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Matthieu Riou commented on INCUBATOR-70:
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There are basically two ways to reach major websites:
1. Propose news for publication
2. Propose an article
3. Have a regular blog on their website
Most of them work in the same way.
News are interesting for major project events or releases. It's usually
worthless submitting something for a point release.
To propose a piece of news (for the sites allowing it, like theserverside or
infoq, o'reilly doesn't do real news) you're allowed to post in a category or
part of the website. You sometimes need to login first and a link appears on
the page you're interested in. For example with infoq you get a 'contribute
news' button on the upper right corner. Javalobby has a 'post a new
announcement' link and theserverside a 'post a news item' link. Once the news
has been posted, it will get into the editorial moderation queue. If the
editors deem it interesting enough, it will get published within a couple of
days at most. They usually don't give you any direct feedback for news, so
after a couple of days if nothing shows up, you'll know it's been rejected.
For articles, they all have an e-mail address where you can send article
proposals (check the 'contact us' section). Describe what will be the subject
of the article, a rough outline of its content (introductory, in depth on a
particular topic) and the targeted audience. If the article sounds interesting,
you'll get feedback. Articles are usually about 2000 / 3000 words and will get
you some money (although don't expect to get rich).
Having an hosted blog can't be specific to your project, what they will expect
are industry-wide So it's far more work and less targeted.
> Communication Guide
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> Key: INCUBATOR-70
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INCUBATOR-70
> Project: Incubator
> Issue Type: Task
> Components: site
> Reporter: Robert Burrell Donkin
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> Hold all for suggestions about ways that a podling can:
> 1. create a healthy mailing list
> 2. improve communication with users
> 3. attract developers
> 4. create a positive open source brand
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