Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Maverick Movies

[Randall Ross]

Admittedly, this involves money, but is much more reasonable while still
offering a nice prize: How about sponsoring them to UDS-N so they can be
presented with an award, meet all the team (and possibly even be
inspired to make more video?) One thing that was very positive out of
the last UDS was the video that came out of it... we need more of that.

Another prize could be a nice selection of official Ubuntu merchandise,
a certificate, maybe even an OEM system donated by one of our favourite
OEM's. (They'd benefit from the popularity of Ubuntu too.)

My point being that there are likely good incentives that fall somewhere
between $0 and $100,000.

Cheers,
Randall.


On 10-08-21 09:07 AM, Lisandro Vaccaro wrote:
> The 100.000 dollars aside, I don't think it's a bad idea, we have been
> talked about it before.
>
> Isn't there any incentive we can give that doesn't involve money? 
>
> We can get the winner on Ubuntu's main site, what else can we do?
>
>
>
> 2010/8/21 Martin Owens mailto:docto...@gmail.com>>
>
> On Sat, 2010-08-21 at 09:25 -0400, Mike Feravolo wrote:
> > If all you want to do hear is debate what "Free and Open Source
> > Software" or "Software Freedom" is all about, then change the
> name to
> > the "Debate Team". We thought the objective here is to promote
> Ubuntu
> > a
> > superior software product.
>
> *shrug* Is it? I don't think it is a better software product, although
> it's nice to see we have plainly corporate marketing companies
> here with
> money to throw away.
>
> We were attempting to set an appropriate level and timing of
> making sure
> that what we actually have to offer in marketed and not just the very
> small and uneconomical charity subset favored here.
>
> > An idea to consider for a contest is to do something that will
> > attract
> > people from that make videos from everywhere to produce a video that
> > would sell Ubuntu to the general public.  For example: A prize of at
> > least $100,000 US on the line, (winner takes all) will both get
> every
> > video freelancer on earth to produce an entry and attract lots media
> > attention.
>
> Do you have $100,000 to set up such a competition?
>
> Martin,
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Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Maverick Movies

[Lisandro Vaccaro]

The 100.000 dollars aside, I don't think it's a bad idea, we have been
talked about it before.

Isn't there any incentive we can give that doesn't involve money?

We can get the winner on Ubuntu's main site, what else can we do?



2010/8/21 Martin Owens 

> On Sat, 2010-08-21 at 09:25 -0400, Mike Feravolo wrote:
> > If all you want to do hear is debate what "Free and Open Source
> > Software" or "Software Freedom" is all about, then change the name to
> > the "Debate Team". We thought the objective here is to promote Ubuntu
> > a
> > superior software product.
>
> *shrug* Is it? I don't think it is a better software product, although
> it's nice to see we have plainly corporate marketing companies here with
> money to throw away.
>
> We were attempting to set an appropriate level and timing of making sure
> that what we actually have to offer in marketed and not just the very
> small and uneconomical charity subset favored here.
>
> > An idea to consider for a contest is to do something that will
> > attract
> > people from that make videos from everywhere to produce a video that
> > would sell Ubuntu to the general public.  For example: A prize of at
> > least $100,000 US on the line, (winner takes all) will both get every
> > video freelancer on earth to produce an entry and attract lots media
> > attention.
>
> Do you have $100,000 to set up such a competition?
>
> Martin,
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Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Maverick Movies

[Martin Owens]

On Sat, 2010-08-21 at 09:25 -0400, Mike Feravolo wrote:
> If all you want to do hear is debate what "Free and Open Source 
> Software" or "Software Freedom" is all about, then change the name to 
> the "Debate Team". We thought the objective here is to promote Ubuntu
> a 
> superior software product.

*shrug* Is it? I don't think it is a better software product, although
it's nice to see we have plainly corporate marketing companies here with
money to throw away.

We were attempting to set an appropriate level and timing of making sure
that what we actually have to offer in marketed and not just the very
small and uneconomical charity subset favored here.

> An idea to consider for a contest is to do something that will
> attract 
> people from that make videos from everywhere to produce a video that 
> would sell Ubuntu to the general public.  For example: A prize of at 
> least $100,000 US on the line, (winner takes all) will both get every 
> video freelancer on earth to produce an entry and attract lots media 
> attention. 

Do you have $100,000 to set up such a competition?

Martin,


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Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Maverick Movies

[Mike Feravolo]

Hello:

We have been following this mail list for a couple of years along and 
wondered who exactly the marketing team is trying to sell. Existing 
users of other Linux distros or people that already know about Ubuntu or 
people that don't know Ubuntu exists.

People in the Linux community know what Ubuntu is don't have to be sold, 
because they are already part of the community and are going to choose 
Ubuntu or not choose Ubuntu based on it's merits or how well it plays 
with a specific piece of hardware.

The video does a fine job of demonstrating the functionality of ubuntu 
as an operating system to people that can appreciate that and also are 
most likey already using ubuntu. But the bottom line here as advertising 
it's cold and lacks "the sizzle" required to close the deal with people 
that outside the Linux community.

If all you want to do hear is debate what "Free and Open Source 
Software" or "Software Freedom" is all about, then change the name to 
the "Debate Team". We thought the objective here is to promote Ubuntu a 
superior software product.

An idea to consider for a contest is to do something that will attract 
people from that make videos from everywhere to produce a video that 
would sell Ubuntu to the general public.  For example: A prize of at 
least $100,000 US on the line, (winner takes all) will both get every 
video freelancer on earth to produce an entry and attract lots media 
attention.

Just an idea from yet another Linux Hack trying to make a living in a 
down economy.

Peace
Mike Feravolo
Cocoa Beach, Florida

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[ubuntu-marketing] Maverick Movies!

[Mark Shuttleworth]

 Hi folks

I saw this amazing movie from the Ubuntu Ads guys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHzP7mxRFJE and was inspired to blog 
http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/489 about
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MaverickMovies


Shout if you are interested in helping host the process or participating.

Mark


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