Marketing Team Vision
Our vision for the Marketing Team is to be the go-to resource on strategy and content for other WordPress teams. We reiterate our mission each week so that everyone who is new to the team understands what our goals are. This helps with onboarding.
We’d love you to join the Marketing Team. If you have any questions or feel lost (all of us do at some point), please feel free to ping The act of sending a very small amount of data to an end point. Ping is used in computer science to illicit a response from a target server to test it’s connection. Ping is also a term used by Slack users to @ someone or send them a direct message (DM). Users might say something along the lines of “Ping me when the meeting starts.” any of us in Slack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/.. We’re here to help guide and mentor you. xoxo ~ Bridget (@gidgey on Slack)
Getting Involved
Everyone is welcome and encouraged to join in, comment on posts, and participate in meetings and on projects. And, yes, you can add yourself to any Trello Card you’d like to work on.
Today’s Meeting
Slack Timestamp
Today’s notes taken by: @maedahbatool
Meeting attended by: @mcdwayne, @maedahbatool, @dustinnay, @dushanthi, @RachelPage, @bridgetwillard, @harryjackson1221, @westcounty.media, Priscilla Bocage, Vishal Mukadam, @webcommsat, @brenneradams, @mikerbg, @Machielle, @siobhanseija
Needs Approval
Playbook for Running Small Form, Single Page Surveys
Trello Project management system using the concepts of boards and cards to organize tasks in a sane way. This is what the make.wordpress.com/marketing team uses for example: https://trello.com/b/8UGHVBu8/wp-marketing. Link: https://trello.com/c/wSm20Uwm/142-playbook-for-running-small-form-single-page-surveys
Task-Lead: @RachelPage
- What is going well? The document has been mostly reviewed and revised per the comments made by others. Looks almost ready to be approved. Need a final copy edit pass.
- What is at risk? No risks at this time.
- What can someone new in Marketing help with? Final copy to be edited.
In Progress
Create A Blog: Copy & Wireframe
Trello Link: https://trello.com/c/tb2T16wq/124-create-a-blog-copy-wireframe
Task-Lead: @miker @bridgetwillard @joe9663 @jenblogs4u
- What is going well? @miker — That card is still in the same status. The copy is nearly approved. There are pending changes to one section, but those may already be done. The card is currently being worked by design. I don’t expect it will come back into action for us but would suggest leaving it Needs Approval for now.
- What is at risk? All is well.
- What can someone new in Marketing help with? None!
End-User Persona Doc on WP Marketing
Trello Link: https://trello.com/c/xOu9de8h/75-end-user-persona-doc
Task Lead: @RachelPage
- What is going well? New information has been gained and validated. We have also finally gained some information regarding Web Agencies. Working to complete final deliverables.
- What is at risk? No risks at this time.
- What can someone new in Marketing help with? Review and editing of Personas once revised. Should be completed in the next 7-10 days.
Differences Between WP.com and WP.org Better
Trello Link: https://trello.com/c/4cXuaTeB/79-differences-between-wpcom-and-wporg-better
Task Lead: @bseekins
- What is going well? @miker — Looking at that doc, it seems like there is a lot of copy in it. It looks like this needs some review and feedback? @mcdwayne — This one really needs people who have experience using WP.com and WP.org, if that is you or you know anyone who is already talking about this difference, send them over this way. @bseekins — I just need a few more .com things, and then I can do the .org and boom we’re done, well I mean done for review. @westcounty.media — Many beginners do not realize that there are two versions of WP, and what the constraints and advantages are of the two.
- What is at risk? Nothing at present.
- What can someone new in Marketing help with?@brenneradams will take a look.
Gutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ “Hype Video” on WP Marketing
Trello Link: https://trello.com/c/6xMbMj55/130-gutenberg-hype-video
Task Lead: @miker, @cjross
- What is going well? @miker — I do not have an update on that today, unfortunately. @cjross is the main one working on that, but we haven’t talked this week. He’s away on holiday.
- What is at risk? All is well.
- What can a new user help with? @Machielle — Last week he said that he didn’t need help but had enough content, just needed to format it. @dushanthi — Yes, last week he talked about editing and submitting it this week.
Read and Format Survey Answers on WP Marketing
Trello Link: https://trello.com/c/ZnT2LCjn/58-read-and-format-survey-answers
Task-Lead: @harryjackson1221, @siobhanseija
- What is going well? @harryjackson1221 was out today, so no meta Meta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress. update there, so let’s go to the individual cards and circle back if there is any further meta discussion on it.
- What is at risk? Nothing at present.
- What can someone new in Marketing help with? None!
Notes: The following are the Case Studies currently being worked on, and could use some additional copy, and editorial suggestions. There are currently 5 to work on in docs, so feel free to jump in wherever!
- Human Made Case Study
- https://trello.com/c/R9eBmyKw/161-human-made-case-study
- Task-Lead: @Machielle
- What is going well? I just haven’t been able to get to this yet to finish it. I need to go in and heavily edit the content. I left it as written but broke it up into the required sections. It sounds very technical right now.
- What is at risk? Nothing.
- What can someone new in Marketing help with? None!
- Close Marketing Case Study
- https://trello.com/c/qGqAA6G5/165-closemarketing-case-study
- Task-lead: @brenneradams
- What is going well? @Priscilla Bocage — It seems that anybody has touched it since May, 9th.
- What is at risk? Nothing.
- What can someone new in Marketing help with? @Priscilla Bocage — I’m not available this week, but if next week anybody has touched it, I can try and have a look.
- Case Study – Qube Global by Moove Agency
- Network Rail Case Study (To Do)
- https://trello.com/c/Iwe9WmVY/162-network-rail-case-study
- Task-lead: @siobhanseija
- What is going well? I wanted to get started on this one, but I saw @harryjackson1221’s latest comment in there, saying the first draft is ready. When I open the attached file though, it looks like it isn’t. It’s just the headers and the original copy.
- What is at risk? Nothing!
- What can someone new in Marketing help with? I’ll check with Harry outside of the meeting, is that ok? So we can move on for now.
Video Interviews on WP Marketing
Trello Link: https://trello.com/c/ke8Uq4jV/166-video-interviews
Task-Lead: @webcommsat
- What is going well? This continued at WordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. Belfast with questions and format also provided to some other WordCamps and MeetUps. During the next three weeks, a further eight interviews are scheduled. We are awaiting video created at WordCamp London for this project.
- What is at risk? No risks at this time.
- What can someone new in Marketing help with? None!
Creating a Social Media Plan for WordCamps
Trello Link: https://trello.com/c/Z9uQJlQk/21-creating-a-social-media-plan-for-wordcamps
Task-Lead: @webcommsat
- What is going well? This was worked on at two WordCamps during the weekend with updates made to ‘branding’ and amendments made to the section on ’email’ to incorporate the changes introduced by WordCamp Central Website for all WordCamp activities globally. https://central.wordcamp.org includes a list of upcoming and past camp with links to each. (these when the draft is complete will need to be verified with WordCamp Central), suggestions were also made on updates to Facebook, Instagram and Flickr due to major changes they have introduced and a query has been raised with the Community team on whether WordCamp social media would fit the definition of ‘charity’.
- What is at risk? None!
- What can someone new in Marketing help with? The Marketing group were highlighted throughout the WordCamp Belfast 2018, which was the only WordCamp to take place on #WP15. It was included in the contributor event, the first to take place on the Island of Ireland, and had a group working on it as well as on the joint understanding of marketing and accessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility). It was promoted during the event for video and press-style feature interviews.
WordPress.TV Potential Marketing Videos
Trello Link: https://trello.com/c/N7me1xaT/145-wordpresstv-potential-marketing-videos
Task-Lead: @webcommsat and @siobhanseija
- What is going well? It was wonderful to see additions to this card being made at WordCamps and Meetups celebrating the WordPress anniversary during the last week. For new people, these suggested items will need to be reviewed and if anyone who is already assisting with this card or would like to start working on it, is welcome to do so. Please DM on slack.
- What is at risk? Nothing at present.
- What can someone new in Marketing help with? None!
How to Get Help on WordPress Marketing?
Trello Link: https://trello.com/c/HSPTIU1j/147-how-to-get-help-for-wordpress
Task-Lead: @cjross
- What is going well? No updates!
- What is at risk? Nothing at present.
- How can a new member help? None!