RE: UKNM: ADMIN: Times are a changin'

[Phil Gyford]

Thanks - the initial post was very unclear as to what the sponsorship

actually meant for anyone.


One thing... someone might want to look at those extra lines using a

mono-spaced font, as the --- lines wrap and they look very ugly - not a

good ad for you!


Cheers,

Phil


At 12:37 05/11/98 +0000, you wrote:

>Now I could let Sam answer this of course, but:

>

>a) why sponsorship? to provide it with money in a relatively non-offensive

>fashion.  Because it can.

>b) what for? to buy servers, bandwidth, and recompense Sam for some of the

>time he spends filtering our nonsense

>c) what else? the agreement to Excite is simply what you see -- the couple

>of lines at the bottom of a message, and a link to Excite from the chinwag

>home page.  It's not very sinister really, we just want you to try the

>service because we think it's good and once you try it you'll like it, tell

>your friends about it, and possibly want to advertise on it.

>

>Everything else is just a figment of Steve B's imagination.

>

>E.

>

>-----Original Message-----

>

From: ownerchinwag [dot] com [ownerchinwag [dot] com]On">mailto:ownerchinwag [dot] com]On Behalf Of Phil

>Gyford

>Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 1998 7:14 PM

>

To: uk-netmarketingchinwag [dot] com

>Subject: RE: UKNM: ADMIN: Times are a changin'

>

>

>I'm sure this is all very splendid news, but...

>

>(a) Why does a mailing list need a sponsor?

>

>(b) What does the money go towards?

>

>(c) Why should this mean the beginning of the end for UKNM? Is there

>something missing from this Admin statement about how the list will be

>promoted by Excite, or will attempt to expand itself somehow?

>

>I'm a little confused on this one.

>

>Phil

>

>At 16:38 04/11/98 +0000, you wrote:

>>And of course, when it loses its personal touch - despite the 350 or so

>>'lurkers' -  we'll all bugger off and do something else instead.

>>

>>So is this the beginning of the end for UKNM ?

>>

>>Steve Johnston

>>Director of Development

>>The IMRG

>>

>

>"Elizabeth Van Couvering" <evcexcitecorp [dot] com> on 04/11/98 14:19:50

>

>Please respond to uk-netmarketingchinwag [dot] com

>

>To: uk-netmarketingchinwag [dot] com

>>cc:

>>Subject:        RE: UKNM: ADMIN: Times are a changin'

>>

>>Nice mention of UKNM in this week's Campaign, thanks to Ross Sleight.

>>Sponsorship money, mentions in the press -- you're on to something here. At

>>least we think so at Excite.

>>

>>Regards,

>>

>>E.

>


>Phil Gyford

>

>

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>Deputy Editor, Capital Interactive / http://capitalinteractive.com


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