Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Website EasyHack: Ask users to contribute while they are running their download

Hi :)  
+1
but i think an even better place is just in the Help menu itself.  In the help menu are various 
items and "About" is the one at the very bottom.  Perhaps "Donate" could be the option above it?  

I take it that just 1 button could be called to appear in several places?  Could the functionality 
of the button have a couple of different front-ends?

Obviously not in tooo many places but enough places that people notice it.  There have been loads 
of good ideas in this thread.  I think i agree with all of them so far :)
Regards form
Tom :)  


--- On Fri, 12/10/12, Florian Effenberger <floeff@documentfoundation.org> wrote:

From: Florian Effenberger <floeff@documentfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Website EasyHack: Ask users to contribute while they are 
running their download
To: marketing@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Friday, 12 October, 2012, 12:37

Hi Marc,

Marc Paré wrote on 2012-10-11 18:49:
> Could we not instead have a button in the "Help" or on the "About" popup
> window? These could be links to our donations page where there would be
> more information on for what the funds are being raised or about any
> fundraising campaigns. I think we would have a better chance at
> convincing people if we present them with good arguments to contribute
> rather than just giving them a quick plea for a donation.
>
> If the number of mouse-clicks that lead to a donations plea during the
> install process is the same as the number of mouse-clicks to get to a
> donations link in the "Help" menu, then I would favour this last one.
> The rationale being that the user would have installed/test-tried the
> suite and would be in a better mind-set to donate. I don't know about
> you, but, at install time, I do not usually donate until I try out the
> software I am downloading.

these are some very good points, indeed! Showing a donation request after the user had a chance to 
use the program is a great idea. However, I think in the about window, it will simply be hidden. I 
didn't think throug this thoroughly yet, but spontaneously, I see two options: Either an own menu 
entry in the help menu ("Donate"), or - and I prefer that one - a small donation button on the 
start center. This doesn't necessarily has to be intrusive, but still most people would spot it.

Totally independent from that, we definitely should enhance our donations page with concrete 
requests, items and amounts.

Florian

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