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Subject: Re: Advertisment for Ada
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Richard Riehle <richard@adaworks.com> writes:


> the Ad,  "Ada Airlines."    Instead, they wasted a lot of money on a
> bunch of really stupid Ads that no one took seriously.

Direct marketing ( magazine  inserts , direct mail to targeted groups, call
centers etc ) are more cost effective.

> A picture of
> a Hellfire missile with a similar caption might work too, but it
> would annoy a few people in this controversial atmosphere of
> impending war.

That would probably kill Ada off completely.
Most people have a very poor view of the military at most times.

-- 

natsu-gusa ya   / tsuwamono-domo-ga   / yume no ato
summer grasses  / strong ones         / dreams site
 
Summer grasses,
All that remains
Of soldier's dreams
(Basho trans. Stryk)