Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!apple!bionet!agate!labrea!decwrl!sun!pitstop!sundc!seismo!uunet!apctrc!zlhb0a From: zlhb0a@apctrc.uucp (Lawrence H. Brown) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: The ouch in advertising Summary: will commodore listen??? Keywords: advertising packages etc Message-ID: <649@apctrc.UUCP> Date: 2 Dec 88 14:58:09 GMT References: <1426@neoucom.UUCP> <8243@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> <740@ardent.UUCP> Sender: news@apctrc.UUCP Reply-To: lbrown@apctrc.UUCP (Lawrence H. Brown) Distribution: na Organization: System Administrator, Drilling Resources Development Lines: 39 In article <740@ardent.UUCP> rap@ardent.UUCP (Rob Peck) writes: >In article <8243@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU>, ereidell@athena.mit.edu (Evan A. Reidell) writes: == We can do something, can't we? Continue making up "dream ads" for our == favorite machine and sending them in to Commodore? We're one of the - -just thinking back on the killer demo contest, I don't believe that -I saw anything at all produced using the Zuma TV Show or the Aegis -(presentation-video) thing. Are these two packages not as good as This is strictly my humble opinion. Usually when you have software thrown in, it is stuff that isn't strong enough to sell on its own (they didn't throw in F18, why? Because people will buy it anyway...) so they bundle it in a special offer package deal. Fegh. Regarding the advertising. CATS, DOGS, and etc: Don't we have ANY of the people who think up the ads listening in? Between the the wackiness of Mike Smithwick, the talent of Leo Schwab (damn I bet I misspelled it) and the artistry of Marco, and etc etc etc.... we could come up with some KILLER ads. Most of the people here, I think, would be happy to submit ideas for ads for little more than a tip o the hat their way. (wotta thought... Public Domain Ads...) There will always be someone who doesn't like the ad, granted. At least they are advertising.... Our club is going to do the best kind of advertising. We are going to help a new Amiga outlet here in Tulsa (B'Dalton's Software Etc.) show off the system. Soon we are going to have a mini-show right outside the store, in the mall. Another way...I am taking an intro course in computers (had to, credits wouldn't transfer) and rather than sleep through the thing, my teacher had me bring in an Amiga loaded for combat and unleash it on beginners who had only see PC's and maybe a Mac. I knocked their socks off. // You've heard of CATS, DOGS, & GOATS? *NOW* TRY GERBILS! // "Gladly Educating Real Beginners In Latest Software!" \\// Lawrence H. Brown USENET: ...!uunet!apctrc!zlhb0a \/ (918-660-4389) USmail: 7325 E. 50th, Tulsa, OK 74145