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- From: aa399@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Len Stys)
- Subject: Re: Atari marketing & the Falcon
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- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 92 20:30:19 GMT
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- In a previous article, dud@hardy.u.washington.edu (Daniel Aylward) says:
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- >selick@csa.bu.edu (Steven Selick) writes:
- >
- >
- >>I just had an interesting idea. Now that we're all done chastising Atari
- >>for not advertising their products properly, why don't we, the members
- >>of comp.sys.atari.st, and for that matter, the entire Atari community,
- >>advertise for Atari? What I am saying is: Get out your favorite DTP
- >>program and your Atari SLM's, and go out there and advertise! Go post
- >>your advertisements on your local bulletin boards (physical ones, not
- >>electronic ones!)
- >
- >>Ok. Here's another idea...
- >
- >>Why don't we all pool our money and get, say, $15,000 and give it to
- >>Atari to take out an ad in TIME, or Business Week, or something like
- >>that? Maybe that would get the ball rolling? We have to be
- >>innovative...we own Atari's!
- >
- >>-Steve <selick@csa.bu.edu>
- >
- >I couldn't agree more. The main problem is getting people organized... I
- >certainly wouldn't mind donating a few bucks, if a fund is set up & I know
- >it'll be put to good use.
- >
- >Hmmm... anyone know of any other company that leaves it up to their
- >customers to advertise?
- >
- >Dan Aylward
- >dud@u.washington.edu
- >
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- What we would need to do is more important then giving Atari money
- or passing flyers around.
-
- What we need to do is get some kind of organized software letter
- writing campaign for the Falcon & ST computers.
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- I'm one of those users who will BUY the software. I'm not writing
- just to write.
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- The software will be the main factor deciding the success of the Falcon,
- word of mouth is important but not until you have a good computer
- WITH software.
-
- I'd be interested in helping to get a campaign together, but only
- if the users that participate are REALLY willing to purchase the
- software. In other words, don't write, get the companies to produce
- the software, and then pirate it.
-
- Len
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