Re: [epub] Etiquette for using subscriber's names

["Ray Whiting" <rwhiting@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

From: "Ray Whiting" <rwhiting@bellsouth.net>

I've used first names only for comments I share from my emailbag, when I
quote them in my Note from the Publisher segment.   If they submit a regular
piece for one of the columns, it's a full name.

Sometimes I'll do, Scott from Arizona says....  or Pat in Canada writes...

Ray Whiting
ray@twoscoops.com
http://www.twoscoops.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Diana Ratliff <dratliff@mail.coin.missouri.edu>
To: <epub@onelist.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2000 2:10 PM
Subject: [epub] Etiquette for using subscriber's names


> From: "Diana Ratliff" <dratliff@mail.coin.missouri.edu>
>
> Hi, everyone!
> I'm new to the list, an expert in business card use & design
> who's just started an e-zine.  First issue went out 2/14; next
> issue going out Monday... I already have more than 100 new
> subscribers since the first issue, so it's off to a good start!
>
> My question:
> I'm trying to create a sense of community, and my marketing-
> oriented ezine welcomes tips from subscribers.  In fact,
> subscriber submissions will be a big part of the 'zine (and, I
> hope, part of its appeal).  Naturally, if I publish a Marketing
> Tip or Marketing "Pet Peeve" from anyone, they get a bio.
>
> However, do you feel it's acceptable for me to refer to subscribers
> by name, who make comments to me (not actual tips they've
> submitted)?  For example, to say in my Publisher's Comments
> section that "John Doe and Jane Smith both
> noticed the 'wordo' I made in my first issue; guess I'll have to
> stay on my toes!".
>
> Should I use names?  Full names?  First name, last initial?
> Not use them at all?  Only with permission?
>
> Whatcha think?
>
> Diana Ratliff, Your Business Card Consultant
> http://www.bizbooklets.com
>
> Marketing Tips Exchange Newsletter!
> http://www.topica.com/lists/mmasters
>

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