Wow, I can hardly afford to build my WISP and yours will be guilded!!! With a gold plated WISP, why would you need to advertise? :)
Seriously, my WISP, and many others, has experienced steady growth with word of mouth. I have a 4'x6' sign at one tower one a fairly rural road. Other than
Scott;
I just discovered that the 'B' and the 'G' are real close together ;-)
But seriously, I feel that since we have competition from cable (COX) and DSL (QWEST)I want to get out in front on this thing. For sure though, in every crowd of QWEST/COX customers some of them will be unhappy. We
miles of unimproved dirt roads. Those
customers are my core, and the rest are gravy.
Lee
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To: wireless@wispa.org
Subject: Re: [WISPA] How do you market your WISP
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 12:47:47 -0500
Wow, I can hardly afford to build my WISP
I'd like to piggy-back off of this thread. I'm getting further in the
planning stages for my WISP as well and am trying to come up with ideas
for a pilot program. I want to get a few initial customers who will have
free internet access for a month or two when I first bring the network
online.
Great Topic, this is something I
have been working hard at lately and would be interested in everyones
input as well. Here are some of the ways we have advertised our service.
Yards
signs
This is my favorite. In the areas
that we KNOW qualify for service, Yard Signs is a great way for
Hi Lee,
We've had great success with 18 X 24 yard signs posted
at intersections: http://www.IncomeBuddy.com/ad.php?id=68at=71
I would also suggest making friends with your local real estate
developers so you can post 3' X 6' banners at the entrance to
their subdivisions:
Chad,
Thanks for the great email!
I'll change 2 of yours:
Referrals: instead of a credit on the bill... send them a check.. that's
a bigger WOW!
Word of Mouth: have downloadable videos of HOWTO's. With your logo
prominently displayed on shirts, hats, mouse pads, cups, etc. (Product
Chad,
Thanks for the great email!
I'll change 2 of yours:
Referrals: instead of a credit on the bill... send them a check.. that's
a bigger WOW!
I like the idea of sending them a check. Like you say, that has a much
bigger WOW factor. We will have to try that.
Word of Mouth: have
