The Marketing team promotes WordPress to current and future users and contributors. We create and amplify campaigns to support the growth of the WordPress project.
Our work is tracked on the Marketing Tasks Board on the WordPress organization’s GitHub. If you are planning a Marketing Table at a Contributor Event, please let us know in the Slack channel.
You can be part of the #marketing channel on Slack. Join our next Weekly Marketing Chat at: Tuesday 15:00 UTC.
Diary dates
The team is continuing to support Learn WordPress, Polyglots survey findings, and promoting the latest WordPress release.
We have lots of ways for contributors to get involved. Come to the weekly global meetings at 14:00 UTC on SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. (more details below) or contribute async in the 48 hours after the meeting if this time does not work for your timezone and other commitments.
Contributor support sessions for early 2021 – open to those returning to the team and wanting a refresher and to those who have pledged to contribute under Five for the Future.
Follow and share our weekly highlight of WordPress MeetupMeetup All local/regional gatherings that are officially a part of the WordPress world but are not WordCamps are organized through https://www.meetup.com/. A meetup is typically a chance for local WordPress users to get together and share new ideas and seek help from one another. Searching for ‘WordPress’ on meetup.com will help you find options in your area. events and news on Marketing team LinkedIn Page. Keep up with the #WPDiversity and #LearnWP announcements on the WordCampWordCamp 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. Twitter and Facebook accounts.
Thanks to @meher and @lmurillom for working on the agenda for this week with input from the team. Let us know if you have an item for next week.
Global Marketing Meeting on Wednesday 23 December 2020 at 14:00 UTC in the #Marketing channel on Slack.
Updates on other tasks and previous meeting notes are in our Google doc. The link is shared in the meeting and is pinned in our Slack channel. Summaries are being posted on the blog, access has recently been re-established to enable this.
Marketing Team homepage
WordPress Quarter 3 2020 Update
If you need accessibilityAccessibility 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) or language support to participate in any of our work and meetings, please let one of the team reps know in the marketing channel. We are keen to try and help and promote inclusion and diversity in the team.
Wednesday, 23 December 2020, 17:00 UTC and 20:00 UTC – Dev Chat in #Core Slack channel
Wednesday 23 December, 14:00 UTC – Global Marketing Team meeting in #Marketing Slack channel led by @meher and @nalininonstopnewsuk
Thursday 24 December 2020 – As it is Christmas eve and most people are out on Holiday, we are not having a Virtual Coffee Break, Marketing. See you in January 2021.
Wednesday 30 December, 14:00 UTC – there will be no Global Marketing Team meeting
Wednesday, 30 December 2020, 17:00 UTC and 20:00 UTC – Dev Chat in #Core Slack channel
Thursday 31 December 2020 – As it is New Year eve, we are not having a Virtual Coffee Break, Marketing. See you in January 2021
Wednesday, 6 January 2021, 17:00 UTC and 20:00 UTC – Dev Chat in #Core Slack channel
