FW: Marketing (was Re: Ubuntu's success)

[Rocco Stanzione]

On Thursday 27 April 2006 1:30 am, Jenda Vancura wrote:
>  Jonathan Jesse wrote:
>     Thanks for the question! In fact, it comes at a very good time.
> Now, I am by no means the leader of the Marketing Team, but i have
> been very active in it for the past 20 days or so, and this letter is
> just about the last time I can afford to give it until after exams
> (June 22). Please excuse my 'hurriedness'.
>     First - who am I: I'm a member of the Marketing Team since last
> year, moderately active at the time, a member of teh ubuntuforums, not
> too active anymore, easyubuntu contributor (not code - ideas, support
> and documentation), most active on IRC (#ubuntu, #ubuntupeople,
> #ubuntu-marketing - the latter two are "mine" (I claim no ownership,
> of course), one redirects to the other - i used to run #help). Where I
> come into play is April 6 2006 when I decided that the MT needs a
> revival, because there has been no activity for 4 months or so (in
> fact, I believe what made me move was a person from India who came to
> the forum and asked for help starting Ubuntu seminars at his
> university - I remember thinking "Damn, that's what the MT is for, and
> yet, we have nothing to offer").
>     I think it is a very important team that should help make
> spreading Ubuntu easier for anyone who wishes to engage in such an
> activity locally, and should also have global direct spreading
> projects (such as spreadubuntu, ubuntu magazine).
> Now, once again, before 6 April, there was no activity whatsoever, and
> all the former members were busy and paid no attention to
> www.ubuntupeople.com anymore so I took the following steps to Market
> Marketing:
> - - short ads on IRC (#ubuntu, -offtopic, #ubuntuforums)
> - - this post on the forums:
> http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=156698 (kudos to
> darkmatter for the sticky)
> - - I must've forgotten the mailing lists... or did I?
> - - I addressed a few people personally for them to join/return to the
> Marketing Team (the leader: Lloyd Hardy, ompaul, paulvg, coz, Matt
> Harwood)
> We have gained some 30 i believe since then, and the traffic has risen
> dramatically.
>
>     Now, as is evident from this 'history' - the Team is in its new
> beginnings and is attempting to get few projects going first so as to
> have something to rally around. Our project which is closest to
> completion is SpreadUbuntu. The Team basically has no products yet,
> save perhaps these stickers:
> http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=161472
>     The full scope of what the Marketing Team _should_ be doing is at
> wiki.ubuntu.com/MarketingTeam - as written by Lloyd Hardy a looong
> time ago. What my short term goal was was filling up the manpower
> needed to get something going - that is partly accomplished now and i
> _have_ to "leave" for over a month (as in, not be able to give it much
> thought and time). What is needed is to organise the people (ald and
> new alike) in the team to start systematically working on the projects
> (Spreadubuntu is moving, for sure, ubuntumagazine might start have
> some momentum as well - and DIY Marketing, my main interest, is on the
> run as well, I think)...
>
> Umm... I'm very unconcentrated now, as my head is full of studies, so
> if I left anything out (and i'm sure I did), please DO ask. At least
> you now know who I am ;-)
>
> Jenda
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> --
> I'm not much of a marketing guy and don't want to over extend myself with
> too many Ubuntu related projects so I won't be able to join the team to
> help. It was nice to read an update on how things are going.  I wish you
> good luck with this. Please, Please don't forget us Kubuntuers when you
> when you do marketing.  Hope you get the word out about all the projects
> and not just Ubuntu (ubuntu, kubuntu, xubuntu, edubuntu, etc...) and I also
> hope you all get people who are involved in these projects to help provide
> marketing material to make all Ubuntu great and visible and close bug #1 :)
>
>
> Jonathan
>
>
>
>  I think (K|X|Ed)ubuntu will be taken into account - bet thanks for
> reminding me - I'll make sure they aren't left out... as with Flubuntu and
> Icebuntu. Jenda Vančura

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Rocco Stanzione