K Desktop Environment
Get Involved with KDE Promotion
Do you know how to get the word out on the street? Marketing and promotion of KDE is done through a mostly grassroots effort. By being a part of the team, you will be spreading the word of KDE to people that may not otherwise be able to benefit from it.
Communicating with the team
There are many ways to get in touch with the team:
You can chat with the team in #kde-promo on irc.freenode.net, or learn more about IRC.
The team discusses activities on the kde-promo mailing list, learn about mailing lists.
Background
Please read up on the following documents to learn about marketing tactics that could be useful:
- Guerrilla marketing - General thoughts on marketing KDE
- Press Release Guide - For getting the word to news outlets
- Interviews guide - For being interviewed and writing interview articles
- Corporate Identity Guidelines - Apply to information you publically disperse about KDE
- spread.kde.org's links section - Has many interesting links to get you started
- The Media Howto
Tasks
The main activities of the project include finding interesting ways to market KDE and some corporate image tasks. See the tasks page for open projects.
Mentor program
Getting started in a big project can be hard. Here are some people that are willing to help you learn the ropes and get you on board:
- Seeking mentors, contact: Will Entriken - kde DOT org AT phor DOT net
