Re: [ubuntu-uk] [uk-marketing] Writing for your local rag

2007-07-16 Thread Chris Rowson
> I've had a few articles published in "special interest" magazines (no, > not that sort!) - not Linux-related but related to my own area of > investment specialism - and I currently have an agency running a > national PR campaign for me in the "day job", so have a bit of > experience in getting id

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [uk-marketing] Writing for your local rag

2007-07-16 Thread Mark Harrison
Chris Rowson wrote: > Just checked the info, and this parish encompasses 17,200 people! > (2001 census) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottingham%2C_East_Riding_of_Yorkshire > Not bad eh! > > Although I don't know about the magazine circulation, I think that > concentrating on smaller areas indivi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [uk-marketing] Writing for your local rag

2007-07-15 Thread Chris Rowson
> Yes, certainly a way of reaching a few people (understatement of the > year there, I feel - a few villages of a few hundred people makes > quite a few bodies!). > Keep us up to date on this, as I'm planning an article to go in my > student newspaper next year at some point. I'll contribute what I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [uk-marketing] Writing for your local rag

2007-07-15 Thread Nicholas Butler
Im fairly fortunate in that I am a Parish Councillor for Roffey North. As a result I get the opportunity to provide some input into content and conversations in the local parish newspaper, thuogh i am in no way an editor or would intend to use it as a "platform" . We also have a local "open ac

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [uk-marketing] Writing for your local rag

2007-07-15 Thread alan c
Chris Rowson wrote: > Hi All, > > I've just moved into a village from a town, and came home today from > work to discover a village magazine posted through my door. I'd never > really thought about it before, but that's a heck of a marketing > opportunity. > > I called the number inside and asked

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [uk-marketing] Writing for your local rag

2007-07-14 Thread Sean Miller
Chris Rowson wrote: > Together I was hoping that we could build some good articles by > collaborating on one and others, and submitting our own (should you > enjoy writing). That way, people who don't want to/can't/don't have > time to write for themselves, can choose an article and submit it to >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [uk-marketing] Writing for your local rag

2007-07-14 Thread Josh Blacker
Yes, certainly a way of reaching a few people (understatement of the year there, I feel - a few villages of a few hundred people makes quite a few bodies!). Keep us up to date on this, as I'm planning an article to go in my student newspaper next year at some point. I'll contribute what I can to th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [uk-marketing] Writing for your local rag

2007-07-14 Thread Neil Greenwood
Nice idea Chris. Please post a link when it's on the Wiki. Hwyl, Neil. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] [uk-marketing] Writing for your local rag

2007-07-14 Thread Chris Rowson
Hi All, I've just moved into a village from a town, and came home today from work to discover a village magazine posted through my door. I'd never really thought about it before, but that's a heck of a marketing opportunity. I called the number inside and asked the chap who edits the magazine if