Nice work! Congrats.. Rafael Ortiz
On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 6:56 PM, Sean DALY <[email protected]> wrote: > OK, it's submitted and the 72-hour vote period by Ad Bard network > member sites will begin shortly. > > As soon as enough votes are in, it will go up. This likely means > Monday, hopefully our little ad will generate interest on the > FLOSS-oriented sites it will be served on! > > The ad will run through December and will likely be visible here: > http://adbard.net/ads > > Kudos to the Design Team for turning this around in under 12 hours. > We've seized a great opportunity! > > Sean > > > > On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 11:25 PM, Sebastian Dziallas <[email protected]> > wrote: >> No comments from my side - except that I *love* it! :) >> >> Thanks to everybody who put work in here. >> >> ~s >> >> Sean DALY wrote: >>> >>> after some exchanges with Christian who conferred with Eben, Christian >>> sent me the attached. I love it, and think we're ready to go! >>> >>> only question left: link to homepage, or Download page, or Sugar on a >>> Stick page? or even Blueberry page directly? >>> >>> Upon reflection I wish to recommend to link to the homepage. With the >>> What's New sidebar in the works, there will be three links on the >>> homepage to the download page. Although we impose an extra two clicks, >>> we take the opportunity to best introduce Sugar to teachers and >>> parents who don't know it yet - in other words, the vast majority of >>> teachers and parents. The extra orientation and branding will I think >>> close the download "sale". >>> >>> If no comments in the next hour, I'll forward to Ad Bard, we can gain a >>> day. >>> >>> thanks >>> >>> Sean >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 7:10 PM, Christian Marc Schmidt >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Sean >>>> >>>> Eben and I worked on a simple ad, see attached. I don't like having to >>>> modify the SoaS logo, but in this case there really wasn't any >>>> alternative given the small size of the ad... For this purpose, I >>>> think it works well. >>>> >>>> >>>> Christian >>>> >>>> On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 7:29 AM, Sean DALY<[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Ad Bard (http://adbard.net/) is a new project, a FLOSS-focused online >>>>> advertising network partnered with the FSF >>>>> (http://www.fsf.org/news/ad-bard) in an advisory role. >>>>> >>>>> They only accept FLOSS projects and have a simplified flat fee >>>>> structure for advertisers. Member sites earn through clicks. They >>>>> claim nearly 5 million monthly impressions >>>>> (http://adbard.net/adbard/websites) on sites of interest to free >>>>> software developers. It will likely be a very efficient way to raise >>>>> our profile with developers. >>>>> >>>>> I had heard yesterday that they were offering a limited number of free >>>>> December insertions in their network. This morning they have very >>>>> graciously offered to run a Sugar Labs banner free of cost from >>>>> December 8th (Sugar on a Stick launch date) through the end of the >>>>> month! >>>>> >>>>> To meet the deadline though, we have to provide the banner as soon as >>>>> possible in the next 48 hours. They have a review system with a >>>>> 72-hour all-members vote (weighted by impressions) before running any >>>>> ad on their network. A sample ad can be viewed on their FAQ page >>>>> (http://adbard.net/faq). >>>>> >>>>> Technical info is: 120x90 pixels, graphics, up to 80 characters of >>>>> text, no animation, PNG or JPEG or static GIF (no Flash), link to >>>>> direct to. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Proposed brief: >>>>> >>>>> horizontal USB key beauty shot over Sugar on a Stick logo in Blueberry >>>>> color, text underneath: "Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry downloadable >>>>> now. Try it with a child today!" >>>>> >>>>> That's 75 chars using this CLI one-liner: >>>>> $ echo 'Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry downloadable now. Try it with a >>>>> child today!' | wc -m >>>>> >>>>> I have prepared a 120x36 px PNG from Philippe Cantinau's beauty shots >>>>> session (attached). This is from an actual photo of one of the sticks >>>>> from the first run (same stick as in the 4-stick beauty shot). Color >>>>> combo is variant 8 but note that the printers hadn't done a great >>>>> color/alignment job given the rush at the time, so it may be >>>>> preferable to place a clean logo over the stick body. I feel a >>>>> different color than the blue combo will work best, because our visual >>>>> identity is to vary the combos, Blueberry is not the main branding >>>>> message ("sugar" is), and a blueberry colored stick might get people >>>>> to think we distribute sticks which is not the case. But, a blueberry >>>>> logo'd stick might indeed be preferable? >>>>> >>>>> Because of the Academy 4:3 layout, we may need to break up the Sugar >>>>> on a Stick logo like the stacked SL logo version, with "sugar" larger >>>>> on its own line and "on a stick" smaller underneath. Alternatively, >>>>> "on a" on a line and "stick" on a line, in that case we could probably >>>>> keep the same point size as "sugar". >>>>> >>>>> For the link, we have a choice between the homepage (where we will >>>>> have a What's New callout by Tuesday with Christian's help), or the >>>>> Sugar on a Stick page (http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick). >>>>> I'm on the fence, but leaning towards the homepage link - many >>>>> first-time visitors should probably learn more about Sugar and Sugar >>>>> Labs first? What do you think? >>>>> >>>>> Who can step up to get this together quickly? >>>>> >>>>> thanks >>>>> >>>>> Sean >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> [email protected] >>>> 917/ 575 0013 >>>> >>>> http://www.christianmarcschmidt.com >>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/christianmarcschmidt >>>> http://twitter.com/cms_ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> SoaS mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas >> > _______________________________________________ > Marketing mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/marketing > _______________________________________________ SoaS mailing list [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas
