[TYPO3-UG US] New forum on typo3.us

[Gregory Remington]

Alex Heizer wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> We have the basic forum set up, with project conferences for the 
> documentation team and the Learning TYPO3 projects. As we begin working 
> on more areas of the marketing plan...

Don't mean to double post betweeen the new forum and this newsgroup but 
in this case it is most useful ;)

I propose we experiment and combine TYPO3 marketing with newly generated 
documentation focused on the list of vertical markets discussed. This 
way we can focus on developing extension guides for our target clients 
and the end users... not developers. I also think it's essential that we 
differentiate ourselves from a "general" developer repository such as 
Typo3.org.

Example:

IT/Administration - Template install/config, SEO (simulate static, 
realurl, etc.), SOAP, LDAP...

Webmasters - css_select, metatags, realurl, loginbox_macmade... lots of 
wigits!

Non Profits - rlmp_eventdb, cwt_community, chc_forum, pd_churchsearch, 
photo_gallery...

Information Portals - tt_news, timtab, travelguide, ms_survey... we need 
a yahoo style directory extension... hint, hint ruv ;)

B2B/B2C Marketing - dam, p2wlib, macina_banners, wec_flashpresentation, 
mg_help, tt_products, th_mailformplus, direct_mail...

Multimedia - flvplayer, fe_mp3player, slideshow, etc.

The above is an example from doing a 5 minute scan of the repository. In 
time I hope to focus on a larger list of preconfigured extensions for my 
own marketing and business agenda.

There will be overlaps in these example categories naturaly. By 
isolating groups of extensions in this manner this may help us organize 
and prioritize for more narrow markets as opposed to general ones. If we 
can pick out 20% of the extension repository that will serve us best and 
our clients we'll have more than enough to keep us busy :)

I do B2B and retail sales for a living so I'm really hoping to 
contribute some live examples of how this will generate business soon 
after I go part time at my full time job.

Cheers,
Greg