Suppose that I fit this category. (I don’t, but suppose I did.)
• I’m a senior. I was a teenager in World War II, and a young adult in the 1950’s.
• My idols then were James Dean and Marilyn Monroe.
• An attractive girl then was not called a cute hottie, she was called a dish.
• I’m currently on the periphery of AW membership, interested enough to subscribe to a weekly news letter, not a paying member, but could convert to a paying member.
So, I read a newsletter from AW, and it describes a model in particular as a delicious dish.
I’d be struck by the realization that -- here is a site that speaks to me. The newsletter sends a message. The message is that this site is not just a bunch of girls and photographers having a blast all their own, mindless of someone like me. They will take the time to consider my perspective.
Combine that with all the other attractive features of AW, and I’d be more likely to convert to a paying membership.
A newsletter for seniors would have to be written by a senior, because only a senior knows the code words, perspectives, and vogues of his time.
The writing assignment would be made easier by receiving an advance copy of AW’s for-everybody newsletter. The senior writer would then slant the same text for a senior readership, changing a few words, or occasionally re-writing a paragraph. He could also insert short articles and interesting asides of his own. He might insert photos showing then-and-now, and talking about how styles have changed. The special inserts are developed over a period of weeks, and don’t have to post with any particular issue. His finished write-up goes back to AW for approval, final editing, and posting.
In addition to a seniors’ newsletter, there would likely be a lesbian newsletter, and other special interest editions as well.
• I’m a senior. I was a teenager in World War II, and a young adult in the 1950’s.
• My idols then were James Dean and Marilyn Monroe.
• An attractive girl then was not called a cute hottie, she was called a dish.
• I’m currently on the periphery of AW membership, interested enough to subscribe to a weekly news letter, not a paying member, but could convert to a paying member.
So, I read a newsletter from AW, and it describes a model in particular as a delicious dish.
I’d be struck by the realization that -- here is a site that speaks to me. The newsletter sends a message. The message is that this site is not just a bunch of girls and photographers having a blast all their own, mindless of someone like me. They will take the time to consider my perspective.
Combine that with all the other attractive features of AW, and I’d be more likely to convert to a paying membership.
A newsletter for seniors would have to be written by a senior, because only a senior knows the code words, perspectives, and vogues of his time.
The writing assignment would be made easier by receiving an advance copy of AW’s for-everybody newsletter. The senior writer would then slant the same text for a senior readership, changing a few words, or occasionally re-writing a paragraph. He could also insert short articles and interesting asides of his own. He might insert photos showing then-and-now, and talking about how styles have changed. The special inserts are developed over a period of weeks, and don’t have to post with any particular issue. His finished write-up goes back to AW for approval, final editing, and posting.
In addition to a seniors’ newsletter, there would likely be a lesbian newsletter, and other special interest editions as well.
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