1069040 - Update event confirmation emails to de-emphasize Maker Party reference

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Webmaker Graveyard :: Events, defect)

Description

[Brett Gaylor [:brett]]

I was just testing the wizard builder with Aki and wondering if the confirmation email should be updated.  Right now its 100% maker party centric - should this be more general now that the party is over?

Here's the email:
Hi brett,

I'm excited to hear you're throwing an event! To help you make it a success, we've compiled some tips and tricks (links to party.webmaker.org/resources). You can learn how to better organize your event, use teaching resources, get press coverage, work with local partners, gather feedback, and more. You can also order Webmaker gear like lanyards and stickers to hand out to your participants.

Remember to document everything with photos, videos, quotes and whatever else might be helpful. Share the details of your party on Twitter, Facebook and Flickr with the #makerparty hashtag. You can also edit your event page at any time with more info.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact me. I'm here to help!

Cheers, 
Amira 
Webmaker Community Manager

Comment 1

[Brett Gaylor [:brett]]

Flagging Hannah since I realized that Matt's on PTO :)

Comment 2

[hannah:hkane]

Good call, Brett.

There's a related request in Studio Mofo's queue to move the resources currently residing at party.webmaker.org/resources over to the Webmaker resources page.

Once that's done, we can change the link in the first paragraph. 

Otherwise, I think the only other things that need to be changed are:
 * Perhaps remove reference to ordering gear (though perhaps not until we run out? My understanding was that we had a limited supply of Maker Party gear, but I'm not sure if that's different from the Webmaker gear referred to here)
 * Change the reference to the #MakerParty hashtag. We should still encourage them to share their events, though, so maybe we need a new promotional hashtag for when Maker Party isn't in season?

Erika, I'm cc'ing you to take this on, so you can flag when the resources page gets moved over.

Comment 3

[Erika Drushka]

+1 to your suggestion to remove gear reference and #MakerParty hashtag

Moving the resources page will take some careful consideration and I don't think it will happen in the next or two. I suggest we edit the email ASAP.

Comment 4

[hannah:hkane]

Erika, do you want to assign this to yourself and offer a re-write of the current email, even without the new resources page?

Comment 5

[Erika Drushka]

Sure I'll take this.

Comment 6

[Erika Drushka]

Instead of directing people to the /resources page, which is filled with MP references as discussed above, should we instead send people to the generic landing page for the event wizard?

Comment 7

[Erika Drushka]

Here's a link: https://redpen.io/p/sf9968ce9c68c6e351

I wonder if only having 3 events to choose from is too limiting, though.

Comment 8

[Matt Thompson (@OpenMatt :OpenMatt)]

* I'll investigate this one this week

Comment 9

[Matt Thompson (@OpenMatt :OpenMatt)]

* We need to ensure the event confirmation emails are still up to date, and aligned with Fall Campaign push

* Erika: can you get to this this week?

Comment 10

[Erika Drushka]

Yes, but my question above remains: Is the main CTA to visit the Resources page, which is extremely Maker Party heavy, or should we direct people to the generic version of the Fall Campaign landing page?

Comment 11

[Matt Thompson (@OpenMatt :OpenMatt)]

* Erika: Cassie and Andrew were talking today about better User Experience for the whole "add an event" process

So short term:

1) Let's remove the explicit / dated references to Maker Party

2) Get with Cassie and Andrew on how to make this better as part of the overall user experience work they're doing.

Comment 12

[Erika Drushka]

Here's a temporary fix until we get a better picture together with Cassie and Andrea:

Hi <first name>,

I'm excited to hear you're throwing an event! To help you make it a success, we've compiled some tips and tricks (links to party.webmaker.org/resources). These resources will help you organize your event, get the most out of our teaching materials, work with local partners, gain press coverage, gather feedback, and more. 

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact me. I'm here to help!

Cheers, 
Amira 
Webmaker Community Manager

Comment 13

[Erika Drushka]

Matt, please re-assign for implementation.

Comment 14

[Matt Thompson (@OpenMatt :OpenMatt)]

* Jbuck: can you please update the events confirmation email to the copy in comment 12?

Comment 15

[Matt Thompson (@OpenMatt :OpenMatt)]

* Jbuck: this is a high priority, given relevance to Fall Campaign -- so please update this ticket when you can.

Comment 16

[Jon Buckley [:jbuck]]

Attachment: https://github.com/mozilla/webmaker-mailroom/pull/17

Comment 17

[[github robot]]

Commit pushed to master at https://github.com/mozilla/webmaker-mailroom

https://github.com/mozilla/webmaker-mailroom/commit/f7928e673d17f5033c94efd279b69fda4b5aae31
Fix bug 1069040 - Update event created email for post-Makerparty

Comment 18

[[github robot]]

Commit pushed to master at https://github.com/mozilla/sawmill

https://github.com/mozilla/sawmill/commit/25a73946fc6b26d3caaf806dbe44b47e58e092a6
Bug 1069040 - Update to webmaker-mailroom v0.1.2