Perhaps even better, get INFOWORLD interested in doing a feature story
about the HP 3000.  This is free and very effective advertising.  If the
impetus for the story is coming from the users (as opposed to the
manufacturer), it adds credibility and makes it even more effective.

John Lee
Vaske Computer Solutions

At 10:04 PM 8/13/2000 -0600, Julie Bixby wrote:
>The idea of my first post was to address the concerns that the e3000 wasn't
>getting enough publicity.  Making a card for Carly is fine, but that still
>doesn't alert others outside HP (besides, I thought the "contact HP's
>executives" idea had already been tried to no avail?).  If you do a card,
>you could take a photo of people wearing their owl T-shirts to accompany
>it.
>
>I was talking to a friend today about the ad idea, and he suggested a
>cheaper alternative:  having the president of the user group (or anyone,
>really) write a letter to the editor of INFOWORLD.  Something to the effect
>of, "Saw the article on the AS400--have been waiting ever since for your
>article on the HP e3000--when's it due?"  Or it could directly address the
>non-promotion issue.  Whatever he or she wants to write.  Even if it
>doesn't get printed, at least you've told INFOWORLD your community exists,
>which is part of the point, no?
>
>What are the one-day ad rates for the local Philly papers?
>
>--
>Julie Bixby
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