RE: iSeries marketing request at Common Lug Luncheon (fwd)

Don,

Thanks for the question, and hope you don't mind my "cutting in" in Brad.

>From the thing I just posted.

"===> IMV, the iNation is just an organized way of going about stuff like
this.  It's a mindset for implementing these kinds of ideas.  It's a vehicle
for ***IBM paying back the Community for it's support***."

So what I'm saying is that IMV (in my opinion, or IOW according to my view
of the situation) customers can market more effectively than IBM can.  It's
a question of which is more effective.  IMV, word of mouth is more effective
than a big marketing budget.

The advantage to the iSeries Community for doing this marketing for IBM is
twofold.

1) The entire iCommunity "boat" will float higher if the "ocean" gets
larger.
2) IBM might (emphasis on ***might***) be willing to fund the iNation with a
bigger budget.

BTW, do you think this thread belongs over on the iSN-Citizens list?  I'll
cross-post this there, and will reply wherever.

jt




> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
> [mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Don
> Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2001 9:08 AM
> To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject: iSeries marketing request at Common Lug Luncheon (fwd)
>
>
>
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> Brad,
>
> And once again you'ld be doing what IBM should be doing....MARKETING THE
> iSERIES....
>
> So, tell me why should I be doing, FOR IBM, what they're to ashamed to do
> for themselves?
>
> -------
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>
> On Sun, 18 Nov 2001, Brad Jensen wrote:
>
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "jt" <jt@ee.net>
> > To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 11:30 PM
> > Subject: RE: [Interlug] Re: iSeries marketing request at Common
> > Lug Luncheon (fwd)
> >
> >
> > > This is a succinct summary of my as-yet unwritten part 3 of
> > yesterdays
> > > posts:
> >
> >
> > The best way to advertise the ISeries is for all of you to tell
> > all of your customers and the friends you meet at trade
> > associations that you are using ISeries and love it. Stick it in
> > your email tag line with a link back to IBM.
> >
> > My server can beat up your server
> >
> > etc.
> >
> >
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