Hi Dru, Sorry for my late reply. I was extremely busy with releasing mags last week
>On Friday, April 10 2009 16:34, Dru Lavigne wrote: > Hi Karolina, > > These are all great ideas! I have a few comments inline: > > Starting with the 4/2009 issue you will find a column devoted to BSD > > Certification exams. If any of you have passed the exam and would like to > > share your experiences with others we are waiting for your comments. > > Would you also like to hear from those who are studying for the exam or > those who did not pass? Sure, I think all opinions are valuable. > > Do you know who will be putting together the column? We would like to > coordinate with that person to make sure the contents of the column fall > within the NDA exam takers agree to before taking the exam. Don't know that yet. I am waiting for the volunteers involved in BSD Certification > > >those who register for the exam get a free pdf of OpenBSD/FreeBSD issue of > >BSD mag > > What is the best way to coordinate this? For example, if you send me a > download URL or a promotional code, I can include that in the email that is > sent to confirm the exam registration. We can either send a URL to download the issues, or you can provide the list with email addresses and we will distribute the issues. I think sending the link would be much easier > For how long a period would you like to offer this? e.g. what is the > beginning and end date for registrations so we can advertise this offer? Well, I don't really want to limit this offer with any time frame. I think it is worth to keep this going for at least the next few months and we will see if it draws attention of BSD community > >the first 30 people who pass the exam in 2009 will receive either: > > a one-year pdf subscription for free > > or 20% off for the print edition > > Again, coordinate with me the details so we can ensure that these people > are made aware of the offer and how they can access it. I would suggest an > insert that is sent with their certificate which contains info about the > mag and the promotional code to use. Is this something that could be > designed on your end? If so, send me the design and I'll make sure it is > sent to the first 30 exam passers for 2009. Sounds good. I will keep you posted about this. > > Would you also like to make a promotional offer for those who passed the > exam in 2008? That offer should be something that can be emailed i.e. not > an insert. I will give it some thoughts and will get back to the list soon. I think it is possible, but first I need to think about beneficial offer for them > Another suggestion: myself and several others on this list put together > several trade show/conference booths each year. If you provide a brochure > in PDF format, we can hand those out at BSD booths. Something that isn't > too graphic or colour intensive is best as they cost significantly more to > print. That would be great. I will send you few ideas shortly. > > Cheers, > > Dru Thanks! Karolina -- Linux+ DVD BSD magazine Karolina Lesińska Product Manager /////////////////////////////////////////////// Software Media LLC 1521 Concord Pike, Suite 301 Brandywine Executive Center Wilmington, DE 19803 USA phone number: 1-917-338 - 3631 fax: +48 22 244 24 59 www.lpmagazine.org/en www.bsdmag.org http://www.buyitpress.com/en/ _______________________________________________ BSDCert mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nycbug.org/mailman/listinfo/bsdcert
