Hello Daniel, Welcome to the LibreOffice community! See my comments inline of your message...
Le dimanche 27 janvier 2019 à 16:16 +0000, Aquila Msiza a écrit : > It’s Daniel, > > I didn’t mean to send out the unfinished draft but as I couldn’t > unsend it…here it is in its entirety. > > > Hi I’m Daniel, > > I have been using LibreOffice for a while and would like to > contribute towards it reaching as many people as possible. I think > awareness of its existence, the values it stands for and what it > offers are a good starting point. The whitespace I see in this area > are the many non-tech affine guys and gals who don’t know about > LibreOffice. Although I’m not a stranger to the technology-world, I > myself didn’t know much about LibreOffice until recently when a > friend of mine, who studies IT, introduced me to the LibreOffice > Suite. (I was contemplating with the idea of buying the Microsoft > Suite) > > One of the many groups we can target are students. Many students buy > the Microsoft Office Suite because they see this as a necessity in > order to be able to do their work and are not aware of other > alternatives. (or think the alternatives are too difficult to use) > Usually for these non-tech affine people it’s “tedious” getting to > adjust to new software and therefore they make the ‘simplest’ choice > of buying what their already familiar with. > > Many don’t know about the LibreOffice option and I can assure you > many don’t even need half the capabilities of LibreOffice – not to > mention Microsoft Office – to complete their tertiary work. > I think by acquiring and familiarizing many students while their in > universities (maybe expanding later on to schools), their able to > accustom themselves to the software very early. Unlike other target > groups, students are usually more diverse and interact usually on > average with more individuals than other target groups. My point is a > product that is free and offers value can start to spread like wild > fire. > > But for that to happen, first its capabilities and the fact that it > exists have to be known. > > Many pros I see in tackling this target market are not only acquiring > pro LibreOffice non-tech affine people but recruiting many > volunteers, who will be part of the LibreOffice community. I really > believe this is true, as they realise the pure value we offer in > return for ‘nothing’. > > How to get there: The first goal is to be known > > I looked at the different outlets LibreOffice has and Instagram > wasn’t one of them. At the current moment in 2019 to reach the > desired group of people and many other groups, we have to look at > where the current attention is placed. Instagram and snapchat (not to > mention Facebook, although the organic reach is decreasing there) is > where the attention is. Although we have a Youtube channel, not many > will stumble upon this. > I think by being apart of different platforms, providing value and > creating a community in different (social-) platforms will help us > get the word out. > > I propose in creating an Instagram account - whether we start small > (native to the place i.e LibreOffice_US) or we create an HQ-account > (i.e LibreOffice) - I am to take on the responsibility to > administrate it. > I want to be clear. The Instagram account will not exist for > advertisement in a traditional sense. But is to provide value to the > Instagram-community, cement our place on this platform and > periodically show off the functionality that LibreOffice Suite > offers. > > The first goal is to be known. > > > I will be happy to receive your feedback on this E-Mail address. I really have two questions about your proposal -thank you for this by the way: * have you checked our Facebook page(s), our twitter accounts and our reddit and YouTube channels? * Instagram is indeed not where we are, however I'm curious what you would like to produce in terms of content, since Instagram is about pictures? Best regards, -- Charles-H. Schulz Co-founder, The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint Mobile Number: +33 (0)6 98 65 54 24. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
