<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#333333"> On 02/08/11 13:03, Laura Czajkowski wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:4E37E776.8010001@lczajkowski.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On 02/08/11 12:16, Barry Drake wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Hi there .... A few days ago, Laura Czajkowski made the suggestion that Ubuntu Advertising and/or Ubuntu Marketing might look at preparing and sending press releases to appropriate media. Since then, I've been looking at what happens at present. All I can find are spasmodic releases from Canonical which sometimes reflect the state of play with the latest Ubuntu release. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">What I suggested doing was doing something other than waiting for stuff to be paid for, you can write on anything perhaps how Ubuntu is being used in other places, and get journalists to pick up on items. Perhaps leaving the "release" announcements to Canonical as that's their area. Laura </pre> </blockquote> I think it's an excellent idea - and I don't think would need to be restricted to the technical press, if Ubuntu is being used in social/charitable projects, that would be newsworthy. Can't think of anything right now but will bear it in mind. The other thing might be to try something like 38 Degrees did to get their campaign to have the BSkyB takeover investigated properly - they used social networking to raise enough donations for some half-page ads in the national press. I hesitate to suggest stuff I don't have the time to do myself, but since it's come up, I had been thinking about it. If anyone's a whizz with social networking, a sustained and planned campaign might go a long way on minimal budget? Paula </body> </html>