Totally agree Garren. Will have some news to share on that front soon. On 19 February 2014 09:24, Garren Smith <gar...@apache.org> wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm really no expert in marketing but one of the marketing approaches I think > we need to look at is a weekly newsletter. I love the javascript weekly email > (http://javascriptweekly.com/) its a great way to keep up with the latest js > news. If we could get something like that going I think it would make a huge > difference. It would show how active Couchdb is. Even if we make it monthly > instead of weekly. I see there is a NoSQL weekly > (http://www.nosqlweekly.com/), the sample has a Couchdb article. If we could > get some more content on that as well it would help. > > Cheers > Garren > > > On 18 Feb 2014, at 8:18 PM, Noah Slater <nsla...@apache.org> wrote: > >> Fantastic news!! >> >> On Tuesday, 18 February 2014, Andy Ellicott <a...@cloudant.com> wrote: >> >>> Yeah, we're planning to move forward with AdvocateHub too. We can trade >>> tips as we do. >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 12:15 PM, Noah Slater <nsla...@apache.org> wrote: >>> >>>> Unfortunately, it needs to be a regular effort. Very hard to rely on >>>> volunteer effort, especially with a cadence as tight as one week. >>>> >>>> Benjamin, are you interested in helping out with the blog? Max has >>>> indicated that he is interested in reposting some of the content he >>>> writes for Cloudant on the project blog. Would you be willing to do >>>> the same? >>>> >>>> I'm also pleased to say that it looks like we're able to move forward >>>> with our AdvocateHub, which is my big focus for 2014. So I'd love your >>>> help on that too, if you can spare the cycles. >>>> >>>> cf. >>>> >>> http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/couchdb-dev/201310.mbox/%3CCAPaJBx4xz5=ht9_yu7ooeyh2lq2mjwppr_o9qb0jwycxdeh...@mail.gmail.com%3E >>>> >>>> On 18 February 2014 16:25, Benjamin Young <byo...@bigbluehat.com> wrote: >>>>> On 2/18/14, 10:00 AM, Noah Slater wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Think we need to pay someone to do this. It's too much for a volunteer >>>>>> to do. I know, because I tried it and I failed. Exploring some >>>>>> options. Will get back to the list with details later. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> It is a gargantuan task which is why I'd hoped it could be a community >>>>> effort. :) It should still be regardless of someone being hired to >>> click >>>> the >>>>> links, etc. >>>>> >>>>> Cloudant, fwiw, already has developer advocates, etc on payroll who's >>>> job it >>>>> is to do "this sort of thing" (I'm one of them, fwiw). Some of my >>> cycles >>>>> already go to finding (or writing) interesting bits about Cloudant and >>>>> Apache CouchDB bringing peoples attention to them. >>>>> >>>>> I'll start relaying interesting finds to this list, and anyone who >>> wants >>>>> (payed or otherwise) can hopefully help with (re)promotion. >>>>> >>>>> If nothing else, we'll keep this list stocked with interesting content >>>> about >>>>> CouchDB. :) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 18 February 2014 15:51, Benjamin Young <byo...@bigbluehat.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 2/18/14, 9:39 AM, Noah Slater wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> "This is only the 2nd time in quite a while I'm reading an article >>>>>>>> mentioning CouchDB -- after the February >>>>>>>> "no-releases-but-we're-still-merging-BigCouch" report for ASF. And >>>>>>>> according to the story, CouchDB is on the way out." >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Aye. We really need to get this next release out. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> But to get back to the topic: what we really need is someone who can >>>>>>>> collect weekly news and do a regular blog post with a link round-up >>>>>>>> that points people to all the stuff going on in the world of >>> CouchDB. >>>>>>>> Sort of like how the Hoodie project do it. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I'd love to see this happen--and had plans to do it for years/months >>>> past >>>>>>> both on my own and at Cloudant. Time's come, I guess. :) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> To that end, what if we simply begin sharing CouchDB ecosystem >>> related >>>>>>> links >>>>>>> on this marketing@ list and each do what we can to promote them >>>> (retweet, >>>>>>> reblog, sum up in a weekly post on our personal/company blogs, etc). >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I'd love to see the PMC aggregate these into a weekly/bi-weekly or >>> even >>>>>>> monthly "CouchDB Land Links" (or whatever). >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The more of us linking (and posting, etc) these things, the greater >>>>>>> chance >>>>>>> it has to raise the volume for CouchDB. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sound like a plan? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> http://blog.hood.ie/ >>>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Noah Slater >> https://twitter.com/nslater >
-- Noah Slater https://twitter.com/nslater
