Hi BJ:
Thanks for sharing.
BTW - and this is not an advertisement for anything at all - I often
share by answering questions here. I also have lots of "free" stuff on
my website that represents may hours of work on my part. The site itself
is powered only by OFBiz. (OK, a little advertisement for OFBiz) and so
is an example of what one person can do given the information and
knowledge that I have to offer.
In my world, "free" is the same as saying something has "no value". Like
everyone else on this list, what I have to say has value.
I have taken to heart what the 3 or 4 project committers on this user
oriented mailing list have opined about, and will tone down my delivery.
That doesn't lessen my commitment to the end-user OFBiz community or my
need to get the word out about what I have to offer.
Regards,
Ruth
BJ Freeman wrote:
My grandfather taught me that word to mouth is the best advertising.
I have found that to be true through my life.
It s a lot slower than mass media but more stable.
In this environment, I found the best is to let people get to know me by
answering questions freely.
I also believe in putting links where appropriate.
as you note I have a tag that search engines pick up and I track where
my hits from come from, that and the clients I get, have supported this
method for years.
I use two tracker both free.
http://awstats.sourceforge.net/
which reads the website logs and gives charts and data
http://www.xav.com/scripts/axs/
which creates it own log and give by page data.
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ScottA sent the following on 4/30/2010 8:45 AM:
If I were the guy who asked the question, I’d be gone by now. I’d be
thinking
that I’d like to find an alternate to OFBiz and who’s that going to help? It
won’t help sell more e-books, it won’t result in my company getting a new
client, it’ll just be a lost opportunity to add a potential user or
committer and in that case everyone loses.
I’d love to see the civility return to this list. Answer questions, have a
tagline to more info on your sites. Write and post topics about how to use
OFBiz and include your company name as a reference. But more than anything
else, have respect for a differing opinion or give advice as an old sage but
to continue this type of thing will not encourage anyone to participate.
Sorry to poke my nose in but these pissing contests only make the project
look bad and that’s a real shame.
