[Plone-conference] Plone promotion media

[Davi Lima]

Media coverage is probably something that'd enrich Plone.com a lot for
decision-makers, as Aaron pointed out.

Cheers,
Davi

2015-10-06 9:15 GMT-03:00 Christina McNeill <cmcneill at plone.org>:

> Aaron,
>
> Please let us know if/how plone.com helps your "attack" on your CEO =).
> It would be helpful to get this kind of feedback so we can keep improving
> the site.
>
> As Kim said, since we're a 100% open source community, we don't have the
> funds to produce huge marketing campaigns—it's not that we don't care or
> don't want to, it's that the majority of our community resources go into
> building and improving Plone itself, which should be viewed as a good
> thing. But, you could point out our social media activity on Twitter and
> Facebook to help show that we're not silent—we're just not obnoxiously loud
> =), and to be honest, that's not the nature of Plone anyway.
>
> Best of luck! And please do let us know how it goes.
>
> Christina
>
> On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 5:53 AM, T. Kim Nguyen <nguyen at plone.org> wrote:
>
>> Cheering you on :) And wait a few weeks and we will have a gorgeous new
>> Plone.org <http://plone.org> too! :)
>>
>> Are the Hatchd fellows near you? They're in the Plone.com/providers
>> <http://plone.com/providers> listing.
>>
>> Small tidbit perhaps: we successfully launched Plone 5 on time whereas
>> another CMS with very deep pockets has had serious delays with their
>> release. More money isn't a good predictor!
>>
>>     Kim
>>
>>
>>
>> On Oct 6, 2015, at 3:51 AM, Aaron Williams <diddyfunk at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks Kim,
>>
>> Dylan alerted me to Plone.com <http://plone.com> which is a much better
>> look for Plone!
>>
>> I've planned an attack on my CEO based on this info cheers :)
>>
>> Regards,
>> Aaron
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 4:34 PM, T. Kim Nguyen <nguyen at plone.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Sorry to hear that, Aaron.
>>>
>>> Please have a look at Plone.com <http://plone.com>. It is for high
>>> level decision makers and people totally new to Plone. It has success
>>> stories that highlight how Plone has been deployed.
>>>
>>> Our marketing budget is very small but has nothing to do with our
>>> software quality :)
>>>
>>> As to whether it's necessary to have local people supporting Plone, I'd
>>> say there are many companies and individuals with long histories of
>>> developing and supporting Plone projects remotely who would be happy to
>>> assist. Many of these are listed on Plone.com <http://plone.com> as
>>> well.
>>>
>>> Good luck
>>>
>>>     Kim
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Oct 6, 2015, at 1:57 AM, Aaron Williams <diddyfunk at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Plone conf,
>>>
>>> Sorry i cant make it to the Plone conf this year, my CEO has decided "it
>>> doesnt fit with the direction we're heading".
>>>
>>> Which is to say he is looking at other options than Plone due to
>>>
>>>    1. He perceives little or no media coverage of Plone wins
>>>    2. Lack of support people (in Perth, Western Australia)
>>>    3. Perception that it's hard to learn ie you can't get contractors
>>>
>>> Is there any suggestions on how to address these perceptions?
>>>
>>> We are likely to get .Net or Sharepoint in the medium term to address
>>> this which will be a big step backwards as far as i'm concerned as a
>>> developer... we have a very customised system maintained and developed by a
>>> small team... if we go to a .Net / Sharepoint solution the costs will be
>>> huge, change will be cumbersome etc
>>>
>>> Any Plone wins / marketing i can sling towards the CEO or the rest of
>>> the business to keep them onside would be appreciated.
>>>
>>> Sorry for the cross promo but it's kinda related to our business no
>>> longer sending anyone to Plone conf.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Aaron Williams
>>>
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