Hi Ben, I value your opinion, so I'm glad to see that you at least agree with me in principal.
Also, you'll notice that I just referenced launch week - not *permanent* space at the top of MM's front page. And, not even 100% of the space at the top - just a space in the rotation of the banner ads - some that were weeks old. You just confirmed what I had assumed - that there was concscious decision on MACR's part to NOT place a banner ad at the top - even if it were 1 in a rotation of 3 or 4 for other MM products. This is what bewildered me. I wasn't forecasting the end of CFMX, or gloomy sales, or a dastardly takeover by Adobe! -- Alex Ben Forta wrote: >I know I should not respond to this thread, I know I should not respond to >this thread, I know I should not respond to this thread, but .... >arrrgghhh!!!!! > >For what it is worth, I agree, there should have been a big flashy banner. >And I voiced this opinion before we shipped. Not that I thought it would >make any difference whatsoever to CF sales (it did not, and CF sales are >pretty darned good BTW, heck they are up since we did not run the banner!), >but the reason I said that we needed it was that if we did not run one we'd >keep hearing "look, it is proof that CF is unloved". And although these >recurring threads prove that I was right, that apparently was insufficient >reason to place a banner there. > >Oh, this may surprise some of you, but Macromedia sells lots and lots of >products, and every product team wants banner space and marketing real >estate, and most can't get everything they want. It's reality. Dedicated DW >users feel that DW does not get enough banner space, just like dedicated CF >users feel that CF does not get enough banner space ... you get the idea. So >what to do? Not all products get (nor should get) the exact same type of >marketing, teams have to do what works best for them. And for CF roadshows >(including the tours that someone mentioned earlier), tons of customer >calls, big wide-open beta programs, and lots of face-to-face interaction has >proven to be far more effective than banner ads. And CFMX7 sales to date >prove that we did exactly what we needed to do (and thus plan on doing lots >more of it). > >And yes, I still think we should have ran banner ads, just so we'd not be >having this very distracting conversation yet again. > >--- Ben > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:205430 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
