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krj
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Promoting Grex during our night at Top of the Park
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Jun 10 05:25 UTC 2000 |
This item is to discuss how we might promote Grex at Top of the Park on
the night when we sponsor the movie.
My one idea: refrigerator magnets.
I steal this idea from an Ann Arbor bank which gave away magnets at TOP
two years ago. We still have that silly magnet stuck on our dishwasher.
Searching on google for "magnets promotional refrigerator" turns up a number
of sites. Looks like we can get 1000 magnets for about $200-$300. It's not
clear that we can save money by getting fewer magnets.
I am *not* the person to take the lead on this: I won't be at the Grex
Movie Night, and I have still failed to make any headway on the Grex
Bumper Sticker project. However, I will pledge $50 to making this happen.
Probably the design of the magnet would just have the Greek Temple logo
with "www.cyberspace.org" underneath it. One color printing would keep it
fast and cheap. I didn't look at full-color prices.
(link to coop conference, please)
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response 1 of 127:
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Jun 10 06:02 UTC 2000 |
agora 242 <--> coop 178
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other
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response 2 of 127:
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Jun 10 06:50 UTC 2000 |
I really like this idea. I think it has a high "neato!" factor for us,
and makes a nice evolution from the card sized flyers.
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mgoblu
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response 3 of 127:
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Jun 10 15:22 UTC 2000 |
I think that we should make a nice donation to the top of the park, set up
a tent, with computers connected to grex so that people can check it out!
Make a GUEST type of thing so that if people arn't sure if they are going to
use grex in the future, we don't get unusable space! Thank you thank you
thank ya very much. I thought of it myself!
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ric
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response 4 of 127:
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Jun 10 16:13 UTC 2000 |
You can often get drink coasters really cheaply too.
re 3 - a good idea but hard to get a phone line someplace like that.
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twinkie
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response 5 of 127:
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Jun 10 16:54 UTC 2000 |
AOL sends me cool drink coasters every month ;-)
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danr
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response 6 of 127:
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Jun 10 17:38 UTC 2000 |
How about pocket protectors with the slogan: Grex...It's For Everyone, Not Just
Nerds.
I do agree, though, that the refrigerator magnets may stick around longer (pun
intended, of course.)
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gypsi
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response 7 of 127:
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Jun 10 18:58 UTC 2000 |
I like the magnet idea. Fliers tend to get thrown away or lost. Magnets
usually end up on a fridge since they're colorful and useful. =)
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edina
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response 8 of 127:
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Jun 10 19:07 UTC 2000 |
"Grex - it's for everyone - but m-netters."
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lelande
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response 9 of 127:
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Jun 10 21:24 UTC 2000 |
i would like a purple magnet pleez
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carla
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response 10 of 127:
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Jun 10 22:20 UTC 2000 |
oh yes, let's do make them purple, k?
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gelinas
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response 11 of 127:
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Jun 11 00:37 UTC 2000 |
I think magnets are a good idea. We should be able to find someone local
to do it, too: American Signs and Sawicki and Sons come immediately to mind.
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richard
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response 12 of 127:
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Jun 11 02:13 UTC 2000 |
bumper stickers are more practical than magnets...imagine all the cars
going down the street in a2 with grex bumperstickers that say
"www.cyberspace.org" or just "GREX.org" and how many people would come
here just because they saw the bumper stickers. And I dont imagine
bumper stickers being more expensive than magnets
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jmsaul
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response 13 of 127:
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Jun 11 02:20 UTC 2000 |
A lot of people -- me included -- won't put bumper stickers on our cars.
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gull
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response 14 of 127:
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Jun 11 02:27 UTC 2000 |
They're useful for covering up rust spots, tho! ;>
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ric
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response 15 of 127:
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Jun 11 02:28 UTC 2000 |
Yeah but there will be a lot of teenagers at TOP (as always).. teens often
put bumper stickers on cars and other things where people see them (covers
of notebooks and stuff comes to mind)
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jmsaul
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response 16 of 127:
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Jun 11 02:32 UTC 2000 |
True.
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aruba
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response 17 of 127:
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Jun 11 02:56 UTC 2000 |
I like the magnet idea.
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otaking
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response 18 of 127:
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Jun 11 05:20 UTC 2000 |
I like magnets too. And you can use them to cover up rust spots on cars too.
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krj
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response 19 of 127:
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Jun 11 06:28 UTC 2000 |
My thinking is that bumper stickers are less worthwhile as a TOP
promotion because people are only likely to sticker their car for
causes they believe in. In other words, only committed Grexers
are likely to have Grex stickers on their cars. I see magnets as
a better item to give away to the public at large; I'd still like
to complete the bumper sticker project, but I don't think it has to be
done for July 9th.
There was basic agreement on a Grex bumper sticker design.
It was written up at incredible Grexian length in the old Coop conference.
I'm stuck on two points. (1) I have no software or skills for
manipulating graphic images. (2) I don't know how to prepare a two-color
master for Sawicki and Sons.
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krj
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response 20 of 127:
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Jun 11 06:37 UTC 2000 |
For a magnet, the really basic design I have in mind would be:
[greek temple logo]
www.cyberspace.org
Just get the URL on people's refrigerators, and the Greek Temple logo can
reinforce the blurb on the cable access channel.
This project needs an enthusiastic individual to own it; as I already
explained in resp:0, I am not going to be it.
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mary
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response 21 of 127:
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Jun 11 12:59 UTC 2000 |
This $200 - $300 will come from targeted donations, not
the general fund, right? I hope so.
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remmers
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response 22 of 127:
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Jun 11 13:27 UTC 2000 |
Right. The fee to sponsor the movie also came from targeted
donations.
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tpryan
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response 23 of 127:
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Jun 11 14:06 UTC 2000 |
magnets are more likely to go into pockets upon being given out.
Bumbper stickers would seem more likely to be put down or put into a
trash can after being given out.
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gypsi
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response 24 of 127:
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Jun 11 14:58 UTC 2000 |
Bingo.
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