Hi guys,
I just got back from speaking to the Vancouver bitcoin meetup. A good group of guys I have rapport with.
I basically held the floor and tested different bullet points and pitches for different items BTS related to get their feedback. Without question, the affiliate program is what they cared about. Everything else was complicated and uninteresting.
I will be doing this fro now on and my advice to you is... lead, middle and end with the make money opportunity.
Other sidenotes.
- Bitshares is a horrible marketing name, as is almost every term in our entire eco-system.
- The catch phrases that worked were. for $100 you purchase a business in a box that will destroy and replace Visa And mastercard. Get your customers to use this new network and not only do you not have to pay merchant fees anymore, but you will collect the merchant fees when your customers spend their money at every other store they visit. This business costs $100. You make $80 for each customer you acquire and there are no limits on how many customers you can acquire.
They just want a simple app that lets them manage that process. Everything else was irrelevant. And these are crypto people. to the broader public... I would argue this is even more true.
I think bitshares will blow up, when someone puts a nice GUI and nice branding on top of it. Bitshares will not even be mentioned.