TWiki Marketing Meeting, 28Jan 2008

Attendees

• ArthurClemens
• CarloSchulz
• KwangErnLiew
• MichaelCorbett (Facilitator)
• RodBeckstrom
• SvenDowideit
• AmirShobeiri

Place & Time

• IRC Server chat.freenode.net, channel #twiki_marketing
• 21:00 GMT

1. Blogging

• Champion: KoenMartens
• Supporting topic: TWikiBlogAndNewsletter

• Not discussed.

2. Home Page Redesign

• Champion: ArthurClemens
• Co-Champion: PeterThoeny
• Supporting topic - TWikiOrgHomepageRedesign2007 & WebPageAudience & WebPageAudienceSiteStructure

3. Testimonials

• Champion: RodBeckstrom, MichaelCorbett
• Supporting topic: YouTubeDemoContest2007
  • TWIKI.NET has agreed to sponsor a TWiki video contest, budget $3K in prizes
  • MichaelCorbett will be managing and promoting the contest on behalf of TWiki.net
  • Let customers tell their story
  • Let community vote on 6 finalists for best video; TWIKI.NET will select the winners
  • Contest will be open for 30 days
  • Free TWiki T-Shirts to all qualifying entries

4. TWiki.org Performance

• Champion: PeterThoeny
• Supporting topic: NewTWikiOrgServer2007

• Not discussed - PeterThoeny sent email that was picked up after the meeting saying that a new hosting location was being sought since existing one was too expensive.

5. Press Releases

• Champion: PeterThoeny
• Co-Champion: MichaelCorbett
• Supporting topic: TWikiAdvocacy04x02

• Learning from our press release experience (open discussion)

6. Usability

• Champion: CarloSchulz
• Supporting topic: UsabilityIdeas, NewNavigationModellForTWikiOrg

7. Merchandising

• Champion: KoenMartens
• Supporting topic: TWikiMerchandise

• AmirShobeiri said that a Spreadshirt account has been opened
• He will be creating some t-shirt designs etc

8. TWiki Meetups

• Champion: AmirShobeiri
• Supporting topic - TWikiMeetUps

• Report on TWikiMeetUpInHolland.
• This was attended by approximately 10 people and lasted for 2 hours - which was apparently not long enough!

IRC Log

• TWikiMarketingMeeting2008x01x28.txt: IRC log of marketing meeting 28 Jan 08

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-- PeterThoeny - 13 Jan 2008

Discussion

I most probably will not be able to make it, as i have some server migrations (of the physical kind) to take care of.

-- KoenMartens - 27 Jan 2008