I wouldn't worry about the free magazines. Just be ready to pay up. You know it's coming.
Hes gonna pay up and print the magazines anyway.
Topic: If I win the 10,000BTC, I have an idea for what to do with the money... (Read 4874 times)
August 29, 2012, 04:27:10 PM
Hes gonna pay up and print the magazines anyway.
August 28, 2012, 11:11:20 PM
I wouldn't worry about the free magazines. Just be ready to pay up. You know it's coming.
August 28, 2012, 03:18:23 AM
If I win the 10,000BTC bet and I pay for 50,000 issues of the Bitcoin Magazine to be printed and shipped, would you accept one?
Of course! But you are not going to win...
How much is a yearly subscription to Bitcoin magazine? If I win my 10 BTC bet, I'm willing to put some of those winnings towards a subscription.
August 27, 2012, 02:36:54 PM
Yehovah's Witnesses crap the place with magazines and they create more rejection than acceptance.
That's more or less the image you're bound to create.
That's more or less the image you're bound to create.
August 27, 2012, 02:31:09 PM
If I win the 10,000BTC I'll be cosmopolitan and travel all over the world
He could personally deliver all those magazines 
she could... :p
sure
That being said, chances are that I would prefer having it delivered by you
August 27, 2012, 10:18:24 AM
If I win the 10,000BTC I'll be cosmopolitan and travel all over the world
He could personally deliver all those magazines she could... :p
sure
August 27, 2012, 09:49:25 AM
If I win the 10,000BTC I'll be cosmopolitan and travel all over the world
He could personally deliver all those magazines August 27, 2012, 03:53:17 AM
Well, I still think a pamphlet is a good idea to raise awareness, though imagine lots of 0.1BTC being thrown away in the streets, you would have ppl running around collecting the pamphlets.
Actually, that could be a way to pay the garbage collectors.....
EDIT: And, targeting known thought leaders in the IT Industry with the magazine, could be a plan......
Actually, that could be a way to pay the garbage collectors.....
EDIT: And, targeting known thought leaders in the IT Industry with the magazine, could be a plan......
August 27, 2012, 03:48:04 AM
Vladimir drops everything else and resumes work on proper digital edition. No seriously.
August 27, 2012, 03:45:49 AM
Good video with some good points. However I work for one of the largest companies in the world with one of the most succcessful partner marketing schemes of all time, if our marketing specialists suggest we move from 70% spend on printed ads to 30% printed and 70% online (arbitary figures), I think they may be right.
August 27, 2012, 03:39:25 AM
August 27, 2012, 03:33:38 AM
Yes the ship has sailed on hard copy magazines IMO (although I still buy the occasional car mag)..........that said, for the non-bitcoiners I can see it being an easier thing to get them to read a magazine, than research BTC on the internet.
Maybe do a pamphlet, like an informational piece around bitcoin introducing the general public to its merits (keep it simple and non-geeky as much as poss), with 0.1BTC (around $1 USD) on an expirable claim. I could see that having a greater impact. In fact I would personally hand some out around the streets in my local town. We could also distribute them on the tubes or in the streets if a team of us were around the Bitcoin London conference timeframe.
Maybe do a pamphlet, like an informational piece around bitcoin introducing the general public to its merits (keep it simple and non-geeky as much as poss), with 0.1BTC (around $1 USD) on an expirable claim. I could see that having a greater impact. In fact I would personally hand some out around the streets in my local town. We could also distribute them on the tubes or in the streets if a team of us were around the Bitcoin London conference timeframe.
August 27, 2012, 02:35:08 AM
I agree. Instead of giving out bitcoin magazines which would be perceived as advertisements, I think the best use would be to buy a large lot of casascius bitcoins and give them out to random people everywhere.
August 26, 2012, 03:58:34 PM
If I win the 10,000BTC I'll be cosmopolitan and travel all over the world
August 26, 2012, 03:55:28 PM
62,489 members, I'd guess < 2% take you up on the offer. There's just tons of free magazine offers out there, lots of dead accounts, lots of users that won't see the offer, lots of users that don't want to give their address, etc.
So a 50k run of one issue for distribution to bitcointalk.com members seems like a bad idea.
So a 50k run of one issue for distribution to bitcointalk.com members seems like a bad idea.
If you look at the user list you'll see 98% of these 60000 members are spambot accounts that just can't do their job correctly due to the newbie restrictions. There's maybe 1000 real accounts here if even that.
Administrator: 2
Brand new (SPAM): 41547
Donator: 76
Founder: 1
Full Member: 996
Global Moderator: 5
Hero Member: 363
Jr. Member: 7612
Newbie (SPAM?): 11220
SCAMMER: 101
Sr. Member: 447
Staff: 18
VIP: 28
Whitelisted: 1
If Newbies and Brand new are considered all spammers, then there are still almost 10000 "real members" on the forums.
Interesting fact: Even if founders were also considered spammers, the number of real members does not decrease by a lot.
Interesting. Thanks for the numbers. I retract my statement.
August 26, 2012, 02:27:07 PM
62,489 members, I'd guess < 2% take you up on the offer. There's just tons of free magazine offers out there, lots of dead accounts, lots of users that won't see the offer, lots of users that don't want to give their address, etc.
So a 50k run of one issue for distribution to bitcointalk.com members seems like a bad idea.
So a 50k run of one issue for distribution to bitcointalk.com members seems like a bad idea.
If you look at the user list you'll see 98% of these 60000 members are spambot accounts that just can't do their job correctly due to the newbie restrictions. There's maybe 1000 real accounts here if even that.
Administrator: 2
Brand new (SPAM): 41547
Donator: 76
Founder: 1
Full Member: 996
Global Moderator: 5
Hero Member: 363
Jr. Member: 7612
Newbie (SPAM?): 11220
SCAMMER: 101
Sr. Member: 447
Staff: 18
VIP: 28
Whitelisted: 1
If Newbies and Brand new are considered all spammers, then there are still almost 10000 "real members" on the forums.
Interesting fact: Even if founders were also considered spammers, the number of real members does not decrease by a lot.
August 26, 2012, 07:04:25 AM
62,489 members, I'd guess < 2% take you up on the offer. There's just tons of free magazine offers out there, lots of dead accounts, lots of users that won't see the offer, lots of users that don't want to give their address, etc.
So a 50k run of one issue for distribution to bitcointalk.com members seems like a bad idea.
So a 50k run of one issue for distribution to bitcointalk.com members seems like a bad idea.
If you look at the user list you'll see 98% of these 60000 members are spambot accounts that just can't do their job correctly due to the newbie restrictions. There's maybe 1000 real accounts here if even that.
August 25, 2012, 08:16:30 PM
The magazine has my address and sadly this has never happened to me. What would be so bad about this anyways or am I just missing a troll?
If i did, the next thing I know I would have a truckload of giggling Korean girls at my door.
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August 25, 2012, 08:11:07 PM
I am not making any promises yet, just gauging interests, but it occurred to me the other day that the best thing I could do help the Bitcoin community, my career, and Bitcoin Magazine's exposure all in one go would be to use some of my winnings to print 50,000+ issues of the Bitcoin Magazine and mail them to everyone on the forums (and off, if anyone asked).
If I win the 10,000BTC bet and I pay for 50,000 issues of the Bitcoin Magazine to be printed and shipped, would you accept one?
If I win the 10,000BTC bet and I pay for 50,000 issues of the Bitcoin Magazine to be printed and shipped, would you accept one?
It's an odd question. Your winnings are also yours to do with as you please, and if you feel guilty for taking it, you can at least boost your reputation (and thus career) by doing something altruistic like providing patronage to other community enriching projects (hint sig hint hehe).
In what way do you expect it to help your career? are you just giving away all of your hard work? (serious question)
Nah, I'm just confident that if people get their hands on an issue, they'll subscribe.
August 25, 2012, 08:07:55 PM
I am not making any promises yet, just gauging interests, but it occurred to me the other day that the best thing I could do help the Bitcoin community, my career, and Bitcoin Magazine's exposure all in one go would be to use some of my winnings to print 50,000+ issues of the Bitcoin Magazine and mail them to everyone on the forums (and off, if anyone asked).
If I win the 10,000BTC bet and I pay for 50,000 issues of the Bitcoin Magazine to be printed and shipped, would you accept one?
If I win the 10,000BTC bet and I pay for 50,000 issues of the Bitcoin Magazine to be printed and shipped, would you accept one?
It's an odd question. Your winnings are also yours to do with as you please, and if you feel guilty for taking it, you can at least boost your reputation (and thus career) by doing something altruistic like providing patronage to other community enriching projects (hint sig hint hehe).
In what way do you expect it to help your career? are you just giving away all of your hard work? (serious question)
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