Rob I thought your ideas cut together would make a funny video. Our biggest marketing advantage now than ever is social media. So if there is a way the website can automatically post on Facebook if a person downloads the free version it will show it to their friends. The biggest point you hit on is - not knowing the alternatives. The more Open Office is known and shared on FB/twitter/ex. the more popular it will be.
On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Fabrizio Bury <[email protected]>wrote: > I totally agree with you Rob, I've worked in a computer store two years > ago, > truly not informed of free software, but I think if we had direct contact > with > sellers, this would work. > > Thanks > > Sent from my Ipad > > 2012/12/11 Rob Weir <[email protected]> > > > For those portions of the world that celebrate Christmas, in the next > > three weeks we're coming into a major gift-giving season. I recently > > bought a new PC as a gift for a family member. Anyone buying a new PC > > faces several questions: how much RAM, how big a hard drive, but > > also: what version of Microsoft Office to bundle? Home and School? > > Professional? Small Business? The PC vendors get a sweet deal from > > Microsoft to push Office. Although you can opt out and save $200 or > > so, the PC vendors never seem to offer or even explain that there are > > free alternatives. > > > > This is a hard nut to crack. As a free product, we're in many cases > > better for the consumer. But we can't offer the same kind of kick > > back / revenue sharing with the PC vendor that a commercial product > > can do. 10% of zero is still zero. > > > > But maybe we can have a promotion directly to the consumer, raising > > their awareness of free alternatives? > > > -- Respectfully, - Paul
