Down Side on March Madness

While it is interesting to vote for one's favorite scholars, one has no idea which works one is voting for. There is no opportunity to vote for a particular resource that is needed. For me that takes a lot of the interest out of March Madness. The result of my votes may well be resources that I already have.

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Keep Smiling 4 Jesus :)

One idea before voting is searching Logos.com for author with &unlocked=no added to URL to show potential resource(s) for your library.

Some votes lacked interest since neither author had any resource sale potential for my library (already purchased).

Wonder if Logos could add a number for each author to indicate resource sale potential ? (or an asterisk for those authors with 2 or more sale items)

Keep Smiling [:)]

Danny Parker

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/349093#Comment_349093

While true that we don't know what resources will be available, the advantage over previous years is that 100s of books will ultimately be available when all is done. Previously, I might have had an interested in a volume or two from the entire group at the end of the contest. This year I am expecting to have the opposite problem - deciding on a few from 100s available.

Having said that, it would have been nice to know which volumes would be available ahead of time. I am afraid that people (including me) will vote for favorite authors only to find that the books made available are ones already in the library. I feel your pain.

mab

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/349244#Comment_349244

The sale works on the basis of getting us involved. Involved people are the ones who buy. Nothing complicated or mystical about the process. If I find one good thing in a sale, I'm happy. I think that's what happened last year.

Complaining about stuff we already have when we should be rejoicing seems contrary to contentment.

Rev Chris

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/349254#Comment_349254

Complaining about stuff we already have when we should be rejoicing seems contrary to contentment.

I've found that what's true in the church is true with Logos - no matter what you do, there will be people lined up to complain. [:P]

Danny Parker

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/349259#Comment_349259

I don't see Michael's post as complaining but feedback. In a business world (and ultimately this is a business model) companies can benefit from feedback on ways to make things better in the future. While personally, I think the current scheme is an improvement from previous years, there are still ways it could be better for the consumer (me). Now, from a company standpoint (marketings stragegies, etc.) getting people involved creates interest and keeps people from checking out early - the result more sales. Always it must result in a win-win (a balance).

fgh

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/349259#Comment_349259

Complaining about stuff we already have when we should be rejoicing seems contrary to contentment.

I've found that what's true in the church is true with Logos - no matter what you do, there will be people lined up to complain.

The people who "complain" here are people who want to buy more. I would think any CEO would be happy about people "complaining" from that perspective!

If people don't say what they think, how will the marketing department know why a campaign didn't sell as much as they thought it would, or how they could have sold even more than they did? Feedback is an asset, not a liability.

EDIT: I guess Danny beat me to saying essentially the same thing.

Danny Parker

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/349268#Comment_349268

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Rev Chris

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/349271#Comment_349271

Sorry to cause more grief! I was just using his word.