Infomercial mogul Kevin Harrington gets behind Bitcoin

[Empirical1]

Global Points:

1.  I don't remember anyone saying our marketing plans involved making an infomercial.

I saw you post an 'informercial style' selling script + asking for feedback in a thread titled 'informercial mogul Kevin Harrington gets behind bitcoin' hence the confusion my bad.

[Stan]

Global Points:

1.  I don't remember anyone saying our marketing plans involved making an infomercial.

2.  Kevin started out as a pioneer in making infomercials.  Now he is an investor/entrepreneur looking for opportunities in the crypto industry.  We had the privilege of briefing him on our view of those opportunities. He is not doing marketing or making infomercials for us nor did we discuss such a possibility.

3.  Given how many newbies come to this web site and say, "can somebody explain all this to me?", an infomercial might be exactly what we need to bootstrap people who would gladly sit down for a half hour to get a good solid explanation.

4.  Brian's team is about driving new traffic into an experience with what we have to offer that leaves them signed up and confident enough as new BitShares users to become a viral force for Truth, Justice, Freedom, and a 9-figure market cap.

[santaclause102]

If BTSX is such a good speculative investment, why are we sharing it with you and not keeping it to ourselves?

To me the question doesnt make any sense because if everyone assumes that those who advertise it have already invested and have an interest that other people buy in (and no one is that naive to not assume that; and my marketing would not try to hide that) there would be no reason at all to hide it. It has to be made public so the initial investors can profit. The selling point is to buy in now so that you profit as well (a little less than the initial investors but still). And it's not a ponzi scheme because everyone will profit until the asset reaches it's fair value at which it will stay if it is adopted / has real world (mainstream) usage.

  That's a good point

Edit: I've changed it a bit to reflect that, but it's probably about as much as I'll do on it, obviously they can approach it however they like, but you point is a good one.

[tonyk]

Keeping a little something in BTSX could be a good idea. If Fiat and or banks collapse, your BTSX will be untouchable and will probably benefit as a safe haven much like gold.

Very accessible indeed - with no internet and no power grid.
Like a gold in undiscovered gold mine...

Lol. Prepping by definition involves 'preparation for many scenarios' . Power grid failure/attack/EMP are just some of many.
Many prudent preppers have some digital currency and many more can be sold on the concept because of the advantages listed above.

Take it for what it is - 'prudent preppers' and 'people with no money', did not make it to my top ten list of the most important demographics to target.

[Riverhead]

Keeping a little something in BTSX could be a good idea. If Fiat and or banks collapse, your BTSX will be untouchable and will probably benefit as a safe haven much like gold.

Very accessible indeed - with no internet and no power grid.
Like a gold in undiscovered gold mine...

Lol. Prepping by definition involves 'preparation for many scenarios' . Power grid failure/attack/EMP are just some of many.
Many prudent preppers have some digital currency and many more can be sold on the concept because of the advantages listed above.

No power/grid/internet in the collapsed country but perhaps in others. For most of us a far flung premise from the movies. For people in Syria, Iraq, etc. perhaps not so much. What we call preppers in our safe places they call a way of life.

[Empirical1]

If BTSX is such a good speculative investment, why are we sharing it with you and not keeping it to ourselves?

To me the question doesnt make any sense because if everyone assumes that those who advertise it have already invested and have an interest that other people buy in (and no one is that naive to not assume that; and my marketing would not try to hide that) there would be no reason at all to hide it. It has to be made public so the initial investors can profit. The selling point is to buy in now so that you profit as well (a little less than the initial investors but still). And it's not a ponzi scheme because everyone will profit until the asset reaches it's fair value at which it will stay if it is adopted / has real world (mainstream) usage.

  That's a good point

Edit: I've changed it a bit to reflect that, but it's probably about as much as I'll do on it, obviously they can approach it however they like, but you point is a good one.

[Empirical1]

Keeping a little something in BTSX could be a good idea. If Fiat and or banks collapse, your BTSX will be untouchable and will probably benefit as a safe haven much like gold.

Very accessible indeed - with no internet and no power grid.
Like a gold in undiscovered gold mine...

Lol. Prepping by definition involves 'preparation for many scenarios' . Power grid failure/attack/EMP are just some of many.
Many prudent preppers have some digital currency and many more can be sold on the concept because of the advantages listed above.

[santaclause102]

If BTSX is such a good speculative investment, why are we sharing it with you and not keeping it to ourselves?

To me the question doesnt make any sense because if everyone assumes that those who advertise it have already invested and have an interest that other people buy in (and no one is that naive to not assume that; and my marketing would not try to hide that) there would be no reason at all to hide it. It has to be made public so the initial investors can profit. The selling point is to buy in now so that you profit as well (a little less than the initial investors but still). And it's not a ponzi scheme because everyone will profit until the asset reaches it's fair value at which it will stay if it is adopted / has real world (mainstream) usage.

[tonyk]

Keeping a little something in BTSX could be a good idea. If Fiat and or banks collapse, your BTSX will be untouchable and will probably benefit as a safe haven much like gold.

Very accessible indeed - with no internet and no power grid.
Like a gold in undiscovered gold mine...

[Empirical1]

If BTSX is such a good speculative investment, why are we sharing it with you and not keeping it to ourselves?

Because the one's advertising it have already made their investments in it to a degree that they would not invest more?

That is the impression I would personally get, which is why I question an informercial, but my little paragraph is trying to counteract that impression, not easy though.

IF YOU ARE A PREPPER LOOKING FOR A FLEXIBLE ALTERNATIVE TO OUT OF CONTROL FIAT PAPER.

It is a one man's opinion, but considering preppers as a target demographic to 'sell' BTSX to is...what is the word I am looking for... anyway, amusing.

Absolutely If I was going to try that demographic I would say something like, 

IF YOU ARE A PREPPER LOOKING FOR A FLEXIBLE ALTERNATIVE TO OUT OF CONTROL FIAT PAPER.

Keeping a little something in BTSX could be a good idea. If Fiat and or banks collapse, your BTSX will be untouchable and will probably benefit from safe-haven demand much like gold. Your BTSX can also be accessed anywhere in the world at any time which is especially useful if you end up needing to cross borders in an emergency where hard assets may well be confiscated.

[santaclause102]

If BTSX is such a good speculative investment, why are we sharing it with you and not keeping it to ourselves?

Because the one's advertising it have already made their investments in it to a degree that they would not invest more?

[tonyk]

IF YOU ARE A PREPPER LOOKING FOR A FLEXIBLE ALTERNATIVE TO OUT OF CONTROL FIAT PAPER.

It is a one man's opinion, but considering preppers as a target demographic to 'sell' BTSX to is...what is the word I am looking for... anyway, amusing.

[Empirical1]

Here are a few off-the-cuff "infomercial style" selling points for why someone might want to buy lots of BTSX.

What other selling points should we push and what other types of buyers should we target?


IF YOU ARE A SPECULATOR SEEKING RAPID APPRECIATION

1.  BTSX is a better choice than Bitcoin if you are interested in rapid appreciation - it has better technology and much more room to grow.

2.  BTSX is a better choice for the growth investor than any other crypto-asset for the following reasons:

   It’s transactions are the fastest in the industry - exhilerating 10 second confirmations, not minutes or hours.
   It’s easier to use - named accounts not long crypto-keys.
   It’s transactions are completely private and untraceable.
   It spends its fees via elected delegates who compete to grow the industry rather than wasting them on environmentally unsound miners to burn precious energy resources.
   It gives some of its fees back to its holders by reducing the currency supply to increase their percentage share.
   It provides unique new services that will have very high demand - full-scale trading and low-volatility market pegged assets.
   It is part of the BitShares family of profitable unmanned companies - each reinforcing the brand recognition of all the others.  Own them all!
   It has this marketing campaign driving its growth.  No other coin does. 
   
All of these things make BTSX the best growth asset to own this fall.

IF YOU ARE A TRADER SEEKING NEW INVESTMENT FLEXIBILITY AND FREEDOM
   In a new domain where there is less experienced competition and no unfair high-frequency-trading.
   Where you can be a big fish in a new pond.
   Trade inside your "coin" without certain tax penalties associated with moving in and out of fiat until you are ready to "cash out".

IF YOU ARE A SAVER SEEKING A STABLE ALTERNATIVE TO BITCOIN VOLATILITY.
   Buy a digital asset that is market pegged to a more stable commodity or national currency.

IF YOU ARE A PREPPER LOOKING FOR A FLEXIBLE ALTERNATIVE TO OUT OF CONTROL FIAT PAPER.
   Keep your wealth outside the system but where you can easily access and use it without interference.

IF YOU ARE AN ENTREPRENEUR LOOKING TO RAISE FUNDS
   Issue your own assets and trade them against everything else.

USE BITCOIN FOR "CHECKING" AND BITSHARES FOR "SAVINGS"!
   Bitcoin has the most mature network of merchants and fiat on-ramps,
   BitShares lets you safely put to work what you don’t plan to spend right away where you control the mix of stability and leverage.
   Use the right tool for the right job.  They work together in powerful synergy.

Good Stuff, Thank you. 

  Not that I'm sure of the merits of an informericial but if there was one happening I think to have any chance of selling BTSX as speculative opportunity, you would also have to explain why a good 'speculative investment opportunity' is being presented on an 'informercial', this is the best I've come up with so far... (Excuse the hyperbole stuff, just trying to be more 'informercial')

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IF YOU ARE A SPECULATOR SEEKING RAPID APPRECIATION

If BTSX is such a good speculative opportunity why share it?

While it's no secret that we've invested in BTSX ourselves, unlike normal products where you just get to enjoy the benefits and we get to enjoy the profits, because BTSX is a limited decentralised currency, anybody that uses BTSX also becomes a shareholder in it just like us. So if you get BTSX at this stage, you will not only enjoy the use and advantages of BTSX but as more people adopt it, you will also experience the same potential investment returns that initial investors like us do!

The reason that it's actually in our interest as other early investors to share this opportunity with you, is because BTSX benefits from the value of 'the network effect'. The more people that use BTSX, the more businesses will rush to offer their products and services in exchange for it and the more convenient, popular and well known BTSX becomes, the more the average consumer will adopt it too, which in turn will drive its growth even more!
 
Ultimately BTSX will find a more stable level in the market with a more conservative level of average growth but this is unique opportunity to jump on the train when it has just left station. With Bitcoin, the growth spurt of turning a $10 000 speculative investment into $750 000+ took less than a year from a similar stage to where BTSX is now. However we believe that because the groundwork has already been laid by Bitcoin, that a superior game-changing decentralised currency like BTSX which is far more quick, convenient, secure, reliable and private could experience greater growth at an even faster rate!

[toast]

I can just ask him to get some more made of the same.

Let's keep this in the actual t-shirt thread though

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[toast]

To be extra fair the latest white ones that said "bitshares" and nothing else are good and I wish we had some left that weren't XL.

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