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Hello, Fedora Activists! We are a group of students from Allegheny College who have dedicated ourselves to promoting Fedora by using Twitter. We created this Wiki page in order to encourage others to promote Fedora using Twitter, and it will be edited regularly with updates, links, and etiquette on how to successfully operate a Fedora's Twitter account.

Promoting Fedora by using Twitter

Our Goal. . .

To promote Fedora 13 using a Twitter account in order to expand its community and inform others of its awesomeness.

Why should we use Twitter?

  • Twitter


  1. Twitter is effective at reaching large audiences
  2. We are capable of giving many updates on Fedora 13 throughout the day, keeping followers posted in the process
  3. It allows Fedora to reach an untapped, less technically interested group of users

http://twitter.com/Fedora_Project

Case Studies of Twitter success

NAKEDPizza The company, started in New Orleans, is attempting to make healthy pizza in an effort to battle obesity in the United States. When they were getting started in 2006, they decided that sending out the typical newsletters that other franchises send would be too costly, almost $3000 a year. They decided to use Twitter as a free alternative to the print advertising, Twitter has since become one of the biggest parts of the business, and is even used in their store allowing customers to sign up and begin following the company when they pick up pizza. Etsy This online market place where users can sell handmade goods as grown immensely since its birth in 2005. They set up a Twitter account early in their existence however, it was underutilized. That all changed when the company began to watch what their followers were saying on their Twitter accounts, and how they were promoting the use of Etsy. The people at Etsy believed, "Our community always comes up with great ideas." This got their community more involved with the company, and thus led directly to their expansion.