RE: Broadband Champion

["Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We also found that the local Business Link was also very helpful - promoted
several events to get businesses involved and interested.

Mind you, we started the campaign and by the time it officially launched
and leaflets were dropped, we'd already hit the trigger level! Sometimes
only needs just a little publicity to get locals signing up.

Paul.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stuart Grimshaw [mailto:stuart@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 13 March 2004 10:09
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Broadband Champion
>
> On Sat, Mar 13, 2004 at 09:16:53AM -0000, Tim Fletcher wrote:
> > Who was the Broadband champion who single handedly brought BB to
a
> neighbourhood - I have just heard from BT that if I can get enough
people
> interested they will turn it on : ) and I am out to steal as many good
> ideas as I can!
>
> There's a few of us on the list Tim, I sucessfully campaigned for High
> Green in Sheffield, Mark McCall for his village in NI, and I also
thing
> Mark Harrison(?) was selected as a regional champion of some sort last
> year ...
>
> Have a look at the BT website for Broadband campaigns, they printed
and
> delivered a load of leaflets for me, though I ended up delivery a load
> myself as they missed half the village.
>
> Also, join the BB Campaign forum on adslguide, loads of good ideas in
> there.
>
> Be prepared to  pound the streets, leave leaflets in doctors
surgery's,
> schools, shops, the local parish council building if you have one.
>
> Try and get a pet councillor, they will promote it in their
literature,
> especially if it's coming up to election time, try and get one for the
> party that usually wins in your area too :-)
>
> Contact the local rag, get a story in there about what your trying to
do.
> Also contact the local radio station, though be prepared for some
luddite
> questions :-)
>
> Try and get local business' involved, they can help financially, and
if
> they're large enough that could be a lot of the 250 or however many
people
> you need to register.
>
> Hope that helps ...
>
> -S
>
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