Hello Robert,

People don't buy Libreoffice. The ads would not be used to raise money but
to drive adoption and.increase brand recognition.

Best.

Charles.
Le 2 déc. 2012 18:54, "Robert Ryley" <rryley1...@gmail.com> a écrit :

> A bit late to this thread, but I have a question:
>
> What would be accomplished by a Facebook ad campaign?  How would that
> help the financing or development goals of the project?
>
> The empirical analysis of Facebook advertising is not good.  When
> large entities with large budgets and quants to crunch the numbers
> start pulling back, you had better re-think your course of action if
> something is a good idea.
>
> For example:
> Facebook: The Best Show In Town
> http://adcontrarian.blogspot.com/2012/05/facebook-best-show-in-town.html
>
> Quote:
> On Tuesday, the big bomb hit when GM announced it was cancelling $10
> million in Facebook ads. According the The Wall Street Journal...
>
> "General Motors Co. plans to stop advertising on Facebook after the
> auto maker's executives determined their paid ads had little impact on
> consumers' car purchases... (GM) will continue to expand its use of
> marketing through Facebook's pages, in which marketers can display
> content at no cost..."
>
> Might Facebook be a good medium for LO advertising?  Perhaps, but I'd
> doubt it.  The only time I click on a FB ad is by accident.
>
> I had a small success earlier this year writing a small blurb for a
> trade publication (the American Medical Writers' Association) about
> LO.  It might be a good idea to get articles about the benefits of LO,
> or case studies about organizations that moved over to LO, published
> in relevant communities.  I would much rather see developers or the
> full time members of the organization use the funds, rather than some
> advertiser.
>

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