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Larry

wrote in news:1170966761.489352.263820
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Would this been a better way to post with out spamming????

Nope...it's still spamming. Just rewording an ad doesn't change it....

The acceptable post would be in reply to some guy with a blowup dink
who's not quite sure how to patch it so it will be safe. You introduce
yourself with your credentials, ONCE, or better yet a simple tagline
under your name at the end of the post so everyone can see who you are.
Then, you help him patch his boat, at no cost to either, with helpful
instructions, even if it's not your boat or your responsibility, coming
off as a real helpful guy to have on his side. Everyone soon notices how
wonderful that guy who owns hy-seas is on the newsgroup and makes a
mental note, probably subliminal, stored away for that day when they've
had enough pumping up that leaky old Avon for the last time. "Hey, I
remember the guy who owned Hy-Seas was real helpful to the folks on
rec.boats.cruising. Let's buy his boat this time. I never saw anyone
from Avon logon like he did to help other boaters." He already has a
personal relationship with Don, the owner because he talked to him on
Usenet. If you owned a Ford, but talked to the guy who owned Honda on
Usenet, would you be buying another Ford? Everyone on here will also
tell their boater friends what a great guy you are for helping fix stuff.
As you can see, this is just an inverse pyramid scheme. You make a
friend with these guys, they tell those guys who tell other guys. It
works, really!

Heads and head equipment - Peggie Hall
NMEA multiplexers and equipment - Meindert from Shipmodul
the list goes on....Wanna join us?

Make a signature file for your newsgroup client that puts:

--
Don
Owner - Hy-Seas Inflatable Boats
(put your webpage here but not your phone number or email addy)

Spambots harvest phone numbers and email addresses from all newsgroups
24/7. Your email doesn't need any more Viagra spam, right? The double
dash over Don is a usenet custom to designate this as a repetitive
signature on all your posts.

That little signature after your name is all the advertising on usenet
you need to do and most won't object at all, especially if you don't act
like a car salesman on commission. Notice how EVERY time you post a
helpful post or even just join in our conversations about boating, you've
just put your company name in front of the users to love....(c; Because
of your sig, you'll be the target of inflatable boat problems from people
in need. That's the point, right?

If I owned your company, I'd also find the time to join cruiser forums on
webpage-based systems, too. Same thing...help out, join in, signature
line to tell them who you are and the webpage addy so they can find you
if they want. Lots of cruisers have no idea or access to usenet
newsgroups. They aren't so internet savvy and only use webpages.

I also owe you a word of warning in all this. If your company ****es off
just ONE boater who has access to forums or this usenet newsgroup, it's
awful hard to get their trust back. IN spite of the acid posts you got
in this thread, you have admitted you are new to Usenet and the group, so
I think we could be very forgiving in the very short term. Longterm will
be up to you.

Some day you'll get a request for service on your own boats from this
newsgroup. Someone will have something wrong. Take my advise.....don't
take it to email or phone, unless you're gonna screw him, which he will
tell us about later, anyway. Help him right in front of the whole world,
right on the newsgroup. Leave it public so everyone of these cruisers
can see what great customer service can be had from Hy-Seas. Talk to him
here. I dare you. Don't be surprised if you get a few negative posts
during the conversation. Concentrate your efforts on your customer with
an eye towards customer satisfaction. That ONE thread, properly handled
and solving his problem, can easily be more important to your company
than all the magazine ads you bought last year, which everyone knows is a
lie......and it costs you NOTHING but a little risk. Just sit patiently
by and wait for your chance to show your company off to them. THEY have
to do it, not you. Don't, as some have done on many groups, try to plant
someone. That might really trash your company. HONESTY, that's all they
want....

Dare ya.....(c;

Larry
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Democracy is when two wolves and a sheep vote on who's for dinner.
Liberty is when the sheep has his own gun.