On Fri, 1 Jun 2001, Tilly, Lawrence wrote:
> I used to run a free BBS back in Florida ...
Ahhh... BBSes... brings back memories, it does... I, too, remember when
"graphics" meant "colored text and line-draw characters". Brings a tear to
the eye, it does... *sniff* ;-)
> Several of us could make up little tags like the one I mentioned, listing
> this mailing list, the local LUG websites and maybe even that there are
> "New User Nights and Installfests available" (don't give dates...these
> books may sit on the shelves for months).
I think, perhaps, one of the most useful (dare I say it?) "marketing tools"
GNHLUG could have is a business card. It should include our logo, our name
and its expansion, a mention of what we do, and our website. These could be
handed out one-at-a-time to interested users, inserted into books and packages
as Lawrence suggests, or given in lots to people in a position to distribute
them.
> Places where the distros are sold are a harder process. Now days
> everything is shrink wrapped and you can't just slip little sheets of
> paper in.
A little bit of rubber cement could affix a card or tag to the bottom edge
of the box, where the retail salesdroids might not notice it, but a potential
user might find when they got the box home. We would have to be careful not
to obscure the UPC. And, of course, we run the risk of generating ill-will if
found out by any PHBs.
--
Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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