Bharat:
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While I agree that handing out cards at events and encouraging people to donate is a good way to advertise, I would like to see more ways of advertising the various mobile campaigns. Shouldn't we have banner ads on popular GNOME websites (like planet, the GNOME Amazon/Google websites, etc.), send emails to various GNOME users groups, and reach out to people who might not be attending conferences? Since the GNOME Foundation is a not-for-profit charity, I would think that we would be able to find lots of ways to advertise for free or inexpensively. There are many opportunities for non-for-profits to get free advertising. For example: http://techcrunch.com/2009/03/27/special-youtube-ads-earn-nonprofit-10000-in-a-single-day/ http://www.wecaretoo.com/ http://qnation.com/index.php?contentID=778 http://www.fallsradio.com/Free_Advertising_Policy.html And many many more... I would think a mobile campaign would be more successful if we did more to get the word out. Just telling people at conference is preaching to the converted. Brian -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list