Selling our replies

[Arthur Comings <atc -at- CORTE-MADERA -dot- GEOQUEST -dot- SLB -dot- COM>]

Herman:

I guess I'm just not very imaginative today;  I somehow didn't
understand that you intended to use our replies to build something you
could sell.  And I guess I'm one of the few who haven't heard of you --
until now.

I think I understand now.  I hope you don't mind my copying the
Techwhirl list with this;  I heard from a few other souls who also
shared my puzzlement.


Thanks

Arthur




> > Herman:
> >
> > What do you think about the idea of mentioning that you have some
> > income-related reason for asking a question when you solicit our
> > input, rather than waiting until after people have responded to
> > you?  Seems like a nice idea in general.
> >
> >
> >
> > Arthur Comings, author of 60+ pieces of technical documentation,
> > including the never-published and zero-selling ProjectStar manual from
> > MicroPro.



> It's a fair enough observation. It simply had not occurred to me,
> inasmuch as I make it clear that I freelance, and a great many people
> know who I am, in any case. I thought it was rather obvious that I was
> gathering information for my own perfectly honest purposes. But isn't
> everyone or nearly everyone here seeking or exchanging information? No
> dark plots here.

>                                  * * *
> Herman Holtz [holtz -at- clark -dot- net]: Marketing Consultant/Proposal Specialist,
> Writing & Ghost Writing Services, 35 years experience. Author of 60+
> professional/business books, including best-selling How to Succeed as an
> Independent Consultant (Wiley). PO Box 1731, Wheaton, MD 20915. Tel:
> 301-649-2499. Fax: 301-649-5745.
> >