How do I get off this email list??? I've unsubscribed over and over!!! Linda
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 2:09 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [marketing] A different Market focus All you have to do is to read the footer any of the emails you have received from this alias. It clearly reads: --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] Hope that helps... Gotta go.. I have tens of repeated email to delete from my inbox! :P Regards, Abhishek http://krabhishek.com Linda Tarrant wrote: > What do I have to do to get off your email list??? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Graham Lauder [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 1:34 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [marketing] A different Market focus > > On Wed, 04 Feb 2009 05:23:38 Juergen Schmidt wrote: > >> Hi, >> > > Hi Juergen, > > >> hey please stop to promote Google. You should think more about a neutral >> campaign focusing on OO.org only. As far as i know Google does nothing >> for the project. They spent some money for OOCon, fine and thanks a lot. >> But that's it. They had kick us out of GSOC last year, they don't pay >> for any developers, they don't pay anything or they don't do anything to >> support the project. I asked the Google guy in Beijing if this situation >> is going to change some time in the future and he mentioned no. So why >> should we do a campaign where we ask people to use Google ... >> >> Well, most people will use it anyway but that is of course a different >> story and we should focus on our own stuff. >> >> Just my 2 cents >> >> Juergen >> > > Whether we like it or not, in the english speaking world there are two > googles: > Google the noun and google the verb. > > Just like putting an advert on TV doesn't promote TV, we are not promoting > Google, we are using google to promote OOo > > The "Google: OOo" idea is a call for action. The idea is to incite curiosity > so that the viewer takes another step and googles OOo. Google is merely the > tool that allows that person to take that step. The idea is to take the > initial promotion one step away from the computer > > Cheers > GL > > >> Benjamin Horst wrote: >> >>> Or how about: >>> >>> Why OOo? Just google it! >>> >>> Google might get annoyed at the use of their name as a verb, since if >>> they don't defend it they could eventually lose the trademark. >>> >>> But, the text above breaks it up so that users will not confuse OOo as a >>> Google project. ("Google OOo" sounds like "Google Maps" or all the >>> others.) >>> >>> -Ben >>> >>> On Jan 28, 2009, at 5:44 AM, Graham Lauder wrote: >>> >>>> On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:24:49 Ivan M wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Graham, >>>>> >>>> Hi Ivan, >>>> >>>> >>>>> Just a small suggestion... >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 11:05 PM, Graham Lauder >>>>> <[email protected]> >>>>> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>>> Some months back I touted the idea of a "Google OOo" campaign. The >>>>>> idea >>>>>> was to make it very easy and minimal cost for local communities to >>>>>> produce simple flyers and posters that give a simple call to >>>>>> action. The >>>>>> "Google OOo" statement would be the central part of the flyers with a >>>>>> simple message included. The messages would be translated into the >>>>>> local >>>>>> language or messages more appropriate to the local culture. The key >>>>>> is not to explain but to excite curiosity, to reinforce the call to an >>>>>> action. >>>>>> >>>>> Because Google brands some of its software with its name - e.g. Google >>>>> Earth - the flyer might appear to be advertising a piece of Google >>>>> software - so people might search for "Google OOo" expecting something >>>>> from a Google domain. My suggestion would be to have Google "OOo", to >>>>> make the intended action more clear. >>>>> >>>>> ... and the why.OOo page should be updated - at least in terms of >>>>> design - before any major marketing campaign starts (that's not such a >>>>> small suggestion, but since I'm on a roll... :P) >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Ivan. >>>>> >>>>> ------------- >>>>> >>>> Good point, perhaps then a colon in the right place >>>> >>>> Google: OOo >>>> >>>> cheers >>>> G >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> "The Best Things in life are 3" >>>> http://why.openoffice.org >>>> >>>> ISO 26300 compliant >>>> >>>> Graham Lauder, >>>> OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ >>>> http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html >>>> >>>> INGOTs Assessor Trainer >>>> (International Grades in Office Technologies) >>>> www.theingots.org.nz >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>>> >>> Benjamin Horst >>> [email protected] >>> 646-464-2314 (ET) >>> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
