As far as online advertising is concerned, the grants page states (http://www.google.com/grants/): Designed for 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations, Google Grants is a unique in-kind advertising program.
Is gnucash registered as such an organization? Regards, v. On May 18, 2007, at 7:43 AM, Derek Atkins wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
