[Foss4g2010] Re: Help for and from your project

[Lorenzo Becchi]

Tyler, thank  you very much to keep this alive.
I'll keep tracking the stats (your google account has been invited to enter
the googlestats) and let everybody know.

ciao
lorenzo


On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 10:04 PM, Cameron Shorter
<cameron.shorter at gmail.com>wrote:

> Tyler, this is a very good marketing email.
>
> It has the core elements of "what is in it for me", and then "easy steps to
> follow" to achieve the goal.
>
> foss4g2010, I suggest adding it to your press release wiki. It will be the
> sort of email future conferences will want to copy and repeat.
>
> Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) wrote:
>
>> Hi all, I'm emailing you as I have you listed a project contact for one
>> or more of the OSGeo projects.  Please let me know if I should change
>> this.
>>
>> I recently learned that much of the traffic that goes to the FOSS4G
>> conference website comes directly from links from OSGeo project
>> websites.  This is great news!  It means your users or visitors to your
>> sites find out about FOSS4G and potentially attend to learn more about
>> your projects.
>>
>> A couple of us did a quick survey of all the front pages of project
>> websites and saw that many (~50%) don't have any pointer, link, or
>> banner pointing to FOSS4G.  So I thought I'd write and encourage you to
>> add this banner [1] pointing to this url [2] to your site front page.
>> Have no doubt, this can really help FOSS4G attract the very users you
>> want to reach out to.  More logo options for FOSS4G are here [3], though
>> we recommend the one with the full date of the event.
>>
>> We weren't looking for OSGeo specific logos, but if you do not already
>> have one, I hope I can also encourage you to make your association with
>> OSGeo clear by including a logo such as this [4].
>>
>> Hope that helps, but if you need a hand getting a better graphic or have
>> any questions or concerns, please let me know.  I'm here to help!
>>
>> [1] http://2010.foss4g.org/img/logocuadrado2.png
>> [2] http://2010.foss4g.org
>> [3] http://2010.foss4g.org/identity.php
>> [4] http://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/marketing/logo/png24/150/OSGeo_project.png
>>
>> Tyler
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