On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 10:17:39AM -0400, T L wrote: > So my idea to boost marketing would be to have everyone write a blog post or > two describing what wm they used before awesome--essentially a "why I > switched" + "contrast and compare" article--and then another "first steps" > with awesome or "top features" post. To me, it seems like presenting the > value of awesome (plus inbound links) from multiple places would be a great > way to stimulate google traffic and generally increase popularity and > awareness. > That's a great idea indeed, some days ago a thread was opened on the lastfm group of awesome users (www.lastfm.fr/group/Awesome+WM/forum/136900/_/618119). Advertising on it on blogs might be a good idea too. > 3) What about reaching out to other publications in addition to FLOSS Weekly > and Arch Linux? Would Ubuntu, Fedora, Suse, and Gentoo have similar > publications? Also, how about more geek than tech sites like TechCrunch, > Lifehacker, or Slashdot--those sites must have enormous readership? > Concerning fedora, IÂ doubt it would be a good ad because it actually requires rebuilding other stuff to get it working, it would be better to advertise on awesome when all that's required is a simple yum install awesome.
I'm in the same situation with mandriva and thus haven't planned to do an article in Magnum - it's a magazine made by the french community of mandriva users - because first I'd like to get awesome in. Regards, -- Rémy CLOUARD () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments -- To unsubscribe, send mail to awesome-devel-unsubscr...@naquadah.org.
