[ubuntu-marketing] Defining who we are

2008-05-28 Thread John Botscharow
I'm going to start a new thread here as the first step in creating a marketing plab for the team: We need to define who we are and to define who we target. And all that has to start with our BROAd mssion of Fixing Bug #1 Who we are: these are starting points I feel are essential. My comments o

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Defining who we are

2008-05-28 Thread Onno Benschop
On 29/05/08 01:02, John Botscharow wrote: > I'm going to start a new thread here as the first step in creating a > marketing plab for the team: > > We need to define who we are and to define who we target. And all that > has to start with our BROAd mssion of Fixing Bug #1 > > Who we are: these ar

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Defining who we are

2008-05-28 Thread alan c
John Botscharow wrote: > I'm going to start a new thread here as the first step in creating a > marketing plab for the team: > > We need to define who we are and to define who we target. And all that > has to start with our BROAd mssion of Fixing Bug #1 > > Who we are: these are starting points

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Defining who we are

2008-05-28 Thread VidA
On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 7:52 PM, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John Botscharow wrote: >> I'm going to start a new thread here as the first step in creating a >> marketing plab for the team: Great stuff. I added them to the wiki page : https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MarketingTeam Feel free to chan

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Defining who we are

2008-05-29 Thread John Botscharow
Vid, Yes, I saw that. Very nice. Thank you on behalf of all of us. I did notice a couple of minor grammatical changes that need done, which I will fix either tonight, since it seems I can't sleep or later today [Thursday] if I do get to sleep. :-) Did you put the link to my wiki there or did that

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Defining who we are

2008-05-29 Thread VidA
On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 8:13 AM, John Botscharow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Did you put the link to my wiki there or did that show up on its own No I didnt put it there but thanks for pointing that out. You are right, personal wiki pages dont belong there so could someone tell me how to edit

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Defining who we are

2008-05-29 Thread John Botscharow
I did not say that it did not belong there :-) But if that's the rule I suspect it showed up there because I have several pages of marketing articles on my wiki, which I put there because I was not sure about whether I should put them on the team wiki or somewhere else. Perhaps we should set

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Defining who we are

2008-05-29 Thread RJ
I don't think creating a page there for your articles would be useful. Maybe putting a link somewhere getting guys on your wiki ? The wiki page should be, imo, specifically about ubuntu marketing, not marketing as a whole. It would confuse readers. Jonathan > I did not say that it did not be

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Defining who we are

2008-05-29 Thread VidA
On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 10:15 AM, Onno Benschop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Without looking, I'm trying to run out the door, I suspect that John > used a Marketing Template and that it contains some category which then > makes the automagic wiki code put it into the header. That's right renam

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Defining who we are

2008-05-29 Thread Onno Benschop
On 29/05/08 16:50, VidA wrote: > On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 8:13 AM, John Botscharow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Did you put the link to my wiki there or did that show up on its own >> > > No I didnt put it there but thanks for pointing that out. > You are right, personal wiki pages dont

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Defining who we are

2008-05-29 Thread John Botscharow
On Thu, 2008-05-29 at 11:02 +0100, RJ wrote: > I don't think creating a page there for your articles would be useful. Maybe > putting a link somewhere getting guys on your wiki ? > The wiki page should be, imo, specifically about ubuntu marketing, not > marketing as a whole. You are assuming t

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Defining who we are

2008-05-29 Thread Cody A.W. Somerville
Putting them in the resource section would be fine as long as they are clearly labeled. Cheers, On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 7:50 AM, John Botscharow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2008-05-29 at 11:02 +0100, RJ wrote: > > I don't think creating a page there for your articles would be useful. >

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Defining who we are

2008-05-29 Thread RJ
> You are assuming that everyone in the community understands marketing. > That, IMHO, is a DANGEROUS assumption. That's like assuming everyone who > has a driver's license knows how to drive WELL or everyone who owns a > gun REALLY knows how to use it. You can get killed that way! I'm not assumin

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Defining who we are

2008-05-29 Thread John Botscharow
Jonathon, Forgive me if I was a bit brusque earlier, but, for personal reasons, I have been up for over 24 hours straight, and at 60 my kernel can no longer handle that, and I get a bit touchy. Also, there was an earlier exchange involving my wiki that kinda rubbed me the wrong way. I think you ca

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Defining who we are

2008-05-29 Thread alan c
John Botscharow wrote: > On Thu, 2008-05-29 at 11:02 +0100, RJ wrote: >> I don't think creating a page there for your articles would be useful. Maybe >> putting a link somewhere getting guys on your wiki ? >> The wiki page should be, imo, specifically about ubuntu marketing, not >> marketing as

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Defining who we are

2008-05-29 Thread Alan Lord
alan c wrote: > John Botscharow wrote: >> On Thu, 2008-05-29 at 11:02 +0100, RJ wrote: >>> I don't think creating a page there for your articles would be useful. >>> Maybe >>> putting a link somewhere getting guys on your wiki ? >>> The wiki page should be, imo, specifically about ubuntu marketi

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Defining who we are

2008-05-29 Thread VidA
On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 11:49 PM, Alan Lord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "The sole purpose of marketing is to shorten the sales cycle." > Ah,... that needs to be at the top of the first page, in bold for effect :) -- Vid || http://www.svaksha.com || -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-ma