Re: Let's talk about booth and goodies

On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 7:28 PM, David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 06:25:00PM +0100, Peter Geoghegan wrote:
>> On 28 August 2012 09:31, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:
>> > - It gives people a reason to stop at the booth, and start
>> > conversations with us about PostgreSQL. That may happen with just
>> > a few pens and stickers on the table, but larger items also
>> > attract many people.
>> >
>> > - People that purchase mugs and shirts will wear/use them. Things
>> > that get given away often end up in the trash. If they wear our
>> > shirts and use our mugs, their friends and colleagues will see
>> > them and become familiar with our brand. They may talk about
>> > PostgreSQL as a result of seeing an interesting mug design, which
>> > can lead to more people trying out PostgreSQL. Word of mouth is a
>> > very powerful form of advertising.
>>
>> Yeah. You have to bear in mind what it actually looks like when
>> we're standing around our booth, talking amongst ourselves. That
>> could appear to be a little bit intimidating to an outsider.
>> Purchasing an item could be used by some as an ice-breaker.
>
> Standing in front of the booth/table rather than behind it makes the
> situation a good bit more inviting to people walking by. People
> behind the table engrossed in their laptops--yes, I've done this--are
> very off-putting to people who might otherwise interact.

Just as a note on this, we tried to "forbid" that last year. As in, if
you want to work on your laptop, not allowed at the booth. It was
better than previous years, but we can work a bit more on the
enforcement of that...

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