I’ve recently been discussing some plans with @RiccardoBlb in regard to posting more actively on jme’s official social media pages. And (unless anyone contests) I will be taking on the role as marketing manager for jme in an attempt to carry out these plans.
The goal is to grow our social media presence in order to promote both JmonkeyEngine as well as all of your games and projects built with it.
The effects will likely be minimal at first, but building an organic social media presence requires persistent posting over time, and (as long as a routine posting schedule is maintained) I expect this to be beneficial in the long run.
Right now, we currently only post publicly to twitter when there’s a new release, which leaves big gaps between posts (which is typically not received well by the algorithm on most platforms)
So I plan to create a manageable routine to post some of the following things every few days:
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Announcements relating to engine development
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Posts that showcase finished (and in-progress, albeit less frequently) games/projects made with jme, with a link to a store page or the project’s socials
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Posts showcasing tools and libraries made with jme
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A pinned post linking to the completed monthly WIP thread at the end of each month
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Occasional posts pointing to an engine tutorial or mentioning a notable feature of the engine
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Occasional off topic posts (with some relation to gaming or programming), this is useful only for increasing engagement and will help increase reach especially on more casual platforms
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(And any more ideas welcome)
I will be posting this all to a wide variety of places to maximize our reach, including the following so far:
- Twitter/X
- Instagram/Threads
- Bluesky
- Nostr
- Discord
(Some effort may be required to retrieve access to some of these accounts that are not tied to our official project email, but I’m working with Riccardo on this currently, and I will be making another thread to request help on this issue later tonight)
I also don’t want to post about projects without first having permission, so I will create a monthly thread where jme users can opt into having some of your projects posted about for that month. I can come up with a generic post if requested, or you could also submit a write-up, screenshots, videos, etc and I can post that everywhere and rotate between posting a different project every few days, or possibly more frequently depending on the platform. I’ll have more information about this when I create the first thread that will be for next month, and I’ll likely adapt my tactics as I work more with each platform.
And as always, any feedback or additional ideas are welcome!
