XMPP Newsletter

Here you can submit news items for inclusion in the next XMPP Newsletter (as managed by the CommTeam).

Live discussion
xmpp:commteam@muc.xmpp.org?join

What determines relevancy?
The submission must ideally be a blog or article about XMPP/Jabber and/or XMPP-based software (clients, servers, libs).

Some exceptions might be made, for example for a release page showing a new release of some XMPP-based software.

However, marketing brochures (e.g. single-page marketing sites) for new products which don't contain information on XMPP, won't be included.

Make sure you read the Basic communication guide for XMPP techies

Process

 * 1) Link collection: duration 1 month
 * 2) * Read and validate the content
 * 3) * Include the reporters credits!
 * 4) * Check that it's not duplicate, and in the correct section
 * 5) Copywrite so each content is readable by humans: duration 1 week
 * 6) * Add links
 * 7) * Add images
 * 8) * Add CTAs
 * 9) * Carefully craft the subject/title line, and the preview text (first lines that are sometimes previewed on email UAs)
 * 10) * Include the copywriters credits!
 * 11) PR on website git repo for blog post (Markdown, Pelican): duration the week-end before posting
 * 12) * Include Pelican header: date, time, file name
 * 13) * Translate Mediawiki syntax to Github's Markdown: https://sinnwerkstatt.github.io/MediaWiki-to-Markdown-Javascript-Converter/
 * 14) * Need at least 2 or 3 peer reviews
 * 15) * Include the reviewers credits!
 * 16) Sending the newsletter: on D-day
 * 17) Copy-paste Newsletter on Tinyletter
 * 18) Test it (peer review is not yet done)
 * 19) Send it
 * 20) Blog post: PR merge and deploy on website git repo on D-day
 * 21) Social media posts
 * 22) * text
 * 23) * image
 * 24) * hashtags
 * 25) * link
 * 26) Metrics/analytics in CommTeam MUC
 * 27) * Twitter monthly metrics
 * 28) * Newsletter analytics
 * 29) Propose schedule for next issue
 * 30) Translations: after D-day

Planning
March:


 * 2020-02-24 Mon: copywriting starts
 * 2020-02-28 Thu: end of link submission, PR on GitHub (during XMPP Summit)
 * 2020-03-03 Tue: newsletter publication, blog post, promotion tweets

Current newsletter

 * XMPP Newsletter template
 * XMPP Newsletter March 2020 (current)
 * XMPP Newsletter April 2020 (next)

Past newsletters

 * XMPP Newsletter November 2019
 * XMPP Newsletter December 2019
 * XMPP Newsletter January 2020
 * XMPP Newsletter February 2020

Translations

 * German translations
 * French translations
 * Spanish translations
 * Polish translations

Metrics, statistics, analytics

 * Newsletter:
 * Absolute subs growth
 * Relative subs growth
 * Open and click rates
 * Twitter metrics