Topic: NXT :: descendant of Bitcoin - Updated Information - page 542. (Read 2761624 times)

For someone who does not care about nxt you sure were on top of that one fast. Cmon sport you know you refresh this thread every 5 seconds 

Key word - donation.

Don't spam my inbox looking for votes if you are not prepared to give me a reason why I should vote for you. You mistakenly think I give any care to where Nxt goes. I have nothing to do with Nxt, so stop looking desperate spamming random accounts begging for votes. It isn't a good image on your character.  

*POOF* There goes your spot. That backfired.

Don't know if its a test, or why anyone would pay to be elected to a Committee but

I mostly post new articles etc only to the Marketing thread, but this is quite a big, about all 2.0 cryptos, very deep, much text about Nxt:
http://www.ofnumbers.com/2014/03/04/chapter-3-next-generation-platforms/

CIYAM asked not to be included due to his other projects and involvements

Web Client on local TestNet

I downloaded Wesley's dev.zip and inserted unzip copy into 0.8.3 html/tools folder. UI worked from http://localhost:7875/dev/#
When I do the same for 0.8.5 (after setting nxt.isTestnet=true), UI from http://localhost:6875/dev/# does not work (localhost:6875 works).
What other settings have to be changed to make it work?

thanks you.  arrived.

have voted.
want vote CIYAM, but he isn't in the list

I am asking for Gaming articles since 26th January.  Uniqueorn should be doing some text and he also promised a report from the Nxt Starcraft match, but it was played 14 days ago. I would like to publish a report here: http://bitcoinblogger.com/largest-starcraft-showmatch-ever-thanks-bitcoin/ but last time I asked about it I got only posts full of personal attacks
After month of asking for a letter now we finally have a text for Unis so we can distribute it. So now I will be sending it to the universities all over the world.

You missed one important group: Internet freedom lovers. this time I did a research and wrote this text: http://justpaste.it/decentralized-internet - now I am trying to publish it and also I am tweeting it to wikileaks/etc and each tweet adds 15-20 new views. For free. Soon will be released an alfa version of the video based on this text. I am going to get a viral attention of everyone who liked Snowden's / Assange's movements.

My ideas were presented here:

i would like to try a tester(almost full time).  i am the first tester posting AE test program.

new text about Proof of Stake http://bitcoinmagazine.com/10829/impossible-trinity-security-environment-protection-decentralization/

Alright, I'll take this one as a marketing committee candidate:

1. Students

You nailed it. Economic freedom at the university level is a big deal as many of us found out during the Ron Paul campaigns.  Universities (at the lower tier) are often willing to accept guest speakers, I would start here. I'd also recommend putting a small team together and start contacting all the different business and IT associations at the university level. I'd then contact the local bars in that area and see if we can get a few to accept Nxt on a limited basis.  Pie in the sky? We did it at Feathercoin with the UK pub Oxford Blue. It just takes work and the ability to pickup the phone.


2. Meetups

http://bitcoin.meetup.com/

I'd also focus on putting together a solid form letter to go out to all the Bitcoin related organizers. While some might not be open to our message, I believe others that support the crypto market in general would be receptive. We could introduce their members to another great investment, offer some free coins (in form of a bounty), invite them to join us promoting Nxt.  It doesn't take a large response to get a huge ROI.

** Other groups **

I'd also contact other meetup groups that would be interested in hearing our message such as free markets, libertarian etc..


3. Gaming Market

I started my career back in the mid 90s as a project manager/network admin (also handled events such as E3) for a small gaming company that produced this game:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cUMNh1pBR4

I would recommend not overlooking the casual gaming market. If we had some type of rewards store, it would be much easier to get some of these developers to at least take a look at an in-game currency (yes, Nxt is much more.. just an example).


4. Chamber of Commerce

With Trekcon just a few months away (every person walking through the door gets some Nxt and a brochure), I've been working with the organizers to allow me time with the vendors. In the next few weeks, I plan to visit the chamber of commerce here and talk about this opportunity for Springfield. I plan on showing my appearance on KSR33 for the charity drive and explain how Trekcon can help kick off this initiative.

I'd recommend a full blown effort for each of us to contact local businesses and any area chambers. It'll take a crapload of rejection before we some acceptance.


5. Merchant Acceptance

The guys are CoinTropolis are talking about renting out a hall and inviting local businesses to explore alternate payment opportunities. I'd recommend putting together a small merchant acceptance team and ask the community to start knocking on doors. It just takes a few to make news and start the ball moving. Emails are nice, handshakes are better.

What got us here won't get us there. These are a few immediate steps I'd recommend to move us forward.

Which one? haha

Regarding marketing and promotion-

At this stage in the game, we are riding the coattails of bitcoin. I think the altcoins will battle it out and we will see some consolidation once the pump-and-dumpers run out of dupes to steal from. I think NXT will survive this episode very well, since there are a lot of long term investors. However, we will suffer from association, as NXT can be considered "just another alt". During this phase, we should market towards the bitcoin and altcoin community in general, as the learning curve is too steep, and they know enough about cryptocurrency already.

Once AE is implemented and clients are well and truly of out beta testing, I think it would be interesting to target other niche communities. For example, I enjoy listening to Dan Carlin's Hardcore History podcast. His website has a forum with a nice community of people who are willing to think about alternative interpretations of historical events. Due to their open-mindedness and lack of intellectual laziness, they are good candidates to try to win over. Sponsoring an episode of the podcast or buying a commercial spot might be within our budget. We could even offer to match donations to Dan's show, which would buy us some goodwill with their community.

Other potential communities to reach out to:

Gamers: Enthusiasts at Anandtech seem annoyed that the price of AMD graphics cards is well above MSRP because of demand from Litecoin and Dogecoin miners. NVIDIA's latest cards (Maxwell family) look to be a big improvement over the last generation in terms of hashing power, so NVIDIA cards will be stupid expensive as well. Gaming enthusiasts won't be able to avoid increased costs any longer. Folks here have already been talking about sponsoring gaming events - we should also focus on how our competitors are indirectly taking money out of gamers pockets.

Students: Is anyone here still in college? We could contribute to an entrepreneurial group at a university. College students have amazing access to resources and more time for hobbies than those of us with day jobs. Students are always looking to add things to their resume. Lets open the door to computer science and business students who might be interested in working with the developers and businesses being built on top of NXT.

Candidates for marketing committee - what are your thoughts on the ideas above?

I reported it as "fake picture" as black guys usually have bigger dicks than on the picture, so it must be photoshopped.

btw: the guy looks like lewis hamilton, haha

I reported his post as "Off-topic post". Interesting, will a moderator remove it...

Glad to hear your point of view on this. I too was a little concerned that you might be against charity promotions, which I think can be effective; but I agree 100% that at this stage of the game they have somewhat limited value. I also think the reddit community should be courted, especially DOGECOINERS but I agree that this should not be a focus for the available funds. Users like me will voluntarily reach out to these people though r/NXT etc.

However, I didn't realize that the "Songs of Love" deal was 100% donation funded ( I was a donator but thought something also came from the til) so in that regard I think that endeavor was worthwhile.

Everyone here is cool. Let's not let politics create any hard feelings.

But this is the entire point of the marketing fund: to get NXT out there to the public. Nearly every person who is interested in cryptos is aware of NXTs existence. We don't need to advertise to them as much as to new commers.
Wesleys userfriendly client already takes care of the problems you are concerned about, plus there are more clients coming out soon.. So I don't consider this a issue anymore.
In my opinion NXT now has to branch out from this tiny little nichè market and into the real world if we want to continue growth.



I don't think anyone is crazy enough to think that just because you don't think children charities is effective, that it somehow means you don't care for children.
What I am saying is that children charities or "This donator made this dying kids last wish come true" etc. stories make headlines so it can indeed be perfect marketing.
It also opens the door for other charities that will notice our charitable work, which again will accumulate more headlines and more interest in NXT.
I don't think one should ever dismiss a whole category out of hand, because oppourtunities exist everywhere.

 
 
 

 I would plan on taking the marketing plan for its face value, not its "cause"

 If someone had an idea to get us on green peace's mailing list I would support it, if someone had a new and interesting way to make an impact with a charity I would support it.

 But at this time NXT is still in Alpha Geek testing phase. We need to extend and exploit our features and build up the eco-system that is NXT.
 What good is putting our name on a poster for 100 people who don't even know what Bitcoin is, much less how to update java, and run a .bat file?
 It might be of interest to environmentally aware people that we are "green" but I don't think there are many people running Jalapenos and racks of ASICS, wringing their hands saying "oh no, I wish I could do this without harming the earth"

 I am not trying to make evasive comments, If I was, I would not have posted my comments in the main thread.

 We all know these subjects are sensitive in this thread, and I am not interested in taking a side on either one when it comes to marketing.

 Personally, I KNOW global warming exists, and I am the father of an almost 3 year old.

 At my restaurant, we have a regular family that has a 10 month child with a rare leukemia and last fall we raised and donated almost $8000 in one month from proceeds of our pizza sales.

 Check it out here. http://loveforleni.com/ Search for Speedy Romeo. 
If anyone wants to send me some NXT, I will gladly turn that into USD and give it to the family directly.

 But I still don't think this would help NXT grow.

 And in the end, thats what the marketing position is all about. Separating my beliefs and getting the job done.

 
 
 
 

I could not agree more with you.

I think diversity is the key success factor.

This is a given, but how would you decide that?
In the "real world" (at least in America and Europe) the majority of people accept that global warming is taking place, yet for some inexplicable reason: the opposite is true in the NXT community.
I am perhaps the only one who has dared to voice this, which undoubtably has cost me 50%+ of my votes for commitee, but I think it's a important topic from a marketing POV.

Seeing as we know most people accept global warming, but our community somehow doesn't, how would you balance that out in such a situation?

I've been intouch with several guys in the field and their interest was piqued by this, I've also contacted authors who have already done stories on Bitcoins detrimental effects on the environment, for them a follow up article would be great, but they first needed the math. I got hughman and secondleo over at nextcoin to work on this and they now have a "report" that I have started sharing with people, eagerly awaiting their replies.

Headlines like "Bitcoin is a contributer to global warming, but there's a alternative" is a lot more clickable than "Here's a cryptocurrency that use less electricity...yay"
Say some big tech magazines wanted to do an article about NXT vs Bitcoin in terms of global warming (very real possiblity in the near future) tomorrow, should we just decline then because our community decided that global warming is a conspiracy?


I applaud your post for trying to be as neutral as possible, but to me it comes off like you are trying too hard to not step on any toes, which could lead you to lose votes to become a committee member. I want the committee to consist of people with balls who dare to go against the grain when it's needed.


Regarding children charities: I have touched on this slightly before, I agree that it's not my first choice for marketing purposes, but your outright dismissal "hell no" seems premature.
Justabit has done a great job in providing a proof of concept, we should not make hasty decisions until we can see some of the effects of this. ALSO: there are several ways you can donate to charities for children that could indeed be very good marketing oppourtunities, so dismissing it out of hand is wrong.