Re: [NTLK] Promoting NTLK, post-Ebay bidding

From: Jon Glass (jonglass_at_usa.net)
Date: Thu Mar 06 2003 - 03:33:18 PST


on 3/5/03 7:42 PM, Doug Parker at dougparker_at_progressdata.com wrote:

> So...I've been wondering about the value and feasibility of sending a welcome
> email to winning Newt bidders on Ebay--to let them know about NTLK.

That would be spam, wouldn't it? As much as I like and love NTLK, if I got a
spam telling me about it, I wouldn't be compelled to join--contrariwise, I
would be turned off.

I do like, however, the idea of "auctioning" NTLK. That may work. Another
idea would be to email the sellers, asking them if they would like to put a
link to NTLK, or maybe a graphic link.

The danger of this, however, is that some people may see it as NTLK
endorsing auctions. I don't know if we want to get into that, or even come
across as if we did. Do we _want_ to endorse certain merchants on eBay?

Probably leaving things as they are is the best plan...

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