Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-cloudstack-marketing-archive@www.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-cloudstack-marketing-archive@www.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AFC12F9C3 for ; Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:51:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 41143 invoked by uid 500); 26 Mar 2013 00:51:03 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-cloudstack-marketing-archive@cloudstack.apache.org Received: (qmail 41103 invoked by uid 500); 26 Mar 2013 00:51:03 -0000 Mailing-List: contact marketing-help@cloudstack.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: marketing@cloudstack.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list marketing@cloudstack.apache.org Received: (qmail 41092 invoked by uid 99); 26 Mar 2013 00:51:03 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:51:03 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-5.0 required=5.0 tests=RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (athena.apache.org: domain of animesh.chaturvedi@citrix.com designates 66.165.176.89 as permitted sender) Received: from [66.165.176.89] (HELO SMTP.CITRIX.COM) (66.165.176.89) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:50:59 +0000 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.84,909,1355097600"; d="scan'208";a="15504709" Received: from sjcpmailmx01.citrite.net ([10.216.14.74]) by FTLPIPO01.CITRIX.COM with ESMTP/TLS/RC4-MD5; 26 Mar 2013 00:50:38 +0000 Received: from SJCPMAILBOX01.citrite.net ([10.216.4.73]) by SJCPMAILMX01.citrite.net ([10.216.14.74]) with mapi; Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:50:37 -0700 From: Animesh Chaturvedi To: "marketing@cloudstack.apache.org" Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:50:35 -0700 Subject: RE: Hacker News Thread-Topic: Hacker News Thread-Index: Ac4pZ32zuNUpWCzhSMGdqX9gonMQlgAVFl3g Message-ID: <7A92FF96DF135843B4B608FB576BFC3E0141EAA082CB@SJCPMAILBOX01.citrite.net> References: <1364222722.20397.140661208878917.66997120@webmail.messagingengine.com> In-Reply-To: <1364222722.20397.140661208878917.66997120@webmail.messagingengine.com> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org I can't post my comment to news.ycombinator.com errors out with "Too many n= ew accounts". I will try again later in evening > -----Original Message----- > From: Joe Brockmeier [mailto:jzb@zonker.net] > Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 7:45 AM > To: marketing@cloudstack.apache.org > Subject: Hacker News >=20 > Hey all, >=20 > A quick tip for following tech news and also for helping to drive traffic= to stories > you think are important - like, say, today's graduation news. >=20 > Hacker News drives a *lot* of traffic. So, *everybody* who's involved in > marketing a project (like this one) ought to have a HN account and follow= the > site regularly. >=20 > (https://news.ycombinator.com/) >=20 > Also reddit's r/cloud (http://www.reddit.com/r/cloud) is good. >=20 > Writing the release / posts and trying to get them written about is only = part of > successful promotion. Getting the word out on these sites + Twitter, Goog= le+ > and elsewhere is also huge. >=20 > Best, >=20 > jzb > -- > Joe Brockmeier > jzb@zonker.net > Twitter: @jzb > http://www.dissociatedpress.net/