We have implemented a centralized system for press release distribution using phpList. I have created mailing lists for most geographies to send press releases in the native language. If I do not get the release in the native language, I send the english one.
The process of sending out press releases is very simple, and the distribution can be scheduled in advance. This means that we can send press releases not only for TDF/LibreOffice announcements but also for local announcements, provided I get the text one day before the release date. At the moment, I am targeting the LibreOffice 5.0 announcement on August 4 (to be confirmed). I will have all mailing lists in place and double checked by August 4. If you have the address of a journalist to be included in the distribution list, you can send it to me by email for inclusion in the mailing list. At the moment, we have mailing lists for the following geographies (for a total of over 13,000 email addresses): EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Catalunya, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK AMERICA: Argentina, Brasil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama, Puertorico, Santo Domingo, US, Venezuela ASIA PACIFIC: Australia, Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Corea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam MIDDLE EAST: Egypt, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates AFRICA: Algeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Sierra Leone, Tunisia, Uganda Before, the distribution was a manual job, and of course it could be managed only for special announcements like major releases. After the announcement of LibreOffice 5.0, I will switch to maintenance mode, as the objective will be to improve the quality of the mailing lists with the addition of selected journalists, and the replacement of deprecated addresses with new ones. I will also try to add information to each record, in order to make it easier to target press releases to the right journalists. I will present the system at LibreOffice Conference in Aarhus. Of course, in the meantime I am happy to answer any kind of question on the subject. Best, Italo -- Italo Vignoli - Marketing & PR mobile +39.348.5653829 - email / jabber [email protected] hangout / jabber [email protected] - skype italovignoli GPG Key ID - 0xAAB8D5C0 DB75 1534 3FD0 EA5F 56B5 FDA6 DE82 934C AAB8 D5C0 -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/projects/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
