[BLUG] Some webhosts

[Joe Auty]

I think the big caveat here is that mass recognition based only on  
word-of-mouth ala Mercedes works best when there isn't much  
competition. When there is more competition, it becomes a little  
harder to find that diamond in the rough. However, you're right, I  
think providing awesome service and benefiting from the natural power  
of word of mouth perhaps grows your base exponentially, so maybe  
there is some truth to this regardless of the Mercedes comparison...

Sorry, just pontificating a little! =)



On Jan 30, 2007, at 10:23 AM, Mark Krenz wrote:

>
>   Heh.  Thanks.  Now that I'm not the leader of BLUG, I don't feel bad
> plugging my stuff.  Ironically though, Suso just hired Scott  
> Blaydes to be
> the first sysadmin other than me so let the conspiracy theories  
> commence.
>
>   My opinion on marketing ourselves though is that we shouldn't  
> need to
> market ourselves much.  The best products often advertise once and  
> then
> have a good reputation from there on and don't need to give people
> reminders. How many Mercedes commercials do you see?  Beyond that, so
> many companies nowadays have advertisements that are so far from the
> truth of the actual experience of the product that it has eroded
> people's trust in marketing.
>
>   Ok, this is a Linux list and we've gotten off topic.
>
>  Mark
>
> On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 03:12:58PM GMT, Matt Standish  
> [mstandish_at_gmail.com] said the following:
>>
>> I am glad to be out of the web hosting business, much kudos to Mark
>> for staying in the game and providing good, secure services (a good
>> price to boot).
>>
>> It isn't advertisement if someone else says it Mark :).
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