| Lists: | pgsql-advocacy |
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| From: | "Ted Striker" <tedstriker(at)graffiti(dot)net> |
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| To: | "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>, <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Postgres article |
| Date: | 2002-10-24 16:38:38 |
| Message-ID: | 20021024163838.31975.qmail@graffiti.net |
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Excellent work guys. Josh's letter can serve as a sort of
template for sending in to editors.
Marc sounds like you are ready to bring out the big
guns!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 09:04:21 -0300 (ADT)
To: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
Subject: Re: [pgsql-advocacy] Postgres article
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> > More that that, this article points out the reason that we need press
> > releases.
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> I have a list of several hundred magazine and publication editors and such
> that I use for sending out PgSQL related press releases ... Justin and I
> have already discussed doing up a strong press release for this release as
> well and making sure that that gets out to the list ...
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| From: | "Josh Berkus" <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> |
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| To: | pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Postgres article |
| Date: | 2002-10-24 17:10:07 |
| Message-ID: | web-1798093@davinci.ethosmedia.com |
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Ted,
> Excellent work guys. Josh's letter can serve as a sort of
> template for sending in to editors.
Thank you. HOWEVER, it's very, very important to remember that
reporters are *individuals*. I would *not* have written such an
impersonal letter to, for example, Steven Shankland or Peter Gallipoli,
both of whom are easy to approach informally.
(Please note ... the following is my opinion for discussion, I'm not in
charge of PR, Justin is)
I did that letter as an example ... since NewsFactor is a minor
publication, anyway ... but in the future we'll need to handle things
in a more organized manner. Whenever there is an article to respond
to, we should post it and poll this list to see if anyone has a
personal relationship with the reporter, and then our fearless leader
(Justin) can decide who should contact the reporter or editor.
Also keep in mind that the archives of this list are *public*, and we
have to be careful what we say about reporters and publications in our
e-mail. I've already had the bitter experience of having to kiss up
to a reporter for a week to make up for a careless statement on
marketing(at)openoffice(dot)org ...
-Josh Berkus