Joshua D. Drake wrote:
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On Sun, 04 Nov 2007 12:53:00 -0500
Chander Ganesan <[email protected]> wrote:
Perhaps as 50.00 donation should be required for each training
listing.
Me, puts of community supporter hat....we donate either way ;-)
However, I think that $50 isn't much of a deterrent. I think if you
50 * 1 isn't much of a deterrent.
50 * 12 could be.
I disagree. Consider that if they sell a class for $2200 apiece, 600
is a pittance...it's less than the profit of 1 student, and if you
consider that listing a class 12 times brings them, say 2 students
(probably more, but I'm being ultra-conservative here), it's still
worth the cost.
Consider that we post a limited number of classes and make regular
donations that are much larger than $600 (note: we offer air, hotel,
and training for that price...so our margins are considerably smaller).
Especially since it would be non refundable and the listing time is
short, but it isn't so much the dollar amount (I left it low on
purpose). It is the fact they must donate.
Most unsavory companies I know are also cheap bastards and won't spend
a nickel if they don't have to. I strongly doubt that we are generating
enough leads for certfirst for them to go through the requisition
process for the donations.
I think you'd be surprised...companies do something similar with
Novell, and have to pay Novell something like $1000/year/location
listed (they can then list an unlimited number of classes at the
location) but still find it worthwhile, IMHO Novell's training locater
is virtually useless, the number of courses listed is an order of
magnitude greater than the number that actually run... A single lead
that turned into an on-site course would more than pay for a good 100+
listings...
Besides, if a company is running that many courses, then they can
definitely afford to pony up a bit more change...especially here in the
US. I would propose some kind of sliding scale based on the country
perhaps...we don't want to price Dextra out of a market....or any other
company that does business in a weaker currency (though the way things
are going there might not be that many...).
Sincerely,
Joshua D. Drake
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Chander Ganesan
Open Technology Group, Inc.
One Copley Parkway, Suite 210
Morrisville, NC 27560
Phone: 877-258-8987/919-463-0999
http://www.otg-nc.com