Re: [libreoffice-website] Re: US marketing mailing list on website

Hi Italo, *,

Italo Vignoli schrieb:

> The US marketing team is a top priority for North America, which is a
> key market. There is a reason behind this priority: getting visibility
> in the US brings a better visibility in other geographies, as many US
> articles are translated into local languages (the single eWeek article
> after the launch has been published in several European countries in
> the local language, without any additional effort on our side).

I'm with You beeing glad to see US-American activities in this project,
and - no question - we should breed that little plant carefully.

Concerns are about the way the website change *again* happened here.
I remember an early discussion in which it was pointed out, that
marketing is a matter not only of the language but rather strongly of
the target *region*.

If the US are a leading market affecting other markets I'd assume the
Change in question is not a very effective means to take account of that
fact.

I wonder whether this is the final result of a genuine discussion.
Can You point me where it took place?
I'd expect a more refined result from our (global) marketing team. ;o))

[.. more good reasons for estimating the US as leading market for
LibreOffice ..]

> Marketing in the US brings in visibility in other markets, but not
> vice versa, and therefore is a priority. Marketing in other
> geographies is easier, also because the US are the home market for
> Microsoft.

> I hope this explains the issue.

It explains why You propose to estimate the US market playing a special
role, but it doesn't explain, why *that* action was choosen! :o))

> In any case, I think that for the first few months we should have as
> many informations as these ones - helping newcomers to understand
> where they should go - on the web site.

agreed exccluding "as these ones" and "the first few months". 

If Your above sentence was:
<modified>
In any case, I think that we should have as many informations helping
newcomers to understand where they should go - on the web site.
</modified>
 
I'm very shure no objections came up ;o))).

> Many users have never heard about wikis, and will never look for infos
> inside a wiki.

That sounds funny and I think this is a very particular issue of the US
market and should be handled on the US only marketing site ;o)).

Again: I agree with You, that we should take care for that plantlet. 
But I expect better results doing so in a common effort.


Gruß/regards
-- 
Friedrich
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