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How U.S.-based FOSS Companies Effectively Market to Europeans Sandro Groganz Founder, Principal InitMarketing
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Why Europe? ,[object Object],[object Object]
Firefox Market Share Data: OneStat.com
Sourceforge Users Credit: OSTG, Inc.
Open Source Adoption Credit: Forrester
EU vs. USA
GDP of EU and USA Data: International Monetary Fund Gross domestic product, current prices, U.S. Dollar, billions
Debian Users Credit: ohloh
Typo3 vs. Drupal Users Credit: ohloh
Primary Reason for Adoption Credit: Heise Assumption: Verdict:  Assumption perhaps not true for EU Counter-example (Germany): Europe USA Avoid vendor lock-in. Cost.
Understanding the EU
GDP of European Countries Credit: Wikimedia
Open Source Adoption in EU
Languages in EU ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Knowledge of English in EU Credit: Wikimedia
Knowledge of German in EU Credit: Wikimedia
Knowledge of French in EU Credit: Wikimedia
ICT Output in EU per Languages
Dealing with the EU’s Languages ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Executing Marketing and Communications in the EU
Product ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Services and Support ,[object Object],[object Object]
Target Audience Credit: Heise
Type of Engagements
System Integrators ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Communications and Cultures Credit: J.N. Hughes-Wilson
Public Relations in EU ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Branding ,[object Object],[object Object]
Website ,[object Object],[object Object],DE Web site DE store €  prices MySQL  ☐ ☐ JasperSoft  ☐ ☐ Zend    Alfresco  ☐ ☐ SugarCRM  ☐ ☐
Community Building ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Marketing Strategy for the EU
Preflight Check ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Marketing and Sales Tactics
Marketing and Sales Model ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Bottom Line ,[object Object],[object Object]
Further Reading ,[object Object]
Thank you! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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How U.S.-based Open Source Vendors Effectively Market to Europeans

Editor's Notes

  1. Sandro Groganz: Founder, Principal of InitMarketing, the Open Source Marketing Company.