Re: Pbm List

From: "Phil Shulkind" <phil@tigs9348.freeserve.co.uk>

Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 18:25:51 +0000

"MadCentral" <madcentral@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20001222203601.11000.00003190@ng-cu1.aol.com...
> >>From the circulation figures posted before, Flagship's circulation has
> always been tiny compared to the number of pbm players. So Flagship
> may be the best available vehicle, but "great"?<<
>
> For a new commercial PBM in Europe, Flagship is a great avenue.  While its
> numbers are small compared to total players, the thing I've found is that
the
> players who *do* read Flagship are influentual ones.
>
> Players who know a lot of people, or whose opinions people value, or who
simply
> have a lot of flair to push a game harder.
>
> The strongest form of advertising in PBM has always been word of mouth,
and its
> there where Flagship scores points.
>
> Personally, I get very little response from Flagship these days, unless Im
> releasing a new game or doing a big offer.  But thats just because
everybody
> who reads Flagship is either already playing our games, or has already
decided
> that our style doesnt suit them.
>
> I'd advise *any* new GM to look to Flagship first for their initial push
on a
> new commercial game, and thats based on a decade of experience in all
sorts of
> advertising forms.
>
> Steve T.
> (Genuine discussion Greg, not disagreeing with your own comments at all,
just
> voicing personal experience.)

References

Re: Pbm List
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Thu, 21 Dec 2000 15:16:40 +0000
Re: Pbm List
madcentral@aol.com (MadCentral)
Sat, 23 Dec 2000 01:36:01 +0000