[Plone-conference] Plone promotion media

Tue Oct 6 12:22:57 UTC 2015

Hi Aaron,

another tip on selling Plone to your CEO are these gorgeous and 
inspiring posters:
https://plone.org/foundation/marketing/marketingprojects/marketingmaterials/plone-5/p5-shakespeare-posters-201509256

I did some large prints today, and boy do they look good :) Thumbs up to 
the folk behind those,

BR. Rikupekka

"Dream in light years, challenge miles, walk step by step."
- Plone, Optimal Productivity

On 06/10/15 15:15, Christina McNeill wrote:
> Aaron,
>
> Please let us know if/how plone.com <http://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 
> <mailto: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
>     <mailto: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
>     <mailto: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 <mailto: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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Rikupekka Oksanen
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IT-palvelut
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