On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:51:01 navneet wrote: > REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE > REMOVE REMOVE > > REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE REMOVE > REMOVE REMOVE > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Graham Lauder" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 3:35 PM > Subject: Re: [marketing] A different Market focus > > > On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:44:55 John McCreesh wrote: > >> On Tue, January 27, 2009 20:11, Graham Lauder wrote: > >> [snip] > >> > >> > So therefore our marketing should shift from touting features and TCO > >> > to > >> > a focus on raising Brand Awareness. > >> > >> I've felt for some time that, as far as the OOo product is concerned, we > >> spend too much time 'preaching to the converted' - i.e. addressing the > >> FOSS-aware. We would get better results by talking about OOo to > >> birdwatchers, stamp collectors, Rotaries ... > >> > >> John > > > > Agreed, as well as Primary schools, teachers, Students, Not-for-profits > > and > > Joe Public. The latter I think we can do quite cheaply using the > > strengths > > we have: ie The global community. > > > > Some months back I touted the idea of a "Google OOo" campaign. The idea > > was > > to make it very easy and minimal cost for local communities to produce > > simple > > flyers and posters that give a simple call to action. The "Google OOo" > > statement would be the central part of the flyers with a simple message > > included. The messages would be translated into the local language or > > messages more appropriate to the local culture. The key is not to > > explain but to excite curiosity, to reinforce the call to an action. > > > > Here's a couple of examples off the top of my head > > > > http://ooogear.co.nz/OOo/OOo_favour.pdf > > http://ooogear.co.nz/OOo/OOo_surprise.pdf > > > > These could be stuck on community noticeboards, University notice boards, > > even > > in classifieds in local newspapers. > > > > If we targeted a particular week and called it the Google_OOo week and > > got a > > groundswell going around the world it would have impact. > > > > If every LUG for instance got twenty people to print 20 of these just on > > plain > > A4 and then stuck them up around their local community. > > > > If every NLP got 100 people to do the same. > > > > And so on. The cost to the individuals would be mere cents in printing > > costs, > > but tallied up around the world the value would be huge. > > > > If you do Google OOo, OpenOffice.org appears at the top of the list > > everytime. > > > > We could run competitions like: "Photo of the strangest place for a > > Google > > OOo poster" > > > > You could print out "Google OOo" greetings cards with a "Sign it and pass > > it > > on to a friend" and see how far it travels. > > > > Additionally or instead, we could do a "Google Why OOo", that puts the > > why.openofice.org page at the top of the list and we could track the > > hits. > > > > If we started out announcing this on the heavy traffic lists like Users > > and > > Discuss and all the NLP User and Discuss lists then followed up with hit > > stats and a web page or a wiki page to show what was happening around the > > world I think it would grow under it's own momentum. > > > > I'm thinking that probably April or May would be the time to do it to > > give us > > time to build the momentum. > > > > I think if we did it right it could be bigger than the Firefox campaign > > and it > > would be targeting people outside our "usual" audience. > > > > While it may not increase downloads, though there is no reason why it > > wouldn't, it would certainly raise brand awareness. > > > > Thoughts? > > > > Cheers > > Graham > > > > -- > > "The Best Things in life are 3" > > http://why.openoffice.org > > > > ISO 26300 compliant > > > > Graham Lauder, > > OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ > > http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html > > > > INGOTs Assessor Trainer > > (International Grades in Office Technologies) > > www.theingots.org.nz > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
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