A few good points were made in this thread. I can see we're going to need a project list. LOL. The expert in this thread about writing for LibO, documentation, etc is Jean. She has the experience coming from the OpenOffice.org project. So for all the technical points and how to use the templates already available I defer to her.
As for writing in general, it isn't that hard. You talk to your friends, right? Well writing is just like talking to your friends. Talk to your friends, they are your audience. Type up your conversation as you are having it. Afterwards, when it is finished, go over it again. Correct the typos, spelling errors and grammar. Delete the expletives. Now ask yourself, "Does it still make sense?; Does it still flow?; Does it sound like you?; Do you want your name associated with this? That's writing. Marketing is another matter altogether. Marketing is knowing who you are speaking to. I would prefer not to create assignments; you write about this, I'll write about that, and they can write about the other thing. If there is a part about LibreOffice that you use alot, a little thing that you had to figure out how to do that you may do differently in other office suites, write about that. Write about something that you do, that interests you. The good thing about blog posts is, they don't have to be long. A paragraph or two can suffice. OH, there I go again. Suffice, a perfectly good word but is it appropriate. Always keep an eye to marketing. We still haven't figured out our audience on the blog. We have few posts and only spam comments so far. I agree it might be good to have blog posts listed in the social media. That is good but not good enough. The people that follow TheDocumentFoundation and LibreOffice on Twitter and Facebook are the choir. They already know about us and probably use LibreOffice. We need to get the word out to the general public. Post about our new blog posts on our own social media pages. That will increase our visibility. *John Shabanowitz http://libodocs.wordpress.com We're recruiting, come join us.* On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 3:29 AM, Elliot Turner <sf.freela...@gmail.com>wrote: > I completely understand that you're busy, John. With that in mind, thanks > especially for helping me get a foot in the water. I've subscribed to the > other mailing list and will start figuring out... everything from there. > > In the meantime, if there is a member with the time to serve in the > capacity > as a mentor I could really use some reading material or direction in order > to get started. You may contact me directly at sf.freela...@gmail.com, as > I'd rather not further clutter this mailing list. Thanks in advance! > > ~Tim Elliot Turner > > On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 12:58 AM, Jean Hollis Weber <jeanwe...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > The individual posts have Twitter and Facebook "Share" buttons on them, > > but I don't know anything about the two Twitter accounts you mention > > (sorry, I just haven't paid attention to that side of things). > > > > Our blog entries do turn up in the TDF Planet -- although when I checked > > just now, the latest isn't there. In fact, nothing for yesterday or > > today is there, so the Planet aggregator must be running behind. > > > > I don't have time to pursue the social media myself, but John's been > > asking other questions on, I think, the Marketing list, so he or you > > could ask there about what to do... if no one from that side of things > > pops up here with the answer. > > > > --Jean > > > > > > On Thu, 2011-05-12 at 00:38 -0600, Elliot Turner wrote: > > > Thanks, Jean. I'll have to review the documentation we already have and > > > brainstorm some ideas. > > > > > > As for right now, John makes a brilliant point about pushing the blog > in > > > other social media outlets. I'm assuming the people in marketing are in > > > charge of updating Twitter. Is the official account @docufoundation or > > > @librofficenews? I don't see a tweet for our latest post at either. And > > both > > > facebook pages don't have newsfeeds, which could really help us out. > How > > do > > > we contact them to let them know about the blog? > > > > > > ~Tim Elliot Turner > > > > > > On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 12:00 AM, Jean Hollis Weber < > jeanwe...@gmail.com > > >wrote: > > > > > > > The more, the merrier Elliot. I've just added you to the blog user > list > > > > as an author. > > > > > > > > --Jean > > > > > > > > On Wed, 2011-05-11 at 23:40 -0600, Elliot Turner wrote: > > > > > Could it be four contributors including me? I'd love to help out > > however > > > > > possible. Having only just signed up for the email list, I'm a > little > > > > unsure > > > > > where to begin helping. Blogging sounds doable. My wordpress > account > > is > > > > > "timtoe." > > > > > > > > > > Please, put me to work! > > > > > > > > > > ~Tim > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 9:05 PM, Jean Hollis Weber < > > jeanwe...@gmail.com > > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 2011-05-10 at 08:54 -0400, John Shabanowitz wrote: > > > > > > > We're off to a good start thanks to Jean for setting up the > blog > > on > > > > > > > libodocs.wordpress.com. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I would like to see the blog have regular updates. A post or > two > > > > every so > > > > > > > often. I don't think we have enough contributors right now for > a > > > > daily > > > > > > post > > > > > > > but we can certainly do one per week to start. Between the four > > of us > > > > on > > > > > > the > > > > > > > blog as of now, that is one post per month. We must recruit > more > > > > > > > contributors, even guest posts. Anyone know any celebrities? > The > > > > posts do > > > > > > > not have to be long, maybe one paragraph giving one tip for one > > > > feature > > > > > > of > > > > > > > LibO that we use or that may not be obvious to the new user. If > > we > > > > stick > > > > > > to > > > > > > > a schedule and our blog is regularly updated, constantly > changing > > > > with > > > > > > > something new, I'm sure we would attract an audience. That plus > > > > marketing > > > > > > > the blog in our email signatures both personal and social > > network, > > > > will > > > > > > get > > > > > > > us noticed. What do you think? > > > > > > > *John Shabanowitz > > > > > > > http://libodocs.wordpress.com > > > > > > > We're recruiting, come join us.* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Actually there are only three of us on the blog right now, so > it's > > even > > > > > > more important to have others contributing. So please join us! > Even > > if > > > > > > you're an inexperienced writer, don't feel shy -- it's a great > way > > to > > > > > > get some practice before launching into something longer and more > > > > > > ambitious. > > > > > > > > > > > > --Jean > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h...@libreoffice.org > > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/documentation/ > > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > > deleted > > > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h...@libreoffice.org > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/documentation/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h...@libreoffice.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
