Why not use the medium? Do an agreed content mailout to everybodies address books with encouragement to recipients to do the same. Viral marketing
Sent from my iPhone Bob Weis On 15/12/2009, at 11:00 PM, ubuntu-au-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com wrote: > Send ubuntu-au mailing list submissions to > ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > ubuntu-au-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > ubuntu-au-ow...@lists.ubuntu.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of ubuntu-au digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Team roadmaps - UDS Dallas (AndrewG) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:23:13 -0800 (PST) > From: AndrewG <gande...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: Team roadmaps - UDS Dallas > To: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com > Message-ID: > <59d1c8cf-e372-4e8e-abe0-6e8392733...@z35g2000prh.googlegroups.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Yes Scott, we need to start at the grass roots level, given the > resources available to Ubuntu-au. > > I subscribe to the ubuntu-marketing email list > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing > and they talk about this stuff all of the time. > > The Danish loco team recently had a stall in a shopping centre, giving > demos to shoppers. > This is the type of thing is what we need to do. > http://compadre.dk/blog/2009/11/15/ubuntu-live-in-arhus > > Cheers, > > Andrew. > > > On Dec 15, 9:35?am, Scott Evans <sc...@vk7hse.hobby-site.org> wrote: >> I'm wondering if the idea is being taken the wrong way... >> >> Is it so important to have them using ubuntu? or is it better that >> they >> know of ubuntu? because in a perfect world we would have both! but in >> the real world I think its only going to be achievable to have one at >> this stage. ?Whilst Microsoft spends millions on advertising/vendor >> incentives then it will always be an uphill battle! to add that >> with no >> official funding as such to even compete (and it would be pointless >> to >> even bother!) then word of mouth is our best weapon against the >> giant! >> and certainly targeting local on-line access centres, adult-Ed etc... >> would be by far more eventful than a full page spread in a daily rag! >> >> my 2 cents worth! :-) >> >> -- >> Scott Evans VK7HSE >> Phone: +61362291658 >> Mobile: +61417586157 >> Skype: vk7hse >> sc...@vk7hse.hobby-site.orghttp://www.vk7hse.hobby-site.org >> PGP/GPG Key ID 437E00F9 >> >> ?UbuntuStrapLogo.png >> 7KViewDownload >> >> ?face-smile.png >> 1KViewDownload >> >> ?signature.asc >> < 1KViewDownload >> >> -- >> ubuntu-au mailing list >> ubuntu...@lists.ubuntu.comhttps://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ >> ubuntu-au > > > > ------------------------------ > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > > > End of ubuntu-au Digest, Vol 46, Issue 12 > ***************************************** -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au