<VV> communique improvement idea number 6

[Harry Jensen, Executive Secretary]

Hi--

Well, if we are trying to entice people to join CORSA, then publishing 
the articles in the magazine is the wrong venue.

If we are trying to publicize the great information in the Tech Guides, 
republishing the articles is one venue, but one has to understand that 
anything you add to the Communique replaces content. Choices are 
difficult and pages are limited. If the choice is reprinting a tech 
article, or publishing a historic feature, what would you choose?

Understand, some articles which were published in the Communique years 
ago could use some updating. If someone came to us and said, "Hey, I 
want to update the 'O-rings Installation' article," we'd do it in a 
heartbeat.

But it seems to me that we could better use our resources by publishing 
new articles in the Communique and using a different media (the 'net, 
the Tech Guides) is a better solution.

--H



On 2/17/2009 11:35 AM, Guy Brandes wrote:
> Hi Harry,
>
> My 2 cents.  The 50% you mentioned are probably not going to go away (at
> least voluntarily) and if you are trying to attract new people then
> addressing the other 50% might be the way to go or at least worth a try.
>
> Regards,
>
> Guy Brandes
>
> 65 VAIR 140
> Hi--
>
> If the information is already in one of the Tech Guides, then why
> reprint it?
>
> Personally, I think we can do more online to promote the Tech Guides,
> such as put some sample articles online for folks to get an idea of what
>
> the Tech Guides are all about. That way, you can publicize them for
> everyone, not just new members.
>
> Bob, there are no 'rules' per se, but about 50% of our members have been
>
> members for a long time. Reprinting articles that they have already seen
>
> reduces content for those people.
>
> --H
>
>
> On 2/17/2009 11:02 AM, BobHelt at aol.com wrote:
>> The Tech articles and Guides are good but the  newbies need more intro
> and
>> simplified stuff. We need to start all  over publishing the tech info
> just like
>> we did back in the early days. So  why not reprint some articles that
> were
>> originally published years ago? In other  words, go back to square one
> and start
>> over with the tech info. I'm referring to  longer articles that would
> not be
>> candidates for the Tech Guide. But in  addition, possibly, it might be
> a good
>> idea to reprint Tech Guide stuff in the  Communique just to tell the
>
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Guy Brandes
> Mercedes-Benz Service Manager
> Loeber Motors, Inc.
> 4255 W. Touhy Ave.
> Lincolnwood, IL 60712
> T: 847-933-7740
> F: 847-933-7828
> gbrandes at loebermotors.com
> http://www.loebermotors.com
>
>
> Est. 1936
>
> “We have sold more Mercedes-Benz vehicles in the last 50 years than anyone in Illinois.”
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