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Janice · 05-26-2004, 04:36 AM

quote:Originally posted by searam:
"Hi Sean,
I so appreciate your efforts and the efforts of the fans but concentrating on retail is a more beneficial cause. We need to sell records.
If a retailer isn't stocking the cd, requests to order in the product are what will get it stocked.

<snip>

Cheers
Nanci"

O.K., everyone. Here is an email from my friend, Nanci, at LINUS. We can change direction a little and help get Gord to the top! Hope "y'all" had a great weekend!
Sean

What you guys are doing with the radio stations IS a focus on retail. It won't do any good to petition our local retailers to stock the CD if they don't have people asking for it - they'll order however many you want to purchase, but they aren't going to order a massive quantity based on one request and they certainly won't be ordering any if you request it but don't commit to buying it from them. In order to convince people that they want to buy the CD you have to make sure they know the CD exists and hearing songs on the radio is the sure way of letting people who may not have followed his career know that. Once they start hearing the songs on the radio, then they'll start seeking the CD out from their local music outlet and that's what will increase the buying.

05-26-2004, 04:36 AM	#24
Janice Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: La Mesa, CA, USA Posts: 715	quote:Originally posted by searam: "Hi Sean, I so appreciate your efforts and the efforts of the fans but concentrating on retail is a more beneficial cause. We need to sell records. If a retailer isn't stocking the cd, requests to order in the product are what will get it stocked. <snip> Cheers Nanci" O.K., everyone. Here is an email from my friend, Nanci, at LINUS. We can change direction a little and help get Gord to the top! Hope "y'all" had a great weekend! Sean What you guys are doing with the radio stations IS a focus on retail. It won't do any good to petition our local retailers to stock the CD if they don't have people asking for it - they'll order however many you want to purchase, but they aren't going to order a massive quantity based on one request and they certainly won't be ordering any if you request it but don't commit to buying it from them. In order to convince people that they want to buy the CD you have to make sure they know the CD exists and hearing songs on the radio is the sure way of letting people who may not have followed his career know that. Once they start hearing the songs on the radio, then they'll start seeking the CD out from their local music outlet and that's what will increase the buying.