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How to raise money for your Drupalcamp: The jobs table
If you are organizing a Drupalcamp you are probably finding that you are thrust into a fund raising role. As the Drupal association fundraiser, let me offer you a quick tip for raising money to meet your Drupalcamp expenses.
First, follow the rules of BarCamps and keep everything as simple as possible. Don't try to provide too many comforts. Instead, communicate what you need and then what ever you get provided with is what you will have.
You will have some expenses. Here's how you can get them covered. You are bringing... More
Web 2.0 New York: Is sales always this much fun?
It's been a couple of weeks since Web 2.0 New York. The event was a success and early reports indicated it exceeded expectations for the event organizers.
For Acquia it was a successful event. We met over 214 people who were running Drupal sites and gave out Acquia t-shirts to each of them until we ran out. We gathered over 400 leads that we qualified as interested in or likely to be building a social publishing site. What was new for Acquia was that those leads were closely followed up by our inside sales team. I'll touch more on that at the end of this post.
One of the key goals for my... More
On corporate blogging policies
Posted on Monday, October 6, 2008 by Jeff Whatcott RSS
John Eckman of Optaros has raised an interesting set of questions about how to blend corporate blogging with personal blogging. His post is building off of another post by Chris Brogan on the topic.
In John’s words:
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Acquia launch coverage
Cheers to the Acquia launch, which went really well. Hundreds of people signed up for a free community subscription. Also, check out Jeff Whatcott's blog post covering some of the blog posts, press articles, and Tweets about our new product and service offerings. Awesome!
Cheers!
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Drupal and the $6000 hosting bill, getting to the truth quickly
It's political season here in the United States, and that means it's rumor time. Research has shown that if we are exposed to information as little as eight times we are more likely to believe it. Logic, facts, reason don't necessary apply to our human brains. Political strategist know this, marketers know this and they can use it in influencing you. Journalists know this too.
On Monday morning, Drupal got caught up in a [Updated]conjecture that it was the source of a bug that led to a $6000 hosting bill. It... More
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