[opensuse-marketing] Tracking press for openSUSE 11.2
Hi all,
I updated the wiki with the first wave of press for openSUSE 11.2. A
couple of requests, comments, etc.
* Please update the wiki as you see new articles / blog posts popping
up. I'm especially asking for marketing members & ambassadors to post
press from sources not in English. :-) (Also, when you do, see
previous examples where the language is denoted in parentheses.]
* Use your judgment in putting things up. I am trying to add
*comprehensive blogs to the list, but not one-liners and so on.
* Check sources other than Google News. A surprising number of news
sites don't turn up there.
Thanks!
Zonker
--
Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier
On Thursday 12 November 2009 18:54:03 Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier wrote:
Hi all,
I updated the wiki with the first wave of press for openSUSE 11.2. A couple of requests, comments, etc.
Zonker, could you tell us the URL? It was not obvious to me... thanks, Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, Program Manager openSUSE, 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
imho, http://en.opensuse.org/In_the_Press
k
On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Andreas Jaeger
On Thursday 12 November 2009 18:54:03 Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier wrote:
Hi all,
I updated the wiki with the first wave of press for openSUSE 11.2. A couple of requests, comments, etc.
Zonker, could you tell us the URL? It was not obvious to me...
thanks, Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, Program Manager openSUSE, 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
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On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 5:22 AM, Andreas Jaeger
Zonker, could you tell us the URL? It was not obvious to me...
sudo zypper in psychic-powers
;-)
Sorry - not sure where my brain was at. The link is here:
http://en.opensuse.org/In_the_Press
Some additional stats:
* We made the front page of Digg yesterday and received more than
3,000 reads from that alone.
* We were on Slashdot. No idea how many reads there.
* The openSUSE Facebook group grew by about 200 members this week
* About 1,000 people confirmed to "attend" the 11.2 virtual launch on FB
I use bit.ly to shorten URLs because it allows you to track info about
who clicks, etc. Here's the URL I was asking people to use all week:
http://bit.ly/info/knZug
2,177 total clicks on the link. It was tweeted 110 times, shared on
Facebook 153 times, "liked" 40, and received 128 comments.
The United States is much more into Twitter & Facebook! :-)
The link received 690 views in the U.S., only 106 in Germany, 103
"other," 72 in Brazil, 71 in India, 70 in Japan, 68 U.K., etc.
Here's the Bit.ly link for the final announcement: http://bit.ly/info/27wSLw
So far, 631 clicks on that. 100 Tweets, 46 shares on FB
Again, the U.S. far outpaces all other countries here.
Lesson? If we want to increase our presence in North America, social
media is key. Reaching people in Europe we need to focus on more
traditional media.
More next week. I'll do a "wrap-up" after the weekend to see what else
pops up. I know of a few more stories pending and this is just "phase
1"
We (and other projects, and companies) make the mistake of focusing on
a strong launch, with little follow up. The next few weeks I'm going
to be focusing on a continual low-level hum of articles, etc. about
openSUSE and developing more materials to promote 11.2 over the next 7
months or so.
This is something I do hope other folks are going to be helping with. :-)
Best,
Zonker
--
Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier
Joe,
That's great. I think the Ambassador need to keep up the tweets,
idenit.ca, friendfeed, facebook, and myspace posting for the next
couple of weeks. I know I am going to start blogging as well.
But that is great, everyone should be proud of work was done. :)
Pup
On 11/13/09, Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier
On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 5:22 AM, Andreas Jaeger
wrote: Zonker, could you tell us the URL? It was not obvious to me...
sudo zypper in psychic-powers
;-)
Sorry - not sure where my brain was at. The link is here:
http://en.opensuse.org/In_the_Press
Some additional stats:
* We made the front page of Digg yesterday and received more than 3,000 reads from that alone. * We were on Slashdot. No idea how many reads there. * The openSUSE Facebook group grew by about 200 members this week * About 1,000 people confirmed to "attend" the 11.2 virtual launch on FB
I use bit.ly to shorten URLs because it allows you to track info about who clicks, etc. Here's the URL I was asking people to use all week:
2,177 total clicks on the link. It was tweeted 110 times, shared on Facebook 153 times, "liked" 40, and received 128 comments.
The United States is much more into Twitter & Facebook! :-)
The link received 690 views in the U.S., only 106 in Germany, 103 "other," 72 in Brazil, 71 in India, 70 in Japan, 68 U.K., etc.
Here's the Bit.ly link for the final announcement: http://bit.ly/info/27wSLw
So far, 631 clicks on that. 100 Tweets, 46 shares on FB Again, the U.S. far outpaces all other countries here.
Lesson? If we want to increase our presence in North America, social media is key. Reaching people in Europe we need to focus on more traditional media.
More next week. I'll do a "wrap-up" after the weekend to see what else pops up. I know of a few more stories pending and this is just "phase 1"
We (and other projects, and companies) make the mistake of focusing on a strong launch, with little follow up. The next few weeks I'm going to be focusing on a continual low-level hum of articles, etc. about openSUSE and developing more materials to promote 11.2 over the next 7 months or so.
This is something I do hope other folks are going to be helping with. :-)
Best,
Zonker -- Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier
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On Friday 13 November 2009 13:31:55 Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier wrote:
On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 5:22 AM, Andreas Jaeger
wrote: Zonker, could you tell us the URL? It was not obvious to me...
sudo zypper in psychic-powers
;-)
Sorry - not sure where my brain was at. The link is here:
Thanks - I added now a couple of German links.
Some additional stats:
* We made the front page of Digg yesterday and received more than 3,000 reads from that alone. * We were on Slashdot. No idea how many reads there. * The openSUSE Facebook group grew by about 200 members this week * About 1,000 people confirmed to "attend" the 11.2 virtual launch on FB
This is great! Do we have a comparison for 11.1? Let's save this number so that we can compare again for 11.3... Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, Program Manager openSUSE, 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 Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 4:36 AM, Andreas Jaeger
This is great! Do we have a comparison for 11.1? Let's save this number so that we can compare again for 11.3...
We didn't hit the front page of digg for 11.1 if I recall correctly.
I'm still getting numbers..
Best,
Zonker
--
Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier
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Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier
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Kálmán Kéménczy