On 03/06/2012 06:22 PM, Benjamin Kerensa wrote:
I had a look at the Ubuntu Oregon Google Analytics data for last month
today and notice we received 8,222 unique hits last month which is
8,222 potential Ubuntu Users or existing users who sought out
information on Ubuntu Oregon.
In a effort to grow our ranks here in Oregon I want to do everything
possible to make sure we are reaching as many Oregonians as possible
through every venue available to us especially on the web. One thing I
think needs improvement is our site could use prominent placement of
widgets or links to our social media pages so we can grow our
followers in those crucial areas.
I'm asking for input on any changes you might think we need to make to
improve our chances of increasing participation statewide!
Here is a screenshot from Google Analytics:
http://i.imgur.com/Tg6A6.png
Notably we are getting visits from almost every college in the state
and a handful of K-12 school districts and of course all the major
tech companies.
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Team Lead, Ubuntu Oregon of who we all are." - Ubuntu
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Great question, Ben!
I think we need to work more on pointing people to the excellent
existing resources and introductory materials that exist. There's a LOT
of really good documentation that's been produced, but newcomers can
have a hard time finding it.
this is our community, we know it very well, and part of the purpose of
a LoCo is to be a signpost for those just realizing that we exist.
I'd suggest that we focus on the following areas:
- introductory materials (who/what is Ubuntu, where/how can i get/use it)
- learning more ( software exploration, community (news, activities,
social stuff), documentation )
- dealing with problems (where to get help, how to ask good
questions, how to troubleshoot)
- contributing ( promotion (events), testing, support (irc/askubuntu),
documentation (doc-squad, wiki, forum, tutorials), ideas (blueprints))
i'm not suggesting that we produce the documentation, there would be no
point, as it already exists. I do think that providing an index of the
best available resources in each of these areas would be a great way to
attract people to Ubuntu Oregon, while providing a needed service to the
community.
Regards,
Nathan Williams
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