Object Details
- America Online, Inc.
- Description
- This promotional CD with AOL Version 8.0. The CD is designed like a clock. The left side is yellow with a sun obscured by a cloud and a crescent moon withs stars on a pink and purple background on the right. The imagery is supported with the tagline, "All Day. All Night.". The clock hands are at the 12 and 8 position. The promo offers 1045 hours free for 45 days.
- In 1993, America Online under the direction of Jan Brandt initated a direct marketing campaign that distributed floppy disks then CDs through various mechanism to get people to try out the internet service. The early success of the campaign led to expanding the ways of reaching people not just by direct mail, but including them with magazines, promotional materials at stores like Blockbusters, and other methods. The introduction of CDs made production significantly cheaper contributing the explosion. Jan Brandt on Quora states that at one point 50% of the CDs produced worldwide had an AOL logo on it. This campaign went on for years and led to the creation of a variety of discs to appeal to individuals to try online services.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Kathryn Eberhart
- 2002
- ID Number
- 2016.3019.10
- model number
- AM0503R86
- catalog number
- 2016.3019.10
- nonaccession number
- 2016.3019
- Object Name
- promotional disc
- Object Type
- compact discs
- software
- Physical Description
- plastic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1/16 in x 4 3/4 in; .15875 cm x 12.065 cm
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Computers
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1814632
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-61d0-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
