BIG CHANGES are coming....

As the title states, BIG CHANGES are coming to Sport Card Collectors. This has been something I have been thinking about this entire year.

The one thing I strive to do on this blog is continue to improve it moving forward with today's collecting times and trying to grow. While also giving you helpful and useful information on the hobby anyway possible! And to show everyone that visits this blog that the hobby is fun! So when looking at content this year, I noticed it wasn't as strong as I had hoped. So that's why in 2014 I hope to strive to improve the content on this blog and give you useful information on the hobby. I have some BIG CHANGES coming and I hope you will stay along for the ride!

What are they you may ask? First let's start to say, you will notice a new facelift. All of the previous posts from the past two years will disappear! When I said BIG CHANGES, I meant it. Why do this you may ask, well, I really wanted to start fresh without having to start over a new blog. I like what Sport Card Collectors offers collectors and there are many of you who subscribe to the blog or have the link close by so starting over wouldn't be an option since so many of you have a connection to this blog.As for where the posts will disappear to, we will NOT BE deleting them. They will be on our new brother blog Sport Card Collectors Archives! You can find that blog HERE and enjoy all of the previous posts there. I just felt the blog needed a fresh start with new and IMPROVED writings on here and felt like I had to erase mistakes from the past without losing all of the hard worked content. I wanted to move this blog forward the right way without losing anything however with that being said, it doesn't mean I won't bring the posts back if needed at some point. Other facelift moves may be made as well such as switching to a single sided blog, color scheme and so on.

There will be other changes as well. With most successful and informational blogs their seems to be themed days. Something that I attempted early on in blogging but back then didn't work. However, that was long ago before this blog made it on the map. I thought bringing this back will help! What they will be, well, let's break it down for you!

• Monday: I think we all need great way to wake up on a Monday..so why not wake up with a laugh with "CAPTION THIS" Monday. I will post up a card that needs a caption (I may provide one myself too) Have a great time with it...but keep it clean (absolutely NO language) ***NEW***
• Tuesday: Topps Card Of The Week. Cards will random in different sports and years. Not all will be autographed or memorabilia. Most will be base cards or inserts. The simple stuff that doesn't always get the recognition in the hobby and stuff  that I appreciate. And it's not just a picture of the card either. There will be information about the card such as card number, year, product, brand and Book Value.  ***NEW***
• Wednesday: Panini Card Of The Week Cards will random in different sports and years. Not all will be autographed or memorabilia. Most will be base cards or inserts. The simple stuff that doesn't always get the recognition in the hobby and stuff  that I appreciate. And it's not just a picture of the card either. There will be information about the card such as card number, year, product, brand and Book Value.  ***NEW***
• Thursday:Upper Deck Card Of The Week Cards will random in different sports and years. Not all will be autographed or memorabilia. Most will be base cards or inserts. The simple stuff that doesn't always get the recognition in the hobby and stuff  that I appreciate. And it's not just a picture of the card either. There will be information about the card such as card number, year, product, brand and Book Value.  ***NEW***
• Friday: Product Previews Of The Week Giving you a preview of newer products and summing them all up into one post! ***NEW***
• Saturday: Hobby Opinions another new segment. I will just put up a quick post such as BASE CARDS and YOU give your opinion on the topic in comments. This is all about your guys opinions. ***NEW***
• Sunday: NPN Address Of The Week I have had some fans that have been asking if I can post some NPN addresses. So I will start doing that on Sundays of products I recently either opened or NPN addresses that haven't expired yet. Who doesn't appreciate a chance at FREE cards! ***NEW***
• I will also have a new series called The Basics. This will be for the beginning collectors. I want to break down what each item is in the hobby such as a hobby pack vs a retail pack. A One Touch. A blaster box. A blister box. A redemption card. And so on. Hopefully with basic useful information it will help collectors just starting out.
• Once in awhile a poll may be posted that I hope everyone will vote on to use as a story. 
• Must also note that Reviews (that will new and improved), Retail Break 'em(showcasing you what is inside of a retail pack, blaster, rack pack or blister of a retail product) ***NEW*** , Hobby Break 'em(showcasing you what is inside of a Hobby pack or Hobby Box of a product we have already opened and reviewed) Opinion Story, Featured NY Giants Card ***NEW***, Featured NY Yankees Card  ***NEW*** , What's In The Mail Box? (only the most important mail days will be featured) ***NEW*** , Design Police (taking designs from yesterday and today and either putting them in jail or setting them free) ***NEW***and FANdom Card Of The Day may also fill in a days spot when they are available and will replace that days post or be an extra one. I will be losing topics like Retail Reviews (but I will give you our thoughts on products in Retail Break 'em) and Fan PC that never seemed to gain any strength. There also may be other new topics as well, but as of right now this stands to be the plan. All may be subject to change.

Even the way I do contests will be different. However, you will still control your destiny of winning! Not many random contests on here! The BIGGER change on the giveaway end is that I will be doing a lot less of them (though you never know). Now I know a lot of you will be disappointed, but I didn't start up this blog to do just giveaways even though I absolutely love giving back to fellow collectors. I wanted to blog about sports cards and my experiences and opinions on topics in the hobby. And it seems like a lot of the focus on sports cards gets lost on here a lot of times by the amount of giveaways I am doing.I STILL will be doing giveaways, they just will be randomly done throughout the year. So remember to keep an eye out and follow us on Twitter, LIKE us on Facebook or become a member of this blog or follow by email to be up to date on when a contest will happen!

Another change will be the loss of the Fan Interaction pages. Nobody uses them. I have tried and tried to get excitement going on those and for fans to interact with each other by using them, but it just doesn't seem like it's going to work. So they will be leaving to free up more space on the blog. With that being said however, that doesn't mean that I won't try again. Bringing collectors together has always been the aim.

There may be other changes that happen as well. But I will always stick to the roots that readers love either way. I hope all of you enjoy what I will be bringing to the blog. As always let me know in comments your thoughts!

All of these new changes will take effect on January 1st, 2014 as I move closer to the 2 year blogversary in March. I wanna kick off the new year in style!