On Thu, March 5, 2009 08:45, Richard Rothwell wrote: > Hi, > > Given the current downturn in TV and press advertising in the UK (and > probably most of the rest of the world), is it possible to raise enough > money to fund a small ad campaign for OO.org? > > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/3437837/TV-advertising-now-cheapest-on-record.html: > > "Researchers calculated that the cost of 30 seconds of television > advertising now costs just £4.81 per thousand adults." - and that was last > November. Alternatives include cinema and press, which are possible. > > Am I being absurd? Is this possible? Is it impossible to raise, say £10k > for such a project? I'd put in £100 if 100 others did - something like > pledge bank?
I think the important question is how could we use this to meet our marketing goal for this year, which is to attract new developers and contributors to the project? and whether the money would be more effective if it was used in a different way? John -- John McCreesh - Marketing Project Lead - OpenOffice.org Developers - join us! see http://council.openoffice.org/developers.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
