ONLINE-ADS>> MODERATOR's NOTE: New Mailing - Digital Help

rhoy_at_o-a.com
Wed, 2 Jul 1997 07:04:14 -0500 (CDT)

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Hey all,

I often get posts from people looking all sorts of help - from requests for case studies, to critiques of new sites, to people looking for job applicants. I send these through when I can, but as many of you oldtimers on the list know, I am under a mandate to keep posts around 10 per day.
( For those of you that don't know about our vote last December, see: http://www.o-a.com/archive/1996/December/0138.html ). However, I know this list is full of altruistic souls and I don't want to deprive you all of any opportunities to help out. So here is my solution.

Periodically I will bundle all posts fitting into the aforementioned category and send them out in one message. That message will be called Digital Help, and it will have a subject line formatted like this:

ONLINE-ADS>> Digital Help / DATE / ISSUE #

This will make it easy to identify if you want to do your scrooge impression. You can simply delete the message when it arrives.

But if you want to make someone's life a little easier, you can read through it and reply DIRECTLY TO THE PERSON REQUESTING THE INFORMATION. (Please don't send responses to the list.)

I am writing these guidelines as I go, but here are the sort of things I see fitting in this category right now:

-Requests for examples to be used in a book or presentation
-Requests for statistics
-Requests to review sites for the purpose of validating an ad model
-Requests to review products or fill out surveys**
-Requests for job applicants

**Note here regarding product reviews and surveys. I don't think it is fair for the list to be a free focus group for a company. If you request that we review your product or fill out a survey, be prepared to compensate us in some way (free software, free reports, free t-shirt, etc.).

It would be extremely swell if the person requesting the information could summarize the answers when applicable and submit them to the general discussion. I envision your message reading something like this:

Hello everyone,

On July XX I requested information through Digital Help regarding
the number of dogs who have build successful online advertising
supported web sites. The response was overwhelming! Here are the
best resources submitted:

Rover Rolls-Over Huge Profits with Online Advertising
Interactive Canine News
http://www.CanineNews.com/profits.html

Labrador's Sites Crush Microsoft Sidewalk Venture;
Bill Goes Bankrupt Fighting for Market Share
Main Street Journal
http://www.msj.com/crushbill.html

Fire Hydrant Locater Site Turns Big Ad Bucks for Cocker Spaniel
Fire Hydrant News
http://www.Hydrant.com/

Digital Help is yet another example of how brilliant our moderator is.

NOTE: The last sentence in the example is optional. ;->

The first issue of Digital Help should come out today. If you have any comments, questions or suggestions regarding this, please contact me directly at: rhoy_at_tenagra.com.

thanks,

richard
moderator

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