by Son of a Beach » Sun 03 Feb, 2008 11:50 am
Well, I've read the article published today. Overall, a good little bit of publicity for us. Of course, as with most newspaper journalism, there were a couple of quotes where I thought, "did I really say that?", or "that's not quite what I meant", but in general it gets the gist of Bushwalk Tasmania across to the Sunday Tasmanian readers.
Most importantly, our URL was published in large bold red lettering, which is nice. Unfortunately, it broke across two lines, right at the hyphen, which has the potential to confuse readers who may not realise the hyphen is required (grrr... I wish I could get the domain without the "-", but the current owner never replies to my emails!). However, our URL is repeated again later in the article, all on one line this time, along with a list of other Tasmanian forum sites.
Thanks to Rebecca, the writer, if you're still lurking about these forums. Although I know it's not intended as a promotional piece, I'm still grateful for the promotion that I'm sure it's provided (eg, 5 new members already today, being the busiest day for new memberships for several months, and it's only midday!).