[Battlemesh] Endorsements & dissemination: recommendations

Ben West ben at gowasabi.net
Mon Feb 17 23:04:01 CET 2014


I've published an endorsement by WasabiNet, based in St. Louis, USA, here:
http://gowasabi.net/content/wasabinet-endorses-battlemesh-7

Sorry that it's heavy on the copy-pasta.  Unable to make the trek across
the Atlantic this year.



On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 12:00 PM, Nemesis <nemesis at ninux.org> wrote:

>  Hi guys,
>
> nobody published any endorsement after BATMAN so far.
>
> This is not good. I know everybody is busy, included myself, but please at
> least answer because otherwise it is too demotivating.
>
> Federico
>
>
> On 02/09/2014 04:26 PM, Nemesis wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> are you ready for the dissemination?
>
> My proposed plan follows.
>
> *1. Feature the poster*
> Include the poster in your endorsement, but load it directly from this
> URL:
>
> http://battlemesh.org/EndorsementTemplate?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=battlemesh-v7-poster-web.png
>
> So that if I have to change anything all the pages will always show an up to
> date version.
>
>
>
> *2. Use the updated press release template as a base *Check this:
> http://battlemesh.org/EndorsementTemplate
>
> I added some paragaphs regarding the hostel convention, the mailing list,
> ecc.
>
>
>
> *3. Adapt to your audience and language *Don't be a copy monkey, be
> creative! Every community is different.
>
> Italy is different than Germany, Portugal is very different than Slovenia.
>
> Reader of the OpenWRT website are very different from readers of the
> Ninux.org blog.
>
> Some communities might use a more informal style, others might be more
> formal.
>
> I think many communities are not used to read in english, so go ahead, be
> creative, translate, use informal or formal style according to your
> audience.
>
> *4. Engage the reader*
>
> News and endorsements don't have to be boring :)
>
>
>
> *5. Fire! *Use any licit mean to promote the news.
>
> *6. Add the link on the wiki*
>
> Best would be to add it both here:
> http://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV7#Blog_Ping-Backs_and_Media_Coverage
>
> And here:
> http://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV7/Endorsements (add info about your
> community if not already present)
>
>
>
> *Other info *
>
> *------------- *I published the endorsement news in Italian and adapted
> for Ninux a couple of hours ago and is already performing better than the
> news I published last year for the v6 edition (which was in english and
> not readapted).
>
> I uploaded all the logos here:
> http://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV7/Endorsements?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=logos-v7-2014.zip
>
> And the posters here: http://battlemesh.org/EndorsementTemplate
>
> Federico
>
>
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Ben West
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ben at gowasabi.net
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