On 2/17/10, Paula Carmichael <paulaphone...@live.com> wrote: > > Just attended the marketing meeting and learned a lot. Everyone is > scattered all over the world. Well, that is just great. I thought about it > and feel that the best way to get involved is to introduce myself to all. I > am a marketing consultant and salesperson. I specialize in telesales, cold > calling and lead generation. I work as a telecommuter finding my own clients. >
Sorry I couldn't come to meet you on the call, but I found your experience something to always remember how we came in contact with this great project. I have volunteered for almost 10 years to the project and is always refreshing to hear this kind of testimony. Your skills would be greatly appreciate since well we are not considered expert marketers and maybe some science to this madness would be very appreciated. Building awareness is some of the things we are trying to do all over the world. Participating in technology events but also going out of our way and talking to non-techies is something we have tried to address for the longest. > > I got involved with OO simply because I needed Excel for some of my clients > and tried the 60 trial. I was satisfied and my clients were satisfied until > Microsoft hit me with a $500.00 charge to buy the program. I was livid. I > thought it was way too much. I started researching alternatives and found > OO. I tried to contribute dollars but realized actual contributions in terms > of help was valued more. I want to help spread the word. I feel sharing > programs is far more advantages to the growth of computer intelligence than > one company controlling the computer communication process. Don't get me > wrong, I am all for free enterprise but enough is enough. Computer > communication was built on a sharing of information process and I think mega, > even revolutionary changes can occur if it goes back to its original calling. > Many people think to confuse this, however even when the product is free, there are many business opportunities to take on like books, training, support, and development where individuals and companies can leverage from. > > By the way, to my clients using Excel I came clean and explained I am using > OO. Most of them were crushed having spent the money on Excel 7, the rest > considered OO "a flash in the pan" and insisted that they would rather stick > with something tried and true. But we all agreed as long as I was getting the > work done and getting results that I could use what I want. > I am sure that we have a lengthy and successful record to prove that OOo is here to stay. Having 21% of companies in Germany using it, as well as 30% of schools in Spain having it as part of their education requirements. Our biggest issue is getting this data out to the general population, or rather people that might not know this achievements. > > If there are specific projects open that you feel I could be helpful with > please let me know. I talk about OO everyday because now I use it more and > more and love that it kept off the Microsoft profit margins and love that it > is FREE. You are doing a great job by doing word of mouth and I think this is some of my most used techniques. I hope to talk to you through this mailing list and maybe next month's call. I think you could become a very valuable volunteer with a lot to teach us. Regards > > > Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:11:41 +0100 > > From: g...@no-log.org > > > To: dev@marketing.openoffice.org > > > Subject: Re: [marketing] Reminder: Call in 50 minutes > > > > > AUTHOR disait: Florian Effenberger > > > Hello, > > > > > > a short reminder: Our marketing call will start in 50 minutes. Details > > > at http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Marketing_ConfCalls > > > > > I'm trying to call from France the: +33 174 9000 75 > > Seems to be unavailable. > > :-( > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@marketing.openoffice.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@marketing.openoffice.org > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469227/direct/01/ -- Alexandro Colorado OpenOffice.org Español IM: j...@jabber.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@marketing.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@marketing.openoffice.org
