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God question:<BR>
Who exactly is this list for?<BR>
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I would like to get out it, but I do not know.<BR>
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Thanks<BR>
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Messias<BR>
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<BR>> From: arkelly@cognisync.com<BR>> To: consulting@drupal.org<BR>> Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 16:27:46 -0500<BR>> Subject: Re: [consulting] Who exactly is this list for?<BR>> <BR>> I'm not sure but I think you just agreed that maybe another list is<BR>> warranted :).<BR>> <BR>> Its more than evangelism and marketing though, to be specific:<BR>> <BR>> 1. General marketing conversations. What types of markets are there for<BR>> Drupal solutions? How to penetrate them? What sales strategy works?<BR>> 2. General competitive conversations. Drupal by its very nature competes<BR>> in several markets, and we're all small shops with very little bandwidth to<BR>> do competitive analysis.<BR>> 3. Development of "kill sheets" for other products (joomla, jive<BR>> clearspace, MS Sharepoint, etc)<BR>> 4. Sharing of security audit fodder (difficult to complete and can be a<BR>> deal-breaker for open source solutions in the enterprise)<BR>> 5. FUD-defense ("Drupal is not scalable, Drupal isn't secure, yadda yadda")<BR>> 6. Sales/Mktg Collateral (Drupal-based sites, Drupal popularity, etc).<BR>> 7. Value of Integrations. The salesforce conversation last week was<BR>> interesting, what would be the market value of salesforce integration? Where<BR>> can we go to sell that capability?<BR>> 8. Contract stuff (license agreements, how to establish give-back to the<BR>> community from your clients, etc). This might overlap with this list.<BR>> 9. Partnering info - Often times 1+1 = 3 if you have the ability to bring<BR>> in the right skillset at the right time.<BR>> 10. I can't think of one but didn't want to end at 9.<BR>> <BR>> The qualifier of whether or not you belong on that list is whether or not<BR>> you cringe at the phrase "kill sheet". If you smile at it you can be a<BR>> moderator :).<BR>> <BR>> Andrew<BR>> <BR>> -----Original Message-----<BR>> From: consulting-bounces@drupal.org [mailto:consulting-bounces@drupal.org]<BR>> On Behalf Of Domenic Santangelo<BR>> Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 3:58 PM<BR>> To: A list for Drupal consultants and Drupal service/hosting providers<BR>> Subject: Re: [consulting] Who exactly is this list for?<BR>> <BR>> On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 12:29 PM, Andrew R. Kelly <arkelly@cognisync.com><BR>> wrote:<BR>> > Drupal solution providers are in their infancy<BR>> <BR>> I guess that depends on how you define "infancy". Aren't Aquia,<BR>> Lullabot, WorkHabit, et al "Drupal Solution Providers"? I don't think<BR>> I'd say they're all in their infancy.<BR>> <BR>> > and its clear that this audience isn't the right one to talk about how to<BR>> > build this business.<BR>> <BR>> Build what business? Are you talking about:<BR>> > I would love to see this list essentially act as the consulting arm of<BR>> Drupal, Inc.<BR>> <BR>> ? If so, you should look up the above mentioned companies, especially<BR>> Aquia, as they're as close to an "official" shop as it gets.<BR>> <BR>> I think you might misunderstand the breadth of people who hang out on<BR>> this list, or who would consider themselves Drupal consultants. There<BR>> are employees of shops (like me, and others in the thread), as well as<BR>> independent consultants.<BR>> <BR>> The reason you're getting pushback, Andrew, is because you're talking<BR>> to a bunch of consultants who (mostly) aren't married to one platform.<BR>> It just happens to be that Drupal works in some business cases for<BR>> them, sometimes not. You're talking more about evangelizing and<BR>> marketing.<BR>> <BR>> -D<BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> consulting mailing list<BR>> consulting@drupal.org<BR>> http://lists.drupal.org/mailman/listinfo/consulting<BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> consulting mailing list<BR>> consulting@drupal.org<BR>> http://lists.drupal.org/mailman/listinfo/consulting<BR><br /><hr />Diversão em dobro: <a href='http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/products/messenger.aspx' target='_new'>compartilhe fotos enquanto conversa usando o Windows Live Messenger.</a></body>
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