Hi I would like to propose that Django participates in the Stack Overflow Open Source Advertising <http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/12/free-vote-based-advertising-for-open-source-projects/> for the second semester of 2014 <http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/260377/open-source-advertising-sidebar-2h-2014> .
*What it is:* - is a free advertisement program for promote contributions to open source projects - ads are voted by SO users and appear on the SO sidebar. - the program runs on a semester basis. *Why it may be important:* Results of the first semester of 2014 <http://meta.stackoverflow.com/ads/display/251196> show: - best ad had ~3000 clicks, avg of ~20 clicks/day - worse ad had ~500 clicks, avg of ~3 clicks/day Since the effort is relatively low, I believe it is worth. Even if we don't receive positive feedback in terms of contributions, IMO just having an ad on SO already improves Django's visibility. *1. The product* Main advantages to contribute to Django that we could explore here: 1.1 it improves your Python 1.2 it gives you experience on a production environment 1.3 [put your own] *2. Target audience* Potential audiences: 2.1 people that develop websites in Python (e.g. Django, Pyramid) 2.2 people that use Python but don't know Django 2.3 [put your own] *3. Ad constraints* 3.1 The message must be to *contribute to project X*, not *project X*. 3.2 The ad must follow Django trademark <http://djangoproject.com/trademarks/> policy. 3.3 [put your own] *4. Concrete proposal* For this semester, I propose we focus on 1.1, and 2.1: i.e. we assume the reader knows Python and likes web development, but may be not familiar with Django. Focusing on 1.1 and 2.1, 4 days ago I created an ad, http://i.stack.imgur.com/OgP1X.png, that I retracted yesterday from SO because it failed to comply with trademark policy, 3.2, as Russell pointed out <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer#!msg/django-users/OOGMtm9KMcM/0z5dVqcM9g4J>. The "dj" is the favicon of the Django website. Russell also pointed out and I agree with him that the style can be improved. However, before we move to the specifics, I would like to ask if there are objections against participating in the program, and suggestions or criticisms to the bullets above. Also, I have no strong feelings about the focus I'm proposing: feel free to propose other focus. Regards, Jorge -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to django-developers@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/CAOYPqDCXDqGP936TRmRfjH_ZU%3DnULOANX%2Bh66Bh-MaiTNdyyRQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
