[Plone-conference] Plone promotion media

[Aaron Williams]

Thanks Kim,

Dylan alerted me to 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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