Offlist, since I won't add much to my previous post. On 14/08/07, Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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!
That's fine: what you said in the passage from your email which I quoted about informational videos led me to believe that you might have. > 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. That's also fine: Corey may also not have considered the idea of using an existing initiative with similar goals for the project. > > 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 Ok, I think that's no problem: drupal (used on ubuntuvideo.com) does this out of the box. > b) allows visitors to vote on videos That's definitely no problem: drupal has such a module. > c) tracks the viral spread of videos You mean like pingback? I don't see that drupal will have a problem with that either. > 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. I agree. > 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. I would agree if the other website didn't have similar goals and I didn't think that ubuntuvideo.com can't meet your needs: right now I simply can't see why it can't. I'll step back now because I'm not a regular contributor to the marketing team and it's definitely right that the team decides the best way forward; but I've seen so much effort spent on developing new websites rather than producing marketing material that I just wanted to inject some caution and present my point of view. -- Matthew East http://www.mdke.org gnupg pub 1024D/0E6B06FF -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
