So what are the next steps for nem?
What would you like them to be?
If you haven't yet, come join us and propose projects, ideas etc. and help us make NEM something never before seen in the history of men! :-D
I believe that the first next step now is the publishing of the whitepaper.
Hopefully shortly after we are going to see mobile app.
Continuous strenghtening of the network, nodes etc.
Continuous refinement and adding of the features line n-x multisig, asset exchange etc.
Remember that by each day that NEM network and security isn't breached it gives NEM project validity.
I see Marketing is not in this list, and it should be #1 IMHO. #2 is product, things you can actually use NEM for. the AE is a great idea but I feel it has been accomplished quite well with other coins such as NXT so we should not make it our flagship product. I believe an open bazaar, charity work (which will assist with marketing) and the mobile app are important. As well as adoption of use for established markets.
I personally am a huge charity/volunteer nerd. I challenge myself each year to 100 hours of service, and each hour represents 5$. Each time I give $5 to charity or complete and hour of volunteer work I deduct an hour. ($50 would equal 10 hours deducted, etc...) And if there is a deficit at the end of the year I must pay that deficit to a charity. (If I have 50 hours remaining January 1st, I owe $250 dollars...)
I reached out to a developer to create an app (Charity Track/Calculator) where you could enter your own hours goal, and your own amount per hour (so you go do 25 cents per hour of your goal or as high as you want, in my instance $5...) And each time you donated to charity or did some volunteer work you could share it on social media (Such as Facebook app connection) "I donated/Volunteered at XXXX today click here to see how to contribute" or something of that nature.
You could track your goal (similar to my fitnesspal, only this would track volunteer hours/charity donations) and you could see if you have a deficit/surplus by your personal chosen date. And if you owed you could pay your deficit in BTC/XEM/DOGE/LTC or whatever currency you chose to a central system that would dispense it to the charity of your choosing.
I am not typing this out as a pitch but as a point that I think we need something innovative, something outside the box, something no one will see coming and hit it hard! And actually M A R K E T I T !
We are currently taking the "We descended from giants" and building on old ideas approach which can work, but lets not be afraid to slay a few dark lair creatures and create something new as well. We are the New Economy Movement not the Improved Economy Movement.
I agree that we need something new and outside the box.
As for marketing
A full on marketing assault may be a ways off,
But it is a good time to be coming up with ideas.
Dandruff, I believe that much of the planning is being done on the NEM forum on purpose,
So you probably won't get too much of a response here. So go over to the NEM forum
https://forum.ournem.com/index.php
There you can keep the marketing conversation going
Realize that the team is focused on other things and you may not see everyone jump on quick because the big marketing push is later
But
You can keep the conversation going, even if slowly at first.
I like the idea of planning now.
You will find that Xtester is very talented when it comes to marketing and promotion.
Working with a team takes a ton of understanding and patience as well.
Building relationships and being conscious of those relationships is ALWAYS more important than an idea or making a point.
Honestly, it seems that much of the team is very busy with other things, so just go there and instead of PUSHING the marketing aspect each day, simply open the door, and let those who want to walk through it with you do so.
I know I will be there walking through it with you, because I think it's important.
Mostly because it's a bitch to market a crypto, so we better be planning now.
