Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Happy 2014 and Calendar

Happy to Help.

I think things like monthly wall calendars and other things that users 
can hang up in their offices or dorm rooms, etc., would be a good idea 
as a "passive" marketing tool, or at least a conversation starter.

A guy/gal works in an office/cubical where they use MSO.  He has a wall 
calendar that has a LibreOffice theme where he/she can write in 
important dates for meetings and such.  Now, people in the office might 
wonder what LibreOffice.org is all about, including if this means "give 
me more liberty in the office to do what I like" or something else 
altogether.  It could become a nice conversation starter over lunch or 
break time.

Having a calendar file that can be edited by the user to add "events" 
and important dates to the "day cells" before printing also might look 
good as well.

I think a weekly calendar or bi-weekly one might work well, but that is 
a lot more pages to do/edit/modify unless it is really worth doing.  I 
tend to pick up a weekly calendar "book" for a "cheap" price and not use 
the "day planner" idea of larger booklet with special pages and such 
that are used to fill in a "expensive looking" cover.  Also, that could 
involve some "special" duplex printing with the correct info on both 
sides of the letter size paper.

Still we need more "every day" items that a user could have on his/her 
desk at work and/or at home that has a LibreOffice "theme" or marketing 
"idea" on it.

The more of these every day items we have for people to download and 
print, or buy from a vendor a a low cost, would be a really good 
"passive" marketing tool.  How many coffee cups have logo and company 
info on them that are on the "average" office desk?  How many people see 
these unique cups every day and sometimes ask where they got the coffee 
cup and what is the information displayed "all about".  Single and "low 
costing" make-on-demand services for things like coffee and other 
beverage cups are hard to find.  But there is a market for these items 
for our users and marketers.  Think of all the handout items that you 
might see at shows, from pens to cups.  Most of these items need to be 
purchased in "bulk" numbers.  But if a user could get t-shirts, cups, 
pens, stickers, calendars, note pads, hats, and any number of items that 
might be popular to have.  Ask your local Kiwanis group member about the 
items he/she can buy from their catalog[s] that are both useful and 
advertise Kiwanis or their "cause".  I deal with a group that is one of 
the Kiwanis Family of organizations, so I know what they can get and how 
much they cost.  Yes the Kiwanis buys in bulk.  But there is a market 
out there for these items and if there is an outlet for buying single 
items as a low cost.

In another thread we are talking about getting a professional DVD making 
company to offer LO based DVDs in single units so it is no longer in the 
hands of home burning and printing individuals trying to fill the 
"gap".  Maybe places like Lulu.com could sell a LibreOffice 2015 
Photo/Graphics Calendar for say $14 each.  Maybe we can get a vendor to 
sell t-shirts and ball caps as well that has the LibreOffice logo on it.

Having people like Eliane and others working on posters, cards, 
calendars, stickers, and other items that the user might want/need to 
use it very important.  I hear that the original card and calendar from 
this thread is now being "translated" to a lot of other languages.  That 
is a good thing.  The more people in more languages that have access to 
all these ideas for posters, graphics, calendars, brochures, templates, 
etc., etc., the better it is for LO and for our user base.  We need to 
keep this creativity up.


On 01/01/2014 06:51 PM, Eliane Domingos de Sousa wrote:
> Hi,
>
> You gave me another idea. I'll prepare something in the weekend and I 
> share with the list.
>
> Best
>
> Eliane Domingos de Sousa
> Comunidade LibreOffice Brasil
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>
> Em 01-01-2014 21:17, Kracked_P_P---webmaster escreveu:
> > Here is a PDf file that is a very basic monthly calendar that has a 
> > LibreOffice theme.
> >
> > This is just a first draft and could use some work, like adding the 
> > LO URL and such, plus making the calendar fill the whole page instead 
> > of leaving some space at the bottom.  I left the space there to help 
> > deal with any needed room for the theme work.
> >
> > http://libreoffice-na.us/2014%20Weekly%20Calendar%20US%20Holidays-landscape-2--edit-1.pdf 
> >
> >
> > It prints out file, for a quick draft test.  Right now the "banner" 
> > needs to be 0.8 inches high to fit into the space.  I just chose this 
> > one from what I had in a LO artwork folder. There can be made some 
> > other image that could work better, or use the logo, etc..
> >
> > So just look at it and see what you think about making a LO themed 
> > monthly calendar that you can write on.  This one has USA holidays in 
> > it as well.  I prefer that type, along with "Sunday first" "cells".
> >
> > -------------------
> >
> > I wrote:
> > > Thanks much....
> > >
> > > Maybe these calendars could be added to a Wiki page for marketing 
> > > materials, or just something our users might like to download and 
> > > print out.
> > >
> > > I know that I look for printable calendars late in the year for the 
> > > next year's needs.
> > >
> > > It would be interesting to make a 12 page/month landscape calendar 
> > > with a LibreOffice theme.  The ones I download are PDF files, but I 
> > > could try and find a "good" free Word/Writer or Excel/Calc 2014 12 
> > > page/month calendar template and work on making it LO themed. I 
> > > print these one-month-per-page calendars out and use them on my 
> > > refrigerator as my "master" calendar that is a copy of my small 
> > > "book" one.  I look at it daily.  So if we could have a LO themed 
> > > one, maybe it would look nice on an "office wall" or other area 
> > > where more than the user could see it.
> > >
> > >
> > > On 01/01/2014 02:14 PM, Eliane Domingos de Sousa wrote:
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > Ok, I found some time to modify the file:
> > > >
> > > > ODG file: 
> > > > https://owncloud.documentfoundation.org/public.php?service=files&t=d2962eac004c6066ab45a6463391fdf1 
> > > >
> > > > PDF file: 
> > > > https://owncloud.documentfoundation.org/public.php?service=files&t=131f422910ea8dddcc429393ea4552a6 
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Best,
> > > >
> > > > Eliane Domingos de Sousa


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