AmiWest 2003 advertising push gets underway

[takemehomegrandma]

Four Words...

Orlando?
September?
Incredibly Hot!

Five Words ...

Show?
September?
Pegasos2?
Even hotter!  :-o  :-D

[Paul_Gadd]

Ok got a decent idea. (UK users)

How about Bowlers at trafford? Bill pays for the area he will need and the place if massive, any thoughts on that?.

Bowlers Exhibition Centre, Trafford Park, Manchester.

(Just think well over 1000 people in that place every saturday).

[bbrv]

Well, only if The Editor and his wife (and his kids!) agree to help. :-D

BTW, Takis is in Manchester!  How come you never have met?!  Plus, "Neko" would make a special appearence!  :-o

Well...?

Sincerely,
R&B :-)

[dammy]

Poster: bbrv Date: 2003/5/8 0:58:10

We would do a Show in the UK -- no problem. If someone wants to get it organized we will fund it. Also, we are thinking about a Pegasos Show in Orlando in late September.

Orlando?  I'm there!  September/October would be a good time for a show in Orlando since the main flux of tourist are long gone.  That means cheap hotel rooms and no crowds at the major attractions.  Kissimmee for those who would be on a budget, has alot of hotel rooms that should have very reasonable rates for that time of year.  Priceline.com should be considered once there are firm dates.

Dammy

[bbrv]

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY:

Genesi Sarl, a growing company in the alternative computer market is seeking to hire "dammy" (aka Randy Vice) to organize a Pegasos/MorphOS Show at a site and time of his choice in Orlando, Florida.  All expenses will be borne by the undersigned.  Emphasis must be given to the Pegasos and MorphOS, but all other interests are welcome, including the AROS, Teron/A1, AROS, OS4, AROS, Catweasel, AROS, LinuxPPC, AROS, BeOS, AROS, BSD, AROS, User Groups, etc., etc., etc. (and AROS!)

Sincerely,
Raquel and Bill
Genesi :-)

[redrumloa]

Go for it Dammy!! I'd go for an Orlando show without question! :-o

[Paul_Gadd]

Takis is in Manchester

Who is Takis?

[quiesce]

Bowlers is a great place for cheap hardware. If there is an Amiga show there I will go.

[Paul_Gadd]

@quiesce

Imagine MorphOS and Pegasos on a big stall in Bowlers (at the computer fair not on their own) and then look at the average number of people what go there,

Genesis and their baby would be openly shown to  hundreds (i would estimate 1000+) people who go there, if that aint exposure then nothing is   :-P

I go there most Saturdays and it is jam packed with people, Eyetech, Hyperion should go aswell if they want a army of people looking at their products.

Getting people to look at the products is a good start, even if those people have no interest in the Amiga or Pegasos, it will turn heads and get new people to the platform instead of messing about with single sided shows just for a minority of people.

Me: Hi Joe Average want to come to an Amiga show?

Joe: You taking the piss? those machines are antiques

Me: How about we go to Bowlers and see this new Pegasos machine which is the latest hot new hardware

Joe: Sounds interesting lets drive down.

Me: Yep,  i wonder what it does?

Joe: I have no idea but lets have a look

Genesis stand 10 mins later

Joe: WOW that is one wicked machine i will buy one

Me: I told you this is the best place to come

Joe: Yeah and you wanted me to first go to an Amiga show

Me: Enjoy your product.

Joe: Will do

The End

[Argo]

MarkTime:
Just what is your avatar? Looks like a bear tossing something to a child.

[Marky_D_Sahd]

MarkTime:
Just what is your avatar? Looks like a bear tossing something to a child.


Wrong:  It's a child throwing a very tasty afternoon snack to a bear.

[Marky_D_Sahd]

Thus spake Wayne:
That's actually a question for the AmiWest crew. To the best of my knowledge so far;

Bill McEwen
Genesi SARL, including BBRV and others
Me, Targhan, and as many others as I can gather.


Actually, the official Amiga Inc. press release said:
"Bill McEwen, president and CEO of Amiga Inc.," so maybe they'll both show up!
 :-P

[quiesce]

@Paul_Gadd: You're too optimistic.  ;-)

[downix]

Come on Randy!  Do it!  Damien and I can give ya a hand.

Hey guys, idea for the AmiWest show, let's give a real-life Roast of
some Amiga celebrity.  Any volunteers?

[dammy]

That would be a large undertaking to do a show, depending on it's size.  Tell you what, give me an email and let me know what your looking for and then I'll do some sniffy around to find out what is available during whatever frame of time you want and what general location your looking for.

BTW, is Kruse still in the ORL area?

Dammy

[Paul_Gadd]

You're too optimistic

Yeah but i can see how Amiga shows are failures and will continue to be failures when they are only aimed at certain people (the 1990s have long gone).

Those guys should stop messing about and get their Amiga and Pegasos hardware in places where average Joe goes to,

How many normal everyday people do you know what would go to an Amiga show? not many (maybe even none) but if however the hardware comes to them it may make them take a look and even buy the hardware.

Bringing hardware to the normal people is the way to go.