Friends of GNOME September data

[Stormy Peters-2]

The September data is posted: http://live.gnome.org/action/AttachFile/GnomeMarketing/Tasks/FriendsOfGNOME?action=AttachFile

We raised $1720 in September (up from $1212 in August) for a total of $23,415 since January 1, 2009.

We didn't have any new subscribers in August. (But we have had a couple already in October - we need to market though if we are going to reach our goal of 10 new subscribers a month!)

Stormy

On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 3:39 PM, Stormy Peters <stormy@...> wrote:

The August data is posted: http://live.gnome.org/action/AttachFile/GnomeMarketing/Tasks/FriendsOfGNOME?action=AttachFile

We raised $1212 in August for a total of $21,695 since January 1, 2009.

Subscriptions held steady. (And thanks to Guy and Jaap you can now specify your monthly amount!)

I posted some of the graphs on the Foundation blog: http://blogs.gnome.org/foundation/2009/09/05/friends-of-gnome-august-2009-update/

Stormy

On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 5:56 PM, Stormy Peters <stormy@...> wrote:

The July data is posted: http://live.gnome.org/action/AttachFile/GnomeMarketing/Tasks/FriendsOfGNOME?action=AttachFile

Great news:
 * We passed the $20,000 mark which was our original goal for all of 2009!

Good news:
 * July 2009 is much better than all other July's in documented history.

OK news:
 * Numbers held steady with June.

Stormy

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[Jaap A. Haitsma]

Just pushed it to the foundation web. Revenue of the GNOME Amazon
Store has been dissapointing sofar. Maybe 10$ for September when you
include all the international stores. I can write a blog entry about
it, but we need a bit more push I think to get GNOME lovers to for
instance install the firefox search plugin that we have on the pages
like http://www.gnome.org/friends/amazon/

After that they just need to use the search plugin to enter the amazon
site and the GNOME foundation gets all the referral fees

Jaap

On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 20:09, Stormy Peters <stormy@...> wrote:

> The September data is posted:
> http://live.gnome.org/action/AttachFile/GnomeMarketing/Tasks/FriendsOfGNOME?action=AttachFile
>
> We raised $1720 in September (up from $1212 in August) for a total of
> $23,415 since January 1, 2009.
>
> We didn't have any new subscribers in August. (But we have had a couple
> already in October - we need to market though if we are going to reach our
> goal of 10 new subscribers a month!)
>
> Stormy
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 3:39 PM, Stormy Peters <stormy@...> wrote:
>>
>> The August data is posted:
>> http://live.gnome.org/action/AttachFile/GnomeMarketing/Tasks/FriendsOfGNOME?action=AttachFile
>>
>> We raised $1212 in August for a total of $21,695 since January 1, 2009.
>>
>> Subscriptions held steady. (And thanks to Guy and Jaap you can now specify
>> your monthly amount!)
>>
>> I posted some of the graphs on the Foundation blog:
>> http://blogs.gnome.org/foundation/2009/09/05/friends-of-gnome-august-2009-update/
>>
>> Stormy
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 5:56 PM, Stormy Peters <stormy@...> wrote:
>>>
>>> The July data is posted:
>>> http://live.gnome.org/action/AttachFile/GnomeMarketing/Tasks/FriendsOfGNOME?action=AttachFile
>>>
>>> Great news:
>>>  * We passed the $20,000 mark which was our original goal for all of
>>> 2009!
>>>
>>> Good news:
>>>  * July 2009 is much better than all other July's in documented history.
>>>
>>> OK news:
>>>  * Numbers held steady with June.
>>>
>>> Stormy
>>
>
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[Claus Schwarm-2]

Hi,

since September was a release month, the increase wasn't really
surprising, wasn't it? According to the WebAlizer, we had over 110.000
more unique visits in September, compared to August.

BTW, it's been three month since I last mentioned it and we

 * still have no proper AB split testing framework in place,
 * still let Webalizer report visits to pages that don't exist, and
 * still have no FoG buttons on leading application pages.

I don't want to push it, but shouldn't we do something about it?

Regards,
Claus



On Thu, 2009-10-15 at 12:09 -0600, Stormy Peters wrote:

> The September data is posted:
> http://live.gnome.org/action/AttachFile/GnomeMarketing/Tasks/FriendsOfGNOME?action=AttachFile
>
> We raised $1720 in September (up from $1212 in August) for a total of
> $23,415 since January 1, 2009.
>
> We didn't have any new subscribers in August. (But we have had a
> couple already in October - we need to market though if we are going
> to reach our goal of 10 new subscribers a month!)
>
> Stormy
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 3:39 PM, Stormy Peters <stormy@...>
> wrote:
>         The August data is posted:
>         http://live.gnome.org/action/AttachFile/GnomeMarketing/Tasks/FriendsOfGNOME?action=AttachFile
>        
>         We raised $1212 in August for a total of $21,695 since January
>         1, 2009.
>        
>         Subscriptions held steady. (And thanks to Guy and Jaap you can
>         now specify your monthly amount!)
>        
>         I posted some of the graphs on the Foundation blog:
>         http://blogs.gnome.org/foundation/2009/09/05/friends-of-gnome-august-2009-update/
>        
>         Stormy
>        
>         On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 5:56 PM, Stormy Peters
>         <stormy@...> wrote:
>                 The July data is posted:
>                 http://live.gnome.org/action/AttachFile/GnomeMarketing/Tasks/FriendsOfGNOME?action=AttachFile
>                
>                 Great news:
>                  * We passed the $20,000 mark which was our original
>                 goal for all of 2009!
>                
>                 Good news:
>                  * July 2009 is much better than all other July's in
>                 documented history.
>                
>                 OK news:
>                  * Numbers held steady with June.
>                
>                 Stormy
>        
>

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[Stormy Peters-2]

Can you file the first two in bugzilla for the sysadmin team?

Perhaps we should track FoG stuff in bugzilla too ...

Stormy

On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 4:37 AM, Claus Schwarm <clschwarm@...> wrote:

Hi,

since September was a release month, the increase wasn't really
surprising, wasn't it? According to the WebAlizer, we had over 110.000
more unique visits in September, compared to August.

BTW, it's been three month since I last mentioned it and we

 * still have no proper AB split testing framework in place,
 * still let Webalizer report visits to pages that don't exist, and
 * still have no FoG buttons on leading application pages.

I don't want to push it, but shouldn't we do something about it?

Regards,
Claus

On Thu, 2009-10-15 at 12:09 -0600, Stormy Peters wrote:
> The September data is posted:
> http://live.gnome.org/action/AttachFile/GnomeMarketing/Tasks/FriendsOfGNOME?action=AttachFile
>
> We raised $1720 in September (up from $1212 in August) for a total of
> $23,415 since January 1, 2009.
>
> We didn't have any new subscribers in August. (But we have had a
> couple already in October - we need to market though if we are going
> to reach our goal of 10 new subscribers a month!)
>
> Stormy
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 3:39 PM, Stormy Peters <stormy@...>
> wrote:
>         The August data is posted:
>         http://live.gnome.org/action/AttachFile/GnomeMarketing/Tasks/FriendsOfGNOME?action=AttachFile
>
>         We raised $1212 in August for a total of $21,695 since January
>         1, 2009.
>
>         Subscriptions held steady. (And thanks to Guy and Jaap you can
>         now specify your monthly amount!)
>
>         I posted some of the graphs on the Foundation blog:
>         http://blogs.gnome.org/foundation/2009/09/05/friends-of-gnome-august-2009-update/
>
>         Stormy
>
>         On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 5:56 PM, Stormy Peters
>         <stormy@...> wrote:
>                 The July data is posted:
>                 http://live.gnome.org/action/AttachFile/GnomeMarketing/Tasks/FriendsOfGNOME?action=AttachFile
>
>                 Great news:
>                  * We passed the $20,000 mark which was our original
>                 goal for all of 2009!
>
>                 Good news:
>                  * July 2009 is much better than all other July's in
>                 documented history.
>
>                 OK news:
>                  * Numbers held steady with June.
>
>                 Stormy
>
>

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[Christer Edwards]

On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 12:09 PM, Stormy Peters <stormy@...> wrote:

> The September data is posted:
> http://live.gnome.org/action/AttachFile/GnomeMarketing/Tasks/FriendsOfGNOME?action=AttachFile
>
> We raised $1720 in September (up from $1212 in August) for a total of
> $23,415 since January 1, 2009.
>
> We didn't have any new subscribers in August. (But we have had a couple
> already in October - we need to market though if we are going to reach our
> goal of 10 new subscribers a month!)
>
> Stormy

I'm fairly new to this list, but I'm interested in helping with
Friends of GNOME. If I were to do some blogging regarding the issue,
what might I refer people to to find more information about Friends of
GNOME or where they can subscribe / donate?

Christer
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[Paul Cutler-3]

Christer, sounds great!

More info here:  http://www.gnome.org/friends/

Paul

On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 6:12 PM, Christer Edwards <christer.edwards@...> wrote:

On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 12:09 PM, Stormy Peters <stormy@...> wrote:
> The September data is posted:
> http://live.gnome.org/action/AttachFile/GnomeMarketing/Tasks/FriendsOfGNOME?action=AttachFile
>
> We raised $1720 in September (up from $1212 in August) for a total of
> $23,415 since January 1, 2009.
>
> We didn't have any new subscribers in August. (But we have had a couple
> already in October - we need to market though if we are going to reach our
> goal of 10 new subscribers a month!)
>
> Stormy

I'm fairly new to this list, but I'm interested in helping with
Friends of GNOME. If I were to do some blogging regarding the issue,
what might I refer people to to find more information about Friends of
GNOME or where they can subscribe / donate?

Christer

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[Christer Edwards]

Maybe this will persuade a few donations - http://is.gd/4n5lT

Christer

On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 5:31 PM, Paul Cutler <pcutler@...> wrote:

> Christer, sounds great!
>
> More info here:  http://www.gnome.org/friends/
>
> Paul
>
> On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 6:12 PM, Christer Edwards
> <christer.edwards@...> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 12:09 PM, Stormy Peters <stormy@...> wrote:
>> > The September data is posted:
>> >
>> > http://live.gnome.org/action/AttachFile/GnomeMarketing/Tasks/FriendsOfGNOME?action=AttachFile
>> >
>> > We raised $1720 in September (up from $1212 in August) for a total of
>> > $23,415 since January 1, 2009.
>> >
>> > We didn't have any new subscribers in August. (But we have had a couple
>> > already in October - we need to market though if we are going to reach
>> > our
>> > goal of 10 new subscribers a month!)
>> >
>> > Stormy
>>
>> I'm fairly new to this list, but I'm interested in helping with
>> Friends of GNOME. If I were to do some blogging regarding the issue,
>> what might I refer people to to find more information about Friends of
>> GNOME or where they can subscribe / donate?
>>
>> Christer
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[Paul Cutler-3]

Great blog post, thanks for writing it up, the pictures are great!  I blogged it as well to link it on pgo, hopefully you'll see a little traffic as well.

Paul

On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 8:40 PM, Christer Edwards <christer.edwards@...> wrote:

Maybe this will persuade a few donations - http://is.gd/4n5lT

Christer

On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 5:31 PM, Paul Cutler <pcutler@...> wrote:
> Christer, sounds great!
>
> More info here:  http://www.gnome.org/friends/
>
> Paul
>
> On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 6:12 PM, Christer Edwards
> <christer.edwards@...> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 12:09 PM, Stormy Peters <stormy@...> wrote:
>> > The September data is posted:
>> >
>> > http://live.gnome.org/action/AttachFile/GnomeMarketing/Tasks/FriendsOfGNOME?action=AttachFile
>> >
>> > We raised $1720 in September (up from $1212 in August) for a total of
>> > $23,415 since January 1, 2009.
>> >
>> > We didn't have any new subscribers in August. (But we have had a couple
>> > already in October - we need to market though if we are going to reach
>> > our
>> > goal of 10 new subscribers a month!)
>> >
>> > Stormy
>>
>> I'm fairly new to this list, but I'm interested in helping with
>> Friends of GNOME. If I were to do some blogging regarding the issue,
>> what might I refer people to to find more information about Friends of
>> GNOME or where they can subscribe / donate?
>>
>> Christer
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[Guy Lunardi]

All,

some really interesting ideas on this site (and the cause is great too,
feel free to donate):
http://www.maasaimarathon.com/

The sponsoring idea is neat
http://www.maasaimarathon.com/content/sponsor/
and the pages are generally well put together.

If we could come up with a similar goal, I would love to see the
Foundation do something similar.

Create a Team, have the individuals in the team help write bios and
create small videos...

Maybe running a marathon is a bit outside the scope of what our people
can do but maybe we could apply this idea on a hackfest basis for
example or for Guadec.

After looking at the Friends of GNOME monthly setup, I started looking
around for potential another online donation management service.
Amazon's Simple Pay Donations service (one-time) is great. The Amazon
Flexible Payments Service (Amazon FPS) while still not perfect, a bit
expensive, seems more flexible than Paypal though.

To summarize:
 a) If we (more clever than me) come up with a Team + members concept
for GNOME, I will be happy to help put the pages together. Ideas?
 b) Should we consider offering Amazon as a payment service for Friends
of GNOME (side by side or replace Paypal)?

Best regards,
-Guy


On Thu, 2009-10-15 at 12:09 -0600, Stormy Peters wrote:

> The September data is posted:
> http://live.gnome.org/action/AttachFile/GnomeMarketing/Tasks/FriendsOfGNOME?action=AttachFile
>
> We raised $1720 in September (up from $1212 in August) for a total of
> $23,415 since January 1, 2009.
>
> We didn't have any new subscribers in August. (But we have had a
> couple already in October - we need to market though if we are going
> to reach our goal of 10 new subscribers a month!)
>
> Stormy
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 3:39 PM, Stormy Peters <stormy@...>
> wrote:
>         The August data is posted:
>         http://live.gnome.org/action/AttachFile/GnomeMarketing/Tasks/FriendsOfGNOME?action=AttachFile
>        
>         We raised $1212 in August for a total of $21,695 since January
>         1, 2009.
>        
>         Subscriptions held steady. (And thanks to Guy and Jaap you can
>         now specify your monthly amount!)
>        
>         I posted some of the graphs on the Foundation blog:
>         http://blogs.gnome.org/foundation/2009/09/05/friends-of-gnome-august-2009-update/
>        
>         Stormy
>        
>         On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 5:56 PM, Stormy Peters
>         <stormy@...> wrote:
>                 The July data is posted:
>                 http://live.gnome.org/action/AttachFile/GnomeMarketing/Tasks/FriendsOfGNOME?action=AttachFile
>                
>                 Great news:
>                  * We passed the $20,000 mark which was our original
>                 goal for all of 2009!
>                
>                 Good news:
>                  * July 2009 is much better than all other July's in
>                 documented history.
>                
>                 OK news:
>                  * Numbers held steady with June.
>                
>                 Stormy
>        
>

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[Diego Escalante Urrelo]

El sáb, 17-10-2009 a las 21:16 -0600, Guy Lunardi escribió:

> All,
>
> some really interesting ideas on this site (and the cause is great too,
> feel free to donate):
> http://www.maasaimarathon.com/
>
> The sponsoring idea is neat
> http://www.maasaimarathon.com/content/sponsor/
> and the pages are generally well put together.
>

Sort of the adopt a hacker thing. Maybe we can do something similar but
with events. For example people could sponsor a webkit hackfest vs a
video hackfest or gtk hackfest. That way we could give people a feeling
of decision power but at the same time it would be hackers and hackers
only who would decide what to do in the hackfest.

Great link Guy :-)

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[Stormy Peters-2]

Instead of miles ran, could we do it with lines of code written or bugs fixed?

Stormy

On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 10:54 PM, Diego Escalante Urrelo
<diegoe@...> wrote:

> El sáb, 17-10-2009 a las 21:16 -0600, Guy Lunardi escribió:
>> All,
>>
>> some really interesting ideas on this site (and the cause is great too,
>> feel free to donate):
>> http://www.maasaimarathon.com/
>>
>> The sponsoring idea is neat
>> http://www.maasaimarathon.com/content/sponsor/
>> and the pages are generally well put together.
>>
>
> Sort of the adopt a hacker thing. Maybe we can do something similar but
> with events. For example people could sponsor a webkit hackfest vs a
> video hackfest or gtk hackfest. That way we could give people a feeling
> of decision power but at the same time it would be hackers and hackers
> only who would decide what to do in the hackfest.
>
> Great link Guy :-)
>
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