Out from behind the mask


Hey bros,

For the first time in a LONG time, the COVID-19 situation looks pretty good in most of the areas that seekBromance serves. It’s now considered safe enough not to need a mask in most places, if you’re vaccinated. Therefore, it’s likely that meeting new people is okay for you now. Of course, this improvement is fricken fantastic when you’re in search of more friends.

The flip side, however, is the new seekBromance subscription price that’s coming up. You might remember from an earlier blog entry that I announced a pandemic discount, slashing the price from $34.99 to $4.99. At the time, I told you that I couldn’t keep going with that price forever, so now it’s time to go back to the regular rate.

I’m letting you know now so that you can take advantage of my “usual” loophole. The price change goes into effect on April 4, 2022 (that’s 4-4-22!) If you begin a subscription before that date, you can still get the pandemic discount price, above, for as long as you keep your subscription in good standing. If you let it expire, you will have to purchase a new subscription at whatever the current price is.

So mark that date on your calendars, bros, and also remember to mark the entry deadline of 3/22/2202 for the Cool story, Bro! contest.

Happy bromancing!

Later,
-The Blog Dude

The ‘Cool Story, Bro’ contest


Hey dudes,

As a lot of you know, the expression “cool story, bro” is meant to be sarcastic. It gets used on guys who just ramble on without adding anything valuable to a conversation. So I’m using this message to announce an effort to turn this sarcasm around, and I’m doing it by showing you original stories from the bros of seekBromance, because I know you all can tell stories that are genuinely cool.

Here’s how it works. Email your story to feedback@seekbromance.com using any common digital format that you choose. It can be plain text, Microsoft Word, Open Office, or you can even point a video camera at yourself and narrate your story on YouTube if you want. I’m going to run the top three stories, one per new post here on the seekBromance blog. The first prize is a free, unlimited contacts subscription for life.

Of course, there have to be a few ground rules, so here they are:

  1. All content must be your own, original work – either fiction or non-fiction. Don’t be a dick and try to claim someone else’s creation as your own.
  2. Keep the length reasonable. There is no firm minimum or maximum, but be aware that most of us bros don’t have time to read an entire novel. Something that you could start and finish during a mid-day break would be about right.
  3. Content should mostly be PG-13. I’m not a prude, but I don’t want to publish pornographic stories. Also, no stories that push a ‘hate speech’ type of message.

The deadline for all entries is March 22, 2022 (which is my closest birthday). And that’s the contest! Good luck, bros.

Later,
-The Blog Dude

It’s that time of year, bros


That’s right, dudes. It’s that time.

No, I’m not talking about Christmas or Festivus.

I’m not talking about the countdown to midnight at New Years’.

I’m talking about Game Watching Season! It’s that time when the greatest number of big games (in multiple sports) are broadcast. Which means a lot of opportunities to do what bros to best: gather in packs to take in those games.

Sooner or later, bro, you’re going to have to host one of these events. Sure, you could invite your posse to watch at a bar, but the markups on booze make that one of the most expensive options. Which means that, in addition to your having the beer available at your place, you’re also going to need some food.

Don’t panic: nobody expects you to be slaving away in the kitchen. But at the other extreme, you don’t want to have everyone stuffing their faces from bags of cheese puffs. It’s just not healthy. So a nice compromise would be a big snack tray, like this one set up to look like a stadium:

In addition to the awesome design, this tray is full of stuff that most dudes enjoy:

  • Chips (thick enough to dip)
  • Mini pepperoni sticks
  • Ham slices – also mini
  • Cheese slices – also mini
  • Bread slices – also mini
  • Crackers
  • Carrot and celery sticks
  • Pretzels and nuts
  • Sweet pickles & sweet onions
  • Buffalo chicken dip
  • Cole slaw dip, topped with bacon pieces

If you hate to cook, don’t sweat the dips. You can always pick up some substitutes at your local supermarket. But of course, if making custom dips is your idea of fun, go for it!

Happy gamewatching with the bros.

Later,
-The Blog Dude

Update: Pricing will stay the course


In case you’ve been reading some of the earlier posts in this blog, you know that I announced a major price discount to seekBromance subscriptions.

The reason was simple: seekBromance was designed to help bros meet one another in person, and COVID-19 was pretty much destroying that activity. Once things started to reopen, I got excited like everyone else and was getting ready to return to the usual pricing.

Then the Delta variant hit.

So, until the countries that we serve get things to the point where there’s minimal risk to go out and interact with people, I will stay the course with subscription prices. I can’t really guess how soon that will happen, but I promise to make an announcement on this blog way before any rate changes.

Stay safe, bros.

Later,
-The Blog Dude

The Bro is back


Hey dudes,

It’s been a while since my last blog post, I know. Don’t worry; I wasn’t sick. Just slammed with a ton of things to take care of with my various other projects. SO – my home state of California is ‘reopening’ today, and so am I.

Naturally, now that a lot of places are letting people meet up again, I’m looking at when to raise the subscription prices back up from Covid-era rates. Meaning that if you are even slightly considering getting a subscription and messaging your bros on the main site, now is the perfect time to take advantage of this service before the rates change again. Oh, and I’m going to honor the old price for as long as you keep your subscription active.

Okay bros, enough with the bureaucracy. Get out there and enjoy the weather.

Happy bromancing!

Later,
-The Blog Dude

A deep, unreal bro hug!


Hey bros,

I realize that it’s been a while since I addressed you last, but we’ve all been going through some difficult stuff lately. So, to help keep up your morale, here’s a bro hug:

What makes it so deep-unreal is that the dude on the right is wearing my face. It was the closest I could come to hugging all of you, since a picture is worth a thousand words.

If you feel like deepfaking yourself onto the dude with the cap, go for it!

Later,
-The Blog Dude

This Is Big


Hey dudes,

I’m going to get straight to the point: I’m cutting the price of a seekBromance subscription by almost 85%.

In other words, the former subscription price of US $34.99 per month is now US $4.99 month! And you can still get an even bigger break by purchasing a 12-month subscription in advance. So tell me, bros, when was the last time you saw an 85% off sale?

For now, the best way to take advantage of this offer is to go to the website and navigate to My Subscription on the main menu. The new subscription prices will be available here first, and then in the apps.

I’m sure that most of you are wondering why I’m doing this. The answer: COVID-19. Let’s face it, the business model for seekBromance relies a lot on guys meeting each other in person. When that gets much harder to do, it also gets harder to justify the price.

Is this “Covid Special” going to last forever? No. The truth is, it can’t. When the restrictions on gatherings are lifted after there’s a vaccine, the price will need to go up again. But we will honor all subscriptions made at the sale price until they expire.

Happy (remote) Bromancing!

Later,
-The Blog Dude

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