.  Stop in and see who is there.  Join or start a conversation with other balloon enthusiasts.

• Stick a pin in the Member Map.  The Member Map is a Google powered map with pins from members all over the country.  Have a look around and see where other pilots and events are around the country. 

• Browse the Equipment 4Sale category.  Look for things you may need.  Respond to topics started by others and ask any questions you would like from those who have equipment for sale.

• Start a poll in the Polling forum.  Have a question that you want honest answers.  Go to the Polling Forum on the topics page and start a topic about your question.  Add a poll to your topic for others to choose any of multiple answers you have given.  See the results in a real time format and get an honest opinion since the voting is done anonymously.

• Check on current news on the Current Events page.  See new articles written by other balloonists and see what news is in the headlines from all over the world with our continuous news feed called In the Headlines.

• Have a look around the online BALLOON STORE.  Find items you may not find elsewhere. 

• Load a link to your favorite online balloon video in our Media section on the Current Events page.

• Download applications, maps, forms, and many other items available in the Download section of the site.

• Have a look at the member page to see if your friends are also members and interact with them by sending them a note or an email.

• Look on the calendar and find upcoming balloon events, festivals, safety seminars and many other things listed on several calendars available on the site.

• Interact with any of the dozens and dozens of categories on the topics page.  Help answer a question from a student pilot in the Student Lounge. 
• Start a topic in the tips and tricks category.  Tell us about a learning experience you have had and spread your knowledge for the entire balloon world.

 

As you can see there are many things a Ride Operators membership can offer.  The most value comes from the advertisement you can create for your business.  At $5 a month it is seriously cheap advertising.  If you only get one ride a year from it you have broken even on the cost and all the other benefits are FREE! 

This really is an amazing site with so much potential the pricing to become a member is honestly extremely cheap to have all of functionality and resources in one location.  Become a member NOW!  You will be glad you did.  Our support is fantastic.  If you have troubles you can get answers most often in minutes.