[Plone-conference] Plone promotion media

Daniel Jowett dtj at jowettenterprises.com
Tue Oct 6 12:42:26 UTC 2015


These look great - can you confirm what license these have?
I guess an open one since they're published here, but would be good to 
be sure.

Daniel


On 06/10/15 13:22, Oksanen Rikupekka wrote:
> 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>
>>     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 <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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