Raaabo said:
chippy said:
Dear Mr. Raabo,
Digit Team Left No Stone Unturned? WHO THE HELL TOLD YOU TO PRINT SANIA MIRZA'S PIC ON THE COVER? You could have saved money by simply printing some digital art made by your team & could give the stuff to the subscribers. Some other members have also posted similar views. I don't need that stuff but you kicked the butt of your subscribers. By the way your magazine has become a cr@p. Compare it with Chip. I made the wrong decision of subscribing to digit.
I would really be happy if you reply, sir.
Sania Mirza was gracious enough to accept being on our cover because the Zero1 awards highlight the best in their field in India. We decided on a sports theme, and the obvious choice was Sania, as she is the highest ranked Indian tennis player. It's sort of like trying to emphasize the whole "champions" thing.
Even if we got one of the biggest bollywood stars or the highest paid sportsman/woman on our cover,
the payment would have not even been close to the losses we would have to incur by giving 40,000 subscribers the movie DVD for free.
You guys demanded a movie, we gave it to you but for an extra price, which is solely your choice.
It would be helpful if someone would tell me what the exact price of a legal copy of terminator 2 costs in the market!
I have asked people to follow the forum rules, but you are crossing boundaries by mentioning competitor magazines. Perhaps you should look more closely at their offerings over the next few months, compare it to ours and then decide.
If you say that the magazine sucks I would appreciate feedback as to what you liked and what you didn't. Simply saying look at X they're better! is not helping. If you would be so kind as to elucidate I would be very grateful. Remember, no comparisons please, just suggestions for digit. Afterall this IS the feedback thread and it's what I was expecting to see here.
I welcome criticism, it can only improve us!
Raaabo
Raaabo dear,
Firstly before I start to comment, I would like to make it clear that whatever I am going to state in the followings lines must me taken as suggestions and NOT any comparision with other mags please.
Ok so, u mean to say that you/your company paid Rs 299/- each to acquire that DVD from the market and you are bundling that with the mag for FREE ?
This doesn't get digested.
So here is the low down on it. You people first go find sponsers for your mag and persuade companies other than yours to sponser products for low price purchase scheme with your mag. So, this people can earn some FREE advertisement and future programs/Carnivals guest invitees (like SKOAR! Lan party). Secondly this people can reach to wider array of customers accross India.
Now, you will ask how a DVD can help a company advertise in this case.
You have bundled Discovery shoot out with the DVD so, the Discovery people could be your sponsers in this case.
However, I agree that they might have not provided the DVD content FREE to you/your company but might have charged minimum, say Rs 50 or so. (NOTE: This is suggestive only). Hence, comparing the Terminator DVD with the one available in the market does not make any sense at all.
But yes, I appreciate your efferts to bring this DVD to bundle with the mag however.
Now, A little about Sania Mirza.
Well to say the list, a Sports Theme does not fit anywhere in a Tech Mag, be it competion highlight or Awards highlight. Instead why don't you fit in Bill Gates ?
He has got competetors lurking around him and he still the most successful man in the TECH WORLD. I don't criticise Linux or Mac, but you know better then me what really works in the DESKTOP section of most offices---- Microsoft., easy to configure, easy to learn, easy to work with..... that makes him successful. So, you can't you highlight his ++ to inspire developers do the correct jobs of developing easy to use softwares. (I don't say Linux of Mac is hard to use)
And yes, there is another angle to it. The money you paid to Sania Mirza could have been well utilized to give away the DVD FREE to the subscribers, after all they are your assets and not the newstand buyers. (that's my logic)
It takes time to build Assets for any company , be it your customers, your staff, anyone for that matter, and this needs to be taken seriously. You can't risk loose a good staff on your roll, just b'coz he took a leave for 5 days without informing his office b'coz there was an emergency. I hope you get my point.
Please correct me if I am wrong.
