Yeah, I am too lazy for that kind of effort... From: Adam Moffett Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2015 9:46 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Guerilla Marketing
When I think of "guerilla marketing" I think of clever product placement that gets people thinking about a product without looking like advertising. One thing I've heard of is joining an online community where you know the target market hangs out. You either use two accounts or you do it with a partner. You start a conversation about a problem, and then your product is mentioned as a solution. You could mention it alongside other well known products to try to equate yours with theirs in the customer's mind. ChuckOneEleventyOne: "Aw geez I keep losing equipment to nearby lightning strikes." Chuckster: "I like Transtector LPU's, but there's this upstart guy named Chuck with disruptive pricing on ethernet Surge Suppressors." ChuckOneEleventyOne: "Hmm...I've heard of Transtector. Is this Chuck guy's product just as good?" Chuckster: "Probably" ChuckOneEleventyOne: "Is Chuck easy to purchase from, and have good support?" Chuckster: "I think so." Chuckinator: "I met Chuck once, and he's a swell guy. I would buy from him before a faceless machine like Transtector!" As far as I understood, that's guerilla marketing. On 6/25/2015 9:55 AM, Chuck McCown wrote: Yeah, but they steal you blind and split with their boyfriend once they get their green card.... From: Lewis Bergman Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2015 7:10 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Guerilla Marketing https://www.google.com/search?q=cute+ukrainian+women&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=667&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=gP2LVdyIOYvLsAXX2ICoCw&ved=0CDUQsAQ I agree On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 5:34 PM, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: But the Ukrainian kid is sooo cute! From: That One Guy /sarcasm Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 4:06 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Guerilla Marketing Chuck, you really need to learn a little more about spam. You asked if it would offend. Rule # 1 of spam is f&%k the targets feelings. What you should be doing is harvesting from all these lists and selling the contact info to some ukranian kid I suppose next your going to tell us when we order stuff from you you ARENT selling our contact info to one group and our financial info to another. Thats not how this works, thats not how any of this works. On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 2:49 PM, Josh Luthman <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> wrote: Mail Chimp did not work for my message but it seems to work just fine for Now I Know's newsletter on a daily basis. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 3:45 PM, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: I would be worried that gmail would have Constant Contact at the top of their blacklist. From: Paul McCall Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 1:30 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Guerilla Marketing Constant contact is OK… we use it… however, certain firewall appliances / spam software blatantly block anything from their mail servers. About 6% on our last CC mailing From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Sean Heskett Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 3:29 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Guerilla Marketing I'd use constant contact. On Wednesday, June 24, 2015, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: I spend some time each day trying to figure out how to get my products marketed. Have a nice new shiny paper catalog just about done and will be mailing it to those interested. My question is ----- Is spam dead? I have several nice lists of people (all of you included). If I sent a brief note to several thousand people saying something like: Dear (Spam Target): Thanks for attending Animal Farm.Wispapalloza/ etc etc. I have a new catalog (available here url pdf etc). Would you like to receive a real one in the mail? With all my best wishes (over the top complementary closing etc). Chuck Would that offend? Would that get scraped off by gmail etc? Is there a better way? -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.