X-Message-Number: 29601 From: Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 08:12:00 EDT Subject: Superb observations by Ettinger In a message dated 6/25/2007 4:01:03 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, writes: Ettinger writes today: The main points I often try to make are: (1) Do what we know works. (2) YOU do it. (1) Despite the disappointments and slow growth, we are growing and the rate of growth is improving. The wind is at out backs--every advance in science and technology, even if not directly relevant, tends to strengthen our case. (2) It is easy, but probably useless, for you to suggest grandiose schemes for others to carry out. What you can do personally, right now, may not be much, but it is definitely something, which is somewhat better than nothing. Three of these things are (a) keep working patiently and inoffensively on your own relatives and acquaintances; (b) offer to do chores for CI or your organization; (c) give some extra money to CI or your organization on a regular basis. R.E. Rudi Hoffman writing Beautifully stated. Thank you for this and other salient observations on your posting today, Robert Ettinger. While we should remain open to the principles of marketing, the reality at this point is we a bit early in the curve for mass marketing. And, folks who just signed up, or are not EVEN signed up, sharing what "you folks should do to market this thing" do tend to be a bit wearing. (More precisely, they range from "mildly annoying" to "completely obnoxious pains in the butt!") Also, I just read my article. (Not surprisingly, I thought it was pretty good! LOL!) But I wanted to apologize that the repasting from Microsoft Word to the email format for Cryonet submission meant quite a few paragraph and punctuation error booboos, which are not in the original. It is a axiom of marketing...and common sense...that SHORT paragraphs and short sentences are easier to read and follow. The sentence following this one was the "take home message" from a rather expensive seminar on writing and advertising copy: If in doubt, use a paragraph break to make your writing style more accessible. Kind Regards to all...let's make this a wonderful and productive day. Rudi Rudi Richard Hoffman CFP CLU ChFC Board Member Financial Planning Association fpafla.org Board Member Salvation Army salvationarmy.org Member Alcor Life Extension Foundation alcor.org Certified Financial Planner(TM) CFP Board of Standards Member Libertarian Party libertarianparty.org Member National Rifle Association nra.org Member World Transhumanist Association http://transhumanism.org/ World's Leading Cryonics Insurance Provider rudihoffman.com ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=29601