Hey! I'd suggest setting up a subdomain of viral.ubuntuvideo.com OR contest.ubuntuvideo.com or similar
It would create natural cross-marketing opportunities with ubuntuvideo, while giving the viral videos team the ability to choose whether to use the ubuntuvideo setup or make your own. NurseGirl On 8/14/07, Matthew East <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
