<div dir="ltr">man, fear the dotnet creepies...lol I don't know anyone who programs in "microsoft" anymore...lol<br><br>Anyways what i meant was i'm prepared to spend $1 per. Ah I didn't mean to imply for you guys to spend that much. I do agree with your idea with videos. I think all of our unique contributions will drive people here. I've got a camcorder and tripod, if someone wants to borrow it for taping...<br>
<br>I'll volunteer hosting the videos off my servers if someone makes them.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 11:14 PM, James Shamenski <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:2010games@gmail.com">2010games@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="ltr">Um I disagree with Alex and this advertising approach,<br> A 1$ member acquisition is a completely unsubstantiated. Without going into it, I'll just say that conventional advertising doesnt work for grass roots membership drives. I propose fostering a community rather than buying it. <br>
<br> I've been to maybe 4 of the last 7 meetings. Ive enjoyed all. I would have watched a video of the 3 that i had missed. I would assume that other python members would do the same if they missed a meeting. Better yet, publishing our videos would serve as a real indicator of our offering thus, attracting serious potential leads. A good video would spread throughout python chatter and be seminated for the good of the macro python community further driving interest to our chapter. If the videos gain any traction then we could serve adsense on the page and use the proceeds for a ppc purchase (call it acquisition arbitrage).<br>
cheers,<br> James<br>PS- The .Net user group was laughing about wiping out our campaign in 10 minutes with their fraudulent clicks. (Joke)<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 10:20 PM, Alex Chang <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:maverick.chang@gmail.com" target="_blank">maverick.chang@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="ltr">Thanks Paul. Yeah I think it's worth it to us if our group head count increases with a maximum cost per acquisition of $1 per person. Meaning if it's $0.10 per click and 10 people click on the ad and then 1 person joins. The cost to acquire that member was $1 CPA.<br>
<br>I guess since i'm in the internet marketing business I just jump into these things. Keep on sending your suggestions for keywords...it can't hurt to test them out.<div><div></div><div><br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 10:05 PM, Paul Hildebrandt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:paul_hildebrandt@yahoo.com" target="_blank">paul_hildebrandt@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div>
I was skeptical of the whole ad word approach but color me convinced. Good idea Alex, thanks for doing it.<br>
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</div><div dir="ltr"><div>Hey Jeremy! Welcome. <br><br>Yeah i'll add pythonista and python programmer to the list.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div>On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 8:08 PM, Jeremy James <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:jjames@gmail.com" target="_blank">jjames@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div>Hello everyone,<br>
<br>
I just found the group last night. I was likely one of those<br>
impressions (though I clearly didn't click through - I found the<br>
mailing list easily enough).<br>
<br>
You might trying throwing out "Pythonista", admittedly unofficial and<br>
potentially confusing. It is at least disambiguating and economical.<br>
<br>
Otherwise, Python developers would have worked on/for me.<br>
<font color="#888888"><br>
Jeremy<br>
</font></div><div><div></div><div><div>On 10/6/08, Chuck Esterbrook <<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:chuck.esterbrook@gmail.com" target="_blank">chuck.esterbrook@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> You can tell Google to run an add on a geography. So you can advertise<br>
> for the Los Angeles area for "python".<br>
><br>
> Another potential phrase:<br>
><br>
> Meet friendly Python programmers.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Although I like the word "developers" better than "programmers" we<br>
> could end up with snake breeders showing up.<br>
><br></div>
> -Chuck<br>
><br>
><div><br>
> On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 3:09 PM, Alex Chang <<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:maverick.chang@gmail.com" target="_blank">maverick.chang@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> Whoops. I must have cut it off because of character length. I'll just<br>
>> remove the word "program"... Just didnt want some guy looking for a pet<br>
>> python to click on it. lol.<br>
>><br>
>> some keywords are:<br>
>><br>
>> local python group<br>
>> los angeles python<br>
>> python group<br>
>> python la<br>
>> socal python<br>
>><br>
>> But don't click on the ad....or it'll charge....<br>
>><br>
>> On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 2:47 PM, Chuck Esterbrook<br>
>> <<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:chuck.esterbrook@gmail.com" target="_blank">chuck.esterbrook@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> Thanks for your efforts on this.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Can you cap "python":<br>
>>> "Join the Python program revolution."<br>
>>><br>
>>> And if there is room, it should be "programming". If not, maybe we<br>
>>> should come up with a different phrase.<br>
>>><br>
>>> What keywords trigger this? I'm in LA and searching for Python and<br>
>>> "python language" didn't bring up the ad.<br>
>>><br></div>
>>> -Chuck<div><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 2:32 PM, Alex Chang <<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:maverick.chang@gmail.com" target="_blank">maverick.chang@gmail.com</a>><br>
>>> wrote:<br>
>>> > Fyi, I've been running an adwords campaign since last week. Looks like<br>
>>> > 30<br>
>>> > impressions so far and zero clickthrus. But that's ok... cost no $$$.<br>
>>> ><br>
>>> > Los Angeles Python Group<br>
>>> ><br>
>>> > Join the python program revolution!<br>
>>> > Monthly meetings, free, and local<br>
>>> > <a rel="nofollow" href="http://python.meetup.com/187/Los" target="_blank">python.meetup.com/187/Los</a> Angeles, CA<br>
>>> ><br>
>>> > I'll leave it running for now.<br>
>>> ><br>
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