[NEohioPAL]How do we keep the number of NEOHIOPAL postings manageable?

Thu Apr 21 14:04:19 PDT 2005

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Hi Everyone!

As the list continues to grow an interesting challenge  arises...  

How to keep the number of postings  manageable?  

Ironically, the more postings there are, the more likely people are  to 
delete them en masse without looking at any of them!

Here are a couple of suggestions (suggestions, not guidelines - I  don't want 
to become a "list cop") for cutting down on the number of  postings...

1. Only post a the same message once a week.  People don't  want to have a 
reminder four times a week about your event.  Trust that if  they are interested 
they will open your message and read it. Just be sure to  give a very 
descriptive and concise subject line "headline."

2. Consider combining postings instead of doing one for each  event - IE 
"AUDITIONS, OPENINGS, CLASSES AT CUYAHOGA LITTLE THEATER."   I know that this 
contradicts what I just said about being specific, but it could  cut the number of 
postings by a full third.

If any of you have other suggestions, please post them to the  neopal yahoo 
group at _http://groups.yahoo.com/group/neopal/_ 
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/neopal/) 

And for complete FAQs including how to unsubscribe, switch to  digest or 
one-at-a-time posting, problems with aol, how to go on hiatus, etc.  see the 
_NEohioPAL FAQ's_ (http://www.fredsternfeld.com/faqs.htm)  

Thanks!

Fred

_http://www.fredsternfeld.com_ (http://www.fredsternfeld.com/) 
216-360-0708-home
216-496-6087-cell

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<DIV><STRONG>Thanks!</STRONG></DIV>
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