On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 01:11:54PM -0600, Grant Robinson wrote: > On Aug 26, 2004, at 7:02 AM, Andrew Jorgensen wrote: > >On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 11:12:27 -0600, Daniel Crookston > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>I've got 5 gmail invites if anyone wants them. Reply off-list with > >>your > >>email address and I'll send you the invite. > > > >I had 6 invites yesterday, but only have 5 today. I guess it's > >use-em-or-lose-em. I'll give away 3 today if anyone wants one. Email > >me off-list. > > That was quick. Only had a GMail account for a day, and I already > have invites. I have 4 to give away, if anyone would like one. I > will take you in the order I receive your email, and I will post > back to the list when they are gone. Good Luck, and start > typing. :)
Is it just me, or has Google pulled a fantastic marketing move with this whole ``invite'' model? They've managed to create a scarcity model, almost like an exclusive club - you gotta get an ``invite'' to get in. You gotta ``know someone.'' That creates a sense of urgency - ``Oh, no! All the account names are getting snatched up!! What if [EMAIL PROTECTED] isn't available tomorrow?? What if some other Joe Smith gets an invite before me? Quick, gimme an invite! Please please please! Gotta have [EMAIL PROTECTED]'' But then anyone and their dog who signs up immediately gets invites. Then they all start spamming their friends, family, and mailing lists, on behalf of Google! I've got to hand it to them; that was a really slick move on Google's part. From a more technical standpoint, it also helps throttle the stream of new account creations, which helps spread the load on Google's servers over a longer period of time. I'm not asking you all to stop the gmail invite traffic on the UUG; I'm just making an observation on Google's marketing prowess. And please keep that ``[OT]'' in the subject header. :-) Mike
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