+1 good idea
> -----Original Message----- > From: Joe Brockmeier [mailto:j...@zonker.net] > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 7:12 AM > To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org > Subject: Marketing Wiki Page (was Re: ACS - Better Marketing - YOUR HELP IS > NEEDED) > > Hey all, > > A couple of things on this: > > - I've moved up the marketing page in the wiki so it's now a top-level > page: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Marketing > > It'd be good to capture things that are works-in-progress there so > anyone can easily find them. > > The cloudstack-marketing list is now live. To subscribe send an email > to: > > cloudstack-marketing-subscr...@incubator.apache.org > > I will also send an email to -dev and -users for folks who might not be > following this thread. > > More in-line: > > On Thu, Feb 7, 2013, at 04:47 PM, Musayev, Ilya wrote: > > To be completely honest, CloudStack is an awesome product, with one > major > > flow - it's a "best kept secret" not too many know about. The last thing > > we want to see is for CS to become like BSD (awesome and stable) but > > barely used. > > CloudStack isn't like BSD, though: It is used in production quite a bit, > though folks don't speak about it as much as we'ld like. > > > We lose the market to a peer pressure phenomenon known as OpenStack, > I'm > > not saying OS is bad by any means, but realistically, many companies go > > for OS - because thats what everyone talks about, they don't use the > > approach of what is right for my environment, instead they go for the > > buzzword. Not many can actually get OS to work - in true open source way > > - and end up paying for various companies to make it work for them and > > maintain as well. We need to get the word out there for CS - we can do > > better. > > Let's focus on promoting CloudStack rather than worrying about how much > love other projects get. > > > b. Meet regularly on IRC to follow up on progress and discuss what > > can be done better > > Sure - when do you propose? > > > f. Create Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube Channels or use > > existing means and other social media > > We have these, but we need to get a social media policy in place. > > > g. Blog with SEO in mind > > Do we have specific ideas here? > > > 3) Create support groups based on area of expertise, for example I > > can help with VmWare and CS setups, but I'm not good with XEN or KVM at > > the moment > > This isn't a bad idea, but it's a bit beyond "marketing" and might be > biting off quite a bit at first start. > > > b. Each issue resolved must be documented preferable on wiki - any > > documentation (including copy and paste from mailing list) is better than > > none > > Sort of - this also gets into documentation, which we could also improve > - but I'd like to see us take a more organized approach to documentation > than "just copy and paste from mailing list". Unsorted information isn't > much more useful than information scattered on the mailing list. > > > 4) Host local user group meetups > > Yes, definitely. > > One of the reasons I started the creation of the marketing list is that > I am working on getting some "meetup in a box" stuff together and didn't > want to flood the -dev list with that project. > > > o Gather list of people willing to contribute their time with skills > > and desired areas of involvement, even if you are a new comer or don't > > have enough experience with CS, we can use your help! > > > > o Set the time for regular IRC meeting > > Did you have any ideas on this? We already do the weekly meeting at > 17:00 UTC on Wednesdays. Not sure if it makes sense to schedule a > marketing meeting close to that or not. > > Best, > > jzb > -- > Joe Brockmeier > j...@zonker.net > Twitter: @jzb > http://www.dissociatedpress.net/
