The Make Marketing team is currently inactive. Work on the WordPress Showcase remains open to contributions, and marketing amplification requests can be made via GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged by the repository owner. https://github.com/. For those with marketing talents, we currently recommend connecting with the Community team to promote WordPress events or with one of the many other Make teams. For any other ideas or discussions unrelated to these contributing areas, you can use the GitHub discussion area or Make Slack.
Notes: Global Marketing Team meeting, 7 February 2023
We are currently experimenting with the notes-taking process for the weekly Marketing meeting: what content we record in the notes, and for what purpose. This iteration includes a focus on reporting team news and noting where discussion was generated in the meeting, both live and async.
Please add any comments on the related Marketing Tasks GitHub issue or in the #marketing channel on the Make WordPress 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/.
- This meeting was organized on GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged by the repository owner. https://github.com/ card #170: https://github.com/WordPress/Marketing-Team/issues/170
- Leading the meeting:@sereedmedia
- Taking notes: Team Reps
- Slack link to meeting start: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C0GKJ7TFA/p1675782095159879
Team News
- The marketing description is being revisited with project leadership to ensure it aligned with the WordPress project goals, including readability: https://github.com/orgs/WordPress/projects/21
- We are testing a new notes format for the next two months based on the input received on #148: https://github.com/WordPress/Marketing-Team/discussions/148
- How can we help onboard our new contributors, especially in light of 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. Asia’s upcoming Contributor DayContributor Day Contributor Days are standalone days, frequently held before or after WordCamps but they can also happen at any time. They are events where people get together to work on various areas of https://make.wordpress.org/ There are many teams that people can participate in, each with a different focus. https://2017.us.wordcamp.org/contributor-day/ https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/? https://github.com/WordPress/Marketing-Team/issues/169
- Ongoing discussion on the goals for the 2023 Marketing team. Join the discussion on GitHub card #165: https://github.com/WordPress/Marketing-Team/discussions/165
Contributor events update
WordCamp Asia Contributor Day is February 17, 2023. Please add your name to the card if you intend to be at/ involved in WC ASia Contributor Day, whether in person or remote. Please add ideas for contribution tasks whether or not you can attend! GitHub ticket #108: https://github.com/WordPress/Marketing-Team/issues/108
- Marketing table leads for WC Asia will be @yvettesonneveld and @Dominyka Miksenaite
Discussion:
- Robin will be in attendance but will be on #core-test as he is also 6.2 Test Co-Lead
- There will be virtual contributor day attendees
- Link to the WC Asia contributor day schedule: https://asia.wordcamp.org/2023/contributor-day/
WordPress Publications
- The Month in WordPress: https://wordpress.org/news/2023/02/the-month-in-wordpress-january-2023/
- WP Briefing: https://wordpress.org/news/2023/01/episode-48-what-does-concluding-a-gutenberg-phase-really-mean/
- Polyglots Monthly Newsletter: January 2023: https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/2023/01/13/polyglots-monthly-newsletter-january-2023/
- WordPress Project Updates: https://make.wordpress.org/project/2023/01/27/discussion-ending-the-eternal-september/
WordPress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/ social media updates
- Discussion re: refining process for contributors to craft content for social media accounts
- No stats were presented this week
Marketing Task Updates
- No discussion on tasks
Open Floor
- How to get involved in writing social shares for Twitter or Facebook?
- It is WordPress 6.2 BetaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process. 1 day
- How can contributors take meeting notes?
Next Steps
Our next meeting is 14 February, 2023 at 15:00 UTC.
- GitHub card for the next meeting: https://github.com/WordPress/Marketing-Team/issues/172