Will be there!

Although its 5AM in The Netherlands, i don't mind yet another nightly
meeting ;)

Joey

On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 9:55 PM, Stormy Peters <sto...@gnome.org> wrote:

> We will meet Tuesday at 3am UTC. I realize this is not a good time for
> anyone in Europe but it worked the best for the people that filled out the
> poll.
>
> See you there! (IRC: irc.gnome.org, #marketing)
>
> Stormy
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Stormy Peters <sto...@gnome.org> wrote:
>
>> I think a good way to kick this off would be with an IRC meeting to
>> discuss some of the details.
>>
>> If you are interested, please indicate what times would work well for you:
>> http://www.doodle.com/gadqfyrte69adi6a
>> (Note that there are *3* days so please scroll all the way to the right
>> and fill in all the times.)
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Stormy
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 11:36 AM, Stormy Peters <sto...@gnome.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi GNOME Marketing team,
>>>
>>> LWN and the GNOME Foundation have partnered to support the GNOME project!
>>>  Every Friend of GNOME monthly subscriber will receive a subscription to
>>> LWN.net as part of their subscription. (For all subscribers that give
>>> $10+/month.)
>>>
>>> So it's time for a new Friends of GNOME campaign! This one is to show how
>>> great our community is - by focusing on our supporters instead of the
>>> dollars.
>>>
>>> In order to take advantage of our agreement with LWN, I'd love to see us
>>> do something big for a subscriber campaign. Here are some initial thoughts I
>>> have. We'll need everyone's help to make it happen, so your thoughts on what
>>> parts are most interesting or important would be great.
>>> * Campaign time frame: October - Dec 31st
>>> * Goal: Number of subscribers (how many do we want our goal to be? 500?)
>>> * Perks: LWN subscription!, tshirt - we could do a new tshirt with LWN on
>>> it too
>>> * Target: technical users (not GNOME developers) - 95% of our current
>>> subscribers give money because they can't contribute code
>>> * Slogan?
>>> * I think it would also be good to give people a way to track the people
>>> the refer (through word of mouth or their blog or whatever) and give out
>>> some sort of recognition or prize to people that recruit the most people.
>>>
>>> To do:
>>> * Find a way to track referrals.
>>> * Develop slogan/ad campaigns.
>>> * Design ads (Need specs for LWN ads.)
>>> * Modify the ruler (subscribers instead of $s)
>>> * Design new tshirt if we want a new one.
>>> * Design swag for people who referred the most people.
>>> * Place ruler on gnome.org and Planet GNOME.
>>> * Place ads on Google Adwords, LWN, blogs.
>>> * Send an email to all existing subscribers offering them an LWN
>>> subscription.
>>> * Add a yearly subscription option (This is especially important for
>>> those that live in places with really high Paypal fees.)
>>>
>>> Thoughts? Ideas? Would you be willing to help?
>>>
>>> Stormy
>>>
>>
>>
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