On 07/27/2017 08:52 AM, Paul W. Frields wrote: > On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 11:13:33AM +0200, Brian Exelbierd wrote: >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jul 27, 2017, at 12:41 AM, Paul W. Frields wrote: >>> On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 07:33:43PM -0400, Matthew Miller wrote: >>>> On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 11:27:14PM +0200, Brian Exelbierd wrote: >>>>> Our Twitter account just passed 89,000 followers. I am >>>>> pitching a short article rounding up our social media >>>>> presence: >>>>> https://fedoramagazine.org/?p=18244&preview=1&_ppp=b8197ff492 >>>>> WDYT? >>>> >>>> Let's get it to 100k! >>> >>> I remember (hazily) discussing a similar article with editors >>> earlier. My recollection is the consensus was it seemed a little >>> too "self-back-patting." In other words, more congratulating >>> ourselves as> opposed to serving our audience. Is there a way to >>> spin this kind of article to focus more on them? >> >> I'd be happy to see this spun as an introduction to put other social >> media and the benefits of following them. I believe that >> encouraging Magazine only readers to consider other channels >> increases their familiarity with the contribution parts of the >> project. I also think that we need to provide some way markers for >> people to find the ways we communicate. > > I like this bent. In other words, rather than focusing on the number, > focus on the question, "Are you following us in all these places too?" > Then the mention of the follower # is just incidental to that call to > action. "Hey, 89K other people are doing this too!" > Just to add a comment, it would be great to sync up with Marketing on trying to get a feel for where we have a community presence or where people can participate. For example, I'd love to mention our Reddit, Telegram, and Discord communities, to make sure we're promoting anywhere that we have a strong presence. I'm also +1 to focusing more on selling "Where is Fedora?" than "We made it to 100k!", but I don't anyone is disagreeing on this either. :) -- Cheers, Justin W. Flory jflory7@xxxxxxxxx
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