Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Engaging Users?

Le Mon, 21 Oct 2013 20:38:15 +0200,
Paolo Pelloni <paolo@paolopelloni.it> a écrit :

> Great idea no doubt about it. 
> I have to admit (using also Ubuntu and LO) that the former is more
> perceivable as a community and the latter more as a product. It maybe
> related to os vs app but most of the times could be just a
> communication factor. Also considering that Ubuntu is backed by a
> single company ... it should be the other way around. 
>
> On dom, 2013-10-20 at 18:20 -0400, Marc Paré wrote:
>
> > BTW ... with respect to including this at the installation point of 
> > LibreOffice, we had already discussed this, but the final decision
> > was that people did not want to be disturbed by requests when the
> > software was being installed. That is why there is no polling done
> > at the point of installation as it was done previously with OOo.
> >
> > But, at the download point, where people stare at the computer
> > screen waiting for the download to complete, yes, this is a good
> > place to ask if people would be interested in joining our
> > communities.
>
>
> I don't know if it is a good idea or not but after installation the
> first time you run LO could you have a welcome document that brings
> you into the community (love the slogan "it's your product from
> Leif)? A kind of marketing readme? Or going back to Ubuntu they have
> the Example folder in your home directory (which I immediately delete
> now but I read it the first times and got me involved).  It could be
> a writer page or an impress presentation (with hyperlinks). That way
> you'd also expose people who install from cd/friends/.... and do not
> download it personally. 

I like this idea of having a document (text or presentation) with
information about LibreOffice and how to join that would ship with the
download... definitely something to think about.

Best,

Charles.


> Paolo
>
>  



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