RE: [GnomeMeeting-devel-list] GnomeMeeting 2.0 Promotion/Marketing(was: Interest for GM 2.00)

["Roman Skvirsky" <roman_skvirsky mail ru>]

One comment: add "Wizards" to allow easy configuration for well-known
services like voipbuster.com, pulver.com, sipphone.com. Users like it.

With best regards,
Roman Skvirsky  

>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: gnomemeeting-devel-list-bounces gnome org 
>>[mailto:gnomemeeting-devel-list-bounces gnome org] On Behalf 
>>Of Damien Sandras
>>Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 4:52 PM
>>To: GnomeMeeting development mailing list
>>Subject: Re: [GnomeMeeting-devel-list] GnomeMeeting 2.0 
>>Promotion/Marketing(was: Interest for GM 2.00)
>>
>>Some comments inline.
>>
>>
>>Le jeudi 01 décembre 2005 à 14:11 +0100, CJ van den Berg a écrit :
>>> Well here are some more thoughts on GM promotion:
>>> 
>>> 1. Get GM 2.0 into Gnome 2.14
>>> 
>>> This is by far the most important way to raise visibility 
>>of any Gnome
>>> related application. I know from watching the Gnome lists 
>>that there is
>>> a lot of excitement over GM 2.0 and I'm sure they will mention SIP
>>> prominently in their new features list if GM 2.0 is ready for 2.14.
>>> Gnome releases have a *huge* chain reaction marketing 
>>effect and if GM
>>> 2.0 with SIP support gets into 2.14 I'm sure you'll see literally
>>> hundreds of articles world wide mentioning GM 2.0.
>>
>>It will be in 2.14. You are right about this.
>>
>>> 
>>> 2. dbus interfaces and developer docs / examples
>>> 
>>> dbus is all the rage with the Gnome crowd and a working 
>>dbus interface
>>> to a SIP endpoint in Gnome 2.14 will attract a lot of 
>>integration into
>>> Gnome applications for 2.16. This should raise the 
>>project's visibility
>>> a lot and could make GM more attractive. Developers are 
>>pretty good at
>>> getting excited about other people's software when they 
>>have the ability
>>> to quickly add it as a feature to *their* project.
>>
>>Julien?
>>
>>> 
>>> 3. Simple (really, simple) end user configuration help
>>> 
>>> Most users don't care about GM or VoIP or SIP or anything 
>>really - they
>>> just want to make calls. A prominently placed webpage that shows in
>>> simple steps how to configure GM for various popular VoIP providers
>>> would be very encouraging to new end users. It also serves 
>>as a sort of
>>> documentation of which VoIP providers GM is known to work 
>>with, which
>>> is also positive no-bull marketing.
>>
>>
>>I will write that.
>>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> And last but definitely not least...
>>> ... and I hate to say it...
>>> 
>>> 4. Change the name!
>>> 
>>> I know it's difficulty and no-one really wants to go through the
>>> hassle, but GnomeMeeting *really* needs a better name. NetMeeting is
>>> dead (at least in the public mind) and GnomeMeeting is *not* just a
>>> clone anyway. The -Meeting name really associates the 
>>project too much
>>> with video conferencing which is a niche application (at 
>>least compared
>>> to VoIP) and will always stay that way. Simple is good 
>>though too, so I
>>> would suggest something simple and catchy that says 
>>*exactly* what GM
>>> does/is. For example, GnomePhone, GnomeVoice, GnomeTalk, etc.
>>> 
>>> If you really want to keep a strong association to the GnomeMeeting
>>> name perhaps condensing it and adding a suffix or prefix 
>>might work too.
>>> For example, GM-Voice, GM-Talk, VoIP-GM, etc. 
>>> 
>>
>>I'm not sure about this one. On one hand I agree, on the other hand I
>>fear losing some popularity and most of all, I haven't found 
>>a good name
>>to replace GM yet. I planned to add "NG" to the name, to 
>>clarify that it
>>is GnomeMeeting Next Generation. 
>>
>>Also, GAIM is more than an AIM client, and people know it. It is the
>>same with GM.
>>
>>But I agree, really.
>>
>>> Anyway, as you probably noticed, none of these items are actually
>>> *new*. They have all been talked about before and are AFAIK 
>>are on the
>>> program from the GM 2.0 release. So I guess what it boils 
>>down to is,
>>> push hard to get GM 2.0 out the door.
>>> 
>>-- 
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