Hi I would like to propose that Django participates in the Stack Overflow Open Source Advertising <http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/12/free-vote-based-advertising-for-open-source-projects/> for the second semester of 2014 <http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/260377/open-source-advertising-sidebar-2h-2014> .
*What it is:* - is a free advertisement program for promote contributions to open source projects - ads are voted by SO users and appear on the SO sidebar. - the program runs on a semester basis. *Why it may be important:* Results of the first semester of 2014 <http://meta.stackoverflow.com/ads/display/251196> show: - best ad had ~3000 clicks, avg of ~20 clicks/day - worse ad had ~500 clicks, avg of ~3 clicks/day Since the effort is relatively low, I believe it is worth. Even if we don't receive positive feedback in terms of contributions, IMO just having an ad on SO already improves Django's visibility. *1. The product* Main advantages to contribute to Django that we could explore here: 1.1 it improves your Python 1.2 it gives you experience on a production environment 1.3 [put your own] *2. Target audience* Potential audiences: 2.1 people that develop websites in Python (e.g. Django, Pyramid) 2.2 people that use Python but don't know Django 2.3 [put your own] *3. Ad constraints* 3.1 The message must be to *contribute to project X*, not *project X*. 3.2 The ad must follow Django trademark <http://djangoproject.com/trademarks/> policy. 3.3 [put your own] *4. Concrete proposal* For this semester, I propose we focus on 1.1, and 2.1: i.e. we assume the reader knows Python and likes web development, but may be not familiar with Django. Focusing on 1.1 and 2.1, 4 days ago I created an ad, http://i.stack.imgur.com/OgP1X.png, that I retracted yesterday from SO because it failed to comply with trademark policy, 3.2, as Russell pointed out <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer#!msg/django-users/OOGMtm9KMcM/0z5dVqcM9g4J>. The "dj" is the favicon of the Django website. Russell also pointed out and I agree with him that the style can be improved. However, before we move to the specifics, I would like to ask if there are objections against participating in the program, and suggestions or criticisms to the bullets above. Also, I have no strong feelings about the focus I'm proposing: feel free to propose other focus. Regards, Jorge -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/CAOYPqDCXDqGP936TRmRfjH_ZU%3DnULOANX%2Bh66Bh-MaiTNdyyRQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
