1 Feb
2004
1 Feb
'04
12:06 a.m.
Hi all.
I seem to remember someone proposed to wear some kind on standardized
T-Shirts at the GNU/Linux Audio Centre (Sounds Expo 2004). Did you
reach any definitive conclusion on it?
We are currently evaluating some options for the AGNULA T-Shirts and
caps, and if we manage to have it I'd like to ask Damien if he could
wear it during the event.
bye,
andrea
2 Feb
2 Feb
1:41 p.m.
I seem to remember someone proposed to wear some kind
on
standardized T-Shirts at the GNU/Linux Audio Centre (Sounds Expo
2004). Did you reach any definitive conclusion on it?
Having looked at the cost of providing 3x shirts for each person on
the stand, I thought the money could be better spent elsewhere. I
think flyers are much more important at this stage. As someone
pointed out, event visitors will be absorbing a lot of information,
and if they don't take a piece of paper home they will probably
forget what they've seen.
I've been thinking about the overall look of the stand, and I don't
believe that looking low-budget is actually a problem. We're not
competing with the big names in the industry head-on, after all.
They may have a stand which costs £50,000 and will be thrown away
after three days, but the reason they have that money to waste is
that they are levering proprietary lock-in. I'm not sure how well the
heavy marketing approach goes down with musicians, anyway.
Cheers
Daniel
2:47 p.m.
Daniel James <daniel(a)mondodesigno.com> writes:
Agreed.
I seem to
remember someone proposed to wear some kind on
standardized T-Shirts at the GNU/Linux Audio Centre (Sounds Expo
2004). Did you reach any definitive conclusion on it?
Having looked at the cost of providing 3x shirts for each person on
the stand, I thought the money could be better spent elsewhere. I think flyers are much more important at this stage.
As someone
pointed out, event visitors will be absorbing a lot of information,
and if they don't take a piece of paper home they will probably
forget what they've seen.
Agreed.
Just to make things clear, I was thinking about giving a t-shirt to
Damien since he's a member of the AGNULA project - I was not implying
everybody should wear an AGNULA t-shirt (in case somebody thought it).
bye,
andrea
3:51 p.m.
Daniel James wrote:
frank neumann used to make t-shirts for our linuxtag booth, had some
printed in different sizes at a local copy shop and we just bought
them, because linux audio t-shirts are cool :) might be an option
for you as well. we found uniform looks help a lot when the booth
gets crowded, as people know at once who to ask (badges are not that
effective, as everybody's wearing them on a trade show :)
there is even an online shop somewhere (i forget the name) who you
can mail your logo and banner typography and they make mugs, shirts
and younameit for you and offer a webshop you can point your fans
to. you even get sent some of the money that comes in iirc.
I seem to
remember someone proposed to wear some kind on
standardized T-Shirts at the GNU/Linux Audio Centre (Sounds Expo
2004). Did you reach any definitive conclusion on it?
Having looked at the cost of providing 3x shirts for each person on
the stand, I thought the money could be better spent elsewhere. I
think flyers are much more important at this stage. As someone
pointed out, event visitors will be absorbing a lot of information,
and if they don't take a piece of paper home they will probably
forget what they've seen.
very true. our flyers at linuxtag went faster than we could look. we
had to have some re-printed on the third day. when talking to
visitors, it's especially nice to just highlight some url on a
leaflet and hand it to them than spelling them out or writing them
on the back of business cards a zillion times per day :)
I've been thinking about the overall look of the
stand, and I don't
believe that looking low-budget is actually a problem. We're not
competing with the big names in the industry head-on, after all.
They may have a stand which costs £50,000 and will be thrown away
after three days, but the reason they have that money to waste is
that they are levering proprietary lock-in. I'm not sure how well the
heavy marketing approach goes down with musicians, anyway.
at least on linuxtag (where there's a healthy mixture of big
business and no-buget .org booths), it does not really matter. of
course, you have to have some eye-catchers with well laid-out
information, but there is really no point in trying to look
expensive. in my experience, people appreciate simple, no-bullshit
exhibitions.
--
"I never use EQ, never, never, never. I previously used to use mic
positioning but I've even given up on that too."
- Jezar on http://www.audiomelody.com
Jörn Nettingsmeier
Kurfürstenstr 49, 45138 Essen, Germany
http://spunk.dnsalias.org (my server)
http://www.linuxaudiodev.org (Linux Audio Developers)
4:58 p.m.
Joern Nettingsmeier <nettings(a)folkwang-hochschule.de> writes:
there is even an online shop somewhere (i forget the
name) who you
can mail your logo and banner typography and they make mugs, shirts
and younameit for you and offer a webshop you can point your fans
to. you even get sent some of the money that comes in iirc.
For what it's worth, here in Italy we E-Shirt:
http://www.eshirt.it/?myl=en
I'm currently evaluating it for printing AGNULA T-Shirts. I didn't
find any reference to getting a part of the money, though.
bye,
andrea
5:01 p.m.
On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 03:07:55 +0100, Andrea Glorioso wrote:
Joern Nettingsmeier
<nettings(a)folkwang-hochschule.de> writes:
Have a look for thier affiliate programme.
- Steve
there is even an online shop somewhere (i forget
the name) who you
can mail your logo and banner typography and they make mugs, shirts
and younameit for you and offer a webshop you can point your fans
to. you even get sent some of the money that comes in iirc.
For what it's worth, here in Italy we E-Shirt:
http://www.eshirt.it/?myl=en
9:55 p.m.
Steve Harris <S.W.Harris(a)ecs.soton.ac.uk> writes:
Steve, I don't think I understood this.
bye,
andrea
For what
it's worth, here in Italy we E-Shirt:
http://www.eshirt.it/?myl=en
Have a look for thier affiliate programme.
3 Feb
3 Feb
12:53 p.m.
On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 08:04:57 +0100, Andrea Glorioso wrote:
Steve Harris <S.W.Harris(a)ecs.soton.ac.uk>
writes:
Steve, I don't think I understood this.
On that page, two lines up from the bottom, "Affiliate Program":
http://img.tradedoubler.com/images/it/merchants/eshirt/b2b_eng.html
- Steve
For what
it's worth, here in Italy we E-Shirt:
http://www.eshirt.it/?myl=en
Have a look for thier affiliate programme.
2 Feb
2 Feb
5 p.m.
On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 02:00:23 +0100, Joern Nettingsmeier wrote:
there is even an online shop somewhere (i forget the
name) who you
can mail your logo and banner typography and they make mugs, shirts
and younameit for you and offer a webshop you can point your fans
to. you even get sent some of the money that comes in iirc.
cafepress.com do this (and ive been happy with the quality in the past)
but last time I checked they only shipped fomr the states, and the
shipping costs are high.
You get to choose how much you charge, and any excess over thier costs
goes to you.
- Steve
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