Sorry I had joined that mailing list, but there had been no discussion since I joined so I thought it was kind of defunct. I should have looked at the archives. I'll look through the archives and post a message there asking how I can help and any ideas I have.
On 7/9/05, Craig Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Adam, > > Press releases are normally prepared on the [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > with an invitation to participate sent to various lists. > > Dissemination of the press releases is also primarily carried out by the > Marcons and NLC's all of whom (hopefully) maintain lists of, and > contacts with, media in their countries or regions. > > In the past various people (Louis, Jacquelinf, Samm, myself etc) have > posted the PR to as many news sites and notice boards as possible, and I > occasionally pay for posting to newswire services (if the release is > serious enough). > > If you (or anyone on the list) wants to participate in the creation and > content of the 2.0 PR, please subscribe to the > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list. You will have to be a > registered member of the project and logged in to see it on the > http://marketing.openoffice.org/servlets/ProjectMailingListList page. > > Kindest Regards > > Craig A. Adams > > > On Sat, 2005-07-09 at 21:31 -0700, Adam Moore wrote: > > I searched through past posts and I couldn't find anything of anybody > > working on a press release for OpenOffice 2.0, so please forgive me if > > this has already been said. I was thinking about how we can get > > better exposure for the product and I think that a major campaign to > > get the press release to local news organizations would be a good way. > > If we can get a list of all the contact information of everyones > > local news organization plus other news organizations around the world > > maybe we can get some of them to put it in print or on the air. > > > > To make this effective I think we need to really focus the release on > > how it is a direct competitor to Microsoft Office so it will be > > something that they feel is news worthy. > > > > What does everyone think? For as big of a version 2.0 is I don't want > > it to come out with little fanfare. > > > > -- Adam Moore Community Volunteer OOo blog: AdamMooreOOo.blogspot.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
