Hello, On 7/13/06, Matthew East <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
* Jan Vancura: > All profit belongs to the Marketing Team.
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Do you think it is really necessary for the marketing team to have financial resources? I have to say that I don't at the moment.
I tend to agree. If I understand correctly, revenue generation is not one of the goals for the Marketing team or is it ? Maybe I am missing the picture or too many ideas are popping up resulting in confusion for readers like me. I am aware of the SU project and respect all efforts being put therein but some earlier posts did raise important points IMHO : https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-marketing/2006-July/000554.html https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-marketing/2006-July/000571.htm In my experience the word "Marketing" is usually used with respect to sales and generating revenue for a company. so (I am confused) about the part where the MT activities and deliverables really fit in here (...and yes I am aware of the distinction between Canonical and Ubuntu which is self-evident in the distinctive email address of an employee vis-a-vis a community member :-)). Maybe its time to answer some tough questions about our product (currently Ubuntu and SU), strategy and goals. For example: * Where do we want to go with the Ubuntu/Spread Ubuntu product ? * Who is our target ? - home users, corporates, schools, colleges/universities, small business ? Why do we think we'll be successful ? * Why advantages does using SU grant to the user and how does it benefit them in the short-, mid- and long term. How will we get there? * How do we avoid duplicating efforts already existing in the community. How can we synergise our work with other community work. </me thinking out loud> Thanks for reading, - Vid http://www.ubuntu-women.org -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
