Notes: Marketing Team meeting, 23 January 2024


Please add any comments on the related Marketing Tasks GitHub issue or in the #marketing channel on the Make WordPress Slack.

Team news

  • At least one more person is needed as a table lead for WordCamp Asia this year. If you or someone you know is attending in person and would be interested in being a table lead for the Marketing Team, please nominate yourself or them in a comment on this issue by today.

WordPress publications

WordPress.org social media updates

  • No updates were provided this week.

New issues

  • Update Marketing Team guidelines to create exceptions for Project Leadership #347
  • WordCamp Asia 2024: Marketing Table Lead Nomination – Contributor Day #348
  • [AMPLIFY]: Core Editor Improvement post on Robust revisions #352
  • [AMPLIFY]: Global sponsors 2024 individual thank you posts #353
  • Marketing Team Slack onboarding message when you join the channel #355

Recently updated issues

This is not a list of all issues from the Marketing Team GitHub in Slack. This is a compilation of items that had discussion in Slack during the week.

  • Marketing Team management
    • Marketing Team team rep election process #323
      • Updated to include the elected Team Reps for 2024.
    • Update Marketing Team guidelines to create exceptions for Project Leadership #347
    • WordCamp Asia 2024: Marketing Table Lead Nomination – Contributor Day #348
      • A table lead is needed. If you’re interested, please comment on this issue.
  • Cross-team collaboration
    • What is WordPress? #205
      • In progress and more collaboration is needed. Please contribute to this ticket.
    • Request: Learn monthly GA stats report for Training #338
  • Project marketing
    • The Month in WordPress: January 2024 Edition #343
      • Edits are needed by 6 February, 2024 at 14:00 UTC.
    • People of WordPress: Anh T #260
    • Modify the text on #5ftF as an individual contributor’s role has changed. #317
      • Progress has been made and more updates will be commented in a month’s time.
    • [AMPLIFY]: Core Editor Improvement post on Robust revisions #352
    • [AMPLIFY]: Global sponsors 2024 individual thank you posts #353

Closing soon

  • WordCamp Asia 2024: Marketing Table Lead Nomination – Contributor Day #348
  • Help create a plan for short form video on Tik Tok #114  AND Develop shortform video content and related copy with Learn Team #187
  • Add ideas to the WP Campaigns Social Content Brainstorm doc #191
  • #WP20 From Blogs to Blocks campaign #220
  • Share and help collect #WPPhotos stories #238
  • Celebrating Pride Month and WordPress Diversity #240
  • Familiarize yourself with the WordPress Brand Writing Style Guide #241

Recently closed

  • [AMPLIFY]: Mentorship Program Call for Mentors/Mentees #340
  • [AMPLIFY]: Early opportunities to help test 6.5 features #345

Open floor

  • @ninianepress noted:
    • The call for mentors and mentees is open for the Q1 WordPress Mentorship Program. You still have time to sign up to onboard new contributors or sign up to be a mentee and be onboarded. If you’re interested at all, please take a look at the post about it.

Next steps

  • Our next meeting is 30 January, 2024 at 15:00 UTC.
  • GitHub card for the next meeting: #360

Note: This post is backdated to the correct Notes posting date of January 29, 2024, but it was published on February 5, 2024.

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