Re: UKNM: localised Web ad campaigns

[Craig Pickup]

Ray Taylor wrote:


> I had thought of ISPs, local press, and cafes, but the problem with them all

> is numbers - not enough for a campaign. But I will follow up some of the

> other suggestions / contacts and perhaps I can put enough together for a

> campaign.


Sorry for the late response on this but one possible avenue that has not been

mentioned in this thread is "Communities Online" and their associated local

based projects. They basically help local communities get wired and have often

developed a strong local network of Internet users/businesses/etc as well as

strong links with the local newspaper/radio media and could help achieve a good

local exposure.


These sorts of projects are often desperate for sponsorship and it is sometimes

possible to achieve quite a prominent position in their material for fairly

modest outlay. One other advantage is that some of these organisations are of

charitable status and so certain tax benefits can be gained in working with

them.


More details of Communities Online and some of the local based projects can be

found at http://www.communities.org.uk/. I also have close contacts with some of

the Communities Online people and so maybe able to help out identifying those to

contact.


[While mentioning Communities Online, a related project which is also currently

looking for additional sponsorship is UK Citizens Online Democracy

(http://www.democracy.org.uk). If any of you have clients which might be

interested in sponsoring UKCOD please let me know.]


Craig Pickup