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[cusknee]

That looks fantastic! We will try to replicate your efforts in Greece and Italy.

[fran2k]

I used the xeroc repo in LaTeX for paper wallets[1], along with the design made by cass[4] to create this paper wallets we gave event for first time in the last February meetup at Buenos Aires. I will share the files soon and add at least the english translation.

Design 1 Front


Design 1 Back


Design 2 Front


Design 2 Back


100 Printed paper wallets




More pictures in the event thread[2] or meetup event[3].

[1] https://github.com/xeroc/LaTeX-PaperWallet
[2] https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php?topic=14238.0
[3] http://www.meetup.com/Bitcoin-Argentina/photos/all_photos/?photoAlbumId=25929577
[4] Not shared yet and/or Paper Wallets thread not updated.

[donkeypong]

Wonderful job you are doing! I'm coming to believe that countries like Argentina are where the real marketing must take place. People NEED this there.

[matt608]

Fran2k and elmato gave a talk + workshop on BitShares at the bitcoin + bitcoin 2.0 meetup in Buenos Aires 2 days ago and gave away around 65 $1 bitUSD to different people at the event.  It's a great job by them.  rgcrypto placed ads on meetup.com and fb and gained some extra attendees.  My delegate pay provided the giveaway funds.

Event details:
http://www.meetup.com/Bitcoin-Argentina/events/220501847/

Photos from the event:
http://www.meetup.com/Bitcoin-Argentina/photos/all_photos/?photoAlbumId=25929577

The next event will be in 2 weeks and for that we will have tracking added to the paper wallets to record signups. 

[matt608]

That sounds good! Thanks for your honest work Matt.
How are South Am. connections to journalists or other influential parties going?
Did you find the time to talk to bitcoinba?

Yes, seeds are being planted at the events more events are coming.  I've not communicated with bitcoinba yet.

[matt608]

Here's the video from the 2nd meetup event: 

BTC 2.0: Bitshares & Sidechains - Buenos Aires Meetup (2015-01-22)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2-AnQJw7es

Most of the talk about BitShares takes place in the second half.  Thanks to Frank for organising the event, giving the BitShares talk and producing the video.  The video has few views at the moment, but as we start to build an email list (starting this month) then it will be a resource that can be sent to leads as educational material.

Thanks for the messages of support.

[santaclause102]

Month 1 update:

I've been working closely with Frank (fran2k).  So far we have achieved:

- BitShares 101 translation. View on cryptofresh
- Frank gave a long talk explaining the whole of BitShares at the first BitShares meetup in Buenos Aires to 30+ attendees.  This video recording was made of the event - see photos here and the BitShares Argentina google+ page
.  A bitUSD giveaway was done too and the cost covered by elmato.
- Shorter talk by Frank to 60+ attendees at this Bitcoin + BitShares meetup.  Video coming soon.
- Paper wallet's designed and ready for upcoming giveaways (better looking versions coming soon):






Link builing - I obtained a link with keywords to bitshares.org from the homage of politicalcortex.com.  View my article
"Open Letter to David Cameron on Freedom of Speech, Government Surveillance and What to Do" at the top of the featured section on the homepage.  This article is 2k words and has been submitted to other sites and awaits publication.

Only approximately half of my first month budget has been spent and I have not paid myself back the registration fee.  I'll probably do that in the third month as I'd rather get fb ads running asap than pay myself back.  General grass-roots marketing I've done includes a couple of Bitcointalk threads here and here.  I've played an active role in commenting about BitShares on articles and I made a bitshares homepage digital sketch to help with the design process.  I'm part way though creating an SEO keyword list - view here.

Expenses spreadsheet.

Month 2 Plan:
Frank has agreed to start working full time for BitShares for $100bitUSD a week.  Frank will be working on:  Written translations, video voice overs for cn-members videos + riverhead's tutorial videos, broschure creation and street giveaway, giving talks at the meetups, organising more meetup events, basic meetup video editing and networking, making connections and other tasks.

We are also looking at sponsoring an impressive speaker who travels around Argentina talking about bitcoin, to talk about BitShares.  This is not yet arranged but conversation has started.  Talks with a local bitcoin exchange is also set happen too within the next couple of weeks.

A tracking method is being worked out for paper wallet + brochure giveaways.

Facebook ads will launch and send traffic to a Spanish version of rgcrypto's awesome http://bitshares101.net funnel to build an email list and promote the book. 

I will increase my article output this month, now that BitShares.org is (very nearly) up and running.

That's it for month 1!  Total expenditure $641.  I hold all my personal pay in bitassets ($200 a month).

I'm very much looking forward to month 2.  Things can really start, with the book + website to promote we will start seeing new users.
 

Edit:  Just want to add I've been paying from my personal account due to having trouble with my client - as you can see all the delegate pay is still with my delegate wallet (in case anyone was wondering why it's still full). http://bitsharesblocks.com/delegates/delegate?name=argentina-marketing.matt608

That sounds good! Thanks for your honest work Matt.
How are South Am. connections to journalists or other influential parties going?
Did you find the time to talk to bitcoinba?

[liondani]

+5 thanks for what you are doing

Sent from my ALCATEL ONE TOUCH 997D

[Gentso1]

 I may have been critical to you and how you fit into this project but I couldn't have been more wrong.

Great work here and keep it up

[matt608]

Very impressed by your accomplishments and glad that I voted for you. Is there any way of knowing how many Bitshares users we now  have in Argentina?

Thanks.  There's isn't a way to find that out, but the next paper wallet giveaways at events and bitshares 101 book funnel will have tracking for new accounts built in.

[cusknee]

Very impressed by your accomplishments and glad that I voted for you. Is there any way of knowing how many Bitshares users we now  have in Argentina?

[mira]

Got us a link from natural news :
http://blogs.naturalnews.com/government-surveillance-strikes-back/
and
http://beforeitsnews.com/politics/2015/01/an-open-letter-to-david-cameron-on-freedom-of-speech-government-surveillance-and-what-to-do-from-an-elected-bitshares-delegate-2685554.html (that link was automatically nofollowed)

boldly beautifully brilliantly stated   

[matt608]

Got us a link from natural news :
http://blogs.naturalnews.com/government-surveillance-strikes-back/
and
http://beforeitsnews.com/politics/2015/01/an-open-letter-to-david-cameron-on-freedom-of-speech-government-surveillance-and-what-to-do-from-an-elected-bitshares-delegate-2685554.html (that link was automatically nofollowed)

[fran2k]

Excellent report matt. I have nothing to add.

It has been great work so far and the action has just begun.

[matt608]

Month 1 update:

I've been working closely with Frank (fran2k).  So far we have achieved:

- BitShares 101 translation. View on cryptofresh
- Frank gave a long talk explaining the whole of BitShares at the first BitShares meetup in Buenos Aires to 30+ attendees.  This video recording was made of the event - see photos here and the BitShares Argentina google+ page
.  A bitUSD giveaway was done too and the cost covered by elmato.
- Shorter talk by Frank to 60+ attendees at this Bitcoin + BitShares meetup.  Video coming soon.
- Paper wallet's designed and ready for upcoming giveaways (better looking versions coming soon):






Link builing - I obtained a link with keywords to bitshares.org from the homage of politicalcortex.com.  View my article
"Open Letter to David Cameron on Freedom of Speech, Government Surveillance and What to Do" at the top of the featured section on the homepage.  This article is 2k words and has been submitted to other sites and awaits publication.

Only approximately half of my first month budget has been spent and I have not paid myself back the registration fee.  I'll probably do that in the third month as I'd rather get fb ads running asap than pay myself back.  General grass-roots marketing I've done includes a couple of Bitcointalk threads here and here.  I've played an active role in commenting about BitShares on articles and I made a bitshares homepage digital sketch to help with the design process.  I'm part way though creating an SEO keyword list - view here.

Expenses spreadsheet.

Month 2 Plan:
Frank has agreed to start working full time for BitShares for $100bitUSD a week.  Frank will be working on:  Written translations, video voice overs for cn-members videos + riverhead's tutorial videos, broschure creation and street giveaway, giving talks at the meetups, organising more meetup events, basic meetup video editing and networking, making connections and other tasks.

We are also looking at sponsoring an impressive speaker who travels around Argentina talking about bitcoin, to talk about BitShares.  This is not yet arranged but conversation has started.  Talks with a local bitcoin exchange is also set happen too within the next couple of weeks.

A tracking method is being worked out for paper wallet + brochure giveaways.

Facebook ads will launch and send traffic to a Spanish version of rgcrypto's awesome http://bitshares101.net funnel to build an email list and promote the book. 

I will increase my article output this month, now that BitShares.org is (very nearly) up and running.

That's it for month 1!  Total expenditure $641.  I hold all my personal pay in bitassets ($200 a month).

I'm very much looking forward to month 2.  Things can really start, with the book + website to promote we will start seeing new users.
 

Edit:  Just want to add I've been paying from my personal account due to having trouble with my client - as you can see all the delegate pay is still with my delegate wallet (in case anyone was wondering why it's still full). http://bitsharesblocks.com/delegates/delegate?name=argentina-marketing.matt608