At 01:15 AM 12/24/97 -0500, Scott Berner wrote:
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>I think we have all the evidence we need, now all the research data
>required to make the "blind to see", that is something else entirely. There
>will never be enough "research evidence" to get these folks converted to
>the truth. It is their very nature to reject the light.
Funny, lots of talk about "converting" tonight. Forgive me for posting
something that has nothing to do with silver (and with apologies to my
friend John), but sometimes it helps to take a step back when one has been
too close to the trees for too long. I know it gets that way for me
sometimes, reading post after post. How 'bout you? I was reading another
newsgroup tonight -- a group of people with whom I market affordable
Internet access -- and one of my friends had the following to say about a
topic familiar to some: the challenges with AOL. Try reading John's post
below, replacing:
"AOL" with "antibiotics"
"FN" with "silver"
"internet access" with "health" or "wellness"
I know, it's not a perfect analogy, and "switching antibiotics" is a much
more weighty decision than changing one's online/Internet service, but the
fundamental thought-processes seem to hold true in both cases and I found
them worthy of comparison.
Kirk
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Guys.
The problem here is that you are trying to "convert" someone from AOL
to FN. Quite simply, I say to you, DON"T!!! Before you can "convert"
someone to a new method or ideology, you have to convince them first
that their old one was bad and that they made a bad choice in selecting
it. This is otherwise known as a "PUTDOWN". Let's remember our basic
theme here..."Helping our friends and acquaintances to get the best
internet service they can have and want!" If a customer likes AOL,
that's great! What you should be doing is offering them a BETTER
AOL!!! If they use the BYOA program at AOL, they can have FN and AOL
for the same price as just AOL and they will have a much faster,
quicker, and active AOL. They will also now have real access to the
internet via FN. Guess what, at least half of them will end up dropping
AOL, but not because you convince them to, but because they find out
what they have been missing and that AOL has nothing to offer them
extra. The key here is that you help them to have a better, faster and
cheaper AOL, they do the rest.
John
