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-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 2:03 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: [SPAM] Re: [marketing] A different Market focus Stop Spamming me for a start. Be Patient, someone will give you answer, i honestly forget how myself. -------------------------------------------------- From: "Linda Tarrant" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 8:01 PM To: <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [marketing] A different Market focus > What do I have to do to get off your email list??? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Graham Lauder [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 1:34 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [marketing] A different Market focus > > On Wed, 04 Feb 2009 05:23:38 Juergen Schmidt wrote: >> Hi, > > Hi Juergen, > >> >> hey please stop to promote Google. You should think more about a neutral >> campaign focusing on OO.org only. As far as i know Google does nothing >> for the project. They spent some money for OOCon, fine and thanks a lot. >> But that's it. They had kick us out of GSOC last year, they don't pay >> for any developers, they don't pay anything or they don't do anything to >> support the project. I asked the Google guy in Beijing if this situation >> is going to change some time in the future and he mentioned no. So why >> should we do a campaign where we ask people to use Google ... >> >> Well, most people will use it anyway but that is of course a different >> story and we should focus on our own stuff. >> >> Just my 2 cents >> >> Juergen > > Whether we like it or not, in the english speaking world there are two > googles: > Google the noun and google the verb. > > Just like putting an advert on TV doesn't promote TV, we are not promoting > Google, we are using google to promote OOo > > The "Google: OOo" idea is a call for action. The idea is to incite > curiosity > so that the viewer takes another step and googles OOo. Google is merely > the > tool that allows that person to take that step. The idea is to take the > initial promotion one step away from the computer > > Cheers > GL > >> >> Benjamin Horst wrote: >> > Or how about: >> > >> > Why OOo? Just google it! >> > >> > Google might get annoyed at the use of their name as a verb, since if >> > they don't defend it they could eventually lose the trademark. >> > >> > But, the text above breaks it up so that users will not confuse OOo as >> > a >> > Google project. ("Google OOo" sounds like "Google Maps" or all the >> > others.) >> > >> > -Ben >> > >> > On Jan 28, 2009, at 5:44 AM, Graham Lauder wrote: >> >> On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:24:49 Ivan M wrote: >> >>> Hi Graham, >> >> >> >> Hi Ivan, >> >> >> >>> Just a small suggestion... >> >>> >> >>> On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 11:05 PM, Graham Lauder >> >>> <[email protected]> >> >> >> >> wrote: >> >>>> 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. >> >>> >> >>> Because Google brands some of its software with its name - e.g. >> >>> Google >> >>> Earth - the flyer might appear to be advertising a piece of Google >> >>> software - so people might search for "Google OOo" expecting >> >>> something >> >>> from a Google domain. My suggestion would be to have Google "OOo", to >> >>> make the intended action more clear. >> >>> >> >>> ... and the why.OOo page should be updated - at least in terms of >> >>> design - before any major marketing campaign starts (that's not such >> >>> a >> >>> small suggestion, but since I'm on a roll... :P) >> >>> >> >>> Regards, >> >>> Ivan. >> >>> >> >>> ------------- >> >> >> >> Good point, perhaps then a colon in the right place >> >> >> >> Google: OOo >> >> >> >> cheers >> >> G >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> "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] >> > >> > Benjamin Horst >> > [email protected] >> > 646-464-2314 (ET) >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > -- > "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] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
