I know that alot of other people do not have access to some facilities
but here is what we did for our BSE ("Mad Cow Disease") mailing list.
1. We put a link off of our web site to our LWGATE Majordomo interface.
2. Sent post to appropriate news groups (ag and vet related)
3. Issued a press release. (this was picked up by severl agriculture
journals and published)
This has worked fairly well so far. What helps most is just word of
email. We know that with the BSE mailing list, our announcement was
posted to others onto their mailing list on a related topic.
We have had the list running for about 2 weeks and we have over 300
people subscribed. I know that is not alot but it is about twice that of
our other lists.
Keith Reding
US Dept. Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/
kreding@info.aphis.usda.gov
On Sun, 28 Apr 1996, Douglas J. Archell wrote:
> Got a question for all you list masters out there....
>
> I've started up a mailing list for the purpose of distributing a
> regular newsletter regarding the computer networking industry. The
> newsletter will contain regular updates on info such as:
>
> - new patches/fixes for NOS's like NetWare/NT and networked apps
> - promos currently available from vendors
> - conferences/training sessions coming up
> - contests for free HW/SW
> - info on new products related to the networking industry
>
> ...and a LOT more.
>
> Now...the question....
>
> How do folks generally go about promoting their mailing lists? I've
> noticed that there's a newsgroup for announcements about list server
> mailing lists, but nothing I could find for MD stuff. I've made deals
> with a couple other newsletter publishers out there where I will
> include a blurb in my newsletter about their newsletter and they will
> include one about mine. I've also arranged deals with several others
> that will help to promote the newsletter, but I would love to hear
> what others do.
>
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
> TIA
>
>
> Doug Archell
> darchell@netcent.com
>
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