May 2011 - openSUSE Marketing - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-marketing] ambassador reports
by Jos Poortvliet 23 Feb '25

23 Feb '25

Hi boosters, The marketing team has been brainstorming on how to give ambassadors a tad more attention in openSUSE; motivate them to make a bit more noise; and reward them for what they do. Now we have a few ideas, but for one, we thought it might make sense to use connect. Yes, it could probably be done via the wiki and other ways but I know you guys have a hammer and might see this as a nail :D *what is the problem* the ambassadors _sometimes_ create event reports. We want those reports for several reasons: - to have an idea of what they are doing - to measure how much we do - to motivate others - to SHOW what we do Unfortunately, not so many event reports are made although we're fairly sure many events have openSUSE attendance. This is due to several issues. *First*, not all ambassadors are so connected to us - many are not 'official ambassador' or their English skills are minimal and they are not internationally involved. I will send a follow-up mail with ideas on how to solve that. *Second*, filling in an event report on the wiki is not exactly easy for many. Some send one by mail - which is fine but leaves little record. *Third*, the reports receive little visibility. They are mentioned somewhere in the weekly news if you're lucky and of course on the marketing ML, but that's it pretty much. Numbers in it are not saved, we don't realy do anything with it as there is no real easy record. *The solution?* Ideally, the reports would end up in a central place, some database... And ideally, they would be connected to the ambassadors - so they can build up a trackrecord of events they have visited. Once we have this we can also show reports on eg news.o.o in a feed box on the side for example, or on our homepage. We can analyze and use statistics (for promo), promote events, do monthly articles - all kinds of things. We have an events page on en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Ambassador_events which suffers from similar issues - most people don't create a page because it is not easy and not localized. *connect.o.o* In short. We wonder - would Connect not offer a much better way of handeling events, event reports and the like? Would it not offer a better place for ambassador user accounts (with associated event reports as track records)? Culd it offer an easy place for ambassadors to add info for an event and afterwards add a report & pictures which we can then display in the planet feed (localized, if needed)? In case you think this is relevant, chuck and manu might have some time to help with this both in 'how to do it' (I would also love to think abou that) and the doing itself. Cheers, Jos

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[opensuse-marketing] talk at or visit Linux Open Administration Days
by Jos Poortvliet 11 Apr '12

11 Apr '12

Hi all, April 16-17 in Antwerp, Belgium, the Linux Open Administration Days will take place. This free event offers a chance for LPI certification as well as meeting and talking to linux sysadmins. There is a call for presentations here: http://www.loadays.org/content/call-presentations If you want to go and give a talk there about openSUSE tech - that's be awesome. If you can't afford to go there due to travel or hotel costs, let me know, we might be able to work something out ;-) cheers, Jos

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[opensuse-marketing] TED
by jdd 16 Feb '12

16 Feb '12

I just discover TED: http://www.ted.com/ there are talks about open source, but nothing on openSUSE (or suse) I don't really know if we have anything to do with TED, but I liked the subtitles feature of the video system :-) example (the only one on Linux AFAIK) http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/yochai_benkler_on_the_new_open_source_eco… jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://www.youtube.com/user/jdddodinorg http://jdd.blip.tv/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] openSUSE Conference Poster
by Jos Poortvliet 06 Jul '11

06 Jul '11

Hey hugbears, Master Robert has created a nice openSUSE Conference Poster: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlihm/5703446814/sizes/l/in/photostream/ Here are a dropbox version of the source already: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/294274/oS-Conf-2011/Poster/poster-conf-raster.eps and http://dl.dropbox.com/u/294274/oS-Conf-2011/Poster/poster-conf-raster.ai And there are png's on http://rlihm.tumblr.com/ :D He promised to put the rest of the sources in git asap, when he does he'll ping the list. You'll all be able to translate it and if you want, print a few. Do you think it's worth printing a few at NUE and the US and adding them to the DVD boxes we send out the coming months? We could do that, you know :D Cheers, Jos

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[opensuse-marketing] [opensuse] Attention -- Facebook Group Members
by Chuck Payne 28 Jun '11

28 Jun '11

{ATTENTION} Please pass this a long to your friends that this might effect/ Sorry for the cross post but I want to make sure everyone knows that we will be updating the Facebook following openSUSE Group. http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=762429462#!/group.php?gid=2256834487 Once we update to the new group format, all currently a member will need to rejoin. We currently have over 5,500 members, and there is no away I can re-add all. I want to make sure all know, that the group, isn't going away, but is being upgrade to the new format. This was not our choice, Facebook is archive all the old groups and forcing us to the new format. . While I know many may not be a member of Facebooks or this group. I want to make sure what all know about this change. If you have friends that use the group, please let them know. I will be making this change tomorrow night at 02:00 UTC.. Again, I am sorry to cross post, but I know a lot people don't sign up to all the list. Thanks you for your time. Chuck Payne -- (678) 636-9678 ----------------------------------------- Discover it! Enjoy it! Share it! openSUSE Linux. ----------------------------------------- openSUSE -- en.opensuse.org/User:Terrorpup openSUSE Ambassador/openSUSE Member/Marketing/Social Media skype,twiiter,identica,friendfeed -- terrorpup freenode(irc) --terrorpup/lupinstein Register Linux Userid: 155363 Have you tried SUSE Studio? Need to create a Live CD, an app you want to package and distribute , or create your own linux distro. Give SUSE Studio a try. www.susestudio.com. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] openSUSE 12.1 Marketing Hackfest
by Bryen M. Yunashko 20 Jun '11

20 Jun '11

As some of you are making plans to attend the openSUSE Conference and setting up your reservations, we feel it is a good idea to tell you in advance of our preliminary plans for the Marketing Team. Manu and I will begin outlining the plans for 12.1 Promotion in the next few weeks (after he is done with exams). Much of this schedule will be based on our findings during the 11.4 Post-Mortem meeting and subsequent discussions. While no concrete plans have been made yet for that schedule, one thing we are definitely going to have is a Hackfest immediately following the Conference in Nuremberg. If you can, please schedule to stay an additional two days as our hackfest will be September 15-16. Further details to come soon, but we wanted you to be aware so you can schedule your reservations accordingly. We will also let you know soon about sponsorship for staying those extra two days. Thanks! Bryen M Yunashko -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] Elevator pitches
by Jos Poortvliet 05 Jun '11

05 Jun '11

Dear marketeers, For those among us (esp our ambassadors) who frequently talk to people about openSUSE, I have drafted up three elevator pitches for respectively beginner, advanced and pro linux users to explain to them why THEY should check out openSUSE. The pitches can be found on http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Why_openSUSE and I'd be very happy with improvements. In case they are obvious, please just edit the wiki (that's what it is for) to make sure we don't end up in huge discussions about minor details* ;-) Thanks, Jos PS you are all aware of the presentations in GIT, yes? Here: https://gitorious.org/opensuse-artwork/opensuse-artwork/trees/master/slides I know they are hard to download but you can get it by cloning it to your hard drive. There is a mirror where you can download stuff right away from Bruno: http://linux.ioda.net/openSUSE/git/opensuse-artwork/slides/ *anyone who hasn't read bikeshed.com should do so NOW :D

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[opensuse-marketing] IPv6 World Day 2011 Participation: help needed
by Lars Vogdt 03 Jun '11

03 Jun '11

Hi @ll You might already be aware of the fact that openSUSE participates at the world IPv6 day (if not: now you are ;-) at 8 June 2011. My team and others are currently working hard to bring _every_ service up and running starting with this day (some are already done, but others need to follow). To be listed on http://isoc.org/wp/worldipv6day/, Phil Roberts from ISOC asks us if we can provide some webpage or a blog entry describing why IPv6 is important for us. It's optional, but I hope there's someone who can help us with this? A wiki page on http://en.opensuse.org would be absolutely ok. Thanks in advance and with kind regards, Lars I agree with #1 with DIptos's addition. Same goes for #2, I agree that we should have some kind of statement at the TAG level. Dave >>> Dipto Chakravarty 5/21/11 11:37 AM >>> Allen, 1. Also, netiq.com 2. Yes, an IPv6 statement from TAG level should work. Our sr staff and I can help create the IPv6 content if someone can provide the mkt PoC. FYI, I am in BLR this week but should be able to work with you to publish this statement. best, dipto Dipto Chakravarty --Sent from my BB-- -----Original Message----- From: Allen Frost Cc: Michael Deis <MDeis(a)novell.com> Cc: Christian Deckelmann <deckel(a)novell.com> To: Steve Carter <SRCARTER(a)novell.com> To: Bill Harris <BIHARRIS(a)novell.com> To: Dave Wilkes <Dave.Wilkes(a)novell.com> To: Dipto Chakravarty <Dipto(a)novell.com> To: Israel BenIshai <Israel.BenIshai(a)novell.com> Cc: Ed Brown <Ed.Brown(a)netiq.com> Cc: Richard Getteau <Richard.Getteau(a)netiq.com> To: Dohsung Yum <Dohsung.Yum(a)netiq.com> To: Lars Vogdt <lrupp(a)suse.de> Sent: 5/20/2011 2:34:26 PM Subject: Fwd: Re: IPv6 World Day 2011 Participation Hi All, I need to reply back to Phil from ISOC and the questions below. Thoughts? 1. How should I list you? Novell Inc. (suse.org; novell.com) 2. Do we want to put something on WWW sites with a statement about IPv6? Thanks, Allen >>> Phil Roberts <roberts(a)isoc.org> 4/6/2011 10:53 AM >>> Hi Allen, This is great! I'll need a little additional info. How should I list you? Novell Inc. (suse.org; novell.com) I'll need contact info for a network engineer as a point of contact for any issues that come up and to send any reminders to leading up to the event. Also, many participants are creating a page on their website or a blog entry describing why IPv6 is important to their business. It's optional, but if you do, I'd like to link to it from your name on the list of participants. Regards, Phil Allen Frost wrote: > Hi, > > Novell is making an effort to participate in IPv6 Day. We plan to > have our suse.org and novell.com sites available with IPv6 addressing > and DNS entries. Please add us to the list of participating companies. > > Thanks, > > > Allen Frost > Senior Network Architect - IS&T > Novell Inc. > afrost(a)novell.com <mailto:afrost@novell.com> > 801-861-3216 - Desk > 801-368-2014 - Mobile

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[opensuse-marketing] Review slideshow of openSUSE 12.1
by Andreas Jaeger 03 Jun '11

03 Jun '11

Hi Team, I'm appending the current slideshow of openSUSE 12.1 - it contains a couple of errors now. Could somebody review and send me an updated version, please? I've done a hotfix now (also appended) but I suggest to rework it properly. Thanks, Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, Program Manager openSUSE aj(a){novell.com,suse.com,opensuse.org} Twitter/Identica: jaegerandi SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126

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Re: [opensuse-marketing] openSUSE Newspaper Advert
by Okuro Okiawa 01 Jun '11

01 Jun '11

On 24.05.2011 09:04, jdd wrote: > Le 24/05/2011 01:18, Stuart Tanner a écrit : >> But if they don't publish the advert, and it doesn't appear on the >> streets on >> London then I have reason enough to make a claim against them I guess. > > isn't that more expensive than publishing your own document and giving > it to public in IT stores? In France any IT store or nearly accept to > keep such related to IT document on table, and the users are IT users If you are giving adverts away in an IT store. The ad will only be affective in the IT community which probably is interested and hence informed about openSUSE anyway. Publishing ads in newspapers might also reach another audience, which should be interesting for us too. The goal of marketing should be to widen the area of application. -- Best wishes, Okuro Okiawa aka Thomas Hofstaetter ### openSUSE Member ### ### openSUSE Ambassador ### ### Member of the openSUSE Marketing Team ### ### Writer of the openSUSE News (Event-Editor) ### ### http://en.opensuse.org/User:Okuro ### ### http://linuxokuro.wordpress.com/ ### ### Private Website: http://hidden-space.at.tf ### -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org

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