I always saw habari as a grass roots kind of thing. start with passionate users and spread the word that way and not targeting celebrity endorsements. *shrugs*
On Aug 30, 4:58 pm, Owen Winkler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > shep wrote: > > actually, it does have something to do with it, because as the > > previous posts were discussing, habari doesn't have the wow factor to > > grab the average blogger. which is where you started talking about > > the elite bloggers and how we need to target them, which i disagree > > with. we need the wow factor for the average blogger, and until we > > add things for the average blogger to target them (better theme > > support, updated importers, modules/widgets/whatever, more themes and > > plugins) we won't get them. > > We're certainly not changing Habari to target one group or another with > features; However, we are targeting our marketing effort most > effectively by spending the least effort to reach the most users. > > We would unquestionably spend our marketing efforts better by > approaching bloggers having larger audiences than approaching an > equivalent audience-worth of average bloggers. > > Those A-list bloggers, by virtue of talking about or using Habari, would > then extend our reach to a larger number of average bloggers than we > could ever reach on our own. I believe that is the logic in approaching > the "elite" blogger. > > If there is a different way to reach an equivalent number of average joe > bloggers directly, I'd like to know what that is. > > If anyone means to suggest that we change Habari features to cater to an > elite blogging crowd, please say so now, since I would take issue with > the idea that A-list bloggers would want or need anything different from > blog software than what we should provide to the average blogger. I am > pretty sure that no one is suggesting this though. > > Owen --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/habari-dev -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
