Cool, thanks :) On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 8:38 AM, Remy CLOUARD <shikam...@mandriva.org> wrote: > 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, I 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. >
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