[Marketing] Suggestions: OSGeo Marketing

Tue Nov 6 08:04:04 PST 2018

We have background graphics for social media in our repo :)

I would prefer we use our own address (FOSS4G is a different brand).

On Tue, Nov 6, 2018 at 4:21 AM María Arias de Reyna <delawen at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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Jody Garnett
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