Do everything Steve currently does
colinbrislawn opened this issue · comments
We need to fully replicate Steve's web stack. This includes
- Set up email marketing, see #32
- Consider hosting options (currently Github pages)
- Set up
@cameratamusica.comemail addresses - Register
cameratamusica.comthrough a DNS
Email Address(es)
Price: $0
One piece of this is @cameratamusica.com email addresses. Currently, these ones are listed in Constant Contact:
- steve@cameratamusica.com
- colin
- (others??)
Following advice from Geoff, I've registered a Google Apps account as it's free for 501(c)3 organizations. So let's just use that.
Status: Done! (I can make more email addresses as needed.)
Email Marketing
Price: $0 or $123 or $180 a year
I'm using sendgrid with success, but they don't care about newsletters, so forget them.
MailChimp Is the goto alternative to Constant Contact and it costs $180 a year. (Even less, now that I've got the nonprofit discount.)
Status: MailChimp fully set up. Will use it for next concert and post again...
Register cameratamusica.com
Price: 15$ a year
I'm suggesting Hover,
Bonus: guides for connecting Github pages,
Status: Done! www.cameratamusica.com
Website building and hosting
Price: $0 or $216 a year
SquareSpace is a well regarded choice, and allows for Seasons of Events to be created, just like we need.
Currently, I use GitHub pages for hosting and Pelican for building the site. This works great for me, but it's designed to technical users. SquareSpace is accessible to everyone.
Status: Done! (But only if we stick to GitHub pages.)
- Randy motions: Do all of these, except website building (GitHub pages is fine for now). Talk about Squarespace later on.
- Register domain on hover for 5 years.
- Chris motions: Build a CM site on Squarespace (or others), and report to the board. Up to $250 to spend.
One full season finished successfully! More on the way.
I'll close this for now. (Building the site with squarespace could be it's own issue.)
