[CQ-Contest] WHAT'S THE BIG RUSH?

[David Robbins]

A new class of spam!  This may actually be interesting though... But if
you really want to try to drag in the casual guys don't just send
reminders to log submitters.  Go collect all the calls worked in a
contest from the logs (maybe make that all calls worked more than
once??)  and look up email addresses from qrz, buckmaster, arrl
databases, etc and try to get the guys that didn't get interested enough
last year to send in a log back on the air.


David Robbins K1TTT
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-admin at contesting.com [mailto:cq-contest-
> admin at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Dale L Martin
> Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2002 14:27
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: RE: [CQ-Contest] WHAT'S THE BIG RUSH?
> 
> 
> I think the reminder article is fine as a reminder and as an
enticement to
> non-contesters to try their hand.
> 
> Personal contact might be more effective.
> 
> What's the percentage these days of electronic log submissions these
days?
> Pretty high, I would imagine. 70%? 80%? 90%?
> 
> Is there a way these days to get the e-mail addresses from the
contest's
> previous year's electronic log submissions and send an e-mail to them
> about
> a week or two ahead of time to
> 	(1) thank them for their participation in last year's contest
(maybe
> even
> remind them of their score and placing) and
> 	(2) to invite them to participate in this year's contest
(provide
> dates,
> times, exchanges, links, etc.)?
> 
> For the casual or newbie contester who happened to show up in a
contest,
> it
> might make the difference between being there or being a no-show.
Isn't a
> habit formed after doing something as few as two or three times?
> 
> 73,
> dale, kg5u
> 
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