Yeah sounds good Rob. I'll think about some interesting topics and send you a list of my suggestions. Then we can think about it again.
====================== Julian Hillebrand On 13.03.2013, at 13:10, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 3:15 PM, Julian Hillebrand > <[email protected]> wrote: >> You can pin pictures on your own board. These pictures can be seen by other >> members on two ways: >> - they go on your profile and see what you posted; and comment your pictures >> >> but the main way is: >> - they search for tags and see whole collections of pictures related to the >> keyword they searched for >> - then they can re-pin these pictures on their own board >> >> so all in all the main purpose of pinterest is to collect contents from >> other users to create your own individual Pinboard. >> Yeah, it´s pretty hard to explain but i think it´s a cool interaction model. >> It gives companies great possibilities to create a big word-of-mouth >> popularity. > > It looks like it is easy to find all of the images from our website > (openoffice.org) that have been "pinned" by other users: > > http://pinterest.com/source/openoffice.org/ > > So the logo is popular, but also some other images. > > I made a couple more boards, one for "Cool Documents" and another for > "You and OpenOffice". I also sent you an invite so you can work with > these boards. > > If anyone else is interested, let me know. > > Maybe we can work on getting some initial pins in the boards, so it > looks good, and then publicize this new account via our Facebook page, > etc. But it might take a week or two to get it ready. > > Sounds good? > > -Rob > > >> Re-pinning for us is a great change, too. We can suffer from the lifestyle >> feeling of other companies to give us a new and young brand image on >> pinterest. >> >> The secret boards: >> You can give restricted access to them. Either just for you and you use it >> as a kind of notebook or you give just some of your friends access to this >> board. >> >> Julian >> >> >> >> Am 12.03.2013 um 20:01 schrieb Rob Weir <[email protected]>: >> >>> On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 2:55 PM, Julian Hillebrand >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Hi Rob, >>>> I think you are right about posting interest images to Pinterest because >>>> we can mainly reach private OpenOffice users. Not like Microsoft does it >>>> with their Office 365 page. They posted some Videos showing for example >>>> the CRM possibilities of Office. We should post cool/creative things which >>>> people might share on their profile. These things shouldn't just be >>>> directly related to AOO but for example to Open Source in general. For >>>> example a colorful Graphic with interesting facts people didn't know >>>> before about Open Source. >>> >>> Good points. >>> >>>> So I would create a board about cool looking documents, you mentioned, and >>>> a board which can make Open Source and Open Office look more like a >>>> lifestyle product. Because we will mostly find lifestyle interested people >>>> on Pinterest. >>> >>> "Lifestyle" -- that is a good way to think of it. >>> >>>> Maybe you can give me some contact details of the other member on the >>>> access list? Then I could share some ideas with them. >>> >>> Right now it is only me. But we can discuss here on the marketing >>> list, in case anyone else is interested. >>> >>> >>> Questions: >>> >>> What is the user interaction/engagement model in Pinterest? Can users >>> post things onto our boards also? Or is it mainly "re-pinning" and >>> commenting? >>> >>> Can we (should we) re-pin posts from other boards? >>> >>> Also, we have the option of having three "secret boards". Do you know >>> what they are for? >>> >>> -Rob >>> >>>> Regards, >>>> ====================== >>>> >>>> Julian Hillebrand >>>> >>>> On 12.03.2013, at 19:28, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Julian Hillebrand >>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> Hello, >>>>>> I registered a few weeks ago for this mailing list and saw on the to-do >>>>>> list that someone needs to take care of the Pinterest account. I'm >>>>>> really interested in doing so. >>>>>> Does someone have the login informations etc? >>>>> >>>>> (cc'ing Nancy, who also expressed interest in Pinterest and OpenOffice >>>>> last year) >>>>> >>>>> Hi Julian, >>>>> >>>>> We have not publicized this page yet, but I've been starting to put >>>>> together a page here: >>>>> >>>>> http://pinterest.com/openoffice/ >>>>> >>>>> I've added a single board, "Images from our Blog", to give more >>>>> information about the archival photographs we put in our blog post. >>>>> I admit that I don't fully understand Pinterest and Pinterest users, >>>>> but my impression is we should focus on compelling/interesting images. >>>>> It is more about brand promotion and word-of-mouth than discussing >>>>> the OpenOffice product and features. >>>>> >>>>> Maybe you (or others) have some ideas for other boards we should have >>>>> in the account. (We can have three more). What would be interesting? >>>>> History of our logos? Previews of our UI enhancements? Conference >>>>> photos? Cool looking documents in OpenOffice? What is share-worthy? >>>>> >>>>> I'd be happy to add you (and any other project member who are >>>>> interested) to the access list for these boards. >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> And what do you thing: >>>>>> Would it be useful to create an Instagram account as well to show some >>>>>> impressions of the new details of AOO's User Interface or pictures of >>>>>> AOO in action? >>>>> >>>>> I don't know. How is Instagram different than Pinterest? Do they >>>>> overlap? 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