[Marketing] Suggestions: OSGeo Marketing

Tue Nov 6 04:21:15 PST 2018

Wow, my "OSGeo" references to linkedin were automatically updated. Nice
one, Linkedin :)

Legally we have an official address somewhere on the US, but I like the
idea of promoting FOSS4G.

On Tue, Nov 6, 2018 at 12:49 PM Fernando Quadro <fsquadro at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> The LinkedIn staff today released the public URL "osgeo". The page is now
> available at the following link:
>
> https://www.linkedin.com/company/osgeo/
>
> Some observations are important (see Screenshot_1.png):
>
> 1. Official page link
> 2. Headquarter: LinkedIn today requires that you have already declared a
> place for the company
> 3. Size of the background image. (Can anyone create it?)
> 4. LinkedIn requires that at least one office (address or PO) be inserted.
>
> About items 2 and 4, my suggestion is to put the city and address of the
> next FOSS4G, what do you think?
>
> At the moment the page administrators are me and Jody, but if anyone wants
> to help manage the page will be very welcome!
>
> I also suggest, that anyone who has a profile on LinkedIn, add in their
> profile to OSGeo, as the example of Screenshot_2.png
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Fernando Quadro
> http://www.fernandoquadro.com.br
> https://www.linkedin.com/in/fernandoquadro/
>
>
> Em qui, 18 de out de 2018 às 09:57, Fernando Quadro <fsquadro at gmail.com>
> escreveu:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I'm trying to create the OSGeo page on LinkedIn, but due to the showcase
>> created by Get Interactive, it does not allow me to create an "OSGeo"
>> company.
>>
>> [image: osgeo_LinkedIn.png]
>>
>> Does anyone have Get Interactive contact, and could contact them (or give
>> me the contact) and ask them to rename or delete this showcase?
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Fernando Quadro
>> http://www.fernandoquadro.com.br
>> https://www.linkedin.com/in/fernandoquadro/
>>
>>
>> Em qui, 11 de out de 2018 às 14:46, Fernando Quadro <fsquadro at gmail.com>
>> escreveu:
>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> Responding to Cameron, I also think it should be a profile of the planet
>>> OSGeo (twitter.com/planetosgeo), regardless of the profile of OSGeo (
>>> twitter.com/osgeo).
>>>
>>> I can create yes, no problem! Just need to know which email will be the
>>> account owner (example: marketing at osgeo.org)?
>>>
>>> About LinkedIn, this showcase* was created by Get Interactive:
>>>
>>> https://www.linkedin.com/company/get-interactive/
>>>
>>> In my opinion, the correct thing was to create a Company page for
>>> OSGeo. I can help, I just need to know how to proceed!
>>>
>>> *
>>> https://www.linkedin.com/help/testing/answer/45806/criacao-de-uma-showcase-page?lang=en
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Fernando Quadro
>>> http://www.fernandoquadro.com.br
>>> https://www.linkedin.com/in/fernandoquadro/
>>>
>>>
>>> Em qui, 11 de out de 2018 às 03:22, Astrid Emde (OSGeo) <
>>> astrid_emde at osgeo.org> escreveu:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> looks like an OSGeo page already exists as showcase or focuspage
>>>>
>>>> https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/osgeo/
>>>>
>>>> Maybe OSGeo should not be a company?
>>>>
>>>> I must admit that I do not know LinkedIn so much.
>>>>
>>>> I take care of our twitter account and at the moment that is enough for
>>>> me.
>>>>
>>>> Astrid
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Am 10.10.2018 21:18 schrieb Cameron Shorter:
>>>> > On 11/10/18 4:58 am, Fernando Quadro wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> >> Another thing I also thought, and I would suggest is to create a
>>>> >> twitter profile for Planet OSGeo, and use a tweetfeed-type tool to
>>>> >> feed the profile automatically!
>>>> >>
>>>> >> I saw that Planet PostgreSQL (https://twitter.com/planetpostgres
>>>> >> [1]) uses this feature!
>>>> >>
>>>> >> What do you think?
>>>> >>
>>>> >> I do not know what is involved, is that the kind of thin you would
>>>> >> ask the system admin committee to set up?
>>>> >>
>>>> >> I do like the idea of taking our foundation-news items and
>>>> >> automatically tweeting. The community-news is a bit more varied,
>>>> >> with several personal blogs and corporate blogs in the mix. As such
>>>> >> not all the headings are "on brand" for OSGeo to be tweeting
>>>> >> unattended :)
>>>> >
>>>> > I understand your preoccupation. And I think that care is really
>>>> > needed.
>>>> >
>>>> > Maybe create a team (so that only one person is not overloaded), that
>>>> > daily see the posts of Planet, and post on twitter those who agree
>>>> > with the foundation! What do you think? I really like this idea. I
>>>> > think that the twitter account should be "planet-osgeo" rather than
>>>> > "osgeo" so that people can sign up to it separately. As Jody mentions,
>>>> > the Planet OSGeo often contains content more diverse than just OSGeo.
>>>> >
>>>> >  If you are volunteering to do the work to set it up, then I'd back
>>>> > you.
>>>> >
>>>> >  Cheers,
>>>> >
>>>> > --
>>>> > Cameron Shorter
>>>> > Technology Demystifier
>>>> > Open Technologies and Geospatial Consultant
>>>> >
>>>> > M +61 (0) 419 142 254
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Links:
>>>> > ------
>>>> > [1] https://twitter.com/planetpostgres
>>>> >
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