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SI 7:10 pm on September 27, 2022
Tags: , , , , , WordPress, WPOpenverse,   

Notes: WordPress global Marketing Team meeting, September 21, 2022

If you are reading these notes on a website other than the Make WordPress Marketing blog, you can add comments directly to 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/. or via the team’s blog.

After each item in the meeting notes, there is a link directly to its related Slack thread. This will help you join the discussions and get more involved. The team may not be aware of comments you add on other sites which replicate the notes.

1. Welcome and introduction

These summary notes focus on key items and actions from the meeting and assist with asynchronous contribution to the Global Marketing Team. For those unable to attend a meeting due to timezone issues, please do join the discussion threads after the meeting and send your updates.

  • The meeting discussions on the Marketing team channel start at this message in the Make WordPress Slack. You can add to the threads if you were unable to attend the meeting live.
  • The agenda followed for the meeting on September 21, 2022. GitHub card for the week
  • The meeting was facilitated by Team Reps: @lmurillom, @nalininonstopnewsuk @eidolonnight. 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 be the repository owner. https://github.com/ overview in the week leading up to the meeting: @nalininonstopnewsuk and @lmurillom @eidolonnight
  • Meeting notes: @santanainniss
  • Notes Editor/Review: @nalininonstopnewsuk. Thanks to @webcommsat for the support on GitHub.
  • For those new to the team, the New Contributor Orientation section of the Handbook can be a good place to start. You can also visit the team’s GitHub task board and join any card you are interested in. All you need is a GitHub account, and then you can add a comment to the relevant card.

2. Getting to know each other

  • Meeting attendees: participants can be viewed in this Slack thread. We welcome people from across all time zones to participate.
  • Social question of the week from @nalininonstopnewsuk: to celebrate creativity, what are your favorite two colors to put together? Read replies from the team on this Slack thread.

3. Notes and volunteer opportunities

Thank you to our note-taking volunteers for the next few weeks. How to information for the team’s notes are available in the Marketing Team Handbook.

The GitHub card for all aspects of each week’s meeting and any collaboration are linked in the list below by date. If you have suggestions for the agendas for these meetings or have an update you can give asynchronously, you can also add them to the card for the relevant week. There are contributors available to help anyone get started with the team GitHub, send a message in the main Marketing slack channel and include Nalini (for her Slack ID write the ‘@’ sympbol followed by her name ‘Nalini’, no space).

Team notes from September 14, 2022 – props to @yashwardhanrana for drafting and to @nalininonstopnewsuk and @lmurillom for reviewing.

Notetakers for coming weeks – join our group of contributors who help with notes by volunteering when you see a call for notetakers during our meetings, or by adding your name to the weekly GitHub card.

September 28, 2022 – GitHub #112 –
October 2, 2022 GitHub #116 – Adeeb Malik
October 9, 2022 GitHub #117 –

We are looking for contributors to open the virtual coffee shop for the bi-weekly coffee break.
Check out the GitHub card #23 and add your name to the list! Read the updated guide on facilitating a coffee break and volunteer.

4. Marketing project and task updates

Update from @eidolonnight

The main Marketing Team task board is available in GitHub. If you would like help using GitHub, please reply in this thread. There is help available. We will be bringing GitHub cards to this meeting for a regular status check-in. These are also shared on the GitHub planning card.

If you’re a member of the WordPress GitHub organization and have Two-Factor-Authentication disabled, please enable it on your GitHub account, as it will soon be required. You can enable it at: https://github.com/settings/security

  1. Five for the Future Email Template for Contributors (GitHub #18). Several contributors at WoordCamp US (WCUS) drafted this template. We just need to do some copy review and package these up. More templates are still welcome as well! If you would like to help, comment here and/or in the issue.
  2. Create plan for short-form video content on Tiktok (GitHub #114). Several contributors at WCUS put together some wonderful thoughts on the how this can be done. Let’s discuss next steps in the GitHub issue and put together some pilot content.
  3. We also had several ideas come in for the #WordPress, #WPPhotos, #LearnWP, #WPOpenverse, #GrowYourStoryWP, and #WordCamp campaigns during WCUS 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/.. I’ve updated the WordPress Social Media Amplification (GitHub #7).
  4. We have an open brainstorming doc from WCUS with several ideas. Call for contributors to review and create Github issues as needed.

4a. Social media update

  1. Social media amplification. Our WordPress Social Media Amplification (GitHub ticket #7) details how you can help share and amplify WordPress news on social media. You will also find a list of the primary WordPress.org social accounts and campaign contacts there. This is a good first task for new contributors.
  2. Weekly social media stats reported by @bjmcsherry: We managed another strong week for our social campaigns, especially with our key net-new subscribers objective, hitting 1,380 followers as we continue to drive higher than expected weekly numbers from previous performances. In addition, many of our campaigns including 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. follow-up and the Photo Directory campaign performed best. These scored high marks in some of our best examples throughout the week.
    • Here are a look at some of the overall performance numbers for the last week:
    • Impressions: 291,564
    • Engagements: 5,964
    • Link clicks: 1,318
    • Messages received: 40

4b. Updates on forthcoming WordPress releases and FSE

Dan subbed in for WordPress 6.1 Marketing & Communications Lead, @jpantani, at the meeting for any 6.1 release updates.

  • 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 ready for general/public testing on September 21, 2022
  • After Beta 1 ships, we will begin work on the About Page which will detail key features/updates that are included in 6.1. Follow along in this channel for more information.

4c. Contributor events update

Updates from @eidolonnight

  • WordCamp Asia contributor day awareness, February 17, 2023 – GitHub #108. Please can you add to the card if you intend to be at the contributor day and involved in the marketing table.
  • Just a reminder from last week. There is a Dzongkha language onboarding video in progress – this is now set for a month before WordCamp Asia 2023. @Ugyen is working on this. Please add to the GitHub #59 if you can assist him with the video work on this.

4d. Newsletters and series

  • Month in WordPress:  If you have any news or Make team updates that would be valuable and relevant for the September 2022 edition, please feel free to add them as a comment to GitHub #109 by Friday September 30, 2022.
  • WP Briefing: @Santana.Inniss has shared a call for brainstorming for the Halloween Episode of the WP Briefing Podcast. Please leave your ideas in GitHub #113. Deadline: September 26, 2022
  • Annual 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. Survey: The Community Team would like to conduct another outreach effort to encourage meetup organizers and members to complete the Annual WordPress Meetup Survey (available in 14 languages).

4e Campaigns

Photos directory initiative (GitHub card 80) for World Photography Day. Please continue to submit your photos, and if you would like to share a story behind the photo they sent and the place it represents, reach out to @rmartinezduque.

5.  Diary dates – upcoming events and meetings

Updates by @nalininonstopnewsuk

Our next Coffee break was held on Thursday 22 September 2022 at 18:30/ 6.30pm UTC facilitated by @laurlittle.

This bi-weekly social coffee break is held by the Make Marketing team for all WordPress Marketing contributors, and occasional guests. Stop by and meet some of the friendly faces marketing WordPress.

Follow this Google Calendar with meetings, collaborations, and social activities. We also list important dates in this Forthcoming Diary Dates post.

6. Open floor

No additional items shared during the open floor.

Next meeting

You can join the GitHub card #112 for next week’s meeting on September 28, 2022. The meeting will take place in this channel at 15:00 UTC.

Post meeting

Polyglots will be updating wptranslationday.org for the event for 2022. @eidolonnight confirmed they will use @TranslateWP on Twitter with updates and sharing some items on 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 channels too.

#marketing-team, #meeting-notes

Ugyen Dorji 2:50 pm on August 3, 2022
Tags: , GrowYourWordPress, , , , , , WordPress, , ,   

Notes: Global Marketing Team Meeting, 27 July, 2022

(Updated by @nalininonstopnewsuk on 8 August 2022)

If you are reading these notes on a website other than the Make WordPress Marketing blog, please contact us on the #marketing channel 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/. or via the team’s blog as we may not be aware of comments you add on other sites to be able to reply or help involve you.

Link to the start of the meeting on Marketing Slack to help with asynchronous contributions.

1. Welcome and introduction

These summary notes focus on key items and actions from the meeting and assist with an asynchronous contribution to the Global Marketing Team. For those unable to attend a meeting due to timezone issues please do join the discussion threads after the meeting and send your updates. 

2. Getting to know the team and helping to take part

  1. Meeting attendees: participants can be viewed in this Slack Thread
  2. Social question of the week: wildlife stories in the news. View participants’ responses via this Slack thread.

3. Notes and volunteer opportunities

Props to @majaloncar and @webcommsat for drafting July 20, 2022 notes.
Notetakers for coming weeks – you can join our group of contributors taking part in producing notes by volunteering when you see a call for note-takers during our meetings or by adding your name to the weekly 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 be the repository owner. https://github.com/ card.

We are always looking for contributors to open the virtual coffee shop for the bi-weekly coffee break. Check out the GitHub card and add your name to the list!

4. Marketing project and task updates

GitHub links

Update via @nalininonstopnewsuk
The main Marketing Team task board on GitHub.

If you would like specific assistance on using GitHub, please reply in this thread. There is help available! You can also contribute to wiki information we are working on with other teams

Continuing from last week, there are some tasks to highlight:

  • Marketing Team descriptor in the Handbook – if you have any suggestions, please add them to GitHub card 87.
  • Does anyone have updates on any of the other cards highlighted from last week?

Every week we review GitHub cards and help progress them. We also have a group of contributors available to help anyone get started with GitHub.I will be bringing cards that are awaiting updates to the meeting each week so we can help contributors share news and new contributors find how to update cards more easily. This week we have:

  • For awareness, there are two exciting 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. surveys coming out soon. The information is on GitHub card 96. @mysweetcate will be including something in the next Meetup Newsletter and @rmartinezduque for Month in WordPress. We will add the links to the card too. Thank you to @Julia from the Community Team for highlighting these surveys this week.
  • Discussion: promoting mobile apps – card 93 – new. A summary from the slack thread will be added to this card later this week. So please have a look and add your ideas. Thank you @oglekler for starting this discussion off.
  • @eidolonnight and @rmartinezduque would update the Performance Team for social media updates. on WordPress.org and add their details to card 52 as an update and if not can close this card
  • A reminder from a request opened up by @EidolonNight two months ago. There is an open call (GitHub card) for brainstorming ideas that can be used to help generate contributor interest in marketing for WordPress.

This is currently on the WCEU 2022 GitHub card. Feel free to add suggestions there this week and we can create a new list in the discussion forum when we close that card.

4a. Social Media

Update via: @bjmcsherry

Slack thread link

Our GitHub issue details how you can help share and amplify WordPress news on social media. You will also find a list of the primary WordPress.org social accounts there. This is a good first task for new contributors. You can get started participating in our online conversations and/or contributing content to one of our active campaigns.

Overall, we had another great week this past week and continued to trend above seasonal averages when looking at overall net-new followers as a primary statistic. In fact, we actually improved our net new followers by over 1.4K (1,455). This was an increase of 43% over the previous week. This is well above where we have historically been in for a non-release window. Many of our campaigns including the ‘Website Redesign’, ‘WP Diversity’, and the ‘WordPress 6.0’ campaigns scored high marks in some of our best examples throughout the week.
Overall, the numbers for the week look like this:

  • Impressions: 182,116
  • Engagements: 4,757
  • Link Clicks: 1,368
  • Messages received: 19

4b. Forthcoming WordPress releases & FSE

Update via: @nalininonstopnewsuk

Slack thread link

WordPress 6.0.1 is now available. You can help highlight all the new features and fixes in WordPress by retweeting the social media posts tagged with #WordPress.

4c. Contributor events updates

Update via: @nalininonstopnewsuk

Slack thread link

If you have a ticket for WordCamp US 2022 and plan to attend the marketing table at 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/., please let us know by commenting on our github issue.

4d. Newsletters, campaigns and event updates

Update via: @lmurillom

Slack thread link

Meetup Reactivation campaign: The Community Team is embarking on a global WordPress Meetup reactivation project – if you’re available to help by reaching out to meetup organizers in your region, please read the post, and complete this form! Please note this is for both in-person and online meetups.

Polyglots July 2022 newsletter has been published! It includes a reminder of the Polyglots coffee break taking place tomorrow 28 July, latest stats, WordPress.org profile updates and more. Please read and share!

Month in WordPress July 2022: The expected publication date for the July 2022 edition of The Month in WordPress is Friday, August 5, 2022.
If you have any news or Make team updates that would be valuable and relevant to the post, please feel free to add them as a comment to the GitHub card (Card 84).

#GrowYourWordPress: @jpantani has noticed that engagement seems to be a bit higher with this campaign when it’s linked to Community (WordCamps), so tying it to similar initiatives is something to keep in mind as we promote it. Additionally, engagement seems better when the nudges are less frequent.
We’ve had a total of 11 submissions, and there are already quite a few good testimonials.

5. Diary dates – upcoming events and meetings

Our bi-weekly social coffee break is held by the Make Marketing team for all WordPress Marketing contributors, and occasional guests. Stop by and meet some of the friendly faces marketing WordPress. Follow this Google Calendar with meetings, collaborations, and social activities. We also list important dates in this Forthcoming Diary Dates post.

6. Open floor

@santanainniss would like to propose for consideration that the Meeting Notes follow the same outline as the Meeting agendas.
@nalininonstopnewsuk confirmed that they should follow the same. There are some updates pending on the meeting notes information in the handbook. These need to be updated together with this reference to the meeting agendas.

#marketing-team, #meeting-notes

Maja Loncar 10:26 am on July 25, 2022
Tags: , , WordPress   

Notes: Global Marketing Team Meeting, 20 July, 2022

If you are reading these notes on a website other than the Make WordPress Marketing blog, you can add comments directly to 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/. or via the team’s blog.

After each item in the meeting notes, there is a link directly to the Slack thread. This will help you join in the discussions and to get more involved. The team may not be aware of comments you add on other sites which replicate the notes.

Link to the start of the meeting on Marketing Slack to help with asynchronous contributions.

1. Hello and welcome

These summary notes focus on key items and actions from the meeting and assist with an asynchronous contribution to the Global Marketing Team. For those unable to attend a meeting for whatever reason please join the discussion threads after the meeting and send your updates there. 

2. Getting to know each other

  1. Meeting attendees: participants can be viewed in this Slack Thread.
  2. Social question of the week: “If you could time travel, which decade fascinates you, and why would you like to visit it? Come and share your thoughts. It is a great way to get to know people in the team.” View participants’ responses via this Slack thread.

3. Notetakers and coffee break facilitators – volunteer opportunities 

These are the notes from the last meeting on 13 July 2022, thank you @yashwardhanrana !

Notetakers for coming weeks – you can join our group of contributors taking part in producing notes by volunteering when you see a call for note-takers during our meetings or adding your name to the weekly 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 be the repository owner. https://github.com/ card.

We are always looking for contributors to open the virtual coffee shop for the bi-weekly coffee break. Currently, we need volunteers for August. Check out the GitHub card and add your name to the list!

4. Project and Task Updates

Update from @nalininonstopnewsuk:

The main Marketing Team task board is available on GitHub. If you would like help using GitHub, please reply in the thread. There is help available. Thank you to team members continuing to assist with GitHub management and support.

Continuing from last week, there are some tasks to highlight:

  • Marketing Team descriptor in the Handbook – if you have any suggestions, please add them to GitHub card 87.
  • 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. Europe 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/. if you have any suggestions or comments from attending or supporting, please update GitHub card 64. @jpantani and @yvettesonneveld will add a summary, links to documents, and any learnings.
  • Marketing input into the Big Picture Goals: team reps have been asked to contribute to this and will will be working on GitHub card 91. Deadline for the team’s submission is Friday 22 July 2022.

Every week we review GitHub cards and help progress them. We also have a group of contributors available to help anyone get started with GitHub. @nalininonstopnewsuk will be bringing cards that are awaiting updates to the meeting each week so we can help contributors share news and new contributors find how to update cards more easily.

Work continues on Italian version of the onboarding video. Thanks to @matteospi, @webcommsat and @jpantani and @nalininonstopnewsukare helping progress this. More updates in a future week. GitHub card 28.

4a. Social media update

Updates via: @eidolonnight and @bjmcsherry
Slack thread link

Our GitHub issue details how you can help share and amplify WordPress news on social media. You will also find a list of the primary 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 accounts there.
This is a good first task for new contributors. You can get started participating in our online conversations and/or contributing content to one of our active campaigns.

@bjmcsherry gave an update on last week’s social media stats and insights:
Overall, we had some stellar performances this week and continued to trend above seasonal averages. We improved our net new followers by over 1K (1,015). This was an increase of 23% over the previous week. This is well above where we have historically been in for a non-release window.

Many of our campaigns including the ‘Website Redesign’ and the ‘WordPress 6.0.1 news post (2x)’ campaigns scored high marks in some of our best examples throughout the week.
Overall, the numbers for the week look like this:

  • Impressions: 284,714
  • Engagements 5,928
  • Link Clicks 1,835
  • Messages received: 31

4b. Forthcoming WordPress releases

Update via: @eidolonnight
Slack thread

Reminder: WordPress 6.0.1 is now available. You can help highlight all the new features and fixes in WordPress by retweeting the social media posts tagged with #WordPress.

We’re now eight weeks out from 6.0, and the social content highlighting these features continues to perform really well. Starting next week, we will simply be reporting on this as part of our social media updates.

4c. Contributor Events Update

Update via: @eidolonnight
Slack thread

GitHub card for WordCamp US Contributor Day Marketing Table (Card 90)
With WordCamp US approaching in September, it would be nice to start a list of who plans to attend. General admission tickets went on sale on June 30th and have already sold out. If you couldn’t get yours, the organizing team recommends checking the site periodically to see if any become available.

Nicholas will complete the form for our team for table leads, table onboarders and team Slack reps.

About 40 registrants expressing interest in Marketing on Contributor Day, so any help here is very welcome. The “Slack Rep” does not need to be at WCUS in-person.

Table Leads: Table leads will be helping direct traffic – welcoming folks to the table and pointing them to various tables for projects or table onboarding.

Team Onboarder (Optional): Ideally, we would like to see each table have someone who will take responsibility for onboarding new contributors. While some teams might do this at the beginning of the day, new contributors might show up later.

Team Slack Rep (Optional): This person can be at WCUS in person or online remotely. They would be responsible for helping out folks in Slack by answering questions or helping folks who are participating remotely get started. So far @nalininonstopnewsukini has volunteered for this role.
If you got your ticket and plan to attend specifically for contributor day, please let us know in this thread! Also let us know if you would like to volunteer for one of the roles above on the GitHub card (link above).

4d. Newsletters, campaigns and event updates

Update via: @lmurillom
Link to the Slack thread

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. Reactivation campaign: The Community Team is embarking on a global WordPress Meetup reactivation project – if you’re available to help by reaching out to meetup organizers in your region, please read the post, complete this form! Please note this is for both in-person and online meetups. 

Month in WordPress July 2022 Edition: The expected publication date for the July 2022 edition of The Month in WordPress is Friday, August 5, 2022.
If you have any news or Make team updates that would be valuable and relevant to the post, please feel free to add them as a comment to the GitHub card (Card 84).

Polyglots Newsletter – the newsletter drafts from @nao are ready for revision. Please add your comments to the drafts in the Slack thread. Additionally, there are a number of short videos that need subtitling. If you can help with this and video editing of a few of the videos, please let @webcommsat know.

People of WordPress – July and August features are in progress, and pictures requested for September. October’s piece may need to swap with November due to availability. If WordPress Translation Day goes ahead on 30 September 2022, the People of WordPress feature planned may be swapped if enough information and photographs have come in by the deadline. If you would like to help with photo editing for this series, fact-checking, updates and more, please get in touch with @webcommsat or add yourself to the working spreadsheet or GitHub cards. More working updates are shared in the Slack thread (link above), and feel free to volunteer to assist. the specific fact-checking does not take place in the GitHub card to take into account sensitivity on some of the materials and to avoid sharing of contacts of those featured to the internet at large.
 

5. Diary dates – upcoming events and meetings

Our next Coffee break will be Thursday 28 July 2022 at 18:30/ 6.30pm UTC, and will be facilitated by @megphillips91. This bi-weekly social coffee break is held by the Make Marketing team for all WordPress Marketing contributors, and occasional guests. Stop by and meet some of the friendly faces marketing WordPress. 

Follow this Google Calendar with meetings, collaborations, and social activities. We also list important dates in this Forthcoming Diary Dates post.  

6. Open floor

If you have an update on a task that is not mentioned above, please share. Anyone is able to add a comment to a GitHub task card – you just need a GitHub user ID.

Next Marketing Meeting: Wednesday 27 July 2022, 15:00 UTC – Global Marketing Team meeting in the #marketing channel on Slack.
You can take part by following or adding to the weekly GitHub card, volunteering for notes, helping with GitHub updates, and more. Add items or async updates to the GitHub card for next week.

Props to: @majaloncar, @webcommsat, @lmurillom and @nalininonstopnewsuk for contribution towards these notes, and to the Marketing Team Reps for planning and running the meeting, and to everyone who contributed or worked on updates or GitHub support.

#marketing-team, #meeting-notes

Ugyen Dorji 9:29 am on June 20, 2022
Tags: , , NaturePhotographyDay, WordPress,   

Notes: Global Marketing Meeting, June 15, 2022

If you are reading these notes on a website other than the Make WordPress Marketing blog, please contact us on the #marketing channel 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/. or via the team’s blog as we may not be aware of comments you add on other sites to be able to reply or help involve you.

Link to the start of the meeting on Marketing Slack to help with async contributions.

1. Welcome and introduction

These summary notes focus on key items and actions from the meeting and assist with an asynchronous contribution to the Global Marketing Team. For those unable to attend a meeting due to timezone issues please do join the discussion threads after the meeting and send your updates. 

2. Getting to know the team and help to take part

  1. Meeting attendees: participants can be viewed in this Slack Thread
  2. Social question of the week: “I hear it is National Fudge Day and Fudge Celebration Week in some places. What is your favorite sweet treat?” View participants’ responses via this Slack thread.

3. Notes and volunteer opportunities

Props to @santanainniss for drafting June 8, 2022 notes.
Notetakers for coming weeks – you can join our group of contributors taking part in producing notes by volunteering when you see a call for note-takers during our meetings or by adding your name to the weekly 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 be the repository owner. https://github.com/ card.

Please message @nalininonstopnewsuk in the channel if you are unsure how to add comments to the GitHub card. If you have suggestions for the agendas for these meetings, you can also add them to the card for the relevant week.

We are always looking for contributors to open the virtual coffee shop for the bi-weekly coffee break. Check out the GitHub card and add your name to the list!

4. Marketing project and task updates

GitHub links

The main Marketing Team task board on GitHub.

If you would like specific assistance on using GitHub, please reply in this thread. There is help available! You can also contribute to wiki information we are working on with other teams.

4a. Forthcoming WordPress releases & FSE

Update via: @eidolonnight @dansoschin

Slack thread link

We continue to support efforts to share the latest 6.0 release and new features across social media. Look for posts with the #WordPress tag highlighting the release and new features:

WordPress 6.0 “Arturo”

We’re up to about 22.6 million downloads. We’ve been posting about 6.0 on the main WP social media accounts at least once, but sometimes 2x per week and these posts have been performing above-average with regards to engagement.

  • What’s in store for WordPress in the months to come? You can read this early planning article from Matias Ventura: https://make.wordpress.org/core/2022/06/04/roadmap-to-6-1/
  • Did you know that the GutenbergGutenberg 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/ editor, which is the foundation of Full Site Editing, has new releases every-other-week? Here’s what’s new in the latest release, 13.4. https://make.wordpress.org/core/2022/06/10/whats-new-in-gutenberg-13-4-8-june/.
  • Did you know that Gutenberg is not just for WordPress? It can be used as an editor for almost anything since it is open-source too. In fact, it is being used as the main editor for Tumblr and Day One (https://wptavern.com/gutenberg-editor-now-in-testing-on-tumblr-and-day-one-web-apps).
  • There are some folks working on the Gutenberg page for a refresh in messaging and design and the hope is to include information on how to leverage the Gutenberg code base for other projects, including providing examples. Dates for 6.1 and beyond are not set, but there is some work in coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. and other teams happening on this topic.

4b. Newsletters, campaigns and event updates

Update via: @eidolonnight

Slack thread link

  • The Month in WordPress June 2022 Edition:  If you have news or any Make team updates that would be valuable and relevant to the post, please feel free to add them as a comment to this GitHub card, or share them on the Make Marketing Slack channel and tag @rmartinezduque for awareness by Friday – July 1, 2022.
  • Documentation Sprint: Friday 24 June: Once a month, @EidolonNight spends a day focused on writing and documentation. If you would like to join, this GitHub card is a running list of documentation tasks needing attention and encourages notetakers to participate.
  • Wolfram embeds promotion: The HelpHub article on the Wolfram embed was published last month. The collab with the Wolfram team was delayed a bit but hopefully we’ll be able to promote it on social soon.
  • #WPPhotos campaign:
    • There’s a call for photo contributions on the occasion of Nature Photography Day, which is celebrated today.
    • The Photo Directory passed 3000 photos yesterday!
    • We also keep sharing stories behind some of the contributed photos, anyone is welcome to share any stories. Please contact @rmartinezduque if interested.
    • #NaturePhotographyDay reminds us to care for our surroundings and preserve them for future generations. Join us in celebrating the natural world by contributing your photos to the WordPress Photo Directory. #WPPhotos Here are some to inspire you!
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4c. Contributor events updates: 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. Europe (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/. Jun 2, 2022)

Update via: @eidolonnight and @yvettesonneveld

Slack thread link

  • @jpantani, @santanainniss and @yvettesonneveld hosted some 20 contributors.
  • @santanainniss onboarded 10 new contributors. Her group collaborated on some marketing tasks that did not require a lot of historic knowledge of the product or community. They came up with lots of great suggestions to improve onboarding and training.
  • @santanainniss along with 10 new contributors shared their impressikons on what is currently going on the official WordPress channels and started engaging with some of that content.
  • @jpantani hosted a group that went out on a field trip. They chatted with other contributors to find out what their favorite WordPress features were and how these impacted their lives. In order to group those in a helpful way, we also asked which user group described the respondents best. The same group was requested to ask around for websites and platforms that deserved a spot on the WordPress Showcase, so we now have some additional suggesgtions for that too.
  • @yvettesonneveld hosted a group that worked on microcopy for some WordPress 6.0 related content on the Learn.WordPress.org platform.
  • @dansoschin will go through the drafts this week, they will be edited if needed and will hopefully be shining on the channels soon.
  • @jpantani, @santanainniss and @yvettesonneveld will plan a retro meeting soon, to chat about what worked and what could be improved for future live sessions.

4d. Social media status

Update via: @eidolonnight & @bjmcsherry

Slack thread link

  • A quick reminder that we have an open GitHub issue with details regarding how you can help share and amplify WordPress news on social media. This applies to the latest release and other announcements as well. You will also find a list of the primary WordPress social accounts there.
  • Overall, we continue seeing strong results from the WP6.0 release on social media. We had some excellent performances, but the biggest performances again came from our WP6.0 campaigns. We saw extremely high engagement and dialogue again with our followers. We earned over 1k (1,023) new subscribers, for a total of 2,042,403, across all of our channels, with many campaigns scoring high marks in some of our best examples throughout the week.

Overall, the numbers for the week look like this:

  • Impressions: 11,219,545
  • Engagements: 4,696
  • Link clicks: 760
  • Messages received: 17

5. Diary dates – upcoming events and meetings

Our next Coffee break will be tomorrow, Thursday 16 June 2022 at 18:30/6.30 pm UTC, facilitated by @megphillips91. This bi-weekly social coffee break is held by the Make Marketing team for all WordPress Marketing contributors, and occasional guests. Stop by and meet some of the friendly faces marketing WordPress.Follow this Google Calendar with meetings, collaborations, and social activities. We also list important dates in this Forthcoming Diary Dates post.

6. Open floor

If you have an update on a task that is not mentioned above, please share. Anyone is able to add a comment to a GitHub task card – you just need a GitHub user ID.

As a reminder, you can get involved with the next meeting planning on this GitHub card for the meeting on 22 June 2022.

#marketing-team, #meeting-notes

Ugyen Dorji 10:40 pm on May 3, 2022
Tags: , , , , , , WordPress, , ,   

Notes: Global Marketing Meeting, April 27, 2022

If you are reading these notes on a website other than the Make WordPress Marketing blog, please contact us on the #marketing channel 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/. or via the team’s blog as we may not be aware of comments you add on other sites to be able to reply or help involve you.

Link to the start of the meeting on Marketing Slack to help with async contributions.

1. Welcome and introduction

These summary notes focus on key items and actions from the meeting and assist with an asynchronous contribution to the Global Marketing Team. For those unable to attend a meeting due to timezone issues please do join the discussion threads after the meeting and send your updates. 

2. Getting to know the team and help to take part

  1. Meeting attendees: participants can be viewed in this Slack Thread
  2. Social question of the week: “What was the first art or creative hobby you had as a child, and do you still do that art form or creative hobby today?” View participants’ responses via this Slack thread.

3. Notes and volunteer opportunities

Notetakers for coming weeks – you can join our group of contributors taking part in producing notes by volunteering when you see a call for note-takers during our meetings or adding your name to the weekly 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 be the repository owner. https://github.com/ card.

We are always looking for contributors to open the virtual coffee shop for the bi-weekly coffee break.  Check out the GitHub card and add your name to the list!

4. Project Updates

4a) GitHub links

 Updates via @nalininonstopnewsuk

Slack Thread Link

  • You can find our central GitHub repository and task board at this link: Marketing Tasks GitHub board.
  • If a post is published relating to a task, please add the published link and indicate if the task can be closed. Thanks.
  • Thank you to the contributors who are working on fixes / feedback on GitHub 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. features we use and liaising with other teams on this.
  • If you would like specific assistance on using GitHub, please reply in this thread. We have contributors who have been providing small group and one to one support on this.
  • You can get involved with the next meeting planning on this GitHub card for the meeting on May 4 2022. This is now one combined location for preparation, links for the weekly meeting and items for that week.

4b) Documentation sprint

 Updates via @lmurillom

Slack Thread Link

4c) Forthcoming WordPress Releases and FSE

Updates via @nalininonstopnewsuk @webcommsat and @dansoschin

Slack Thread Link

WordPress 6.0 is the next major releaseMajor Release A set of releases or versions having the same major version number may be collectively referred to as “X.Y” -- for example version 5.2.x to refer to versions 5.2, 5.2.1, and all other versions in the 5.2. (five dot two dot) branch of that software. Major Releases often are the introduction of new major features and functionality. and is expected on May 24, 2022

  • WordPress 6.0 Beta 3 was released and the next release will be RC1 on May 3, 2022. Lots of people coming to test including from marketing. For further details on upcoming WordPress 6.0 releases please visit WordPress 6.0 Development Cycle.
  • @dansoschin: The About Page which is part of the release package, will be more-or-less finalized in copy form and design form at the end of this week. Here is the working draft note – WordPress 6.0 About Page. The purpose of this file, as currently established, is to provide a brief update of what’s in the release and provide links to resources where you can find more information.
  • Status of Webfonts API for WordPress 6.0 Inclusion planned in the 6.0 release.
  • Test WordPress 6.0: @webcommsat is collecting information to share with documentation, training, and coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. on what extra information / steps would be useful for non-devs to take part in this kind of testing. Please share any feedback you have on the existing testing information and what info/ screenshots would be helpful with her (Slack: abhanonstopnewsuk) and @marybaum
  • @webcommsat: There is a lot of cross-team work going on for 6.0, including relating to documentation. If you are interested in writing end user documentation and Learn WP materials, please get in touch. There is joint working going on in this area and you are welcome to get involved.

4d) Newsletters, Campaigns and events updates

Slack Thread Link

Updates via @lmurillom

  • #GrowYourWP campaign – the GitHub card has an update from April 18 and a discussion on translating the campaign in the longer term. Thanks to @jpantani
  • Month in WordPress newsletter – @rmartinezduque will share an update later in the week. The next edition of Month in WordPress aims to be published next Thursday May 5, 2022. If anyone has any Make Team updates they would like to see featured regarding Month in WordPress, please feel free to add them to this GitHub card or share them in the Make Marketing Slack channel and pingPing 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.” @rmartinezduque for awareness by Tuesday May 3 2022. The draft will be added to the GitHub card and shared on this channel prior to publication.
  • The Polyglots Newsletter for April 2022 is out! Please read, share and sign up for their updates.

4e) WPDiversity items for awareness

Slack Thread Link

Updates via @nalininonstopnewsuk

  • WP Diversity APAC meetings to start from May 12, 2022. @jillbinder and @devinmaeztri asked to help spread the word about this exciting new development. Meetups and WordCamps looking for speakers can share in the diversity-speaker-support channel on the Making WordPress Slack the kind of topics being requested and dates, if available. The channel is to support a diverse roster of speakers at official WordPress events (meetups and WordCamps)
  • @santanainniss is starting as the contact person for social posts on WP Diversity

4f) Social media status

 Updates via @eidolonnight and @bjmcsherry

Slack Thread Link

5) Diary dates

Updates via @lmurillom

Slack Thread Link

6) Open Floor

Updates via @eidolonnight

Slack Thread Link

  • @rmartinezduque wanted to share a few updates regarding the promotion of the new Pinterest and Wolfram embeds in 5.9.
    • The HelpHub article on the new Pinterest embed blockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. is now published.
    • Today and in the coming weeks we will be sharing a few posts about the Pinterest embeds in WordPress’ social platforms. Liking and sharing them will be a great way to help spread the word!
    • The HelpHub article on the Wolfram embed is on track but has not been published yet.

Next Marketing Meeting: Wednesday 4 May 2022, 15:00 UTC – Global Marketing Team meeting in the #marketing channel on Slack. Add items or async updates to the GitHub card for next week.


#marketing-team, #meeting-notes

Brett McSherry 10:33 am on March 23, 2022
Tags: , , , , , WordPress, , , ,   

Notes: Global Marketing Team – 16 March 2022

If you are reading these notes on a website other than the Make WordPress Marketing blog, you can add comments directly to 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/. or via the team’s blog.

After each item in the meeting notes, there is a link directly to the Slack thread. This will help you join in the discussions and to get more involved. The team may not be aware of comments you add on other sites which replicate the notes.

Link to the start of the meeting on Marketing Slack to help with async contributions.

1. Hello and Welcome

These summary notes focus on key items and actions from the meeting and assist with an asynchronous contribution to the Global Marketing Team. For those unable to attend a meeting for whatever reason please join the discussion threads after the meeting and send your updates there. 

2. Getting To Know Each Other

  1. Meeting attendees can be viewed via this Slack Thread with WordPress IDs. 
  2. Social question of the week: “What languages do you speak or are on your wish list to learn?” You can add your response and read what other participants shared via this Slack thread (link). 

3. Notes and Volunteer Opportunities

View the thread via this Slack link.

You can find a link to the notes from the last meeting at this link. Thank you @santanainniss.

Reyes Martínez volunteered to take notes for the 23 March 2022 Marketing meeting.

Notetakers for coming weeks – please volunteer to contribute to creating these notes where there is a call for note-takers during our meetings!

There was a call for volunteers for Coffee Break facilitators to help with the coffee breaks for the Team:

4. Projects and Task Updates

4a)  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. Organizer Newsletter

Updates via @eidolonnight

View the thread on Slack 

The March Meetup Organizer Newsletter was emailed yesterday. That email had an open rate of 41.4% and a click rate of 5%, which is normal. We do see a regular outlier in these emails, that being any email mentioning new in-person meetup guidelines. These tend to have an open rate of 60-70%.

4b) Social Media Status

Updates via @eidolonnight

View the thread on Slack 

We continue to ask that new contributors help with WordPress.org Social Media Amplification. Given the newness of our social efforts on WordPress.org, liking, commenting, sharing, or otherwise engaging with content is the best way to help.

Process

We continue to scale up our social media efforts, and to iterate on processes in order to sustainably grow our audience. The following is our current list of campaigns, their hashtags, and their primary points of contact if you have questions or want to be involved.

4c) 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 be the repository owner. https://github.com/ Updates and Links

Update from @nalininonstopnewsuk

View the thread via this Slack link. 

We are moving the discussion area to the main Marketing area on GitHub. We really need contributors help to test they can add comments to items there. We can then migrate current discussions and archive the old area.

This is where we will also be posting the meeting planning for the week ahead, so please do add a comment even if it is hello on this week’s meeting ticket so we know this works.

Discussion area

https://github.com/WordPress/Marketing-Team/discussions

6.0 release update summarized from the GitHub card updated by @webcommsat

A systems and GitHub meeting is being set up on documentation aimed at end users, and pulling together the various skills/ contributors on this from documentation, training, marketing.

More details will be shared soon following an update with training/ WP Learn on potential changes that could be made on existing GitHub use.

The aim is to use GitHub to share and track the areas relating to end users more easily between the teams, now that marketing, documentation and Learn WP are moving / have moved to GitHub. Testing is being developed on how this could be done using some of the new GitHub tools.

Thank you to @bph, @milana_cap and @webcommsat who are leading the Documentation aspects for 6.0. They will share an update on this at a future meeting, and be chatting more with @dansoschin, @marybaum, @annezazu, and others too.

4d) Polyglots/ WordPress Translation Day videos

Update via: @nalininonstopnewsuk

View the thread via this Slack link.

  • Polyglot Newsletter – we are working with Polyglots on the March newsletter. Thanks to @meher, @Adeeb Malik and @webcommsat who are working on video.
  • Translation Day interviews: captioning. Thank you to @Adeeb Malik and @lmurillom who have worked on captions. There are still more captions needed and to get videos ready for WordPress.tv. Volunteers needed.
  • Image and video editing volunteers welcome.

https://github.com/WordPress/Marketing-Team/discussions/18

  • Note re. Slack and Make WordPress onboarding videos.

There is currently an issue as the Make WordPress screens have changed slightly from the original videos. This is being looked into. Due to the world situation, we will need some additional volunteers to help with updating / synchronizing the new versions, and supporting the polyglots with this. The skills needed for this are mainly video editing.

If video and photo editing is something you enjoy, these are good and fun ways to get involved.

@femkreations has offered to help with images in the future.

4e) 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. Europe 2022 (WCEU) 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/. and Community Booth

View the thread via this Slack link.

We are still looking for team members who will be attending WordCamp Europe, who may be interested in volunteering for a Marketing team contributor day table and/or the community booth.

@dansoschin updated the team is looking for a contributor for some time during the two-day conference part of event (not the contributor day part) to staff a booth to share how to get involved in marketing.

5) Diary Dates – Upcoming Events and Meetings

View the thread via this Slack link.

  • Our next Coffee break will be: Thursday, 24 March 2022 at 6.30pm UTC. 
    • This bi-weekly social hour is held by the Make Marketing team for all WordPress Marketing contributors, and occasional guests. Stop by and meet some of the friendly faces marketing WordPress.
    • Check out the Google Calendar with meetings, collaborations and social activities  
      • If you are using Microsoft Outlook, follow this guide to embed Team’s Calendar on your own.

6) Open Floor

View the conversation via this Slack link.

  • No new discussion topics brought to the table during the meeting.          

Next Marketing Meeting: Wednesday 23 March 2022, 15:00 UTC #marketing-team #meeting-notes

#marketing-team, #meeting-notes, #wptranslationday

Abha Thakor 12:24 pm on August 11, 2021
Tags: , BlockEditor, BlockThemes, duotone, IE11, , , RESTAPI, WebP, WordPress, WordPressDev, WordPressPlugin, WordPressThemes   

Share about WordPress 5.8 on social media

Do you use WordPress, are you enjoying the new release, or just want to spread the message of this awesome platform and its community? Then this post is for you. This is part of the resources created for you by the WordPress community to amplify the benefits and excitement of new features and developments. On this post and links, we are focusing on all things 5.8.

In this pack, you will find social posts you can share and adapt on Twitter and Facebook. You can also use them as a base for LinkedIn or even easier, follow the WordPress Marketing Team LinkedIn group and reshare our posts on the release directly with your networks.

If you would like images to use with your social media posts or blogs, we have an image library 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 be the repository owner. https://github.com/ which has a selection of release graphics already sized to help you.

Link for the images for Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn

Link for the images for Instagram

How can I use this pack?

Through this social media pack edition, we particularly want to support 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. groups and developers who want to highlight what’s new and share the buzz about release features. We are also gathering in examples of how people use the new features. You can share your favorite feature by just completing this short form.

We have segmented social posts into broad audiences to help you find and adapt messages for your networks. Thanks to everyone who has been involved from the Marketing Team and others including CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress., Documentation, Design and Training. Thanks to all who have given feedback and input into previous social media posts and FAQs on releases.

You can also share with us where you search for information on WordPress latest features in this form.

Can I translate these social media posts to use in my local language?

Definitely! Many locales translate the news release post and HelpHub documentation into their languages, so there may be translated links already available.

On GitHub, we also provide a version of this pack in a format which can be more easily translated into other languages or used by anyone who might have an issue with using the format on this post from an 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) perspective.

Will you be updating these posts?

We have also sharing a document version of these social media posts since the release launched on 20 July 2021, and we will continue to add to it. We will periodically update this blog post with new social messages you can use and adapt. If you have suggestions to be included, let us know on the #marketing channel on the MakeWordPress Slack.

Are there other resources we can use in our Meetups?

Yes we have a slide template, quick resources links, and more which will be available on this page later this week.

(A) Audience: Users

This section is aimed more at users who may have a very limited technical knowledge, and are keen to know more.

Do you want to create your own website? Use WordPress! Why? It’s easy to use and it’s a robust platform that can grow to support the needs of your business. Find out how to do it with #WordPress 5.8. https://wp.me/sZhYe-tatum

WordPress should be the first choice for your next online project! Why? You can create a website yourself that can grow to meet your future needs. Explore the latest #WordPress 5.8 release. https://wp.me/sZhYe-tatum

Did you know you can build even the most complex websites — with shopping carts, event bookings and more — with #WordPress? Check out the latest 5.8 release. https://wp.me/sZhYe-tatum

42% of the top sites on the web already use #WordPress. And you can build a site without writing a single line of code. Discover the latest 5.8 release. https://wp.me/sZhYe-tatum

WordPress is free, and it’s easy to use. Plus, it can grow with your needs, showcase your offering, and be an efficient way to run critical back-office functions. Discover its latest features in the 5.8 release.
https://wp.me/sZhYe-tatum

Did you know that #WordPress 5.8 makes it possible to build a complex site without adding a single line of code for many tasks? It’s free, simple and easy to use. Plus, it can adapt to meet your needs. Explore the most recent release. https://wp.me/sZhYe-tatum

Did you know that #WordPress powers 42% of the top ten million sites on the web? Explore all the features in the latest 5.8 release and find out why it’s the leading CMS.
https://wp.me/sZhYe-tatum

Presenting WordPress 5.8! The platform is a smart, adaptable CMS to meet the needs of your growing business. Discover the latest features in #WordPress to help you. https://wp.me/sZhYe-tatum

530 volunteers contributed to #WordPress 5.8. A flexible and scalable website management system and a robust platform to grow your online business! Find out more about its new great features.
https://wp.me/sZhYe-tatum 

The latest #WordPress 5.8 brings you even more ways to express your ideas without the need to know how to code. https://wp.me/sZhYe-tatum

Does adding related posts at the end of a blog post sounds hard? It’s actually really easy to do with the new Query loopLoop The Loop is PHP code used by WordPress to display posts. Using The Loop, WordPress processes each post to be displayed on the current page, and formats it according to how it matches specified criteria within The Loop tags. Any HTML or PHP code in the Loop will be processed on each post. https://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop. blockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. in #WordPress 5.8. Find out more https://wordpress.org/support/article/query-loop-block/

(B) Audience: Agency

PluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party / theme developers working at agencies

Full Site Editing opens a new way for plugin and theme creators to provide style options for editors. Check out the Global Styles and Global Settings APIAPI An API or Application Programming Interface is a software intermediary that allows programs to interact with each other and share data in limited, clearly defined ways.. #BlockThemes https://wp.me/p2AvED-nlc

Full Site Editing brings new #RESTAPI endpoints for block-based widgetWidget A WordPress Widget is a small block that performs a specific function. You can add these widgets in sidebars also known as widget-ready areas on your web page. WordPress widgets were originally created to provide a simple and easy-to-use way of giving design and structure control of the WordPress theme to the user. management. #WordPress https://wp.me/p2AvED-nmb

Do you gather system info from your clients? New integration is available to consolidate this with Site Health. Add your own interface to Site Health in #WordPress 5.8 and make use of the tab navigation. https://wp.me/p2AvED-njh

Does your plugin create a custom post typeCustom Post Type WordPress can hold and display many different types of content. A single item of such a content is generally called a post, although post is also a specific post type. Custom Post Types gives your site the ability to have templated posts, to simplify the concept.? Find out how templates can improve your content layout in #WordPress 5.8.

Block and theme authors, your work just got a little easier. Styles from the front-end can be dropped in with very little to adjust. Admin and content styles will stay within their boundaries in #WordPress 5.8. #BlockThemes https://wp.me/p2AvED-nlK

Plugin developers rejoice! Avoid accidental overwrites from plugin updates with the new Update URI plugin headerHeader The header of your site is typically the first thing people will experience. The masthead or header art located across the top of your page is part of the look and feel of your website. It can influence a visitor’s opinion about your content and you/ your organization’s brand. It may also look different on different screen sizes. in #WordPress 5.8. https://wp.me/p2AvED-nam

Start using blocks everywhere with these new Block Editor API changes in #WordPress 5.8. #BlockEditor
https://wp.me/p2AvED-ni8

Speed up your #WordPress theme by only loading necessary block styles. Check out the new should_load_separate_core_block_assets filterFilter Filters are one of the two types of Hooks https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Hooks. They provide a way for functions to modify data of other functions. They are the counterpart to Actions. Unlike Actions, filters are meant to work in an isolated manner, and should never have side effects such as affecting global variables and output. in WordPress 5.8. #WordPressThemes
https://wp.me/p2AvED-noF

Cut down on asset requests with this new option for #WordPress 5.8 theme developers. It allows you to only load styles for blocks you use. #WordPressThemes https://wp.me/p2AvED-noF

As Internet Explorer 11 usage falls below 1%, it’s time to say goodbye. #WordPress 5.8 begins phase one of dropping support for #IE11 plan. https://wp.me/p2AvED-nlQ

(C) Audience: First time / limited experience plugin or theme developers

Building blocks? Now there’s a better way to register block types in #WordPress 5.8. #BlockEditor
https://wp.me/p2AvED-ni2

Have your plugins run into an update merge conflict? The new Update Plugin URI header in #WordPress 5.8 will prevent similarly named plugins from overwriting your plugin. #WordPressPlugin https://wp.me/p2AvED-nam

If you are an experienced theme developer, rejoice, and start using theme.jsonJSON JSON, or JavaScript Object Notation, is a minimal, readable format for structuring data. It is used primarily to transmit data between a server and web application, as an alternative to XML., price block-styles loading enhancements, query block and much-much more straight away in #WordPress 5.8! Stay updated! #WordPressDev https://wp.me/p2AvED-nlc

Specific features in WordPress 5.8

These are just some of the benefits of using the latest version of the software.

1. Duotone

Feel like going retro on your site? Play around with the new #duotone filters that come with #WordPress 5.8! https://wp.me/pZhYe-2GV

In the mood for pop-art style illustrations? The new #duotone filter for images in #WordPress 5.8 allows you to choose all sorts of striking color combinations. https://wp.me/pZhYe-2GV

With the new #duotone filter inbuilt in #WordPress 5.8, you can be sure that your images match your content’s mood. Try it now! https://wp.me/pZhYe-2GV

Have you seen the most eye-catching feature of #WordPress 5.8? It’s #duotone! Style your images with 1 click, without leaving the editor. Experiment with unlimited color filters & easily undo changes. https://wp.me/pZhYe-2GV

2. WebP

Want to spin up client websites faster? #WordPress 5.8 now supports the modern #WebP image format that makes images 30% smaller than JPEG or PNG. This makes websites load faster and use less bandwidth. https://wp.me/p2AvED-ne3

Be future-ready with next generation WebP support that makes your images smaller and load faster, making your site lighter in #WordPress 5.8. #WebP is supported in all major browsers, so most sites can start using them today! More info: https://wp.me/p2AvED-ne3

WordPress 5.8 helps you give your site visitors a better user experience by serving #WebP images, and improving your site load time. More info about #WordPress features https://wp.me/p2AvED-ne3

WordPress 5.8 helps you deliver visually rich content on your website without worrying about quality and page load speed using #WebP images. Check out the new #WordPress features https://wp.me/p2AvED-ne3

With #WordPress 5.8 you no longer have to worry about image loading speed on mobile. With #WebP image support, you get superb image performance optimization for a mobile-first user experience. https://wp.me/p2AvED-ne3

3. List view

The new List View feature in #WordPress 5.8 is great for building complex layouts. It lets you navigate between blocks, and gives you a quick overview of the nested block hierarchy. Explore how to use it https://wp.me/p2AvED-ng4

List view navigation is now in the Block Editor in #WordPress 5.8 and very useful when managing big articles and complicated layouts. Stay organized! WordPress is a great tool you need to work with content. Explore how to use it https://wp.me/p2AvED-ng4 #BlockEditor

4. Query Loop block

Does “Query to a database” sound complicated? #WordPress 5.8 makes it simple! Get creative and discover new ways to present relevant information to your audience. More info at https://wordpress.org/support/article/query-loop-block #BlockEditor

Now you can feature related content on your posts based on categoryCategory The 'category' taxonomy lets you group posts / content together that share a common bond. Categories are pre-defined and broad ranging., author or even keywords. What was only possible with complex functions, is now native to the #BlockEditor in #WordPress 5.8, your smart assistant in content creation! https://wordpress.org/support/article/query-loop-block

5. Widgets

Full Site Editing brings new #RESTAPI endpoints for block-based widget management. #WordPress https://wp.me/p2AvED-nmb

With the new block-based widgets editor in #WordPress 5.8, users have powerful new ways to customize their sites using the rich library of core and third party blocks. Learn more https://wp.me/p2AvED-nmb #BlockEditor

6. WordPress Pattern Directory

Check out the new WordPress Pattern Directory that was launched alongside WordPress 5.8!

How do people get involved with point releases and / or 5.9?

In WordPress 5.8, the release team shipped a bulk of the template editing tools. This will be the basis for Full Site Editing in a future release. The tools will be very useful for site maintainers and content creators.

You can still help test Full Site Editing for future releases. Join the dedicated 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/. channel #fse-outreach-experiment, everyone is welcome! This is the best way to get ready for WordPress 5.9.

Thanks to everyone who has contributed to this pack and Marcomms for the release. https://wp.me/sZhYe-tatum

#5.8

#5-8, #marketing-team

Larissa Murillo 9:03 pm on February 23, 2021
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Notes: Global Marketing Meeting 17 February 2021

If you are reading these notes on a website other than the Make WordPress Marketing blog, please contact us on the #marketing channel 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/. or via the team’s blog as we may not be aware of comments you add on other sites to be able to reply or help involve you.  (Slack is the instant messaging system the team uses, and login is required to view the messages. If you don’t have a Slack account, set one up.)

1. Welcome, introduction, new contributors

a. These summary notes focus on key items and actions from the meeting and to assist with an asynchronous contribution to the Global Marketing Team. For those unable to attend a meeting due to timezone issues, please do join the discussion threads after the meeting and send your updates. 

2. Attendance

a. Attendees Slack Thread

b. Welcoming new contributors – New Attendees Welcome Thread

Marketing Contributor introductory sessions in 2021 – booking details

@nalininonstopnewsuk has been supporting members and reviewing systems in this area. If anyone has an 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) issue or needs some help with using one of the contributor tools, please let us know or include her (@Nalini on Slack) in your message.

Get involved – starter tasks for new and returning contributors, and those who have pledged to support the team and need assistance to get started

Continue reading →

#learnwp, #marketing, #onlinewpmeetup, #wordpress, #wpdiversity

Meher Bala 8:37 pm on October 4, 2020
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Notes: Global Marketing Team Meeting – 23 September 2020

(updated notes to help with 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))

Introduction

These summary notes focus on key items and actions from the meeting and to assist with an asynchronous contribution to the Global Marketing Team. For those unable to attend a meeting due to timezone issues, please do join the discussion threads and tasks on Trello after the meeting and send your updates. 

Attended/Participated async

Meeting led by: @webcommsat  

Meeting Notes

Each week we have a contributor who has been with us for a while draft notes supported by one of the working groups. This is then worked on further by the wider group by Saturday morning and used to plan follow-ups, report back to linked teams, give feedback, and plan actions by the Monday 11:00 UTC meeting.

We now have a rota of volunteers to help with this initial draft. We are increasingly writing our updates for team meetings in such a way that they make it easier to be used in our new system of notes and actions and simply copied to the draft notes.

A big thanks to @chaion07 for doing last week’s notes. 

➤ How can I help?

You can volunteer to be a note-taker for one of the future meetings. We currently have a rota. Please note that the initial draft is needed by the end of Friday each week.

Welcoming new contributors

New Attendees Welcome Thread

Tasks, Working Groups, and Team Celebration

Celebrations Thread

It’s time to celebrate and thank everyone for all their efforts during the last week.

  • We had 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. Virginia Beach this weekend, and it was a great success! Shoutout to @arnelcus and @mikerbg for their hard work as members of the organizing team. There were great talks by @mikerbg, @MegPhillips91 and @webcommsat. Abha’s talk persuaded no less than 7 people to express interest in becoming a contributor.
  • @michelleames and @MegPhillips91 will be participating in WordCamp Philadelphia. 
  • We are becoming more active in our LinkedIn page, publishing info on online WP Meetups and publishing our Marketing Team Agenda. Thank you to @Tarif2100 who suggested sharing the agenda on our page and to @lmurillom and @webcomms for keeping the page updated.
  • In preparation for the mini-events to celebrate International Translation Day, we are continuing to prepare voiceovers in different languages for the video “Set up a 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/ and 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/. account for the Make WordPress Channel”. @fikekomala recorded this for Indonesian, @jdy68 is working on the French version, and @ugyensupport is working with the locale GTEGeneral Translation Editor General Translation Editor – One of the polyglots team leads in a geographic region https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams/. Further information at https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/handbook/glossary/#general-translation-editor. for Dzongkha.  

New Team RepTeam Rep A Team Rep is a person who represents the Make WordPress team to the rest of the project, make sure issues are raised and addressed as needed, and coordinates cross-team efforts. Announcement

Update from: @mikerbg

The Marketing team has been increasingly active with our messaging and collaboration with other teams. Now is the time for us to build on this momentum and expand our team by adding @meher as a Team Rep. 

She has been an active and enthusiastic contributor since joining the team, and is a frequent presence in Marketing meetings and events. She is also somebody with a deep understanding of the WordPress project and commitment to see it succeed. Meher has also shown herself to be a positive and constructive influence on the team, and is somebody that is truly dedicated to our goals and objectives. Meher has been a member of the Marketing Team, a WordCamp organizer and translation supporter for over six years!  

As a Team Rep, we look forward to watching Meher’s continued growth and development. In this role she will take a more active role in running team meetings and collaborations, reviewing marketing content, cross-team planning and alignment with other contributor groups. 

Please join us in thanking @meher for becoming a team rep in addition to all of the outstanding things she already brings to the group.

Task Updates – deadlines in the next six weeks

Diverse speaker training working group promotions for September and October 2020

Update from coordinating team members: @nalininonstopnewsuk and @lmurillom

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We continue to work with #WPDiversity in promoting these workshops and drafting social media posts and discussing messaging with the Diverse Speaker Team.

The next workshops we will promote are taking place in late September and October.

➤ How can I help? Search #WPDiversity on the WordCamp on Twitter, WordCamp Facebook and Make WordPress Marketing Team on LinkedIn, and share the messages.

Promoting Online WP Meetups  

Update from coordinating team member: @lmurillom

We’re promoting #WordPress Meetups that are helping improve understanding of how to use the platform, improve it further and participate in the community. 

The Online 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. promotions are currently updated on the spreadsheet through October 1 2020, and we are sharing them on our LinkedIn Page.

In the future, we will also be using the #OnlineWPMeetupNews to help Meetup organizers who have replied to our survey. We will be continuing to work with @harishanker on this in the community team.

➤ How can I help? 

  • Search and share from the #OnlineWPMeetup hashtag on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. 
  • Share and like the weekly #OnlineWPMeetup posts published by the Make WordPress Marketing Team on LinkedIn.
  • If you have experience writing social copy, please contact @lmurillom
  • If you’re a newcomer who wants a beginner, straightforward task, please contact @lmurillom
  • If you are a meetup organizer, please fill out the survey.

WordPress Learn platform full launch

Update from co-ordinating team member: @webcommsat

We are working with the community, training and other teams on the marketing and communications for this new platform.

➤ How can I help? 

  • If you have a background in training, course and workshop marketing, or are interested in supporting end users and WordPress events, this may be the task for you. Please express interest in the thread. 

Sustainability awareness / promotion for WordCamps and Meetups

Update from co-ordinating team member: @webcommsat

We highlighted the work we have been doing with this cross team in the devchat last week on core as there are discussions to continue to help improve the visibility of sustainability across the project.

Our last post on this topic

WordPress releases marketing resources

Update via co-ordinating team member: @webcommsat and @oglekler

There will be updates on release-related marketing after the meeting. 

➤ How can I help?  Do you understand the release process, can easily explain tracTrac Trac is the place where contributors create issues for bugs or feature requests much like GitHub.https://core.trac.wordpress.org/. tickets or are a developer with a strong interest in marketing and communications? Contact @webcommsat and @oglekler

WordPress Translation Day 

Update via co-ordinating team member: @webcommsat

  • Week-long celebration starting on Monday
  • More details of the Translation celebration
  • If you are planning to take part in some way during the week of International Translation Day, please fill in this form to help with planning and promotion [Link now closed] to help locales with the planning and preparation.
  • The rota for locales wanting to do a drop-in on polyglot events. Just select the hour you will be hosting the drop-in on the Google Sheet. We will include it in the promotions too.
  • If you can help with sharing this rota or organizing arrangements, please let us know.

➤ How can I help? This is a big celebration of the translators in our community and to highlight the need for more translators. Please join in. You do not have to be a translator to take part in marketing of this. We need writers, monitors, photo editors, organizers and more. Lots of great first tasks and for those more experienced too. 

Facebook oEmbed Update

Update via: @yvettesonneveld

Facebook is deprecating the open oEmbed code that allows WordPress users to embed WordPress posts. Come October, these embeds will start showing up as links only. Previously embedded posts should remain unchanged. It looks like the next minor version of WordPress (5.5.x) will already discontinue support of the Facebook blocks. If you’d like to read more about this, I’ll add links in the thread. Since this may cause confusion and frustration for users, the release MarComms team recommended  creating content targeted to informing non-technical users. We will keep you posted on next steps.

Staying Connected Events and Activities

The Marketing Team Calendar

The link to the calendar is appearing regularly on the Slack channel.

Please contact @OGlekler if you have problems adding or viewing the Calendar.

Virtual Coffee Break

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Virtual Coffee Breaks are informal 30-minute coffee break gatherings for contributors to the Global WordPress Marketing team.

  • For this week we have a Virtual Coffee Break planned for Thursday at 20:30 UTC  

Poetry Challenge

This activity was of interest to a lot of people but most participants did not make the deadline therefore your last chance to submit is 30 September 2020, 17:00 UTC. Get your creative energy running.  

Rules reminder:

  • Minimum two verses (stanzas), maximum four 
  • Can be song lyrics, poem or guzzle
  • Can be in another language accompanied by an English translation
  • Can work on an entry individually or with one other person
  • Fun event

➤ How can I participate? If you want to participate in the Poetry Challenge, please submit through this form before 30 September 2020, 17:00 UTC.

Collaboration

HelpHub Recategorization

Collaboration led by: @mikerbg 

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Slack thread with link to the document

  • There has been a great collaboration on the feedback for the HelpHub Categorization.
  • We have this document with some consolidated feedback and are collaborating to resolve any outstanding comments and suggestions.
  • A huge thanks to the great work of everybody who participated. 
  • The final document was posted on P2 

Next Meeting

Wednesday 7 October 2020, 14:00 UTC, in the Marketing Channel on Make WordPress Slack. Please note that the week of September 30 we have #WPTranslationDay Celebration Week and will not be having a meeting.

Thank you everyone who has joined, attended, and updated the meeting, or contributed asynchronously in the last few days. 

➤ How to get started?

If you were in the Marketing Team meeting and still don’t know how to get started to contribute to the project, contact @yvettesonneveld to get information about the next New Contributors Onboarding meeting.

Diary Dates

If you need 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.

Thursday 24 September 2020, 19:30 UTC – Virtual Coffee Break on video conferencing. If you need live captioning to participate, please let @oglekler or @marks99 know and we will use an appropriate tool.

Friday 25 September 2020, 12:00 UTC – Learn WordPress marcomms meeting

Friday 25 September 2020, times tbc Translation week update

Monday 28 September 2020, 19:15 UTC –  Marketing releases and social media updates and drop-ins translation week marketing.

Tuesday 29 September 2020, 19:00 UTC – WordPress Release 5.6 Marcomms planning coordinations meeting – let us (@marybaum, @yvettesonneveld and @webcommsat) know if you would like to suggest anything for this meeting of those coordinating the marketing.

Wednesday 30 September 2020, 14:00 UTC –  Global Marketing Team Meeting will be devoted to supporting the WordPress Translation week celebrations. Help is needed all day on Wednesday please and for part of the day on Sunday 4 October 2020.

Thursday 1 October 2020, 19:30 UTC – Virtual Coffee Break. on video conferencing and Slack for those unable to join on video. We also hold short coffee breaks on Monday and Tuesday to be inclusive of other timezones when we have enough demand and a team rep is available. These are posted on the marketing channel on Slack. Please feel free to come along. They normally are at the beginning of collaboration sessions.

Ongoing Marketing Team work

  • Onboarding videos
    We made a voice over of “Set up a WordPress.org and Slack account for the Make WordPress Channel” video in Macedonian, Norvegian, Turkish, Russian, English UK, English US, Serbian, German, Spanish (EU), Spanish (LA), Dutch. In progress: Bulgarian voiceover, captions for voiceover in Bagla and Gujarati.

    ➤ You can participate
    If your language isn’t on this list, we need your voice! Let’s make the start of a new contributor’s journey easier. Contact @OGlekler and @marks99 to get involved.
  • WPTranslation Week 30 September – 4 October 2020
    ➤ Call for social media writers and translators
    Contact @webcommsat to get involved.
Larissa Murillo 7:52 pm on September 14, 2020
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Notes: Global Marketing Team Meeting – 9 September 2020

(updated post for 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))

Introduction

These summary notes focus on key items and actions from the meeting and to assist with an asynchronous contribution to the Global Marketing Team. For those unable to attend a meeting due to timezone issues, please do join the discussion threads and tasks on Trello after the meeting and send your updates. 

Attended/Participated async

Meeting led by: @webcommsat, @yvettesonneveld with help from @nalininonstopnewsuk 

Meeting Notes

Each week we have a contributor who has been with us for a while draft notes supported by one of the working groups. This is then worked on further by the wider group by Saturday morning and used to plan follow-ups, report back to linked teams, give feedback, and plan actions by the Monday 11 am UTC meeting.

We now have a rota of volunteers to help with this initial draft. We are increasingly writing our updates for team meetings in such a way that they make it easier to be used in our new system of notes and actions and simply copied to the draft notes.

A big thanks to @OGlekler for doing last week’s notes. 

➤ How can I help?

You can volunteer to be a note-taker for one of the future meetings. We currently have a rota. Please note that the initial draft is needed by the end of Friday each week.

Welcoming new contributors

New Attendees Welcome Thread

Tasks, Working Groups, and Team Celebration

Celebrations

It’s time to celebrate and thank everyone for all their efforts during the last week.

Task Updates – deadlines in the next six weeks

Diverse speaker training working group promotions for September and October 2020

Update from coordinating team members: @webcommsat

Trello Card 

We’ve been working with #WPDiversity in promoting these workshops and are continuing to work on social media posts and discussing messaging with the Diverse Speaker Team.

We have started on the September and October event promotions. Thanks to @jillbinder and @angelasjin for information. Thanks to @lmurillom and @nalininonstopnewsuk for working with @webcommsat on this last week and the last few days.

➤ How can I help?

Search #WPDiversity 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. on Twitter, WordCamp Facebook and Make WordPress Marketing Team on LinkedIn, and share the messages. 

WordPress 5.5 Q&As and marketing resources

Update from coordinating team member: @webcommsat 

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  • Social media draft posts for people to use to help promote the release is in final edits.
  • Question and Answers for end users: devs and non-devs are waiting for the next step with HelpHub. Thank you everyone across teams.
  • We are continuing to monitor articles and social media within resources responses to 5.5 and 5.5.1.
  • There will be a pilot marketing presentation on the 5.5 features next week.
  • We’re looking forward to chatting with @francina later this week.

➤ How can I help?

Work on the content of the Questions and Answers has ended and the documents are locked. If  you want to assist in Q&A work for the 5.6 release, please contact @webcommsat and @OGlekler.

Polyglots – WordPress Translation Day Mini Events

Update from co-ordinating team members: @webcommsat, @nalininonstopnewsuk

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There was an update on events and celebrations around the International Day of Translation and organizational and marketing support were provided at the Wednesday 9 September 2020, 07:00 UTC meeting.

The link to start of Polyglots update 9 Sept 2020  

  • The informal meeting dates for those running or planning to run mini-events shared on polyglots channel: Friday 11 September 07:00 UTC (@nao will be at this one, please note that the time listed 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/. the first time around was incorrect), 12:00 (12pm) UTC [if sufficient demand] and Monday 14 September 19:00 UTC during the general marketing collaboration (as last week).  
  • Any new mini-events which are being planned will let the marketing team and polyglots teamPolyglots Team Polyglots Team is a group of multilingual translators who work on translating plugins, themes, documentation, and front-facing marketing copy. https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams/. know. We will be creating a form for this.  
  • Plans for how to use the WP Translation Day site were shared in the meeting and mechanics were discussed with @nao.  
  • Update with @nao on locales interested in doing something later in the year around a potential contributor event, and challenges regarding promotions during this time of public health issues.
  • Branding discussion with @nao: we will use the week of celebration of translators/ translation in the WordPress global community, mini events and promotion opportunities, drop-in / recruitment opportunity in polyglots-events on Wed 30 Sept 2020 and Saturday 3 Oct 2020 (possibly Sunday too due to timezones), gathering of Contributor stories, social media promotion and a dedicated web page on WordPress Translation Day (WPTD).
  • P2P2 P2 or O2 is the term people use to refer to the Make WordPress blog. It can be found at https://make.wordpress.org/. polyglots will be finalized and published today with a link to the holding page with an intro on WPTD. It will be cross promoted with marketing, and updated after Monday’s meeting. Post on WordPress Translation Day after Monday (link to be cross-promoted) if not possible before or if information from locales not received.
  • There was discussion on how to cross-promote WPAccessibilityDay on 2-3 October 2020. We contacted Accessibility Day organizers on 8 September (more information will be coming from that team after their 9 September meeting).
  • Discussion on future collaboration on regular queries that have come into marketing discussed with @nao after the polyglots meeting. These will be for a later time.

➤ How can I help?

This is an event where we need a lot of hands from the marketing team. @meher has a rota for those of us who can help specifically during that week. 

Staying Connected Events and Activities

Virtual Coffee Break

Trello Card  

Virtual Coffee Breaks are informal 30-minute coffee break gatherings for contributors to the Global WordPress Marketing team.

  • For this week we have a Virtual Coffee Break planned for Thursday at 19:30 UTC
  • For next week, we don’t know yet if we’re able to host our weekly Virtual Coffee Break on Tuesday at 15:00 UTC.

Poetry Challenge

This activity was of interest to a lot of people but most participants did not make the deadline therefore there is a new deadline for the poetry challenge: 24 September 2020, 17:00 UTC. Get your creative energy running. Lots of time now for everyone to take part.  

Rules reminder:

  • Minimum two verses (stanzas), maximum four 
  • Can be song lyrics, poem or guzzle
  • Can be in another language accompanied by an English translation
  • Can work on an entry individually or with one other person
  • Fun event

➤ How can I participate? If you want to participate in the Poetry Challenge, please submit the form before 24 September 2020, 17:00 UTC.

WordCamp Virginia Beach 2020 

  • We have been asked to encourage everybody to attend WordCamp Virginia Beach 2020 on 19 September 2021. It will an online event which will be a condensed format.
  • There will be WP Marketing team representation – talks from @mikerbg and @MegPhillips91. The keynote will be delivered by @webcommsat.

 ➤ How can I participate?

Sign up for this event

Collaboration

Led by: @webcommsat

Trello card 

There will be mini translation events across the world celebrating International Translation Day, and the Marketing team is facilitating a meeting on Friday with all locales interested in organizing one, and creating social promotions.

Links to the folder and document on the Slack

The form to help us promote the events and plan for Friday’s meetings on Slack

➤ Are you an experienced marketer?

If you have experience of researching or writing social media for organizations or brands, we have lots of tasks you can help with. Contact @webcommsat or @meher to get involved.

Next Meeting

Wednesday 16 September 2020, 14:00 UTC, in the Marketing Channel on Make WordPress Slack. 

Thank you everyone who has joined, attended, and updated the meeting, or contributed asynchronously in the last few days. 

➤ How to get started?

If you were in the Marketing Team meeting and still don’t know how to get started to contribute to the project, contact @webcommsat (@abhanonstopnewsuk on Slack) to get information about the next New Contributors Onboarding meeting.

Diary Dates

Thursday 10 September 2020, 19:30 UTC – Virtual Coffee Break, on video conferencing and Slack for those unable to join on video. 

Thursday 17 September 2020, 17:00 UTC – Around the World quiz organized by @meher and promoting different cultures and countries in the WordPress community. Followed by a short virtual coffee break.

Ongoing Marketing Team work

Onboarding videos

We have made voice-over of “Set up a 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/ and Slack account for the Make WordPress Channel” video on Macedonian, Norwegian, Turkish, Russian, English UK, English US, Serbian, German, Spanish (EU), Spanish (LA), Dutch. In progress: Bulgarian voiceover, captions for voiceover in Bangla and Gujarati.

➤ You can participate: If your language isn’t on this list, we need your voice! Let’s make the start of a new contributor’s journey easier. Contact @OGlekler and @macgraphic to get involved.

Meetups Social Promotion

We’re promoting #WordPress Meetups that are helping improve understanding of how to use the platform, improve it further and participate in the community. If your 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. has an event open to a global audience that you want to share, use the #MakeWordPress hashtag #OnlineWPMeetup.

➤ Call for social media writers – Contact @lmurillom to get involved.
➤ Call for feedback from meetup organizers – If you are a meetup organizer, please fill the survey.

WPTranslation: International Translation Day, 30 September 2020

➤ Call for social media writers and translators Contact @webcommsat (@abhanonstopnewsuk on Slack) to get involved.