I am only talking about getting the message "en masse", and allowing others to get a feel for, and understand what they can do with this, and other software. Since the next version of Scribus is going to be big, and there will be a lot of changes, we can get the word out another way. If we work on doing a write up of Scribus (when the new version comes out), and work to get the story into our local papers, then we could make a difference with no costs. I am sure that there is a Tech section in all the local papers which we can enter the story into.
If we wanted, we can have people do write ups, and the best few write-ups can be placed into the download section of the website where we can then download and submit to the newspapers. These are just thoughts, and I am not looking to start wars and such. I am always thinking, and today, this is it. nick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave" <[email protected]> To: <scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de> Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 11:28 AM Subject: Re: [Scribus] Linux Format UK LGM 2006 Review > On 11/07/06, Tino Schwarze <scribus.lists at tisc.de> wrote: >> And I >> like the possibility of telling people: "You don't need an illegal >> copy of xyz, use this free program instead." > > That seems to me just the same as what Nick was saying, just he wants > to tell people en mass :-) > > I kinda agree with both of you - I think getting exposure in design > magazine will be neccessary and excellent for the free design desktop, > but I think money can be better spent elsewhere. > > To me, advertising is paying a cash premium for yourself to write just > what you want shown in someone else's publication, while PR is paying > a little in time & effort towards persuation for a journalist to write > what they like about you in their publication. > > So if you want to publish glowing 'Ready for the big time!' messages > in a design magazine before this is really the case, advertising is > the way to go. But when it is really the case, journalists won't need > much persuation! :-) > > -- > Regards, > Dave > _______________________________________________ > Scribus mailing list > Scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de > http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/mailman/listinfo/scribus >
