A group/workflow for regularly poking the magazine contacts and writers.
Hi, This came out accidentally during this FAmSCo meet. We have a lot of contacts in different linux mags https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing_press_publications Can we act as a liaison between the mags and interested in-house writers so that we can promote fedora better? For example, we have a list of topics here http://www.linuxjournal.com/xstatic/author/topicsdue So if we publish one or two articles on each relevant topic (relating fedora with it) and if we repeat it for most of the mags, we will have a lot of articles in no time. The basic idea is to poke the contacts about what they need and poke the writers to write on it keeping a focus on promoting fedora. What's say? Thanks. -- Regards, Susmit. = ssh 0x86DD170A http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/user:susmit = Sent from Calcutta, WB, India -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
Re: A group/workflow for regularly poking the magazine contacts and writers.
We have a lot of contacts in different linux mags https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing_press_publications Can we act as a liaison between the mags and interested in-house writers so that we can promote fedora better? The basic idea is to poke the contacts about what they need and poke the writers to write on it keeping a focus on promoting fedora. I think this is a great idea - to me, it sounds like the NDN (News Distribution Network), which Steven Moix (on the Marketing list, and cc'd) has been driving forward. Susmit, does https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_news_distribution_network_%28NDN%29 sound like the idea that came up at FamSCo? If so, do you think you could work with Steven to make this something that Ambassadors could use and help with more as well? (If not, what's missing?) --Mel -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
Re: A group/workflow for regularly poking the magazine contacts and writers.
> I think this is a great idea - to me, it sounds like the NDN (News > Distribution Network), which Steven Moix (on the Marketing list, and cc'd) > has been driving forward. > Susmit, does > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_news_distribution_network_%28NDN%29 > sound like the idea that came up > at FamSCo? No, not entirely. I was not talking about news. I was talking about technical/non-technical articles, though news and articles can be distributed through the same channel. Also, this need not be confined to ambassadors only. The idea was like this: For example, If a magazine is going to have an issue on Localisation, the team will ensure there is an article on Transifex if someone is interested to write it. (I bet there will be :)) Or if a magazine is going to roll out an issue on IT infrastructure, the team will ensure that someone writes about puppet and so on. Thanks. -- Regards, Susmit. = ssh 0x86DD170A http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/user:susmit = Sent from Calcutta, WB, India -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
Re: A group/workflow for regularly poking the magazine contacts and writers.
The idea was like this: For example, If a magazine is going to have an issue on Localisation, the team will ensure there is an article on Transifex if someone is interested to write it. (I bet there will be :)) Or if a magazine is going to roll out an issue on IT infrastructure, the team will ensure that someone writes about puppet and so on. ...oh hey, that's even better - I love this idea. Would you be interested in starting and leading it for the F12 cycle (now-November)? How do we find out what magazines will be writing about before they publish? I've seen mailing lists like http://helpareporter.com/ that let reporters query a wide range of people about the articles they're writing, but that's all I can think of at the moment, and that only helps us with articles reporters are already writing, and not with getting new Fedora-authored articles into themed issues. --Mel -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
Re: A group/workflow for regularly poking the magazine contacts and writers.
A lot of "industry"-type magazines will have an editorial calendar that they make available, usually a year-ish in advance, via their websites. A lot of the trade mags dedicate certain months to certain topics, which are published on the calendar, so we'd want to look for things like "linux" (obviously) or more narrow topics (an issue on robotics could have a story on the use of linux in robotics, etc). If we have a list of magazines, we could divide it up a few ways and hunt down the appropriate info; if we don't have a list of magazines, someone could start putting one together. Cheers, tgif :) -robyn On 9/11/09, Mel Chua wrote: >> The idea was like this: >> >> For example, If a magazine is going to have an issue on Localisation, >> the team will ensure there is an article on Transifex if someone is >> interested to write it. (I bet there will be :)) >> >> Or if a magazine is going to roll out an issue on IT infrastructure, >> the team will ensure that someone writes about puppet and so on. > > ...oh hey, that's even better - I love this idea. Would you be > interested in starting and leading it for the F12 cycle (now-November)? > > How do we find out what magazines will be writing about before they > publish? I've seen mailing lists like http://helpareporter.com/ that let > reporters query a wide range of people about the articles they're > writing, but that's all I can think of at the moment, and that only > helps us with articles reporters are already writing, and not with > getting new Fedora-authored articles into themed issues. > > --Mel > > -- > Fedora-marketing-list mailing list > Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list > -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
Re: A group/workflow for regularly poking the magazine contacts and writers.
On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 4:54 AM, Robyn Bergeron wrote: > A lot of "industry"-type magazines will have an editorial calendar > that they make available, usually a year-ish in advance, via their > websites. > A lot of the trade mags dedicate certain months to certain > topics, which are published on the calendar, so we'd want to look for > things like "linux" (obviously) or more narrow topics (an issue on > robotics could have a story on the use of linux in robotics, etc). Exactly. I pointed out one in my first mail http://www.linuxjournal.com/xstatic/author/topicsdue Even if there is not, we can work with the magazine contacts and know it. It is a "mutual" thing, they need article to print, we need to promote fedora. :) > we have a list of magazines, we could divide it up a few ways and hunt > down the appropriate info; if we don't have a list of magazines, > someone could start putting one together. We do (Thanks Rodrigo for pointing this): https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing_press_publications We can add a "Topic Due" link to it. Thanks. -- Regards, Susmit. = ssh 0x86DD170A http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/user:susmit = Sent from Calcutta, WB, India -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
Re: A group/workflow for regularly poking the magazine contacts and writers.
Thanks, Robyn! Susmit, this is a great idea. I'm trying to think what the fastest way to get it started would be... Would you like to get together a team that watches the publications on https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing_press_publications and makes "someone should write about this!" tickets in the Marketing queue (https://fedorahosted.org/marketing-team/newticket)? That way it hits our radar and we know to pick the author-finding and writing up. It would be great to have more targeted assignments for Marketing writers to pick up on, especially with Fedora Insight launching soon. (A write-a-thon at FUDCon might not be a bad idea, actually - maybe as part of the zikula sprint if that goes through.) Even if there is not, we can work with the magazine contacts and know it. It is a "mutual" thing, they need article to print, we need to promote fedora. :) Exactly. :) --Mel -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
