[opensuse-marketing] Tweeting our way into people's hearts...
Greetings Marketing team! I want to encourage everyone to do one simple thing (and many of you are probably already doing this) to help your fellow openSUSE users out - and those that are maybe not yet involved in the openSUSE community. The way I'm doing it, and I think this can be a good, easy, and quick thing that we can all do, is using your Twitter client of choice (I use Gwibber and Tweetie for my phone), set up a search for "openSUSE". Then check on it even just once a day. If a person mentions they're trying out openSUSE, welcome and thank them. Give them important links, like to the Communicate page for support, or our own Twitter account (@openSUSE). If someone has a question, help them out. Even just pointing them to the forums or IRC rooms can help. If someone says they're uninstalling openSUSE, still thank them for trying us out and wish them luck on whatever OS they choose. The goal isn't to 'spread openSUSE' (aka don't spam Twitter, though getting into the Trending Topics would be nice, though we'd have to beat AT&T, iPhone, and Michael Jackson. It could happen ;-) ), but instead to give people the impression that the openSUSE Community is inviting, caring, and all around awesome ;-) -- Kevin "Yeaux" Dupuy openSUSE Project Member Sent from Kevin Yeaux's mobile device. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help@opensuse.org
Hello Kevin, Am Dienstag 04 August 2009 20:06:12 wrote Kevin "Yeaux" Dupuy:
The way I'm doing it, and I think this can be a good, easy, and quick thing that we can all do, is using your Twitter client of choice (I use Gwibber and Tweetie for my phone), set up a search for "openSUSE". Then check on it even just once a day.
Sadly i haven't understand all. So i'll ask you. I'm reading #opensuse and there who i'm following. You mean the #opensuse Group in Twitter or mean you another? -- Sincerely yours Sascha Manns openSUSE Ambassador openSUSE Marketing Team openSUSE Build Service Web: http://saschamanns.gulli.to Project-Blog: http://lizards.opensuse.org/author/saigkill Private-Blog: http://saschasbacktrace.blogspot.com
Sent from Kevin Yeaux's mobile device.
On Aug 4, 2009, at 1:37 PM, "Sascha 'saigkill' Manns" wrote: Hello Kevin,
Sadly i haven't understand all. So i'll ask you.
I'm reading #opensuse and there who i'm following.
You mean the #opensuse Group in Twitter or mean you another? Yeah, I didn't clarify that point :-)
What I meant is that most Twitter clients (and if you go to http://search.twitter.com
) and just search "openSUSE" (without the hashtag), those posts. Then
just find the posts who are just coming into the product or have
questions.
If one is already in the #openSUSE group, more than likely they're
already involved in the project in some way :-)
--
Kevin "Yeaux" Dupuy
openSUSE Project Member
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Hello Kevin, Am Dienstag 04 August 2009 20:48:35 wrote Kevin "Yeaux" Dupuy:
What I meant is that most Twitter clients (and if you go to http://search.twitter.com ) and just search "openSUSE" (without the hashtag), those posts. Then just find the posts who are just coming into the product or have questions. Aaah. Now i've understand it. And through your post i've learned that Choqok can search. :-) I agree your Proposal and help you ...
-- Sincerely yours Sascha Manns openSUSE Ambassador openSUSE Marketing Team openSUSE Build Service Web: http://saschamanns.gulli.to Project-Blog: http://lizards.opensuse.org/author/saigkill Private-Blog: http://saschasbacktrace.blogspot.com
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi to everyone! I'm new in this list, and I hope that i can be usefull in this objective, that is spreading suse around the whole world! I'm already in campaing to help all Twitter users that need openSuse help! But, i have a big problem: In my country (Argentina), not much people use Twitter, and those who do, don't use much Linux, and not to say openSuse. So i would like to change that! I want to people to discover the SUSE experience! But, by tweeting, i think i can't be of any help. So, how can i be usefull in my coutry?? Thanks a lot, and sorry about my english! Pablo. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkp4uIEACgkQ8AoDUZUTlk4aBwCfa+4YfYTZ4G+/+Uwo5Mwt1YP0 a8cAn2MaRgiH0+CEIOCJpB2SGlHBQdUx =DYx0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help@opensuse.org
Hi Pablo, Pablo Martelletti wrote:
Hi to everyone! I'm new in this list, and I hope that i can be usefull in this objective, that is spreading suse around the whole world!
Welcome ! I am - and I'm sure others are also - glad to have you as our compania. ;-)
I'm already in campaing to help all Twitter users that need openSuse help! But, i have a big problem: In my country (Argentina), not much people use Twitter, and those who do, don't use much Linux, and not to say openSuse.
So i would like to change that! I want to people to discover the SUSE experience! But, by tweeting, i think i can't be of any help. So, how can i be usefull in my coutry??
What are the most popular and active communication media among people who have interests in computing in your country ? Are there any popular social networking services, mailing lists, forums ? If Twitter-like micro blogging services are not popular in your country, why don't you join such communication media first and spread the word ? I think it's a good idea to join local Linux user groups, if there are some. Blogging your personal experiences and impressions on using openSUSE would be also nice. And, don't forget ! The most important thing for promoting openSUSE is being kind to others as Kevin wrote in this thread. ;-) In my case, for example, I subscribe not only to openSUSE related mailing lists and forums but also to general Linux related ones. I try to answer the questions from newbies in those lists and forums as far as I can, and, if they are not satisfied with other distro, I would recommend them to try using openSUSE. There are many ways to spread the word and promote openSUSE. I hope you'll tell us your experiences, thoughts and ideas that you come across, so that we can share them. :-D
Thanks a lot, and sorry about my english!
Never mind ! Me too. :-P Best, -- _/_/ Satoru Matsumoto - openSUSE Member - Japan _/_/ _/_/ Marketing/Weekly News/openFATE Screening Team _/_/ _/_/ mail: helios_reds_at_gmx.net / irc: HeliosReds _/_/ _/_/ http://blog.geeko.jp/author/heliosreds _/_/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help@opensuse.org
On Tuesday 04 August 2009 20:06:12 Kevin "Yeaux" Dupuy wrote:
Greetings Marketing team!
I want to encourage everyone to do one simple thing (and many of you are probably already doing this) to help your fellow openSUSE users out - and those that are maybe not yet involved in the openSUSE community.
The way I'm doing it, and I think this can be a good, easy, and quick thing that we can all do, is using your Twitter client of choice (I use Gwibber and Tweetie for my phone), set up a search for "openSUSE". Then check on it even just once a day.
If a person mentions they're trying out openSUSE, welcome and thank them. Give them important links, like to the Communicate page for support, or our own Twitter account (@openSUSE). If someone has a question, help them out. Even just pointing them to the forums or IRC rooms can help. If someone says they're uninstalling openSUSE, still thank them for trying us out and wish them luck on whatever OS they choose.
The goal isn't to 'spread openSUSE' (aka don't spam Twitter, though getting into the Trending Topics would be nice, though we'd have to beat AT&T, iPhone, and Michael Jackson. It could happen ;-) ), but instead to give people the impression that the openSUSE Community is inviting, caring, and all around awesome ;-)
This is a good idea and could be added to: http://en.opensuse.org/Marketing/SocNet Could somebody take care of that page, please? Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, aj@{novell.com,opensuse.org} Twitter: jaegerandi | Identica: jaegerandi SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126
On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 20:06, Kevin "Yeaux"
Dupuy
Greetings Marketing team!
I want to encourage everyone to do one simple thing (and many of you are probably already doing this) to help your fellow openSUSE users out - and those that are maybe not yet involved in the openSUSE community.
The goal isn't to 'spread openSUSE' (aka don't spam Twitter, though getting into the Trending Topics would be nice, though we'd have to beat AT&T, iPhone, and Michael Jackson. It could happen ;-) ), but instead to give people the impression that the openSUSE Community is inviting, caring, and all around awesome ;-) -- Kevin "Yeaux" Dupuy openSUSE Project Member
Hi Kevin i believe it's an awesome idea, but we shouldn't forget about the other Twitter clones, like Identi.ca and other Laconica one's like floss.pro I have noticed that people often share thoughts on "Installing" or "trying to get working" I believe that giving a link to the wiki helps them a great deal. http://floss.pro/tag/opensuse and http://identi.ca/tag/opensuse and http://search.twitter.com/search?q=opensuse For all these there is a RSS Feed. May we should put a share this page on "Twitter/other" button on each page off the wiki ? Karl -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- | Karl Fischer | www : fischer.org.za | jid: kmf@floss.pro | http://floss.pro/kmf ---------------------------------------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help@opensuse.org
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Andreas Jaeger -
Karl Fischer -
Kevin "Yeaux" Dupuy -
Pablo Martelletti -
Sascha 'saigkill' Manns -
Satoru Matsumoto