[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Promotion & Advertising
- From: "edwinx" <edwinx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "freelist" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <Diwri@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 13:45:01 -0800
Wow...that post has some passion!...Diane your post was excellent...but =
the=20
main problem is that every one defines advertising and promotions=20
differently...however I will disagree that advertising is always for =
the=20
sole financial benefit of the poster...when I did it on this list I was=20
boasting about items I received from another lister, it was not meant to =
be=20
advertising, but it clearly was, I will not do it again...I will thank =
that=20
person privately....this whole thing is a human nature =
issue...everything we
humans do we take notice on some level about how this act or behavior is =
going to benefit us, this is not always a consensus thing, but we do it=20
every day all day..its how we survive with each other and the other =
stuff in
this world...hey Tom L. help me out! what the hell am I talking=20
about.......medication time..lol..FB
----- Original Message -----=20
From: "Diane Wright" <Diwri@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "ShowGSD-L" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 12:08 PM
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Promotion & Advertising
> Per the list rules, advertising is not allowed. This is an excellent=20
> idea. I don't want to have to sort through "puppies for sale",=20
> "handler for hire" & "coat conditioner for sale" ads on my way to=20
> deleting the boat-load that I do daily. ;-)
>
> BUT...
> ;-) there's always a but...
>
> I consider a great number of the daily posts to be promotion=20
> (advertising
> in disquise).
>
> There is a grey area between promotion & advertising. Advertising is
> clearly about a benefit to the
> poster. Money is usually involved, many times even mentioned 'pet =
puppies
> starting at $500', '5
> gallons for $30', 'stud fee negotiable'. This does not happen on our=20
> list.
>
> Promotion is less forward. Sort of like putting flyers up in the feed
> store vs telemarketing. You
> throw out information, and if see if someone bites. No tacky mention =
of=20
> money changing hands, it
> almost looks like a press release. (If you don't think press releases =
are
> forms of advertising, you
> might be too naive to be allowed out in the world without =
supervision.)
> EVERYone on this list knows who is promoting what. Do you have a =
naked=20
> dog? Do you need a handler's
> phone number? Post the list & get the answer.
>
> Remove all the promotional posts & the list would be pretty quiet!! =20
> Maybe
> we could post jokes again,
> and chat like in the old days. :-)=20
> Diane
>
> ;-)
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