Do you believe we need more ways of advertising Bitcoin currency? - page 19.

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Quote from: codishmumu on October 11, 2015, 06:39:50 AM

Quote from: anzel2002 on October 10, 2015, 04:06:40 PM

I agree there should be more advertising
I made a short comedy film based very loosely on the false claims in the Newsweek article
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDcNkggCXRQ
If I am able recoup the money spent on the first film, thru tips etc
I have a few ideas for Bitcoin short commercials for the web, that I am ready to make also
but have to see how this one does first

Yay, good! I thought that clip was entertaining, but my advice is that when making another short film, focus on explaining bitcoins and why it will be a useful asset to society.

thanks codishmumu, thats the plan, if any more videos are able to get made

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Quote from: codishmumu on October 11, 2015, 07:10:30 AM

Quote from: pooya87 on October 11, 2015, 06:59:42 AM

i believe we need more use cases for bitcoin rather than having only more ways of advertising bitcoin. i mean just spreading the word about bitcoin is not going to be enough.
there needs to be actual day to day usages for bitcoin and it needs to be global, and also as easy as it can be for simple users who don't want to go through with all the complexities of bitcoin.

We will surely obtain all of that if we advertise and educate the masses of bitcoin to display the currency's advantages.

i don't know, maybe you are right. but it is hard for me to convince anybody about usefulness of bitcoin these days because of two major reasons.

1) there is no place in my country that accepts bitcoin. on top of that, places like Amazon, Steam,... are not accepting bitcoin and have no plan for the future either.
2) the price changes makes it a risky investment. so it would be hard to invest or even use it as a currency.

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Quote from: pooya87 on October 11, 2015, 06:59:42 AM

i believe we need more use cases for bitcoin rather than having only more ways of advertising bitcoin. i mean just spreading the word about bitcoin is not going to be enough.
there needs to be actual day to day usages for bitcoin and it needs to be global, and also as easy as it can be for simple users who don't want to go through with all the complexities of bitcoin.

We will surely obtain all of that if we advertise and educate the masses of bitcoin to display the currency's advantages.

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i believe we need more use cases for bitcoin rather than having only more ways of advertising bitcoin. i mean just spreading the word about bitcoin is not going to be enough.
there needs to be actual day to day usages for bitcoin and it needs to be global, and also as easy as it can be for simple users who don't want to go through with all the complexities of bitcoin.

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Quote from: codishmumu on October 11, 2015, 06:31:10 AM

Quote from: coinpr0n on October 10, 2015, 03:49:44 PM

I just finished watching Dope the movie. It kind of serves as advertising for Bitcoin even though it's associated with the dark web and drugs. At least it exposes Bitcoin to the younger generations.

But in a bad way. We need a more positive way.

Yeah, I agree it's a bad light for Bitcoin. But at least the protagonist is a smart high-school student who applies to Harvard. So it could have been worse.

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Quote from: anzel2002 on October 10, 2015, 04:06:40 PM

I agree there should be more advertising
I made a short comedy film based very loosely on the false claims in the Newsweek article
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDcNkggCXRQ
If I am able recoup the money spent on the first film, thru tips etc
I have a few ideas for Bitcoin short commercials for the web, that I am ready to make also
but have to see how this one does first

Yay, good! I thought that clip was entertaining, but my advice is that when making another short film, focus on explaining bitcoins and why it will be a useful asset to society.

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Quote from: coinpr0n on October 10, 2015, 03:49:44 PM

I just finished watching Dope the movie. It kind of serves as advertising for Bitcoin even though it's associated with the dark web and drugs. At least it exposes Bitcoin to the younger generations.

But in a bad way. We need a more positive way.

anzel2002

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I agree there should be more advertising
I made a short comedy film based very loosely on the false claims in the Newsweek article
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDcNkggCXRQ
If I am able recoup the money spent on the first film, thru tips etc
I have a few ideas for Bitcoin short commercials for the web, that I am ready to make also
but have to see how this one does first

coinpr0n

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I just finished watching Dope the movie. It kind of serves as advertising for Bitcoin even though it's associated with the dark web and drugs. At least it exposes Bitcoin to the younger generations.

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Its tough to advertise Bitcoin for a couple of reasons, I agree with you that we need to actually do it somehow but lots of factors to consider. Usually paid advertising has some way to actually make money, if we are paying money to advertise, who is paying the money, or receiving it?

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Quote from: trafficolaa on October 10, 2015, 02:36:18 PM

I think advertisement in soccer matches about bitcoin would bring some positive attention from more people around as it is more popular sports event and broadcast on so many channels so it can be helpful for it.

This would cost very expensive and the advertisers are mostly giant that have million in sales.
I think that the best way should be by third parties, like coinbase that has a good basement.
And good profit from users as it is an exchange and a wallet service at the same time, and this would be perfect.

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I think advertisement in soccer matches about bitcoin would bring some positive attention from more people around as it is more popular sports event and broadcast on so many channels so it can be helpful for it.

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Quote from: Hugroll on October 10, 2015, 10:32:30 AM

ehh documentaries might work, but i highly doubt they'll appeal to majority of the people. barely anyone is going to want to want a 30 min documentary about bitcoin just because they are intrigued by it

I have seen many Hollywood movies that really advertise bitcoin,
Can't remember exactly the movie name but it explained a bit how bitcoin is earned by mining.
So i think that also advertising in famous movies will increase the popularity of bitcoin.

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Quote from: Hugroll on October 10, 2015, 10:32:30 AM

ehh documentaries might work, but i highly doubt they'll appeal to majority of the people. barely anyone is going to want to want a 30 min documentary about bitcoin just because they are intrigued by it

That is correct. In addition I feel like bitcoin is not intriguing and interesting to the point that normal, not bitcoin related people would waste time just to see what this is about. Education is nice, but it is not enough in our world. We need witty advertisements.

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Quote from: codishmumu on October 10, 2015, 12:49:36 PM

Quote from: n2004al on October 10, 2015, 09:42:17 AM

Quote from: gentlemand on October 09, 2015, 08:28:57 AM

Education, not advertising. An awful lot of people have heard the word now. Very, very few have a clue what it actually entails.

I agree totally with you. The best thing to do is that bitcoin enter at the schools and universities as cycle of lessons and be part of actual curriculum of everyone of those. But how is possible this when most of the countries of the world ignore it? if this can be true the known and the value of bitcoin (especially the value as a technology and not only as a currency) it will increase much more and with big steps.

But it is not advertising one of the ways which can help on this?

But advertisement and education go hand in hand.

I guess a 30 seconds advertisement is not enough as a way to educate people about Bitcoins. Over a minute of advertisement is kinda expensive. 1 full page of news paper ads is not going to work as well.

I heard there is a school that included crypto currency as a subject

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Quote from: n2004al on October 10, 2015, 09:42:17 AM

Quote from: gentlemand on October 09, 2015, 08:28:57 AM

Education, not advertising. An awful lot of people have heard the word now. Very, very few have a clue what it actually entails.

I agree totally with you. The best thing to do is that bitcoin enter at the schools and universities as cycle of lessons and be part of actual curriculum of everyone of those. But how is possible this when most of the countries of the world ignore it? if this can be true the known and the value of bitcoin (especially the value as a technology and not only as a currency) it will increase much more and with big steps.

But it is not advertising one of the ways which can help on this?

But advertisement and education go hand in hand.

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Quote from: Hellacopter on October 10, 2015, 10:08:52 AM

Quote from: codishmumu on October 03, 2015, 02:26:01 AM

After all, if you don't spread the knowledge of an existence, the existence is in turn unknown, labeling it useless.

What about spreading the word to the younger generation? Children are known to imitate knowledge, and spread it continuously. I am a firm believer in broadcasting and wide advertising. Right now, I'm trying to create handmade merchandise like hand knitted sweaters with the bitcoin symbol embroidered onto them, hand sculpted bitcoin symbol necklaces, earrings, bracelets, and even handmade dolls of a mascot I drew. I'm hoping these fun items will help spread education for the digital currency until it's the number one used currency. What do you think?

You make great work, yes i think that we need more ways of advertising Bitcoin currency, because almost there is a lot of people till now don't know great things about Bitcoin, some others think that its not a real currency and that we can't make trades with Bitcoin, we have to popularize Bitcoin as much as we can, talking with relatives about it, writing articles and press releases , this can be good ways to support and advertise Bitcoin currency

Do you personally occupy any ways of small advertisement? Even wearing a T-shirt helps, or making posts on your social media accounts explaining what bitcoin is grants tremendous recognition to this currency.

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Yes we do. Bitcoin is still far from global usability and the more we expand the Bitcoin network, the more the currency can be acknowledged.

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ehh documentaries might work, but i highly doubt they'll appeal to majority of the people. barely anyone is going to want to want a 30 min documentary about bitcoin just because they are intrigued by it

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Quote from: gentlemand on October 10, 2015, 10:03:07 AM

Quote from: n2004al on October 10, 2015, 09:42:17 AM

I agree totally with you. The best thing to do is that bitcoin enter at the schools and universities as cycle of lessons and be part of actual curriculum of everyone of those. But how is possible this when most of the countries of the world ignore it? if this can be true the known and the value of bitcoin (especially the value as a technology and not only as a currency) it will increase much more and with big steps.

But it is not advertising one of the ways which can help on this?

I guess so but documentaries and demonstrations of use cases are going to do the job better than just a nice banner. Some of the retailers who've taken it on have also done a nice job of explaining what it is.

Perhaps a more relevant question is where advertising and education should be aimed. There are a lot of people with skills in developing countries who could be making good use of it right now but all the big bucks are going towards bloated first worlders with a lesser need for it.

I agree again with your post and strongly with the part in bold and red. But I think that even documentaries and demonstration of use cases are a particular form of advertising. More elaborated but yet advertising are. The problem is who can made those. While to do a banner needed only a good designer, to do the first things needed very qualified people. How to attract them? This is the problem. The most prepared and intellectual people interested for bitcoin are mostly the programmers or the developers. Can you find a way to attract Steven Spielberg or James Cameron? Wink

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