If you want to spearhead this, go ahead ;) -derek
"Nathan Buchanan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello All! > > With the 2.2.0 release coming up I have started thinking about how we will > promote it. As I understand it, we currently post notices on our website, > the lists, and they occasionally get picked up by other tech news websites >>From there (correct me if I'm wrong). When 2.2.0 is released it will be a > big deal. With this release we break into the mass market (eg - Windows). > There are big benefits (as I'm sure you already know): more potential > developers, larger user base, etc, but that's not the point. The point is, > that this is "big news" and we need a PR strategy. > > What ideas do we have to help create a buzz? I've got a couple (below), but > we need more ideas - please pipe in if you have one. We can then decide > which ones are worth doing. > > 1. create a list of news sites to submit a story to. If they choose to > publish it great, if not, we haven't lost anything. We should consider news > sites in the following categories: > -tech/IT sites (to raise visibility among IT professionals) > -accounting/financial sites (to raise visibility among then financial > industry - we do create financial software!) > -general interest news sites/ public broadcasters (many have a tech and > financial sections where an article may fit in.) > > We would need to draft up some special announcement beforehand. > > 2. Advertise online (wait, before you say "we don't have the money" check > this out): > http://google-code-updates.blogspot.com/2007/04/google-grants-free-advertising-for-open.htmlI > ran across this today and think we should give it a try. Besides, > $10,000 > in free advertising isn't bad! > > Anywhere else we can get advertising? > > Scheduling: We need to have all the packages released at the same time (or > at least hold the announcements until all the packages are up and we are > happy with them). We don't want to get caught unprepared. (yes, I am > speaking as the person that is building the last package ;) ) > > Thoughts? Arguments? Could we get agreement on this, and possibly volunteers > to put it into action? > > Thanks, > Nathan > > -- > _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ > Got Mole problems? Call Avogadro at 6.02 x 10^23. > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-devel mailing list > gnucash-devel@gnucash.org > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel > > -- Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB) URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/ PP-ASEL-IA N1NWH [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP key available _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
