Dear David, The most persuasive form of advertisement is fairly obvious, and is called word-of-mouth, or sometimes the "Golden Chain". Often this form of advertisement starts in a ground swell, or at a grass roots level.
Please consider the following example of the power (and economy:^) of this form of advertisement: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWIrxuF5NSo I would value your thoughts on this. Kindest Regards, Paul On Fri, 11 May 2007, David A. Benitez wrote: > Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 17:07:47 -0000 > From: David A. Benitez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Bug 1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Bug 1] Ads in Major Newspapers > > It has probably been said before, but how about this? > > Take some money and get two ads in two newspapers in the US, Canada, > Africa, Europe, South America, etc. > > I know in the USA, the two major newspapers are "The New York Times" and > "The Wall Street Journal". > > I figure if some company bigwig can get their eyes to see this new > Ubuntu operating system that's more secure and reliable than Microsoft's > Vista, I'm sure it will spread through word of mouth. Perhaps they can > ask their IT departments to check out what it is, and all that. > > I'm sure you've heard of the Firefox ad campaign, how about you do something > like that? Info below: > <http://www.mozilla.org/press/mozilla-2004-12-15.html> > > Oh well, that's my quarter-of-a-cent opinion there. > > -- > Microsoft has a majority market share > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > /************************************ Paul Flint 17 Averill Street Barre, VT 05641 http://www.flint.com/home skype: flintinfotech Work: (202) 537-0480 Fax: (703) 852-7089 Free advice .~. is worth /V\ exactly what /( )\ you pay for it. ^^-^^ -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs