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The Fedora Marketing team develops marketing strategies to promote the usage and support of Fedora worldwide. Through the development of processes and content, this project aims to support the efforts of other Fedora projects to spread Fedora and to provide a central repository of ideas and information that can be used to deliver Fedora to new audiences.  
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{{admon/tip | Member of the press? | If you're a member of the press, visit our dedicated [[Fedora press material | press material page]].}}


For that, we are closely working with the [[Ambassadors| Fedora Ambassadors]], this is the grass-roots team that spreads Fedora on the ground and allows the Fedora Project to interact directly with its existing and prospective users.
== What we do ==
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Essentially, the Fedora Marketing team ensures that people in Fedora can consistently explain to everyone what Fedora is and why they should care!
The short version: The '''Fedora Marketing Team''' ensures that people in Fedora can consistently explain to everyone what Fedora is, why the project can help them, and how they can help the project.


{{admon/important | Member of the press? | If you're a member of the press, visit our dedicated [[Fedora press material | press material page]].}}
Slightly longer version: The Fedora Marketing Team develops and executes marketing strategies to promote the usage and support of Fedora worldwide. Through the development of processes and content, this project aims to support the efforts of other Fedora projects to spread Fedora and to provide a central repository of ideas and information that can be used to deliver Fedora to new audiences. We work closely with the [[Ambassadors|Fedora Ambassadors]] who spread the word about Fedora at events and allow the Fedora Project to interact directly with its existing and prospective users.


== Joining the Fedora Marketing Project ==
== What's happening ==
 
Fedora operates on a [[time-based release schedule]]. So does Fedora Marketing. We go through several successive phases during each six-month release cycle, and every phase has different milestones and tasks that you can help with. Check out [[/Schedule|our schedule]] to see where we are and what you can help with ''right now.''
 
== Contribute ==
 
=== How can I help the marketing team? ===
 
Here are some of the aspects on which you can work by joining the Fedora marketing group:
 
* Help [[Fedora news distribution network (NDN)|  spread news]] on all major development updates, releases, new projects and events related to Fedora. Consider picking one or two stories and alerting the press about it.
* Solicit [[LinuxUserGroups|  Linux User Groups]] members to use and contribute to Fedora.
* Dispel [[FedoraMyths|  common myths]]  and educate the public about Fedora.
* Educate yourself on what [http://heronacademy.com/wiki/Marketing marketing] is, and apply marketing strategies in the promotion of Fedora.
 
{{Admon/note|We currently do all the necessary tasks for the F22 launch. | Help us have another awesome release, by picking up tasks and handling them in our [https://fedorahosted.org/marketing-team/report/3 trac].}}
 
=== Joining the Fedora Marketing Project ===


To learn how to join Fedora Marketing Project, please see the [[Joining the Fedora marketing project|  Join]]  page.
To learn how to join Fedora Marketing Project, please see the [[Joining the Fedora marketing project|  Join]]  page.


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=== Mailing List ===
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The Fedora Marketing mailing list, {{fplist|marketing}}, hosts discussions related to Fedora marketing. Anyone interested in marketing Fedora--including all Ambassadors--should join this list.
[[Image:Join_PeoplePerson.png]]<BR>
 
[[Join#PeoplePerson|People Person]]
=== Contributors ===
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== How can I help the marketing group? ==
The [[Contributors to the marketing group | contributors page]] lists active Fedora Marketing contributors.


Here are some of the aspects on which you can work by joining the Fedora marketing group:
=== How are we doing? ===


* Help us communicate with the [[Fedora press material|  press]] at a global level
In addition to the usual tasks, we're currently [[Marketing/WikiCleanup | cleaning up the wiki]], as it's gotten a bit out of date.
* Help [[Marketing news distribution network| spread news]] on all major development updates, releases, new projects and events related to Fedora. Consider picking one or two stories and alerting the press about it.
* Collect [[UserTestimonials|user testimonials]] and publish them on this wiki. This marketing interview guide might help you with questions for interviewing people who have Fedora success stories. [[Image:Fedora_Mktg_Reference_Guide.odt]]
* Solicit [[LinuxUserGroups|  Linux User Groups]] members to use and contribute to Fedora
* Dispel [[FedoraMyths|  common myths]]  and educate the public about Fedora


== Resources you can use for marketing purposes ==
== Resources you can use for marketing purposes ==
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These resources will help you take Fedora to the people:
These resources will help you take Fedora to the people:


* [[Fedora 12 Talking Points| Fedora 12 talking points]]
* [[Overview#Is_Fedora_for_me.3F|Fedora Overview]]
* [[Marketing#Release_deliverables Talking points]]
* [[Fedora press material| Fedora press material]]
* [[Fedora press material| Fedora press material]]
* [[Fedora press archive|  Fedora press archive]]  
* [[Fedora press archive|  Fedora press archive]]  
* [[Marketing/F21_Screenshots|  Fedora 21 Screenshots]]
* [[Presentations|  Fedora presentations]]
* [[Presentations|  Fedora presentations]]
* [[Marketing Fedora flyer|  Fedora flyers]]  
* [[Marketing Fedora flyer|  Fedora flyers]]  
* [[Artwork/PromoBanners|  Fedora banners from the Art team]]  
* [[Design/SXSW_Materials#Brochures | Flyers/Brochures designed for SXSW]]
* [[Artwork/MarketingCollateral|  Fedora T-Shirts, stickers, userbars, buttons and posters designs from the Art team]]  
* [[Artwork/PromoBanners|  Fedora banners from the Design team]]  
* [[Artwork/MarketingCollateral|  Fedora T-Shirts, stickers, userbars, buttons and posters designs from the Design team]]  
* [[Marketing statistics poster|  Fedora statistics poster]]  
* [[Marketing statistics poster|  Fedora statistics poster]]  
* [[Marketing surveys|  Surveys of Fedora users]]
* [[Marketing social networks|  Social Networks]]
* [[Marketing social networks|  Social Networks]]
* [[BooksBooks]]
* [[Link tracking| Link tracking]] for generating URLs that can be tracked non-invasively from logs
* [[/MarketingPlan]]
* Follow us on [http://identi.ca/fedora identi.ca] and [http://twitter.com/fedora twitter!] (Also you can follow Planet Fedora on both [http://identi.ca/planetfedora identi.ca] and [http://twitter.com/planetfedora twitter].)
* [[Communication matrix]]
* [[Video]]
* For the more PR-oriented, a [[Ambassadors/NA/Draft/NewsMedia_HowTo|News Media Howto]] and the [[Fedora_news_distribution_network_%28NDN%29|Fedora News Distribution Network]].


== Agenda ==
== Marketing SOPs ==
 
For walkthroughs on common Marketing-related tasks, see [[:Category:Marketing SOPs]] - feel free to add your own!
 
== Projects ==
 
The Marketing team occasionally starts up special projects - here are a few we've worked on lately.
 
* [[User stories]]
* [[Fedora Insight]]
* [[Magazine]]
* Add your ideas here!
 
See [[Marketing/Archive#Old Projects]] for a list of inactive projects.
 
== Release deliverables ==
 
The Marketing team is responsible for producing marketing release deliverables for each Fedora release. Our team's deliverables are focused on the Desktop Spin; we also provide resources to help other groups within Fedora make similar marketing deliverables for their projects.


* The [[Marketing F12 schedule]] contains the official agenda of the Fedora Marketing project including the task list.
Our work in progress on Desktop Spin deliverables for the current release, as well as the marketing release deliverables for all current actively supported Fedora releases (the prior 2 releases), can be found in the table below.
* The [[Marketing brain dump]] is our sandbox for new ideas, thoughts, and future Marketing goals.


== Meetings ==
For more information on each deliverable type, including instructions on how to make them (Standard Operating Procedures, or SOPs) and non-Desktop-Spin variants produced by other teams for each release, click on the name of the deliverable in the table below.


[[Marketing meetingsMeetings]] are held weekly, on IRC to discuss the progress of the Fedora Marketing project.
{|
! Release deliverable type !! SOP (how to make) !! Last supported release !! Current release !! Release in development
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| [[Talking points]] || [[Talking points SOP]] || [[Fedora_{{FedoraVersionNumber|previous}}_talking_points | F{{FedoraVersionNumber|previous}} talking points]] || [[Fedora_{{FedoraVersionNumber|current}}_talking_points | F{{FedoraVersionNumber|current}} talking points]] || [[Fedora_{{FedoraVersionNumber|next}}_talking_points | F{{FedoraVersionNumber|next}} talking points]]
|-
| [[Feature profiles]] || [[Feature profiles SOP]] || [[F{{FedoraVersionNumber|previous}} feature profiles]] || [[F{{FedoraVersionNumber|current}} feature profiles]] || [[F{{FedoraVersionNumber|next}} feature profiles]]
|-
| [[Screenshots library]] || [[Screenshots library SOP]] || (new in F{{FedoraVersionNumber|current}}) ||[[F{{FedoraVersionNumber|current}}_screenshots_library]] || [[F{{FedoraVersionNumber|next}}_screenshots_library]]
|-
| [[Alpha announcement]] || [[Alpha announcement SOP]] || [[F{{FedoraVersionNumber|previous}} Alpha release announcement]] || [[F{{FedoraVersionNumber|current}} Alpha release announcement]] || [[F{{FedoraVersionNumber|next}} Alpha release announcement]]
|-
| [[Beta announcement]] || [[Beta announcement SOP]] || [[F{{FedoraVersionNumber|previous}} Beta announcement]] || [[F{{FedoraVersionNumber|current}} Beta release announcement]] |[[F{{FedoraVersionNumber|next}} Beta Release Announcement]]
|-
| [[One page release notes]] || [[One page release notes SOP]] || (new in F{{FedoraVersionNumber|current}}) || [[F{{FedoraVersionNumber|current}} one page release notes]] || [[Fedora_21_release_notes|F{{FedoraVersionNumber|next}} one page release notes]]
|-
| [[Ambassadors briefing]] || [[Ambassadors briefing SOP]] || (new in F{{FedoraVersionNumber|next}}) || (new in F{{FedoraVersionNumber|next}}) || [[F{{FedoraVersionNumber|next}} Ambassadors briefing]]
|-
| [[Final announcement]] || [[Final announcement SOP]] || [[F{{FedoraVersionNumber|previous}} release announcement]] || [[F{{FedoraVersionNumber|current}} release announcement]] || [[F{{FedoraVersionNumber|next}} release announcement]]
|-
| [[Press kit]] || [[Press kit SOP]] || [[Fedora {{FedoraVersionNumber|previous}} press kit]] || [[Fedora {{FedoraVersionNumber|current}} press kit]] || [[Fedora {{FedoraVersionNumber|next}} press kit]]
|-
| [[Marketing retrospective]] || [[Marketing retrospective SOP]] || (new in F{{FedoraVersionNumber|current}}) || [[F{{FedoraVersionNumber|current}} marketing retrospective]] || [[F{{FedoraVersionNumber|next}} marketing retrospective]]
|}


== Mailing List ==
== Release activities ==


The Fedora Marketing mailing list, [http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com] , hosts discussions related to Marketing.  Anyone interested in marketing Fedora should join this list.
* Briefing Ambassadors
* coordinating PR
* Monitoring PR/news from the release
* [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_news_distribution_network_%28NDN%29 Fedora news distribution network (FNDN)]
** sending out beta release announcements
** send out Release Informations to the press


== Contributors ==
== Agenda ==


The [[Contributors to the marketing group | contributors page]] lists active Fedora Marketing contributors.
* The [http://jreznik.fedorapeople.org/schedules/f-{{FedoraVersionNumber|next}}/f-{{FedoraVersionNumber|next}}-marketing-tasks.html Fedora {{FedoraVersionNumber|next}}'s Marketing Schedule] page contains the official agenda of the Fedora Marketing project including the task list.
* The [[Marketing brain dump]] is our sandbox for new ideas, thoughts, and future Marketing goals.


[[Category:Marketing]]
[[Category:Marketing]]
[[Category:Fedora sub-projects]]

Revision as of 20:59, 13 August 2015

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Member of the press?
If you're a member of the press, visit our dedicated press material page.

What we do

How to contact the Marketing team
Mailing list: marketing
Visit this link to sign up for the email list for the Marketing team.
Chat: #fedora-mktg[?]
This is where real-time chat with Marketing team members happens.

The short version: The Fedora Marketing Team ensures that people in Fedora can consistently explain to everyone what Fedora is, why the project can help them, and how they can help the project.

Slightly longer version: The Fedora Marketing Team develops and executes marketing strategies to promote the usage and support of Fedora worldwide. Through the development of processes and content, this project aims to support the efforts of other Fedora projects to spread Fedora and to provide a central repository of ideas and information that can be used to deliver Fedora to new audiences. We work closely with the Fedora Ambassadors who spread the word about Fedora at events and allow the Fedora Project to interact directly with its existing and prospective users.

What's happening

Fedora operates on a time-based release schedule. So does Fedora Marketing. We go through several successive phases during each six-month release cycle, and every phase has different milestones and tasks that you can help with. Check out our schedule to see where we are and what you can help with right now.

Contribute

How can I help the marketing team?

Here are some of the aspects on which you can work by joining the Fedora marketing group:

  • Help spread news on all major development updates, releases, new projects and events related to Fedora. Consider picking one or two stories and alerting the press about it.
  • Solicit Linux User Groups members to use and contribute to Fedora.
  • Dispel common myths and educate the public about Fedora.
  • Educate yourself on what marketing is, and apply marketing strategies in the promotion of Fedora.
Note.png
We currently do all the necessary tasks for the F22 launch.
Help us have another awesome release, by picking up tasks and handling them in our trac.

Joining the Fedora Marketing Project

To learn how to join Fedora Marketing Project, please see the Join page.

Mailing List

The Fedora Marketing mailing list, marketing, hosts discussions related to Fedora marketing. Anyone interested in marketing Fedora--including all Ambassadors--should join this list.

Contributors

The contributors page lists active Fedora Marketing contributors.

How are we doing?

In addition to the usual tasks, we're currently cleaning up the wiki, as it's gotten a bit out of date.

Resources you can use for marketing purposes

These resources will help you take Fedora to the people:

Marketing SOPs

For walkthroughs on common Marketing-related tasks, see Category:Marketing SOPs - feel free to add your own!

Projects

The Marketing team occasionally starts up special projects - here are a few we've worked on lately.

See Marketing/Archive#Old Projects for a list of inactive projects.

Release deliverables

The Marketing team is responsible for producing marketing release deliverables for each Fedora release. Our team's deliverables are focused on the Desktop Spin; we also provide resources to help other groups within Fedora make similar marketing deliverables for their projects.

Our work in progress on Desktop Spin deliverables for the current release, as well as the marketing release deliverables for all current actively supported Fedora releases (the prior 2 releases), can be found in the table below.

For more information on each deliverable type, including instructions on how to make them (Standard Operating Procedures, or SOPs) and non-Desktop-Spin variants produced by other teams for each release, click on the name of the deliverable in the table below.

Release deliverable type SOP (how to make) Last supported release Current release Release in development
Talking points Talking points SOP F38 talking points F39 talking points F40 talking points
Feature profiles Feature profiles SOP F38 feature profiles F39 feature profiles F40 feature profiles
Screenshots library Screenshots library SOP (new in F39) F39_screenshots_library F40_screenshots_library
Alpha announcement Alpha announcement SOP F38 Alpha release announcement F39 Alpha release announcement F40 Alpha release announcement
Beta announcement Beta announcement SOP F38 Beta announcement F39 Beta release announcement F40 Beta Release Announcement
One page release notes One page release notes SOP (new in F39) F39 one page release notes F40 one page release notes
Ambassadors briefing Ambassadors briefing SOP (new in F40) (new in F40) F40 Ambassadors briefing
Final announcement Final announcement SOP F38 release announcement F39 release announcement F40 release announcement
Press kit Press kit SOP Fedora 38 press kit Fedora 39 press kit Fedora 40 press kit
Marketing retrospective Marketing retrospective SOP (new in F39) F39 marketing retrospective F40 marketing retrospective

Release activities

Agenda