[CREATE] Ad designs needed

Wed Mar 14 02:53:16 PDT 2012

I think that you should remove propose a talk since they are close now.
Maybe it should be taken down from the site too.

On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 09:53:20 +0100
Camille Bissuel <cbissuel at yagraph.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Here is a really simple "universal" ad in the brand theme.
> Jakub one is much more inspired than mine, but now you can compare or
> reuse ;)
> 
> I tentatively made some test with photos from the Flickr
> pool<http://www.flickr.com/groups/776360@N22/pool/>too, but it seems
> embarrassing to pick up a portrait as a brand.
> 
> Best wishes,
> Camille
> 
> 2012/3/14 Jakub Jankiewicz <jcubic at onet.pl>
> 
> > And note about the design and messages for ads that point to LGM,
> > IMO there is no need to explain what LGM is only invitation like
> > the one I've created but donation ad it should explain why we need
> > money and should encourage average users of the software to donate,
> > even for users that will not come to LGM and probably never will.
> > So something like:
> >
> > LGM is the place where developers of libre and open source software
> > meet
> >
> > We need you support to make this happen. <donate to LGM>
> >
> > <this can be a action button> - even if whole ad is clickable or
> > larger
> >
> >
> > As for colours, the site and colours IMO is not the best thing that
> > it can be, in comparison with other sites of conferences created by
> > professional designer, I think that it's better if colours match
> > colours on different media like the poster. And ads should bring
> > user attention with with white background and 2 colours I think we
> > not do the thing we need.
> >
> > On Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:39:30 -0400
> > Louis Desjardins <louis.desjardins at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > 2012/3/13 Jakub Jankiewicz <jcubic at onet.pl>
> > >
> > > > One idea about the banner, The logo can be removed but I thought
> > > > that you would probably add it anyway, but I thing that logo
> > > > don't need to be put everywhere.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Hi Jakub ! :-)
> > >
> > > The logo is a must. It's the brand. :-)
> > >
> > > It could definitely be larger.
> > >
> > > The color to use are the ones present on the website. Especially,
> > > the logo is made to stand out on a white background and some
> > > yellow for the background images. There are lots of possible
> > > variations for just about any message here. But we should stick
> > > to the look and feel of the website. I think ! :-)
> > >
> > > Louis
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > And ads should look nice that will convince users to click if
> > > > they click they will read more and see the logo.
> > > >
> > > > The colour match the colour on the poster.
> > > >
> > > > PS: I don't know if list will accept attachments.
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, 13 Mar 2012 22:17:37 +0100
> > > > ale rimoldi <ale.comp_06 at xox.ch> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > dear nate
> > > > >
> > > > > > On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 12:27 PM, Nathan Willis
> > > > > > <nwillis at glyphography.com>wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > That's all for right now.  The sooner we can get a banner
> > > > > > > ready, the sooner we go into rotation.  I hope to have
> > > > > > > another 2-3 sites onboard within the week; still talking
> > > > > > > to some people and still trying to find contact info for
> > > > > > > others....
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Also, I forgot to mention two things --
> > > > > >
> > > > > > First, in the past our online ads have been exclusively
> > > > > > "help fund developer travel" -- I think we should also do a
> > > > > > banner that simply invites attendees to LGM & encourages
> > > > > > participation; we can rotate between two at no additional
> > > > > > complexity, and we want everyone to know that they're
> > > > > > invited as well.  You never know who might show up for the
> > > > > > first time.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > And second, if you think of an online publication that you
> > > > > > read frequently, the odds are that it would be a good place
> > > > > > to advertise, too, so please pass it along.
> > > > >
> > > > > yeah, i like the idea of two ads, one for the pledgie and one
> > > > > inviting the people to come to vienna.
> > > > >
> > > > > anybody volunteering for designing the add?
> > > > >
> > > > > ciao
> > > > > a.l.e
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