Oh man, I'm in shock you guys THANK YOU!!!!!!
I'll be on mumble this saturday if you guys want to AMA, I think it's 10am EST, or maybe 11am, I'll be in there early as usual though so if you guys just wanna chat, I'll always make the time.
Let me say something here about the delegate pay and my situation too. Just because you see me wearing a suit, doesn't mean I'm a "suit" or some rich guy. I could put up a picture of a robot too, or put on my metallica tshirts if you'd prefer, or NIN, Sisters of Mercy, Paul Oakenfold or Yanni (yeah, I work from home in my boxers too). I put on the suit when I absolutely have to.
When bringing whales, businesses and Partners, you have to look the part.
I am on a fixed income and I have exactly 80 euros every month that I have left that I spend on these BitShares projects. Sittin here sweating right now, I can't even afford a damn desk fan. So, where will the delegate pay go??
I'll keep on bringing media, but please know, I am NOT a marketing guy, yeah I bring'm, but Stan helps me answer most of their questions. I act as the ''Agent'' and connect Stan with my media contacts. Unfortunately that coindesk article for Moonstone fell through, but hey, at least I tried, right?
CCEDK is an easy sell, you guys can clearly see the posts I am doing for Ronny everywhere. Once we increase the volume, the fees BitShares gets from that venture will get bigger and bigger. Follow me on twitter too so you can monitor my progress.. @kenCode_de
Bringing more Partners like CCEDK is part of what we need too, diversify the portfolio. Increase our volume.
I'll keep on bringin business owners in (like zapptales). Business meetings are not free.
I mentioned the whale I brought in last weekend, helped him fund his account and got him signed up for a Nanocard too. Of course I bought lunch.
Print up more of the tri-fold flyers and business cards. Color printing can get expensive too.
Direct mail to businesses. Also not cheap.
Purchase tiny ads in media outlets that might look to destroy us (like bitcoin-centric or pro-bank/pro-fiat venues).
Translations of everything (not just Max's videos), but all the BitShares related websites. ''Go wide'' as they say. Open our platform up to everyone everywhere.
Google food is also search engine placement. Gateway websites and keyword-centric page names etc need to point to us. Again, I need to bounty people for this.
Social media experts also bring us traffic, strategic "seed planting" like I do with the Disqus threads.
BitShares Munich will primarily sell our Crypto Coaching services (we sign people up onto BitShares, just like last weekend). We will sell the BitShares POS systems globally and help them get their BitShares and CCEDK accounts all setup. We'll also sell shirts, hats, coldstorage devices, QR wearables, all kinds of stuff to promote BitShares and bring in more users. I need to hire a web designer too, to help me finish the new website. Bounties and more bounties... uugh.
Bounties for others to help me produce google food. Bring some much needed traffic to ALL of the BitShares related websites. See my thread about seo sep and the keywords and search patterns that we need, and google is sending those people someplace else right now.
BitShares Munich Expo (this will bring in MANY whales and Partners).. Aligning speakers (and paying some of them), partners and hopefully some sponsors. It will be similar to the annual Texasbitcoinconference. Ads are not cheap either and we have to run them for at least 6 months prior to the event.
BitShares POS api.. Check out the thread on that. This will bring BitShares MILLIONS in fees, plus additional BitShares Partners.
Bounties are extremely difficult for me to keep paying out of my family's pocketbook (i have 4 mouths to feed). But if I have some pay coming in, I can raise the bounties finally and offer a LOT more of them creating real jobs. Once the POS api is done, I'd THEN like to pay out multiple people for integrations with Quickbooks, Odoo, Revel, etc. Each one of those jobs will take the coder months so this won't be cheap, BUT think of the millions of transactions that can now happen on the BitShares blockchain...
If they can build them, I can sell them. Odoo for example has over 2 MILLION users.
All businesses can now say ''Cash, Card or Crypto?''
As usual, if I have ideas for more stuff, I'll present them here to the community. Not all my ideas were desirable (like the accountability thread), but that's why I ask you guys first. I can't think of everything. I just want BitShares to be the king of crypto!
I think that if I could get ALL of Max's videos, the videos I can have made, the BitShares website, Bitsharesblocks, Metaexchange, basically every single front-end translated into 10+ languages, it helps us bring more users. BitShares POS brings us millions in fees. Think of all the new bounties I'll be able to pay out and api's I can have developed like (BitShares POS). Translations tied to the new api too, that opens their POS systems up to way more users. I have over 16 years of experience building POS/eCommerce/eBusiness systems.
What should a delegate do with their pay- Well, we work our butts off and provably contribute to the BitShares ecosystem.
I'm not a marketing guy, or a developer, or some other ''title'', I'm a guy who cares about BitShares and will see that it succeeds. You can skype me just about any time too (kenCode_de) and I can give you personal updates. I am not afraid to be accountable. My efforts bring us users, businesses, investors and Partners. I get the job done.
What else would you like me to bring to BitShares?
I BREATHE BitShares. This is my life.