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List:       kde-promo
Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] Press Release Archive
From:       Steven William Giacomelli <steve () orplex ! com>
Date:       2004-12-15 20:24:49
Message-ID: 200412151524.59657.steve () orplex ! com
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On December 15, 2004 03:21 pm, Tom Chance wrote:
> On Wednesday 15 Dec 2004 19:49, Steven William Giacomelli wrote:
> > On December 15, 2004 02:44 pm, Tom Chance wrote:
> > > Regional press contacts are another really great idea, and an easy
> > > route into helping KDE for non-technical volunteers. But that's another
> > > matter!
> > >
> > > Anyway, something like this is helpful:
> > > http://www.readingcampaigns.org.uk/rdb.pl?op=viewarticle&aid=30
> >
> > Yah something like that would be very useful for KDE -- though we need to
> > develop a set of talking points before we have people contact the media
> > in mass
>
> Well an easy thing to do is to simply pass on a press release to
> journalists in your region, and then field simple questions, and direct the
> journalist to the press contacts when they become more substantial.
>
> That small act in itself would dramatically increase press coverage, and,
> if people volunteered, prepare them for more involved press / promotion
> work.

It might be worth while to look at targeting university papers with a slant 
like "the free desktop powered by KDE saves students money over Windows XP 
and MS Office because of a-z"

Steven Giacomelli

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