On Tue, Aug 1, 2017, at 07:06 PM, Justin W. Flory wrote: > 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. :) I am very +1 to both of these ideas. I think the result will be better than the draft I dashed off. Justin, can you take point on engaging marketing? The proper article is not something I have cycles for at this moment. regards, bex _______________________________________________ Fedora Magazine mailing list -- magazine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to magazine-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
