Why not offer him the ad as an added incentive? I agree it would be a good
deal all around!
Karen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Erik Olson" <erik@thekrib.com>
To: <aga-sc@thekrib.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 12:26 PM
Subject: Re: [AGA SC] Membership Drive and Robert H
I agree 100% with Karen and Scott. Back issues are essentially taking up
space at the moment. I would be happy to send him the first 25 even. If
he got us 200 members, then 200 back issues would be an incredibly small
price to pay. Frankly, if he hit the 200 mark, I'd be all up for giving
him a 1-time free ad. I am skeptical he will be able to get 200, but I'd
bet he could bring in 25 or 50 without too much trouble.
- Erik
On Wed, 19 May 2004, Karen Randall wrote:
As long as we HAVE 200 back issues to spare without putting ourselves in
short supply for other purposes, I see no problem with it, particularly
if
he's using these for promotional purposes as well. I thik dribbling
them to
him is not a good use of time or money, however. What about, as a good
faith gesture on our part, we send him 25 back issues. When he gets 25
NEW
members (NOT renewals) send him another 25. I'd even be willing to go
50 at
a time if he can really use them. After all, we just plain GIVE Ray
Lucas
and Lee Finley back issues to help us promote the organization, so this
is
not completely without precedent. It's just that we're playing with a
little more dangerous animal here.<g>
I also think that keeping a close eye on Robert, as well as maintaining
his
good will are both in our best interests.
Karen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cheryl Rogers" <cheryl@wilstream.com>
To: <aga-sc@thekrib.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 9:44 AM
Subject: [AGA SC] Membership Drive and Robert H
Hi Y'all:
Robert H is jazzed about our membership drive and wants to begin
promoting
AGA in his forums and suchlike. BUT you know he ain't going to want
something for nothing...
He wants to know, if he gets us 200 new members, will we give him 200
back
issues of TAG, and he will send the back issues to stores and clubs as
advertisements for AGA?
Why? Robert says that he has been taking some heat lately from AGA
members
about competing with the AGA and would like to advertise us as a good
faith
gesture. BUT nice gestures are no good as PR unless everyone knows
about
it, right? Makes sense, I guess. So this way he gets to look good.
He is sort of intimating that we might give him 1 back issue for each
member he refers, but I think we should put a cap on this. On the
other
hand, I don't want to dismiss him outright and cut off our nose to
spite
our face. According to him, he has 2100 members in his forum.
Cheryl
--
Cheryl Rogers, Membership
Aquatic Gardeners Association
http://www.aquatic-gardeners.org
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