On Tue, Dec 28, 1999 at 12:25:19PM +0100, Annie wrote:
>
> Now an industry guy has challenged me to build an announcement
> list with tens of thousands of subscribers. I've never seen lists that
> big for an actor, much less one who hasn't acted for years (last
> movie was in the eighties...). A new movie will come, but it's still
> very early.
>
> I'd like some background - if you guys know, what is reasonable
> and realistic on the net.
>
> I get really sick of advertising guys who take to the net and believe
> they know everything about it and can take every non-internet ploy
> to the internet without any 'translation'. Could you guys help me out
> with telling me if he expects has any root in reality?
I doubt it. To get a list that big in a short period of time for
even a current superstar you would really want to incorporate the
list into a traditional PR campaign (e.g. promote it in print ads,
movie posters, radio spots).
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Regards,
Tim Pierce
RootsWeb.com lead system admonsterator
and Chief Hacking Officer
