[TYPO3-UG US] US Marketing Plan

[Gregory Remington]

Michelle Heizer wrote:

> For it to be viable on typo3.com/.org, we'd need the Association to
> support such a venture. 

Yes and no. We need to think within and outside the box here. Ideally 
both The Association and independent marketing practices will be needed 
for long term stable growth. I like thinking outside the box myself... 
boy, I hate that term. All we need is logic + creativity ;)

> I like the idea of commercial support directly
> from the site, but there is so much with TYPO3 that could be supported
> (installation, setup, content editor training, administrator training,
> etc.), it's hard to imagine what we'd need to focus on. Although, if we
> come up with a plan and present it.... ;)

Maybe we could focus on this order: installation > setup > content 
editor training > administrator training > extension sponsorship?

> That leads to ecommerce and TYPO3. Do we have an example of a US-based
> website running tt_products? I haven't seen one yet.

That leads us back to http://typo3.org/about/sites-made-with-typo3/

Currently we have 445 ecommerce sites to sift through manually but 
you're right, there are relatively fewer US ecommerce sites. However 
they do exist like http://www.circman.com

English sites like http://www.maniagocutlery.com could also be used for 
presentation purposes.

Best,
Greg