Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ncar!gatech!taco!hobbes.catt.ncsu.edu!kdarling From: kdarling@hobbes.catt.ncsu.edu (Kevin Darling) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: Free CDTV Message-ID: <1991Jun25.012622.8835@ncsu.edu> Date: 25 Jun 91 01:26:22 GMT References: <14234@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> <1991Jun24.143041.30970@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> <1991Jun24.233755.1249@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> Sender: news@ncsu.edu (USENET News System) Organization: North Carolina State University Lines: 20 xanthian@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Kent Paul Dolan) writes: >Right on, Ethan. We've been bragging for years that users are >the best sales force Commodore has; time for us to put up or >shut up. Kudos to Commodore for calling our bluff; now let's >go out and show the level of aggression and commitment that >Commodore marketing should have had all along! Yes, it's definitely worth a shot. >The free CDTV is gravy; the real win is recognition that there >is a problem with Commodore marketing that formal use of the >"user sales force" can help solve. My experience has been that the best salespeople are those who actually own the target device, be it a computer or stereo or whatever. I'd suggest giving CDTV salespeople an extra special discount (if not done already), in hopes that they buy one themselves. Or at the least, encourage them to take a unit home with them at night. Also, is there a "CDTV sales training" disc? kev