[HLUG] SFD Funding - The Offers

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I certainly wouldnt sign up for a direct debit
with a company who mislead their employees
into wasting all our time with an offer of £200 upfront sponsorship
when really they want a free advert.


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From: "Matthew Macdonald-Wallace" <matthew at truthisfreedom.org.uk>
Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 12:06 PM
To: "Herefordshire Linux Users Group." <herefordshire at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: [HLUG] SFD Funding - The Offers

> Hi all,
>
> I've had a long chat with marketing about the best way to do this  whilst 
> avoiding any unnecessary red tape (apparently invoicing the  company is 
> going to be a nightmare as we'd need three quotes and it  would have to 
> signed off by head office in Italy!).
>
> The new plan is that someone (and probably not me because I need to  keep 
> the connections between work and HLUG separate!) signs up to ne  of the 
> following affiliate programs based upon the offer we think  would be most 
> appropriate.
>
> Offer 1
> =======
>
> Sign up through AfilliateWindow and for each customer we refer, we get 
> £25 commission.  The offer that they would sign up to would be a .info 
> domain for £1 and "SiteMaker Free" hosting package - the hosting is  not 
> open source, but it does allow you to create a website/blog etc  without 
> needing to know anything about FTP/HTML/PHP.
>
> Offer 2
> =======
>
> Signup through ComissionJunction for SimplyHosting (our American  company) 
> and for each customer get $25USD. The offer is a .com domain  name and 1 
> month free Linux Hosting for 1 cent - the hosting is on  automatic 
> rebilling at $6.95 per month, so anyone that signed up would  need to 
> cancel by the end of the first month, however regardless of  whether the 
> hosting package is kept or not the customer keeps the  domain name.
>
> =====================
>
> This does of course mean that we need someone we can all trust to hold 
> the money (Pete- I seem to recall you mentioning something last night 
> about a non-profit org setup and ready to roll?) however it also means 
> that we can place a banner on the HLUG website (assuming Paul doesn't 
> object to the advertising!) and generate a large amount of revenue in  a 
> relatively short space of time.
>
> It also means that if just 10 people on this mailing list were  prepared 
> to pay £1 (if we went with the first offer) then HLUG would  gain £250 in 
> a very short space of time!
>
> AfiliateWindow pay out twice a month with the deadlines for new 
> commission being the 15th and 31st of the month.
>
> This means that if we move quickly and get a number of us signed up by 
> the 31st August, it is possible that a large chunk of the money would  be 
> in the account before SFD.
>
> Let me know your thoughts,
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Matt
>
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