Hi Ron, Alfredo, and The Rest of Us :)
    Ok.... so why am I hearing about this great opportunity for HP to do some
serious advertizing from Alfredo and Ron????

    Where are the HP announcements?

P.S. unfortunately the show is only being shown in Eugene Oregon :(

Art "Having to wonder .... " Bahrs

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>From: Ron Seybold <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Apollo 13 Commander Jim Lovell talks about the HP3000
>Date: Mon, 24 May, 1999, 07:33
>

> Hello Friends:
>
> Dale Halterman commented about the HP 3000's nationwide TV exposure this week:
>
>>Sorry Alfredo, great effort but judging from the air times (especially
>>4:00AM on a Sunday morning in the SF Bay area), the HP3000 will continue
>>to be "Hewlett-Packard's best-kept secret".
>
> I beg to differ. Yes, it looks like a lot of the airings are in the
> mornings -- but hey, New York City business people see it at 9:30 this
> coming Sunday morning. This is pretty much prime time for public affairs
> programs (a la Meet the Press, et al).
>
> Ever wonder why programs like "This Week" and "Executive Forum" appear
> early on Sundays? It's the time that TV has always allocated to public
> affairs programming. Flip your remote through the channels some Sunday
> morning and see.
>
> And this is no way to keep a secret. You can hardly argue exposing 6.7
> MILLION households to an HP 3000 message in New York City puts the light
> under a bushel basket.
>
> The Bay Area air time that Dale quoted is by far the earliest in the
> schedule, out of dozens of cities.
>
> Sometimes it's hard to let go of long-held beliefs. It's easier to feel
> like a victim of the prior mistakes regarding HP's 3000 strategy -- and
> yes, there have been many in the PAST -- than to acknowledge  3000
> renaissance,  a revival that apparently is now including messages to the
> business public.
>
> And hey, there's always a VCR to tape stuff in early hours :)
>
>
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