Can we do banner advertisement? I've never seen BTS ads on the web. We can declare "BitAssets - The world's first cryptocurrency with stable value"
I don't know about you guys, but I've inadvertently trained my eyes to ignore ads on the web these days. I think paying for banner or column ads would be a waste of money. If we could get Bitpay or other centralized exchanges to link to us however, that would help our alexa rank quite a bit.
The problem of us is that almost all of articles and news on Blockchain 2.0 ignore Bitshares. They mention Ethereum, Namecoin, Counterparty, Ripple, and so forth, but no BItshares. They even don't know there already exist decentralized exchange and value pegged assets.If I have a 100% delegate, I will spend all of my money lobbying journalists.
Oh I forgot this. I am trying to attract traditional investors now. I don't have any reliable sources (like forbes, NYT, etc.) to show.
Attracting media is pretty easy (Let's talk bitcoin, cointelegraph amanda, cointelegraph mike ward, etc). Getting journalists doesn't cost us anything. Show them the many positive things that BitShares is bringing and voila.
Attracting any investor, especially whales,
require the things I have outlined above. User Experience. Pitch and close. Every web property we manage (esp. bitshares.org, metaexchange, bitsharesblocks, even this forum should be higher end like Discourse) needs to attract click-ins.
I met with a whale in person for 2 hours yesterday too. His biggest thing was showing me how cool and easy to use the ripple websites were. ripple.com, ripplecharts, etc. He really didn't care how decentralized we were or how fast our block times were. He can sell us to his clients, but he has also said that our websites and gui's need to be completely redone by a pro. Yes, a pro that is used to making $100+ per hour all day long.
Those charts are the best idea I've heard yet. (look ~5 posts up..). Nice value add there.
Adding the Accountability Roster's info to Bitsharesblocks will be another. Transparency.
Once we weed out some of the red on the roster, I will bring us a couple hard working web pros. I'm very good at screening new employees. I know entire communities of high-end web designers that are willing to work for crypto, but I won't go and recruit their services until we clean things up first. I think some delegates have just gotten burned out, their short attention span has killed their motivation. Please help us edit their info:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Hh8jgvruJmWm4UDRJSSdz3rUqBDDEQWfjzMwJUI3z1o/edit#gid=0