Promo materials!

[quat1024]

We should think about promotion and advertising for this, like, really early.

This doesn't mean you should change your Scratch signature RIGHT NOW RIGHT NOW to something Elemental-branded - but it does mean we should at least think about what we're gonna do :)

We'll need:

• (In progress) a vibrant and memorable landing page
• a pitch
• (In progress) some scratch signature images of various sizes (full-sig, square icon, wide-but-thin bar?)
• "made with Elemental" optional banner people can include on their pages
• possibly a small advertising budget

I, for one, will post to /r/web_design when we're done (maybe pay for a Reddit ad, if I have any money) and of course I'll add it to my signature 😃

Thoughts?

[matthewr6]

Maybe /r/internetisbeautiful?

[PullJosh]

An assortment of thoughts:

1. I call making sigs! :D
2. If we end up doing ads, I'd say use Google Adwords.
   3)We should "partner" with gwiddle - on our homepage we add a shoutout to gwiddle; on gwiddle's homepage they shoutout to us. Once the project reaches a beta stage, I'll talk to jbayfield.
3. I've been thinking through homepage designs & pitches. I'll do a quick start on one tomorrow.

(Bolded the things that I call doing. :P)

[matthewr6]

Sounds cool
Though I refuse to host on Gwiddle because PHP :P

[quat1024]

Talking to Gwiddle sounds greattttt!!!!!! That's nice Maybe we could be their website builder, prepare a "gwiddle website builder" with a "save to my gwiddle account" or smtn and they can add it to their website.

[matthewr6]

That'd be interesting - jbayfield would have to make an API for zip file uploads.

[PullJosh]

Not integrated into theirs - we want all the traffic. :P

That's another thing, though, that I had thought of before I even made the forum topic about having this idea. I tend to plan things out. xD

[matthewr6]

Yeah we're hosting on Heroku remember :P
Also, not sure how Gwiddle works but we can link each project to a site or something

[PullJosh]

We aren't integrating with gwiddle. The point of partnering with them would be to give each other traffic - not to take traffic away from each other.

All we need is a link at the bottom that says "Want to host your websites online? Check out [large-scale gwiddle logo here]". Same on gwiddle, but for us.

[matthewr6]

Ok

[PullJosh]

I'm not sure what I think of this sig. Any feedback?