Advertising is key. I was the president of the Athens Area Linux User's Group (affiliated with Ohio University) about 4 years ago, and I saw interest sky rocket (5 -> 30 + people) after I put some serious effort into creating nice looking flyers, rather than just doing the usual cop out bland font with a penguin on it. I don't have as much time to do those types of things anymore, but I'm very willing to send them to anyone who wants to take a look. The other thing is that you really need to reach out to brand new users. A lot of people aren't even aware of what Linux is capable of, especially on the desktop. A well thought-out presentation on just some useful (and very cool) applications should draw a lot of people if advertised correctly.
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/24/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Brie Gordon</b> <<a href="mailto:brie.gordon@gmail.com">brie.gordon@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I understand where you're coming from. If you were looking to attract the college crowd, it could have some value, provided it didn't violate your philosphies.<br><br>Myspace. That's just crazy talk.<br><br><div>
<span class="gmail_quote">2007/7/24, Michael H. Semcheski <<a href="mailto:mhsemcheski@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">mhsemcheski@gmail.com</a>>:</span><div><span class="e" id="q_113f83d94bb343b7_1">
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On 7/24/07, Brie Gordon <<a href="mailto:brie.gordon@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">brie.gordon@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> you guys by chance. I guess that's my verbose way of saying that better
<br>> publication would help - a lot! Maybe a facebook group? I'd help out with
<br>> it. If that's something you've already discussed or I'm beating a dead horse<br>> let me know. Flyers? T-shirts (I know it's geeky but if they were sweet<br>> T-shirts, I'd wear one)?<br>
<br>I was discussing this on IRC last night -- personally, I don't think<br>I've ever used facebook, and I'll bet many of who've been around for a<br>minute are not tuned in to things like myspace and facebook.
<br><br>We don't want to just go and create a facebook page, because there<br>could be password and ownership issues, but its something worth<br>investigating...<br><br><br>See this article:<br><a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/07/22/1717244" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
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