Well put. A rotating banner on MM's site is probably the least effective marketing they could have for CF. Does everyone already forget the grueling world tour they sent Ben on before the release of 7. I don't think I've ever seen a tour like that for any other MM product before.
The sky isn't falling. Your career does not rest on a rotating flash ad. -Adam On 5/2/05, Sean Corfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 5/2/05, Alex Sherwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > When CFMX7 was launched, I queried as to why the only marketing on MM's > > site was a small picture and some text in the center "Products" column. > > I just spoke with the web producer responsible for managing > ColdFusion-related content on the site. He said that the blue > "speedometer" promo badge for CFMX 7 was featured on the homepage (and > you'll have seen it all over the CF-related pages on the site). He > also said that certain international macromedia.com homepages included > a full FMA (rotating banner ad) for CFMX 7. > > Remember that Macromedia has a lot of products and therefore a lot of > "competition" for FMA and promo badge space - marketing has to balance > each and every campaign in order to get the most bang for their buck, > so to speak... > > <note type="purely personal"> > I get pretty ticked off by certain CFers feeling "slighted" every time > that Flash or Breeze or whatever gets a mention but CF is not > mentioned in the same article. Someone recently complained that the > news article about Flash on mobiles (Stephen Elop's piece, I think) > didn't mention ColdFusion but did mention Dreamweaver. It was a news > item aimed at the business market and so it pushed the business value > of Flash on mobiles and mentioned a reference point that those > business users might recognize (Dreamweaver). There would have been no > point in mentioning CF in such an article. Try not to get blinded by > your own personal evangelism about CF (or any other technology)! > </note> > > And, yes, stop being so paranoid, OK? :) > -- > Sean A Corfield -- http://corfield.org/ > Team Fusebox -- http://fusebox.org/ > Got Gmail? -- I have 50, yes 50, invites to give away! > > "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." > -- Margaret Atwood ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:205361 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
