> Back on list. > Sorry, the marketing list confuses me! I keep forgetting you have to cc it back in when your reply to a post --- Doh.
> I don't think so: rather, I think you've missed the point of > ubuntuvideo.com! Although it has a category for informational videos, > it is also intended to host marketing videos: note that it appears > under the MarketingTeam wiki page as a project. > I've not missed the point mate ;-) I just disagree with you! I've spoken to a few people on and off list about this, and using ubuntuvideo.com has never surfaced as an idea. In fact, this email was preceded by a conversation with Corey off list about domain registration and hosting for a new site. > Ubuntuvideo.com is ideal for marketing, in my opinion. Creating > overlapping websites is exactly the best way to dilute marketing > initiatives, in my opinion. I've been around Ubuntu a fair time now > and I know well the tendency to create unnecessary websites for every > new idea. I'm just trying to guard against that: it may be that I have > missed a point somewhere and you or someone else on the team will show > me why I'm wrong; let's see. I think that the important aspects of the project are to create a medium that: a) allows people to submit videos b) allows visitors to vote on videos c) tracks the viral spread of videos >From a business point of view, I'd tend to look at the success of a medium before embarking on a project. Take a look at firefoxflicks.com - It's been pretty successful. I think that it stands as a good ideal to aspire to. Looking at the tech behind fff, it's using Revver. That's quite well thought out for a viral campaign as you can track the spread of media and stream higher quality video than youtube or google video. Personally, I'd rather use an API to something like Revver and allow their system to do the hard work of tracking spread, voting and submission than code it myself. Lets step back, take a breather and think carefully before jumping onto the skirts of another website that mightn't meet our needs as well (even patched up) as creating one ourselves. I for one am not afraid of a little hard work - the easiest path doesn't always return the best results. Cheers Chris -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
