[kictanet] The death of print media

[Barrack Otieno]

I guess it depends with the target audience, grandpa has been faithfull in
buying his daily , he then asks me to update him on emerging trends in
technology since he cant figure out the tech lingua in the dailies.

Best Regards

On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 9:02 AM, Rad! <conradakunga at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well ... they same thing was said about newspapers when radio gained
> popularity and again later when TV gained popularity.
>
> Yet somehow print media is still with us some 60+ years after its
> death was predicted ...
>
> On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 8:55 AM, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk>
> wrote:
> > Hi All,
> > I have finally realised that the print media is dead for all intent but
> the
> > distribution of political propaganda here is my proof;
> > 5 years ago I could place an advert in the classified section of the
> Nation
> > or Standard newspapers and receive over 500 responses, 2 years ago I
> would
> > place a one eighth page full colour advert only to receive 150 responses,
> > last week a placed a quarter page advert in the Nation and only received
> 5
> > responses.
> > Interestingly, I placed a link on facebook and my website received over
> 700
> > hits within 4 hours, that's the final straw I will no longer spend a
> penny
> > on print advertising and fully embrace online.
> > Regards
> >
> >
> > Robert Yawe
> > KAY System Technologies Ltd
> > Phoenix House, 6th Floor
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> >
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