Thanks Roy, but the reporter never contacted me. I can only assume she went
about her story.

However, feel free to call upon me in the future.

Best,
George


                The National Speedskating Museum & Hall of Fame
George Garner, Director
P.O. Box 3120
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866


|-----Original Message-----
|From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
|Behalf Of Roy Hemmat
|Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 7:06 AM
|To: [log in to unmask]
|Subject: Re: Selling links to for-profit sites on museum webpage
|
|
|Hey there George!
|
|Here's a longtime webmasters perspective:
|
|(1) - In general .. you'll either need to have an established
|site OR be able to
|offer compelling promise of traffic and visibility to make
|paid link placement an
|attractive offer for businesses. - And then you'll be
|competing against other proven
|paid promotion methods. - It's a huge subject that I'd rather
|not get into right
|now.
|
|(2) - However .. Museums (and Halls of Fame .. and non-profits
|in general) .. have
|an interesting and somewhat unique .. ability to offer
|sponsorship for online media
|.. this could either be offered as an add-on to a "real"
|exhibit sponsorship .. or
|as a stand-alone for web-only products. - For example, an
|online gallery of Skating
|Greats could be "sponsored" by .. um, trying to think of a
|likely manufacturer ..
|well, I'm drawing a blank .. "some" skating or sports related
|entity. - I'd imagine
|the ability to offer the tax benefits for underwriting the
|project may have the
|added benefit of being UBIT-free .. since it relates to your
|mission? - Wow I could
|be wrong there, but there you go. - My pearls of wisdom formed
|at 4 AM ;-)
|
|
|--
|Roy Hemmat
|Director, Discovery Media
|http://www.MuseumStuff.com
|
|** 1000's of museums and educational links
|now available through our award-winning gateway
|
|> We are in the process of developing a new, interactive,
|educational website for
|> our new institution.
|> I intended to create a 'Links' section where visitors could
|find more off-site
|> information. I wonder if it would be wise to sell, instead
|of give these links.
|
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