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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.
- The meeting discussions on the Marketing team on Slack can be found in this Slack thread.
- Meeting Agenda for 6 July 2022.
- Meeting facilitated by Team Reps: @eidolonnight
- Meeting notes: @vimes1984
- Editor/ Review: @lmurillom
- For those new to the team, the New Contributor Orientation section of the Handbook can be a good place to start.
2. Getting to know each other
- Meeting attendees: participants can be viewed in this Slack Thread.
- Social question of the week: “I read somewhere that last week it was International Joke Day. So today’s social question is on a similar theme. What would you say to make a friend smile on a difficult day?” View participants’ responses via this Slack thread.
3. Notes and volunteer opportunities
These are the notes from the last meeting on 29 June 2022, thank you @rmartinezduque!
Thank you to our notetaking volunteers for the next few weeks. Please note the guidelines for Notetaking are being updated in the Marketing Team Handbook.
The GitHub card for all aspects of each week’s meeting and any collaboration are linked below by date, where you can add suggestions for the agendas. Please message @nalininonstopnewsuk in the channel if you are unsure how to add comments to the GitHub card.
- 6 July 2022 – @vimes1984
- 13 July 2022 – @yashwardhanrana
- 20 July 2022 – Add your name to this Slack thread if you would like to volunteer.
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. This is a great opportunity for some of our new contributors. Lots of friendly faces to meet!
4. Project updates
The main Marketing Team task board is available on GitHub. If you would like help using GitHub, please reply in the Slack thread. There is help available.
4a. Social media update
Updates via: @eidolonnight and @bjmcsherry
Our GitHub issue details how you can help share and amplify WordPress news on social media. You’ll also find a list of the primary WordPress social accounts there.
This is also 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.
We had another successful week with the social campaigns for .Org. While WP6 is still strong with campaigns highlighting features, etc, we did see other campaigns such as WP Briefing and Photos Directory share the spotlight this week in terms of overall performance.
Even though we are several weeks outside of the release window for 6.0, we haven’t yet seen our average new followers count drop to their usual levels. We even increased slightly from last week and totalled 926 new followers across all channels. Here are the weekly stats:
- Impressions: 275,862
- Engagements: 4,477
- Link Clicks: 1,231
- Messages: 26
4b. WordPress releases
Updates via @eidolonnight
- 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, like this recent post: https://twitter.com/WordPress/status/1544029837446172677We’re a few weeks past the 6.0 release, but this content continues to perform really well. We’re still seeing high engagement and high follower growth every week.
- WordPress 6.0.1 RC 1 is now available. If you’d like to look ahead, we suggest reading the Roadmap to 6.1 from Matías Ventura.
4c. Contributor events update
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. If you got your ticket and plan to attend specifically for contributor day, please let us know in this thread!
4d. Newsletters, campaigns, and event updates
Updates via @eidolonnight
- The Month in WordPress – June 2022 Edition has been published. If you want to help with the next edition, please refer to the GitHub card: https://github.com/WordPress/Marketing-Team/issues/84. @rmartinezduque is available to help if you have any questions on how to contribute to the newsletter!
- Wolfram collab: We continue to highlight the new Wolfram embeds. This is a great campaign to share if you’re a Wolfram fan, and a neat example of what we can do with future embed additions to core. For those curious, more context and links for social posts can be found on this GitHub card.
- The June 2022 Polyglots Newsletter was published last week. It has a call for beta testers, WordPress Translation Day planning, the latest polyglots stats, and more.
- Please read and share the Meetup Organizers Newsletter for June 2022! It includes some great ideas to activate your Meetup group.
5. Diary/Calendar dates
Our next Coffee break will be Thursday 14 July 2022 at 18:30/6.30 PM UTC and still needs a facilitator. Add your name to the list in this GitHub card if you would like to volunteer.
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.
@eidolonnight asked the channel what everyone thinks of the current team description in our welcome box and handbook. Add your thoughts to the Slack thread.
Next Marketing Meeting: Wednesday 13 July 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.