[Hidden-tech] Re: ? about self-promo

[Daniel Fried]

I think there are some other interesting questions we could explore here.
one of which being exactly what kind of organization are we anyway?  I know
we do a lot of internal networking and referrals, but there have also been
concerted efforts (thanks again Amy) to market Hidden-Tech as an
organization to other organizations and businesses.  Do we want to go down
the road of a kind of virtual corporation where we try to market ourselves
to the outside world as a place to go for technology solutions?  If so, it
might not be in our best interests to focus the organizational website on
individual marketing where we're trying to one-up one another with our own
individual advertising.

 

Of course there are a lot of complications that would come with that
approach as well, but I think it's a conversation worth having.

 

-Dan

 

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[mailto:hidden-discuss-bounces at lists.hidden-tech.net] On Behalf Of Mitch
Anthony
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 12:00 AM
To: A - Z International
Cc: Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net
Subject: [Hidden-tech] Re: ? about self-promo

 

Thank you Amy, for everything.

 

And let me use your question to raise a larger one:

 

What is this - wide open access to the most creative minds in the valley -
worth to me?

 

EVERY time I've posted to this list - no matter how arcane or sophisticated
the need - I've found an answer within the day. (The first time I posted -
looking for a web programmer to meet some pretty demanding requirements - I
noticed that the respondent was from Greenfield.  I live in Greenfield. In
the ensuing e-mail exchange I suggested that I stop by at the end of the day
and share a creative brief and a site map. When I got to his house I
realized that I could see my house from his front yard. Hello.)

 

In answer to your question, no, I wouldn't pay for my own promotional page.
Because I don't think that's the best way to promote services like those we
offer. Nor do I think that we are each other's audience. Paid pages are paid
pages and they look like paid pages. 

 

However, referral and reference is the heart of a network. And with a bit of
finesse this list-serve of mouthy individuals (I'm guilty) can easily be
turned into a true network of referring professionals.  

 

And I sure would pay to be a member of that group. (Even though I get it now
for free.)

 

And I sure will pay for the privilege to ask the most creative minds in the
valley their opinion on what I'm wondering/thinking/needing about. (BTW,
Cingular is the way to go in this hilly valley. They grew out of a network
of small rural carriers, so they tend to own the steeple tops and radio
beacons it takes to beam straight in this up and down terrain - my opinion.)

 

I propose it's time to create a tiered dues structure, with appropriate
allowances for those who can't yet pay full price.

 

This is Western Freaking Mass.  Let's act like we get it.

 

Mitch Anthony 

 

P.S.  I second Tom Adam's suggestion.  I sometimes resist asking a question
I know the group knows the answer to, only because I also know the same
topic was covered 3 months prior... but in that time I've lost the thread.  

 

Another reason for dues: paid librarians.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On Jan 2, 2007, at 4:50 PM, A - Z International wrote:





Would you pay for your own promotional page?

 

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