[us-marketing] Re: Request for draft for http://www.libreoffice.org/get-involved/marketers/

On Mon, 2011-01-24 at 04:30 +0800, David Nelson wrote:
> Hi, :-)
>
> @Drew:
>
> Drew, you're someone with a really good feeling for the Marketing
> project. I was wondering if maybe I could ask a special favor.
>
> Is there any chance you could quickly write something along the lines
> of http://www.libreoffice.org/get-involved/ux-visual-designers/ but
> for Marketing?
>
> David Nelson

Howdy folks,

Following is a quick draft of some text as Daved asked for - feel free
to make it better.

Thanks

Drew

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Marketing is about people.

The marketing team leads all promotional activities around LibreOffice
with an aim to increase the presence and visibility in the media, on the
web, and in as many places around the world as possible. This includes:

* Develop a consistent message about LibreOffice 

* Engage with all LibreOffice teams to promote their specific work

* Collaborate with the LibreOffice community at large to attend and
staff FOSS events globally

* Collaborate with the Design Team to develop materials that support the
marketing message

* Provide community memebers with materials they need to promote
LibreOffice

* Pen articles and tutorials promoting adoption of LibreOffice

* Plan and write news releases of relevant LibreOffice accomplishments

* Maintain good presence on media/social media sites (eg. FaceBook,
Twitter)

* Provide coordination assistance for global events (e.g. Launch
Parties, news releases, etc.)

If you would like to help with LibreOffice marketing team's efforts you
should"

Register with the marketig mailing list [mailto: marketing
+subscribe@libreoffice.org]

Introduce yourself to the other team members and a bit about what you
would like to do.

Review the marketing materials found on our wiki
[http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing]

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