why wordpress became successful in japan despite of the language barrier
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BIG in JAPANWhy WordPress became successful in Japan despite of the language barrier
WordCamp Mumbai 2016 | Naoko Takano
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Naoko Takano (now-co)
http://en.naoko.cc/ @naokomc on Twitter
http://en.naoko.cc/
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WordPress & I
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WordPress.org WordPress.com
http://wordpress.orghttp://wordpress.com
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ja.wordpress.org Admin
Japanese General Translation Editor
WordCamp Tokyo 2016 Lead Organizer
http://ja.wordpress.org
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WordCamp Tokyo 2015 Staff 35 organizing team + 55 volunteers
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WordCamp US Contributor Day Polyglots (Translators) from all over the world
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Globalizer at Automattic
Team Global
Translation Manager
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Team Global Make WordPress.com better for the 75% of the internet that doesnt speak English
http://wordpress.com
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438 people / 60 countries / 56 languages automattic.com/map
http://automattic.com/map
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WordPress in the
World
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Translated in
locales160
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Translated in
locales113
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Locale WordPress.org WordPress.com
Hindi () 96% 21%
Bengali () 93% 20%
Urdu () 49% 7%
Assamese () 45% 10%
Telugu (!"#) 41% 22%Tamil ("#) 38% 22%
Kannada (#) 28% 3%
Punjabi () 14% 3%
Gujarati (u) 10% 3%
Marathi () 6% 5%
Malayalam () 2% 3%https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams/, http://translate.wordpress.com/projects/wpcom
Translation Status
http://wordpress.comhttp://wapuu.jp/2015/10/18/wapuus-world-domination/
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WordPress in
Japan
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78.5% of top Japanese sites with CMS = WordPress
http://w3techs.com/technologies/segmentation/cl-ja-/content_management
7.6% = Adobe Dreamweaver 2.6% = Livedoor Blog
http://w3techs.com/technologies/segm
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WP Tavern Article http://bit.ly/1RWHeUA
http://bit.ly/1RWHeUA
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History
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WordPress ME Multilingual Edition started in 2003
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https://github.com/WordPress/book
WordPress Book Published on Github
https://github.com/WordPress/book
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Notable Sites
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Prime Minister of Japan Shinz Abe
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Government Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
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Food Services Matsuya, beef bowl national chain
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Fashion Shibuya 109, fashion retail mall
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Hosting Services
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Localization
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Consistent Releases Each release is 100% translated
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Ktai Style Plugin Display contents on feature phones (2007-)
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WP Multibyte Patch Plugin 800,000+ install
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WordPress Books Dozens of WordPress books in Japanese
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Communities
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Local Meetups 25+ local groups, Meetups are held almost every weekend
https://twitter.com/marushu/status/693331238292103168
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WordBench.org BuddyPress-powered WordPress community site
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WordCamps in Japan 17 WordCamps in 8 years
Kansai 2015 500 attendees
46 speakers
Tokyo 2015 750 attendees 40+ speakers
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WordFes, WordCrab, WordBash Other unique WordPress events in Japan
Nagoya Fukui Kyoto
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http://wapuu.jp/2015/10/18/wapuus-world-domination/
Wapuus
http://wapuu.jp/2015/10/18/wapuus-world-domination/
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Wapuus 5th Anniversary Wapuu was born in February 2012
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http://jawordpressorg.github.io/wapuu/
http://jawordpressorg.github.io/wapuu/
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/odysseygate/6425232913/ (top right), http://www.flickr.com/photos/styledesignjp/8395981605/ (bottom center)
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http://wapuu.jp/2015/10/18/wapuus-world-domination/
http://wapuu.jp/2015/10/18/wapuus-world-domination/
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Why did WordPress became successful
in Japan?
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Marketing strategy?
Growth Hack?
Advertising?
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From WordCamp Europe 2013 Presentation Learnings from Growing Local WordPress Communities in Japan
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Small steps.
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Small steps.
More people.
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Small steps.
More people.
Keeping it going.
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Marketing strategy?
Growth Hack?
Advertising?
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Everyone involved made WordPress
successful in Japan.
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Who Makes WordPress? a worldwide team of passionate individuals
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Everyone involved helps WordPress
succeed.
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Tips for building a strong community
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Delegate.
Tip #1
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Recognize contributors Translators, testers, forum / docs volunteers
Localization leader
Translators
Testers
Forum volunteers
Codex volunteers
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Document.
Tip #2
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Glossary for translation https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp/dev/ja/default/glossary
https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp/dev/ja/default/glossary
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Get Involved in Japanese https://ja.wordpress.org/get-involved/
https://ja.wordpress.org/get-involved/
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Style guide / Testing guideline
Trademark / Domain Policies
Post-release to-dos
Event organization how-tos
FAQ / Forum rules
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Simplify.
Tip #3
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Auto & Canned reply Prevent contact form overflow
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What You Can Do
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Take small steps.
Help others get involved.
Keep it going.
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Get Involved Core, design, mobile, accessibility, polyglots, support
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Start a Meetup grouphttps://make.wordpress.org/community/meetups/
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https://make.wordpress.org/community/meetups/
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TranslateCore, Plugins, Themes, Codex, Apps,
Theme/Plugin Directories
https://translate.wordpress.org/
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WordPress Global Translation Day on April 24th
https://translate.wordpress.org/
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Write blog postsWordCamp isnt over until you blog about it :)
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September 17-18, 2016
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Thank you!@naokomc
[email protected] @nao on wordpress.slack.com
mailto:[email protected]://wordpress.slack.com