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26 Jan 2006, 18:54
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PA Team
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Word of Mouth
While lots of people have been moaning about banners etc, word of mouth has been entirely overlooked.
texting old gal mates / alliance mates on my phone (around 10 of them) with just "free 8 week round of planetarion starts tomorrow - Appoco" got 5 people answering me within 20 minutes and signing up.
if everyone just mentioned it to old friends, they might well just sign up for old times sake, as it's free. We're not actually allowed to e-mail people with any information from backups that we keep for multihunting / credit purposes at the moment, so we can't actually do something similar. Word of mouth is still the most important way of spreading things on the internet though, and probably always will be.
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26 Jan 2006, 18:57
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deserves a medal
Join Date: Aug 2004
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Re: Word of Mouth
I got 3 people to sign up so far..
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26 Jan 2006, 18:57
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I see you!
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: In any girl
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Re: Word of Mouth
Will give it a try
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26 Jan 2006, 18:57
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Avenger of Calamari
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Alberta, Canada
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Re: Word of Mouth
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Originally Posted by Appocomaster
While lots of people have been moaning about banners etc, word of mouth has been entirely overlooked.
texting old gal mates / alliance mates on my phone (around 10 of them) with just "free 8 week round of planetarion starts tomorrow - Appoco" got 5 people answering me within 20 minutes and signing up.
if everyone just mentioned it to old friends, they might well just sign up for old times sake, as it's free. We're not actually allowed to e-mail people with any information from backups that we keep for multihunting / credit purposes at the moment, so we can't actually do something similar. Word of mouth is still the most important way of spreading things on the internet though, and probably always will be.
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msn ftw?
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26 Jan 2006, 18:59
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:alpha:
Join Date: May 2002
Location: London, UK
Posts: 7,871
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Re: Word of Mouth
I've deleted nearly all my PA contacts from my phone
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26 Jan 2006, 19:34
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PA Team
Join Date: Oct 2003
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Re: Word of Mouth
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Originally Posted by Squidly
msn ftw?
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Yes, spam people with your MSN names too! all the poor people on my contact list are being submitted to it
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tomkat
I've deleted nearly all my PA contacts from my phone
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26 Jan 2006, 22:54
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Jolt took my jap girl :(
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Only 5 times World Cup Winner Country
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Re: Word of Mouth
Any old-PA ex HC could try to find out old members maillists and send mail warning about free rnd.
If you arent an HC but have contac with someone who could provide such list, would be helpful to ask him to send mail or send the mails yourself
I asked that sometime ago for PAWiki and worked great
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27 Jan 2006, 00:55
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Idle Git
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Wandering
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Re: Word of Mouth
We just deleted all our old lists from eclipse.
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27 Jan 2006, 01:02
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PA Team
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Re: Word of Mouth
I can just see the scene at Eclipse HC:
"lo, Bashar, want me to delete all these e-mail addresses? we won't need them any more, will we?"
"no, no, hey there's this thread on PD...wait!"
"ok, they're all deleted"
" "
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27 Jan 2006, 10:38
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Idle Git
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Wandering
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Re: Word of Mouth
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Originally Posted by Appocomaster
I can just see the scene at Eclipse HC:
"lo, Bashar, want me to delete all these e-mail addresses? we won't need them any more, will we?"
"no, no, hey there's this thread on PD...wait!"
"ok, they're all deleted"
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There was a conversation just like that, but for something else that was deleted.
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27 Jan 2006, 11:18
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Lost the Fury... :(
Join Date: Jun 2000
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Re: Word of Mouth
mazzelaar is a great big newbie
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27 Jan 2006, 11:35
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Idle Git
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Wandering
Posts: 1,550
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Re: Word of Mouth
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Originally Posted by Tis
mazzelaar is a great big newbie
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And I'm not even talking about what you think I am!
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27 Jan 2006, 12:49
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Lost the Fury... :(
Join Date: Jun 2000
Posts: 516
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Re: Word of Mouth
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Originally Posted by Bashar
And I'm not even talking about what you think I am!
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what could possibly be worse than the accidental deletion of the 1up porn stash?
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27 Jan 2006, 17:44
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Poblacht na hÉireann
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 1,167
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Re: Word of Mouth
Some of those pictures with Zhil and elviz were one offs. They'll never fall for that hidden camera in the nacho dish trick again either. Utter tragedy
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27 Jan 2006, 18:39
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Germany
Posts: 155
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Re: Word of Mouth
I got 2 old friends to sign up
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27 Jan 2006, 22:16
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Bragpack™
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 815
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Re: Word of Mouth
I got 4!
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27 Jan 2006, 22:21
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Lost the Fury... :(
Join Date: Jun 2000
Posts: 516
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Re: Word of Mouth
i got 45, and theyre all playing just to defend me!
they all live close together, and are very poor, so they log in from one computer.... i hope thats ok?!?!
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27 Jan 2006, 22:29
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Avenger of Calamari
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Alberta, Canada
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Re: Word of Mouth
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tis
i got 45, and theyre all playing just to defend me!
they all live close together, and are very poor, so they log in from one computer.... i hope thats ok?!?!
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Yes, but only if my guinea pig is allowed to play too.
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28 Jan 2006, 00:27
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 111
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Re: Word of Mouth
dont you have all old signup-email adresses? from the last 3-5 rounds? just mail them the mail you get with sending via the button on the preferences (email a friend) and they might come.
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28 Jan 2006, 00:28
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PA Team
Join Date: Oct 2003
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Re: Word of Mouth
Quote:
Originally Posted by frostbeule
dont you have all old signup-email adresses? from the last 3-5 rounds? just mail them the mail you get with sending via the button on the preferences (email a friend) and they might come.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Appocomaster
We're not actually allowed to e-mail people with any information from backups that we keep for multihunting / credit purposes at the moment
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legal issues, data protection, spam, etc.
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28 Jan 2006, 00:30
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Join Date: Aug 2005
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Re: Word of Mouth
read it as well some sec ago and wanted to delete the post, you were faster
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7 Feb 2006, 23:16
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Noob
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: North Yorks, Malton
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Re: Word of Mouth
Havnt played in 10 rounds, saw a free one was up so i thought what the hell ^^
Hi btw...
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8 Feb 2006, 03:51
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Commodore
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Perth, Western Australia
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Re: Word of Mouth
Quote:
Originally Posted by Appocomaster
texting old gal mates / alliance mates on my phone (around 10 of them) with just "free 8 week round of planetarion starts tomorrow - Appoco" got 5 people answering me within 20 minutes and signing up.
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I got one of those messages too! i actually laughed! I wasnt going to play this round, but in the next couple of hours i'll be signing up a planet. So you should prolly increase that to 6 .
Cheeky bugger
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8 Feb 2006, 06:02
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1up on you
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Birmingham, UK
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Re: Word of Mouth
cant pa email old pa players before each new round?
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8 Feb 2006, 08:31
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The Original Carebear
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Trondheim, Norway
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Re: Word of Mouth
No, they can't.
I bugged some people, but they don't got time for these games anymore. I'm out as well after this round ;(
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8 Feb 2006, 10:38
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1up on you
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Birmingham, UK
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Re: Word of Mouth
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Originally Posted by qebab
No, they can't.
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why not?
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8 Feb 2006, 10:44
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I'm who you want me to be
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: In a flat place, enjoying RL
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Re: Word of Mouth
Or text them... the amount of SMS I receive from companies / bars / clubs / whatever about 'new hot saturdaynight special extavaganza'-blabla is amazing...
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8 Feb 2006, 11:14
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 1,081
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Re: Word of Mouth
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Originally Posted by pig
why not?
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Because PA either didn't keep the e-mail records, or they didn't have a little checkbox to say its ok for them to spam. This is all "back in the day", ofc
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8 Feb 2006, 12:32
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1up on you
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Birmingham, UK
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Re: Word of Mouth
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Originally Posted by The Real Arfy
Because PA either didn't keep the e-mail records, or they didn't have a little checkbox to say its ok for them to spam. This is all "back in the day", ofc
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yes but for the last few rounds at least theres been that checkbox, im sure pa has lost some of its players in pax era, not only that couldnt jolt email its uers about pa?
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8 Feb 2006, 16:51
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: UK
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Re: Word of Mouth
i was told about the new round by a friend on msn
i've lost all my old contacts though as someone hacked my email account
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8 Feb 2006, 22:19
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 1,081
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Re: Word of Mouth
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Originally Posted by pig
yes but for the last few rounds at least theres been that checkbox, im sure pa has lost some of its players in pax era, not only that couldnt jolt email its uers about pa?
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Yes, they could and should, as long as their checkboxes are checked (which you know etc). I guess over the past few rounds its been the same group of players playing really, but I'd like to see emails too.
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24 Feb 2006, 16:19
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Ex EL High Command
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: UK
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Re: Word of Mouth
what about those who signed up for the PA Newsletter "back in the day"
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