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fredrich
05-14-2007, 12:48 PM
In this thread we can discuss how the calendar is going to be sold.
It's going to be a website you can order from right? I think these two payment methods should be available: PayPal and credit card.
How much is it going to cost?
How much is shipping going to cost? (both inside and outside USA)
There should be a downloadable press-kit available on the site, so that anyone willing to use advertising space for a good cause can use this kit.
Who is going to make this kit?
Who is going to be in charge of PR/support?
budafist
05-14-2007, 09:19 PM
OK, we can figure out shipping at this stage, but we can't figure out how much the calendars are going to cost until we know how much these are going to cost to print and cost of the cases.
carter the artist
05-16-2007, 01:50 AM
I think the website is a good idea, and hopefully we can get some press to help sell them since it's all going to charity.
Who is going to make said website? Should we all go to local businesses and try to get them to stock them? I mean, I know I can get some copies for my friends and family but I don't know who to contact beyond that.
carter- any ideas on how to get some press?
urstwile
05-19-2007, 11:09 PM
What about alumni associations that people might be in who are designing the calendar? Would that be a selling outlet?
carter the artist
05-20-2007, 03:50 AM
Just send press releases to major media outlets.
press releases sound good, maybe to local newspapers as well?
I work at a college so I can post an announcement on the local online message board. That usually generates some response. They're a good community. Especially the charity part.
budafist
06-05-2007, 05:17 AM
I think a press release to all local cancer, child cancer and brain cancer charities could be a good idea also.
I bet there are a bunch in ever country. I know we've got about 3 charities.
Who is going to make said website?
Very good question, Lula. Since this is entirely 100% for charity, we have no capital to pay anyone, so we need to find somebody to do it pro-bono. Unless somebody on this forum jumps in to offer, maybe a multimedia school will take it on as a class project? Does anybody have any school contacts?
Or... Can we just volunteer Fredrich for bringing it up? :D
vtwin_gary
06-05-2007, 01:03 PM
Can we just volunteer Fredrich for bringing it up? :D
I second
I don't mind doing a site pro bono if someone will do a logo! And the gdf community needs to decide on a general plan of action, in other words, are we going to do this each year and then donate the procedes to different charities? etc.
carter the artist
06-05-2007, 03:40 PM
That'd be very cool, C.E.
Okay Fredrich, I guess that means you're off the hook. :D
By the way, I love your avatar, C.E.! (just my usual off-topic interjection)
So you can do that online payment processing thing and all, too? I sure hope so, 'cause I hate that kind of stuff. :)
That would be very cool... I could do something in the logo department, if that's all you need...
Yeah I can setup just about any format we decide, but I do think it needs to be decided upon by the community in large. I mean, I dont need to setup an entire shopping cart system if we're just selling one calendar, even if we do it annually. Then we need to discuss the payment stuff - who's in charge of the money? Is there a paypal account (or something else) setup for this? I'd prefer NOT to be in charge of the money - I'm not so good at that. hehehehe but I can configure it to work that way. Also, I think we need to have a little marketing behind it. Obviously we need a name for this effort, something more than the "Graphic Design Forum Calendar" because I think that would alienate those outside our little world that might want to buy a cal. (like, who the hell are the GDF people? etc). Something we could easily transfer to a domain name, etc. Should we start a new thread for it?
Mynock
06-06-2007, 01:32 PM
I threw this together real quick let me know what you guy think. If you hate it let me know, I won't be hurt. :)
http://img456.imageshack.us/img456/7529/gdfcalendarmo0.gif
carter the artist
06-06-2007, 03:56 PM
c'mon Mynock, what's next an olympic logo? j/k.
i think we need to go away from GDF and more towards Ana on the project title.
Carter, let's help him out then.
Here's some starters including the one Mynock posted.
GDF Caledar Project
Ana's Calendar
A Calendar for Ana
Designed Dates for Ana
(I have a headache, but it's a start, so I expect to see some pretty amazing ideas throughout the day. Yes...I'm pushy)
Mynock
06-06-2007, 04:07 PM
c'mon Mynock, what's next an olympic logo? j/k.
i think we need to go away from GDF and more towards Ana on the project title.Agreed. What was I thinking?
carter the artist
06-06-2007, 04:15 PM
I was just Joshing ya Mynock.
Mynock
06-06-2007, 04:20 PM
I was serious. It makes more sense to focus on the cause.
carter the artist
06-06-2007, 04:45 PM
Oh, Yeah that part I was serious about.
jessicam
06-06-2007, 09:47 PM
Just a thought... is the group in general interested in doing more charity work? If so, maybe the project title should be about Ana but the logo should be more a a GDF doing good kind of thing, then it could be applied to all projects the group produces.
That's what I was thinking, too... Something along the lines of... (ignore the names, just look at the classifcation behind them)
GDF Calendar - Save Ana
GDF Calendar - Free Rick
etc.
So there would be a general Calendar Project logo, with a slight modifcation for each project. I think the logo should lean more towards the "Calendar Project" thing though, and less towards GDF. We also had all sorts of ideas for other projects, so I think it should not be restricted to Calendars, either.
budafist
06-06-2007, 11:03 PM
Developing a brand for this would be cool. I like the idea of doing 1 project at a time with more than just calendars as Ned said, there were lots of other ideas for this project that we can explore in the future.
Should someone start a new thread for brainstorming the project name?
At the risk of sounding stupid...Who's Rick?
carter the artist
06-07-2007, 01:23 AM
cool, so if I go to jail, you'll all bail me out?
Uh, no. You've already cost me money.
At the risk of sounding stupid...Who's Rick?
Heh.. you got me. "Free Rick" was one of the "support this cause" emails I got from an aquintance. At the risk of sounding callous... I rarely read these things.