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RE: A Steemit X-Prize - A Competition to Brainstorm Ideas for Promotion and Marketing
In my opinion the best way to spread an idea is word of mouth, literally one person telling another. It is how I found out about this, FB and MySpace. When people with similar interests start talking ideas spread like wild fire.
Good point. Word of mouth is always going to be important.
I totally agree on this. However it feels like we've somewhat hit a wall on this though (just my perception) right now. Some is the "to good to be true" appearance, some the semi difficult ux/ui (which soon shouldn't be a major issue) and some being seen as a money earner for people which either get discouraged without early payouts (which I'm not saying all should) or lack of socializing.
In the end the draw here is the community (imo) that people need to feel integrated into. I think there is a required change in mindset many either adapt to (ie marketing/ networking effort, adding value, formatting) or leave. Since the normal "info sharing" doesnt work here.
I'm by no means against the idea of word of mouth campaign, just what I've seen. If a post isn't purely around something they're passionate about they purely look at it as $/hr for their work. However the new short form (news, today i learned, funny) posts can help on this front. A few dollar payout goes a long way early on imo.
If something isn't viewed as easier than their current social media, there needs to be an argument to put in the work/ time to ramp up. The $ helps that only so far, especially with steem price where it is.
I did try to help on the on boarding process with various ambassador toolkit posts with explanations of key topics (so they can be used to answer frequent questions/concerns), short power point slide set and post templates, if those can be helpful.
Great points. I have run into this issue too. People act like you are trying to sell them a timeshare scheme or they just don't get it or a combination. I think it works in very selected circumstances but in many ways it is too early for that work in all but selected circumstances where you are dealing with like minded individuals or people who are already in crypto.