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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
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Date: 2 Dec 88 14:58:09 GMT
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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.

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