[Coco] Glenside CoCo~123 newsletter

[Steve Strowbridge]

For me, the single thing that made me both aware of, and interested in CoCo
FEST! was the CoCo Crew Podcast, they've been talking about it for 2 years
now.
When I found out about the community and started listening to their
podcast, and every month having them talk about getting people to come to
CoCo FEST, it was a constant infomercial.
Facebook also helped, but it was hearing people inviting us to attend, and
explaining what the event is like is what really helped.

I think the CoCo crew is probably 100% responsible for a lot of the new
blood like myself and others these past 2 years specifically.

The single most effective influence for me was hearing it talked about for
months on end, it raised my interest, and kept me reminded and got me to
want to go.

At the end of the day, all that counts is that people are aware, people
attend, and the event continues to be supported and exist, but the new tech
ways of promotion are what sold me on it.



Steve Strowbridge, aka
The Original Gamer Stevie Strow
http://ogsteviestrow.com
ogsteviestrow at gmail.com


On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 10:53 AM, Salvador Garcia via Coco <
coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:

> It was a bigger crowd. Typical attendance is 50 - 60ish people. This year
> it was over 80!!! And this is not counting those that were with the 'fest
> via streaming (thanks to Steve S.)
>
> Also thanks to the TRS-80 community. As Rick Blaine said "I think this is
> the beginning of a beautiful friendship."
>
> Salvador
>
>
>
>       From: Francis Swygert <farna at att.net>
>  To: "coco at maltedmedia.com" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>  Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2017 6:15 AM
>  Subject: Re: [Coco] Glenside CoCo~123 newsletter
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> Is it just me, or did it look like a bigger crowd at the CoCofest this
> year than previous years?? Ref. photos in the Glenside Spring 2017
> Newsletter.  Frank Swygert
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