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RE: A Steemit X-Prize - A Competition to Brainstorm Ideas for Promotion and Marketing

in #ideasfactory7 years ago

My idea is as such..... Make available some good old shirts, sweaters, coffee mugs, and little sorts of things like pens and/or pencils. Award these to people by random pick, in exchange for steem, steemdollars, and bitcoin. Sell them very cheap just to cover expenses and shipping. I would include shipping in the price. As a consumer just the fact of seeing shipping price and having to add it is a turn off. This may seem like a little detail but lets be honest we are all human and small things or details can sway our choice very easily. Honestly you start getting these things floating around the world people will be checking it out. Slogan on the product must be something people are gonna like when it hits them. It has to make them feel like its not o scheme. Some stickers would be nice too. What I like most about steemit is the community. It seems to be filled with alot of individuals who are uplifting not so much drama (i hate even saying the word). It inspires people to do their best not just spew bs about how they got a bad haircut. To understand the benefits of steemit your a little more well groomed of a person. I like the idea too that it gives back to its users. Not so much money hungry and greed that the world is so accustomed to these days. I'm also going to add a small list of improvements i would like to see. Maybe a little more power to the beginning user. Not as in the form of steem power but maybe for the first week make it so they have the power of someone with a slightly higher steem power. This would give the newbie a chance to raise up a little bit. I would hate to see someone discouraged because they cant get any big whales to hit on a post and think they will never make anything. Maybe limit the amount of active accounts from a particular ip address to say between 5 and 10. Something more to calm down the unmanned accounts. Most of all though I suggest the clothing and goods advertisement. I can tell all my friends about it some people i dont talk long with and dont have time to sit down and show them the hole process would take it more serious if I was wearing a steemit hooded sweatshirt. Also that cashier at that coffee shop may say hey what is that. Making them desire to know more instead of me bringing up the idea. That i think is key don't push steemit on people make them want it all by themselves. A little sticker on a light post is gonna draw curiosity more than word of mouth. I guess thats all!!!

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That's a good idea but it would require a large budget. People are not going to buy Steemit items unless they are already on Steemit - these sort of things are usually given away free. All those things cost money as does shipping. I think the idea of getting people curious is a good one and has been suggested by @winstonwolfe previously with his idea for "What is Steemit?" meme. I am still thinking about that one and possible ways of implementing it.

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