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After all, if you don't spread the knowledge of an existence, the existence is in turn unknown, labeling it useless.

What about spreading the word to the younger generation? Children are known to imitate knowledge, and spread it continuously. I am a firm believer in broadcasting and wide advertising. Right now, I'm trying to create handmade merchandise like hand knitted sweaters with the bitcoin symbol embroidered onto them, hand sculpted bitcoin symbol necklaces, earrings, bracelets, and even handmade dolls of a mascot I drew. I'm hoping these fun items will help spread awareness for the digital currency until it's the number one used currency. What do you think?



PS: My Handmade Christmas Bitcoin Merchandise is on sale now.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1205770.msg12657635#msg12657635

Also, End the negative image of Bitcoin. And BitcoinTalk (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1223138.0)

I'm also trying to start a YouTube channel for bitcointalk, but that's another story!

There is no such thing as enough advertisement. Especially for bitcoin, which is still accepted by only a small group in the world. I hope it get more popular and there will be a day, when we can pay with it wherever we want.

That could be a good idea to start with , but as you said "children" , so make sure it's something beautiful and fun so they get it on the first place , I'd like to hear more about the Bitcointalk YouTube channel idea , What are you planning to add there ?

It's never enough to advertise bitcoin , because we are in a war with the other side (banks , media , governments ... ) Media for example try to convince people that only Terrorists and criminals use Bitcoin on the Dark-web which is not true  , same goes for for governments just couple of days ago .. Ukraine trying to convince their citizens to use use other payment methods that reserve the user protection and that kind of things ..

I tried advertising Bitcoin a few times through agar by coming on top, wondering if it actually had any effect though.

Good ideas sell themselves. I understand the bitcoin price is up a little today  :D

I do.. spread a word of bitcoin around my areas. i have plan to wear some stuff related to bitcoin.

Try to spread it to children is little bit hard, the children is must be interested in technology, i ever try to introduce bitcoin to my friend who don't have an interested with technology, in the end they interested with the price only. otherwise friend who interested with technology is think if this is the future of money.

yes of course we need a lot of advertising ...i make whenever i have the chance 8)

Advertising (well, marketing) is basically lying and tricking people into buying something they don't really need. The best thing for Bitcoin is to have use-cases ... solving problems is better than advertising.

I kinda like your idea ;) and i think it would be much better if somehow Childrens in schools and colleges are being tought about bitcoin network and technology,the advanceges and disadvantages of bitcoins,in short everything about bitcoin.This way it would be much easier to spread information about bitcoin to the new generation..Don't you think? :D

This is little bit miss-understanding with what i'm thinking :D but this is true. solving problems is better than just do a lying. but in fact we don't need to lying, just spread about bitcoin as it is.

I don't think that more advertising will be very effective in increasing adoption. The point is that Bitcoin advertises itself because of its unique properties as a decentralized, highly fungible, and non-inflationary currency. Too much advertising might easily raise suspicion that the advertiser wants to sell something that is in fact worthless. A product gets more desirable when supply is limited and it's not so easy to get, so to me it doesn't seem advisable to throw freebies around.

Personally I do very low key advertising for Bitcoin: For example describing it as another possibility to escape inflation - among others. I don't push people to it, but explain it to those who show interest.

ya.ya.yo!

The best advertisement still is word of mouth and showing others outside of Bitcoinland how simple and easy it can be used.
Just don't talk Bitcoin, demonstrate Bitcoin!

The best way to get people into Bitcoins is by advertising and offering them a small incentive by creating a wallet, joining BCT or other ways of which you can think of. With this in mind, people would get attracted by the offer and therefore they will join and refer others as well. And who can resist free money?  ::)

Advertising is needed. Many people would be interested in Bitcoin if they knew its possibilities. Telling friends and family could be the first step, teaching children how to get some (faucets etc) may be good too.

Annual advertising budgets

VISA - approx $300m

AMEX - approx $2.2b

M/C - ?

Other - ?



So I would say the answer is yes.

Offering people a certain reward for installing or creating a wallet will attract people operating from behind their proxies with bots and such.

I think a good way to inform people about Bitcoin and its possibilities, is to visit schools and universities and explain them in detail what Bitcoin is capable of. One of two times per week at least an hour will surely be helpful.

The answer is yes, it is needed more ways to advertise bitcoin as digital (crypto currency)
But the question is who? who will take this responsibility to advertise where there is no CEO or bitcoin company board.
To be bitcoin more spreadable and more used by the community the only way is when new bitcoin wallet company introduce their product through some promo.

there is only one real thing you can do to force adoption, increase the value dramatically and continuously, after that, average joe will be interested to invest and their friend too

this will start a chain that in no time will incorporate a very large users base, the same thing happened with the last ATH...

Well everyone need more advertising, I mean everyone. The proof for this is Coca-Cola that still pays for advertising even though some would say that it has a brand name and a brand image that doesn't need commercials at all.

Now problem with advertising Bitcoin is its decentralized community. It's harder to get funding for advertising in decentralized than in centralized community. At least this is the way I see it.

A good way to advertise the bitcoin community would be to develop an actual mascot.  One that portrays of the value of Bitcoin - namely it's irreversible nature, and ease of use. 

The community as a whole should start a fund and pay some artists who can draw.

Anyone want to spearhead this?

Porcupine/armadillo IMO. it only works one way with those characters. I wonder how many Bitcoins it would take to bribe FIFA into accepting a toy Bitcoin armadillo mascot for the World Cup. Probably not much these days  :D

more advertising will surely help, but just advertising won't help. educating people is more important if you ask me. if people know what bitcoin really is and how they can benefit from it, then they are more likely to use it.

Any publicity is good publicity at the moment. I think more people will adopt bitcoin when anonymous transactions become necessary to them.

i believe majority of people have heard about bitcoin at one point in time. the thing is though, alot of them don't understand it and they don't know how it works. to advertise bitcoin, we cant just go about flashing the btc logo and expect to attract people. a better way would be to show them what the cryptocurrency is and explain how it works. youtube is a great way to do this.

While we are advertising Bitcoin, we should also think of way to dissociate it from close link with drugs/porn/illegal activities. I think the bigger problem is the negative image of bitcoin.

Yes, I'm thinking the same.

I think the bitcoin community needs an ambassador, like a known actor or actress that can speak in behalf of the community, and this person can appear in commercials about Bitcoin awareness

I hope there will be a good movie that will use Bitcoin but not like it's used to buy drugs or pay for guns and ammunition by terrorist lol

mascots:
yea we all know about the dogecoin dog.. but it really has not helped dogecoin grab any retail presence.. it is just a gimmick.

ambassadors:
just one famous face.. nah.. even Mcdonalds customers got bored of seeing bieber. the only exception was justin timberlake who introduced the "ba ba ba, ba ba. i'm loving it". but even he is no longer the ambassador for mcdonalds. and most people cant even remember seeing him being the pioneer of that phrase

what needs to be done is this:
bitpay, coinbase do an applepay style advert. but only after getting some high profile retailers onboard. then they can show how easy bitcoin is to use for customers, while also advertising their retailers.

Yes youtube is one of the good mediums to advertise bitcoin. And then are still others that we could use, regular use of tweeter to your followers to give them fresh insights on the use of bitcoin or make a group among yourselves on facebook and increase its following.

Mhm. Right now, I'm really doing everything I can to appeal to people of higher power for the digital currency. My only fear is that anonymity is being frowned down upon, because we don't know who is behind an account. That is something I can't even argue. It's difficult.

Once you think about it, only criminals have something to hide. What would be the point of hiding your identity? Hm...

Maybe I can argue that you all hide identity so your identity won't get stolen..? That sounds reasonable. Right?

For those kind of people I would advise them to read up: http://chronicle.com/article/Why-Privacy-Matters-Even-if/127461/

Oh, don't worry. I love kids, and they inspire me to unleash my inner child. I'm sure I can make my items eye catchy. As for my YouTube channel, I will be sitting in front of my camera explaining the anonymity of the digital currency, when it was created, where it was created, who created it and so on. From there, I'll make the channel more fun by talking about topics the BitcoinTalk community likes to talk about on the forum. You know, make it fun.

As for the currency being criticized, I cannot even argue with the dangers of anonymity for too long. We don't know where a payment is coming from, why, or what is being purchased. As for the currency hiding identity, it sounds rather scary once you really think about it. What would be the point of hiding your identity unless you have something to hide? The government will probably argue and say that only criminals have something to hide.

I'm not trying to fight against this currency. I'm trying to be a devil's advocate for the possible arguments that might be faced. As for me giving my best argument, I would probably say "Bitcoins are a necessary step in protecting the privacy of people who feel they do not require revealing who they are to people. We are born with names that are given to us. We need the freedom of being who we want to be. Our future generations will thank us for having a safe medium to spend our money with dignity and pride, and not feeling bad that we belong to the government. We belong to ourselves, and the people we love. Thank you".

Not all the time sweetie pie! We have to tell the world! Spread the love!

Yay! Good! As for the children of our planet, we can get children to be interested in almost anything! They grasp knowledge, and advance it in ways we didn't believe possible. The children need to know. They are our future.

What the world doesn't need besides the banks to ruin the economy is advertisements and marketing. If anything should be taken on next like bitcoin took on the banks is the world of advertising. It is a whole eco-system maintaining itself, just like the sig-campaigns, hollow space, filled with luring texts and images for things the commenter would never advertise if he did not get the money and no way they will use the service advertised themselves, guilty myself.

Advertising is false in all it's facets, advertising works, but that is just a lie to sell all the other lies, it is indoctrination, and yes, people, psychologists marketeers, all educated just to keep the ecosystem alive all agree, you can train people, make them believe if you push your message enough, but we are building blind spots, all the banners online, they tend to be more and more intrusive, but are more ignored by many, no addblockers needed, people will block it mentaly and ignore it.

We should advocate the use of bitcoin, but not advertise it. We should do it so in a way we feel good about it, try to convince others how you yourself see the benefits and not how a marketeer would tellsell the hell out of bitcoin.

Speak from your heart, if people do not want to after your bitcointalk, it is not for them, not in the way you see it, maybe someone else might convince them for other reasons you do not see or believe in, but be true to yourself. Do not sell out on advertising... but do reap the benefits while you still can..

I think the younger generation have already started learning about it but I don't think they will learn to appreciate bitcoin as most of them probably would not have started to work to earn a living. Let time takes its course. When they are old enough and once they got into school and learn more about economics and starting to realize and understand the concept of money, they will start to appreciate. Probably right now, bitcoin to them is like a token to buy more steam games.

It takes time for everybody knows bitcoin.

I agree that always must think to find new ways to advertise bitcoin. There are not enough, whatever be the number and the ways of advertising. One of the most effective ways, I think, is the introduction of the known of bitcoin in Universities and colleges with a cycle of lessons or even as a class. There are attempts to do this. I know two cases: Harvard and Pompeu Fabra University at Barcelona. Harvard even mine bitcoin. But if those are the only are very few. There must to many more. This is a way to work about the advertising of bitcoin.

That would be a great idea,yeah we need more ways to introduce bitcoin to the world,but the point is to educate people what is bitcoin and how it works ? i think movie is one of best way, just advertise bitcoin to the movie and it's good if the movie was sci-fi genre,when the actor or actres transaction with bitcoin in that movie,moreover if the movie was box office i think thats gonna be epic

Yes I believe, cos everyone in the entire world need to know what is Bitcoin.
It's the future of money, guys.

I used to think Bitcoin needed more advertising. Now I just wish Bitcoin would stay out of the limelight for a couple of years. We're getting enough exposure right now.

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I made a thread about this.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1202719.0

Interesting, I've seen those kind of debates before. The "any news is good news crowd" believes Bitcoin is just money but they don't seem to understand that isn't true for the average simpleton. Bitcoin isn't "just money" for them. It's this new computer tech thingie that new age criminals are making a lot of money using. It a way to steal that will put you under a government microscope if you're connected to it.

Are those irrational and uninformed viewpoints? Of course they are. In the world of public opinion and advertising, the truth is seldom useful.

I would like to see devices coming out on the market, that says "Bitcoin enabled" like Intel did with the "Pentium inside" type of marketing. The computer should already have

some sort of wallet provider or software bundled to help users with the creation of their first Bitcoin address & private key. They should make it idiot proof... with lots of online

support, if they get stuck. That will put Bitcoin on the map... and in every computer being sold. {Dell already accept BTC, just take it a step further}

 i got an idea . i never seen a bitcoin advertisement on a national tv.

how about that ..

what btc needs is a real world use case that other payment options cannot fulfill. and some shining success stories involving ethical virtuous business practices. so far it has neither.

Mhm, yeah. Good! Some kids already work, believe it or not!

You're wrong because there are children who already have their own businesses.

I will go further with this story of the movie. A movie that mix the invention of bitcoin and the story of its inventor. Satoshi Nakamoto it is really a mysterious being or group of beings which fit (fits) totally with bitcoin for their being both specific and unique. A good movie make and produced by Steven Spielberg or James Cameron. I bet that it will increase the number of bitcoiners and the price of bitcoin in the sky.

Of course I do. I see some people here think that BTC has had alot of negative advertising already, but from my experience most of the people, I mean even educated people, still heard nothing about BTC. I know its hard to imagine that anybody still doesn't heard about BTC being on reddit or on bitcointalk, but take just one step outside  :) and you'll see it yourself.

Just one example from my life. Just yesterday I talked to a fried who studies Economy at the University and he told me that his lecturer, a professor, never heard about BTC. Can you imagine that? Professor of Economy! let alone simple people.

People really want to rush bitcoin adoption, and I don't really see why.

It would make sense for the get rich quick part, but let the world learn about btc themselves, once they know what it is and what it can do I'm sure people will come around to it. No need to push it in their faces as if we are trying to sell shit. :)

Education, not advertising. An awful lot of people have heard the word now. Very, very few have a clue what it actually entails.

just in my opinion , the best way to advertise bitcoin by adding bitcoin as a payment proceccor on a few popular shopping website,its effective and efficient , people will curious when they see bitcoin option , and start googling about it  8)

Nice idea, if would be happen iam going with this tittle "The Legend of Satoshi" i think so, it would be great if this movie was produced by Steven Spielberg or James Cameron, and dont forget to add a greatest story in bitcoin, yup one and only "Bitcoin Pizza" i know it just a dream but i wish someday my dreams came true :)

Both go hand in hand.

we surely need more ways of advertising bitcoins all over the world even in the smallest countries as doing that would attract a lot of new users who would be willing to buy bitcoins

By integrating the bitcoin as a payment method in most popular e-commerce shop.
This would be a big advertisement for bitcoin, and no need to spend extra cash for advertising.
It would be the best alternative method instead advertising in tv, billboards etc...

It is a race my friend. We need to get market share before too many Bankcoins come onto the scene. If people use Bitcoin first, they will not swap to Bankcoins giving them the

same functionality. We are also trying to grab a portion of the VISA / Mastercard / PayPal / Western Union / MoneyGram markets.  ;)

If and when we take only a small portion of these markets, we will grow and everyone will benefit.  ;D ....We need the Bitcoin logo on every t-shirt out there, to build the

brand. 

Yes,I do believe there is still much to do for advertising of Bitcoin.What I believe we need to do now is to start physically explain the people to make them aware of the Bitcoin and advantages of it what they can have.What has been done so far is online and the time has come to advertise this way too as I stated above.

I think the best approach right now is still on how we can protect the trust and ward off all the negative perception people are having towards bitcoin. Instead of looking at ways we can promote and spread the message around, we should also look at how we can protect the trust factor which is on the declining trend. People need to believe in bitcoin and everytime when I talk to people who are new towards cryptocurrency, I'll always tell them, it wrong to put the blame on bitcoin when something bad happen. Also recommend to them trusted exchangers.

I've already decided our best argument is to explain to people that bitcoin is not the matter. People who utilize it for illegal activity would be. Bitcoin just needs a little bit of construction to make it close to impossible for criminals to create illegal businesses.

I agree totally with you. The best thing to do is that bitcoin enter at the schools and universities as cycle of lessons and be part of actual curriculum of everyone of those. But how is possible this when most of the countries of the world ignore it? if this can be true the known and the value of bitcoin (especially the value as a technology and not only as a currency) it will increase much more and with big steps.

But it is not advertising one of the ways which can help on this?

This would be possible if more big (e)-commerce shops will implement bitcoin as the payment method.
So by buying something you will see that a new opportunity has been added and you probably will ask about this method.
And at the first period of implementing it should be good to give cashback at least 1-3% like buying in gyft.

Yes, education about bitcoin is very important but even more important is personal approach and personal contact, at least on individual level.
People today receive so many offers that they are confuse what to choose or what is the best for them.
Word of mouth and positive experiences of friends are often the determining factor when someone making decision to accept some offer or not.

I guess so but documentaries and demonstrations of use cases are going to do the job better than just a nice banner. Some of the retailers who've taken it on have also done a nice job of explaining what it is.

Perhaps a more relevant question is where advertising and education should be aimed. There are a lot of people with skills in developing countries who could be making good use of it right now but all the big bucks are going towards bloated first worlders with a lesser need for it.

You make great work, yes i think that we need more ways of advertising Bitcoin currency, because almost there is a lot of people till now don't know great things about Bitcoin, some others think that its not a real currency and that we can't make trades with Bitcoin, we have to popularize Bitcoin as much as we can, talking with relatives about it, writing articles and press releases , this can be good ways to support and advertise Bitcoin currency

I agree again with your post and strongly with the part in bold and red. But I think that even documentaries and demonstration of use cases are a particular form of advertising. More elaborated but yet advertising are. The problem is who can made those. While to do a banner needed only a good designer, to do the first things needed very qualified people. How to attract them? This is the problem. The most prepared and intellectual people interested for bitcoin are mostly the programmers or the developers. Can you find a way to attract Steven Spielberg or James Cameron?  ;)

ehh documentaries might work, but i highly doubt they'll appeal to majority of the people. barely anyone is going to want to want a 30 min documentary about bitcoin just because they are intrigued by it

Yes we do. Bitcoin is still far from global usability and the more we expand the Bitcoin network, the more the currency can be acknowledged.  :) :)

Do you personally occupy any ways of small advertisement? Even wearing a T-shirt helps, or making posts on your social media accounts explaining what bitcoin is grants tremendous recognition to this currency.

But advertisement and education go hand in hand.

I guess a 30 seconds advertisement is not enough as a way to educate people about Bitcoins. Over a minute of advertisement is kinda expensive. 1 full page of news paper ads is not going to work as well.

I heard there is a school that included crypto currency as a subject

That is correct. In addition I feel like bitcoin is not intriguing and interesting to the point that normal, not bitcoin related people would waste time just to see what this is about. Education is nice, but it is not enough in our world. We need witty advertisements.

I have seen many Hollywood movies that really advertise bitcoin,
Can't remember exactly the movie name but it explained a bit how bitcoin is earned by mining.
So i think that also advertising in famous movies will increase the popularity of bitcoin.

I think advertisement in soccer matches about bitcoin would bring some positive attention from more people around as it is more popular sports event and broadcast on so many channels so it can be helpful for it.

This would cost very expensive and the advertisers are mostly giant that have million in sales.
I think that the best way should be by third parties, like coinbase that has a good basement.
And good profit from users as it is an exchange and a wallet service at the same time, and this would be perfect.

Its tough to advertise Bitcoin for a couple of reasons, I agree with you that we need to actually do it somehow but lots of factors to consider.  Usually paid advertising has some way to actually make money, if we are paying money to advertise, who is paying the money, or receiving it? 

I just finished watching Dope the movie. It kind of serves as advertising for Bitcoin even though it's associated with the dark web and drugs. At least it exposes Bitcoin to the younger generations.

I agree there should be more advertising
I made a short comedy film based very loosely on the false claims in the Newsweek article
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDcNkggCXRQ
If I am able recoup the money spent on the first film, thru tips etc
I have a few ideas for Bitcoin short commercials for the web, that I am ready to make also
but have to see how this one does first

But in a bad way. We need a more positive way.

Yay, good! I thought that clip was entertaining, but my advice is that when making another short film, focus on explaining bitcoins and why it will be a useful asset to society.

Yeah, I agree it's a bad light for Bitcoin. But at least the protagonist is a smart high-school student who applies to Harvard. So it could have been worse.

i believe we need more use cases for bitcoin rather than having only more ways of advertising bitcoin. i mean just spreading the word about bitcoin is not going to be enough.
there needs to be actual day to day usages for bitcoin and it needs to be global, and also as easy as it can be for simple users who don't want to go through with all the complexities of bitcoin.

We will surely obtain all of that if we advertise and educate the masses of bitcoin to display the currency's advantages.

i don't know, maybe you are right. but it is hard for me to convince anybody about usefulness of bitcoin these days because of two major reasons.

1) there is no place in my country that accepts bitcoin. on top of that, places like Amazon, Steam,... are not accepting bitcoin and have no plan for the future either.
2) the price changes makes it a risky investment. so it would be hard to invest or even use it as a currency.

thanks codishmumu, thats the plan, if any more videos are able to get made

Yes and that's a method to advertise Bitcoin as well, making trades with Bitcoin, using it everywhere, selling and buying with BTC , is indeed spreading the word about it so easily and fast, and that's popularize it in the same time

Some Bitcoin Boobs Sign will help this?

We do need new more ways to advertise, but how we accomplish that?  I am sort of lost on ways to do that.  Any thoughts on how that would work?

we can take the simplest ways, like talking with relatives about Bitcoin, explaining how it works and that it's real currency like the other currencies, supporting Bitcoin by making it as payment processor if we have business websites, making trades with Bitcoin..

Yes, I agreed.

I think that a good amount of people have joined bitcoin from giveaways.
Personally i first heard about bitcoin from freebitcoin faucets (which i considered as a giveaway)
So making more giveaways from third companies about their products will advertise enough the bitcoin as a digital currency.

An exact word is Education. well i think we need to completely understand about bitcoin, then try to introduce it to some merchant around you or even restaurant, hotel and explain how it will be more value in the future, it's can be use global and it's easy to use.

the more advertising bitcoin has the better as it attracts much more attention from people all over the world what would mean that bitcoin could get more popular

Maybe we could sponsor a famous person to advertise Bitcoin
let's say a  gaming youtuber or someone like that, A lot of famous youtuber are being sponsored by gaming gears company like razer or roccats for instance,so why don't we try to be their sponsor ;D
And a lot of people who watch them are people who understand technology so it will be easy to get them introduced to Bitcoin
Im sure it will attract lots of buzz over the internet and it will make bitcoin more popular :)

Justin bieber is sponsored by Beats and he wear it anywhere he goes ::)

IMO :)

I am for more advertising, but after thinking a bit further, I think that advertising can't solve all of our problems.

People all over the world will change their money habits very hard. Current financial system works fairly well for them with the credit cards, Paypal, etc, so why would they change it? The answer is that they will probably not unless something doesn't make them change their habits. This could very well be financial crisis that we are all pretty sure, will hit the world in the near future.

Bitcoin needs to progress and to aim the use cases that need the most improvement at the moment in the world. Remittances markets for example. We need to advertise remittances markets!

Edit: We also need more Bitcoin remittances start-ups!

I still think that education is better than advertisement. Too many people still believe it's a ponzi scheme or that it holds "no inherent value". I think very many people have already heard about Bitcoin, but not many really know about it.

Advertising bitcoins also may not help. People who read about bitcoins aren't getting convinced to use them due to the negativity that has been evident in newspapers and magazines which is bad for the future bitcoins. When I tried to make my friend use bitcoins, he did not find it a convenient option and he prefers to trade in USD/EUR rather than BTC which isn't considered legal as of now. Also the "risk" factor makes people drop out. BTC should be promoted as a tax saving currency rather than a currency that is anonymous and not legal. It will help more people to join in and use this currency else it will just remain a virtual currency whose future is unknown.

Nothing is better in Advertising, than offer services for Bitcoin.
Well, go to buy some tokens on (nsfw) VKcams.com (or watch for free)

I have a feeling that if both Google and Apple will implement the bitcoin as the payment method to buy in their market it would be perfect.
That would be the best idea to spread the bitcoin in Google Wallet and Apple Pay.
Most of the internet/technology users use android phone and iOS so this kind of advertisement will rock :)

in my view if the online shopping sites start to accept bitcoin as their payment method. the bitcoin awerness will spread very soon, because today most of the people are purchasing everthing online

They will need suppliers of goods in Bitcoin,
if You will count the time of cargo from China to EU or USA -
you will find noone who will have the risk of Bitcoin value change on the market.

If someone will start selling oil or petroleum for Bitcoin - that change USD to Bitcoin for all

as long as bitcoin is not mass adopted and used by everybody in the world, we will always need new ways of advertising bitcoin. there are still a large number of people in the world in different countries who have not yet even heard about bitcoin.
if we are planning on getting big, then we need to start spreading the word faster.
but I guess if bitcoin price starts going up and we don't see any more price declines I think that can be a very good advertisement. because the stability would do it for bitcoin on its own.

I don't think they will be using bitcoin anytime soon
I got a feeling that google will release their own crptocurrency in the future :))
While apple doesn't care about that at all ;D
I never see a news about apple's interest on bitcoin before :))

A good movie with good good movie plot with great actors from the A list will surely help Bitcoins popularity

Yes we need more, but as some people said, we should not be so agressive on marketing until the blocksize debat is over, because we dont want tons of new people jumping in, right when the block is fully.

I mean imagine all the newbies how mad they would be if the transactions would have huge backlogs.

There are Universities which have in their projects the known of bitcoin more deeply using series of seminar discussions and workshops. One of those is Pompeu Fabra University which in collaboration with Barcelona Bitcoin Community are thinking to start a joint program of workshops dedicated to study, development, and discussion of cryptocurrency.

Find more (if you like) read here: http://www.coinfox.info/news/3258-pompeu-fabra-university-and-barcelona-bitcoin-community-start-a-joint-program-to-promote-the-study-of-cryptocurrency (http://www.coinfox.info/news/3258-pompeu-fabra-university-and-barcelona-bitcoin-community-start-a-joint-program-to-promote-the-study-of-cryptocurrency)

There are at least few movies that i know that mentioned bitcoin there.
In one movie (which i can't remember the title) was mentioned how bitcoin is earned by mining.
But a good movie which would show in detail would be good as an advertisement.

We do not need to publicize bitcoin any further. Those who got interested within the last 2-years are a product of a "tiny" bit of publicity and the consumer base grew exponentially (as well as price momentarily).
However as noticed with the publicity increase, the protocol is not prepared for mass-scale and needs some bugs worked out. The malleability attack alone is enough to turn perspective users aware as traditional financial institutions don't have to put up with this.

What we "need" to do is keep hammering away at the security flaws within the protocol and continue to work towards a more powerful network.

I think you have a good point here, the fact that the bitcoin core dev team can't figure out a reasonable way to handle the blocksize debate or agree on anything means that bitcoin is not ready for a global scale adoption.  Everyone on here needs to be on the same page with how things should work and shouldn't keep bickering about stuff all the time... Miners, devs, and consumers need all to reach a consensus of what should be implemented.

That's exactly what I mean. It would be like advertising a game that's still in Alpha, or advertising a Movie before it's fully-cast.
We should honestly avoid any advertising of bitcoin until development allows for further implementation, because currently we are forcing development to fit the needs of implementation and this is as dangerous as centralization.

If that's the case then I believe the main act we should perform is finding Mr. Nakamoto. We cannot develop his idea without his consent.

Hmm I disagree.  I am pretty sure he doesn't have any rights to Bitcoin at all and it was made for the public.  If that is true we can go ahead and advertise or do anything we want with it

Yes i believe that if prices starts going up it could help and advertise Bitcoin very good, because people usually try to find stable currencies with high prices that can earn it and hold or sell for profitable prices, so i hope that Bitcoin's price get up soon

The good news is it does seem to be happening.  We seem to be slowly climbing.  If this trend continues we should see roughly $350 dollars by the end of 2016.  Hopefully it does, for those that think it will start hitting 4 digits, or 5 digits, keep dreaming!

Slow climbing is good. If the price rise too fast, there could be a bubble. A big bubble will burst.

I must admit that climbing in itself is good. Slow climbing is bad. We have to push for earlier progression. I am afraid we may not have much time.

Slow climbing isn't bad, already the current prices aren't bad and make people love Bitcoin each day more and more, we have to learn PATIENCE , many people just want everything to happen now, time and patience is a must

I see adam sandler have been mentioned about bitcoin in he's movie/series(forgot the movie/series title).


The problem is come from bitcoin it self, it's need more developing and do some improvement, about the network especially. so if it can be solved, faster climbing is not so hard.


Recently, bitcoin price movement is looks stable than a year ago, but it can't be always like this, maybe before/after halving time, the price is like rollercoster(brave yourself).

Of course it's not so difficult, but finding that solution to do so is what is difficult.

Too much words.

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Bitcoin is everywhere. In the News, magazines, internet and online shops. If you search "bit" the third result will be Bitcoin.org

I had no idea bitcoin existed until I looked up "marketplace" in Google, and it brought me here.

I know nothing on technology. Knew nothing on Bitcoin. I'm just....here by accident.

Accidental advertisement doesn't happen too often.

BankAmericard, Diners Club and American Express all had public perception issues when they first came out. If we wait the same amount of time it took them to really get established worldwide Bitcoin will overcome all the negativity. That's about 60 years by the way.

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Advertisement is a double edged sword, it can backfire if you overdo it and push a produtct too much down the throat of potential consumers, thats why it's better to keep it subtle and reasonable and just focus on the actual product, this means, making Bitcoin as good as possible, and when fiat starts collapsing we will not need any advertisement at all.

That's actually a really nice way to put things, I never really thought of it like that.  I mean for American Express though, I've never really heard of "Dinner's Club" before... but still a nice reference to what bitcoin is going through now and days.  If you think about it, American Express used to have TONS of commercials still back in the 90's, but when it grew up and matured more, there was no need... It just already made its reputation of being a good credit card to use for easier transactions.

Advertising/Marketing is absolutely needed. People can't use what they don't know exists...or if they think it's only for techies.

Even MasterCard, Bank of America, etc., spend millions annually on marketing. They wouldn't do it if it wasn't necessary.

See the one link in my sig to see how I really feel about it.

That's right. Unfortunately, we live in an instant society. We want everything now, now, now! I've actually caught myself being pissed because my microwave was taking too long to bake a potato.

Everyone wants Bitcoin to do something it simply can't accomplish in a few years. Bitcoin will eventually be version 1.0 and ready to take on the world but it might take two generations to do it.

Absolutely, and the reason for that is, whether we like to admit it or not, we are still under the dominance of the baby boomer generation (throwing in some of the 60's kids) ... They are not the type of people that are up for a "change" just because it's so late in their life, and are riding out their end days.  When you are at that point, you don't want to see an exciting new idea that can revolutionize everything we do on a day to day basis.  I think it makes them feel like they are going to miss out on something when they're gone.

I mean, I feel like the majority of bitcoin users are around the ages of 16-30 and are just now climbing up corporate ladders to figuratively take the torch from the previous generation to start running things and to make a change in the way we see fit.  Maybe this will be one of the things we will leave our future generations to help develop, along with selfie sticks, facebook, meme's, and instagram accounts ::)

Citizens taking control of their labor (money) away from governments is the next natural step towards true equality and freedom but changing attitudes takes time. People knew in 1860s America that black opression was wrong but it took 100 years for any real measure of equality to be realized. Change happens slowly, even if it's the right thing to do.

yeah i believe that we need more ways of,
advertising bitcoin currency, as it is a worldwide currency.
if we do it. bitcoin can be acceptable in many shops,worlwide.
and yeah especially when young ones adapted using bitcoin.
there will be no more turning back on it.
but as of now, especially in my country. bitcoin is known to be scam,
for those whoreally dont know the currency.its so sad to be that way.

I just hope by that point in time, with a stable crypto, that governments will be able to function accordingly, stable.  There always is some need for taxation, because there needs to be some form of regulation; there is just no easy way to by pass that part.  We need roads, schools, etc. etc. ... But what we don't need are wars to improve the value of a currency (dollar) or shady inflation rates controlled by a small group of old wealthy white men.  Everything needs to hit a point of homeostasis, where governments and their citizens can collaborate with other countries in a very easy going, free flowing of ideas, type of fashion.

I have a grandchild so I have to believe that's the direction we're headed. More of the same just won't work anymore.

Advertising would help but it will take a lot of time too.

Oh, really? Recently I wanted to check something and went to twitch.tv to watch some gaming streams.
I was sure that people who streams for living or gamers in generals have good idea what bitcoin is. I was shocked that they NEVER heard about it.
That is how bitcoin is 'popular' in reality. Even nerds don't know it.

It will take many years for bitcoin to be popular. So we have to work hard to promote bitcion as much as we can.

now tell your friends, about this is one of the best form of advertisement out there

it can spread the awareness very fast, the problem is, seeing how btc is money, many that discover it, don't want to share because they are greedy

this was ceertainly true in the past, when it was easy to make a quick buck with bitcoin

their are lots of work to be done for bitcoin and advertising is a best of source it can be done through online and friends and doing online store going for bitcoin as payment system. gambling some sites have started to do bitcoin gambling , but still their is more to be done

Those eggs don't look too happy. I think they want to find more ways of advertising in the bitcoin world.

ya surely we need more ways because still only i think it may be wrong also but 20% of the total world knows about bitcoin so still 80% is left out, so their is still a lot of work to be done.

2 days ago i was found a status from a man, he is a celebrity, he so famous in my country, has more than 11 Million followers on twitter,on his status, he was so amazed with bitcoin and asked about bitcoin, is bitcoin would be going to adopted in my country or not,and then i saw people's reaction especially his fans most of them didn't  know about bitcoin, and then they knew it, what is bitcoin? and what is it for? so i think this is the one of best way to advertising bitcoin through famous people, especially for the service that paying with bitcoin

This is what i exactly just said a few pages ago ;)
Pay famous people to promote bitcoins as it will attract thousand of his fans/followers
probably easiest than putting some kind of ad on internet as people don't really read ads on the internet
if its not a problem to you, can i know the name of the celebrity ?

That's a wonderful idea! We can even start a separate thread on this topic and start discussing it there.




Only I think that not just any artist could do it. I think we need one of the best contemporary artists in the world for this.
I propose Banksy.

I think so, people didn't really care about banner ads on internet including me, but advertise through famous people especially on twitter or instagram i think it's so effective, because they (famous people) package the ads like their own status, of course fans loves and follow everything about them, He was Raditya Dika by the way, he is an Indonesian writer, producer, director and stand-up comedian.

agree with this , the most effective method to advertise bitcoin , but if they just knew about bitcoin and leave it , i think itll be useless , they need some interest to buy bitcoin and bought things online through bitcoin

My first purpose to advertise bitcoin through famous people its not about refer them for trading bitcoin absolutely not,most of them are teenager trust me they would not understand about trading,speculation even altcoin develop etc, it just to introduce bitcoin as the simplest, easiest means of paying for things online, and socialize them how to using bitcoin for transaction,example : selling their idols stuff and give them 50% off with bitcoin transaction only, i think this is gonna be awesome

This is pretty good advertisement, especially from famous people in any country.
The bitcoin price is now increasing and that's could be good for new people in the bitcoin world.
By investing today a bit and by the next week get a little profit, i think bitcoin needs more advertisement like this.

I told my friends about bitcoin as a potential currency to compliment fiat, not as an investment. We have to use it to give it value.

Advertising need a sponsor.

If someone will pay for advertising - i have some visual NSFW solutions.

the best way to advertise bitcoin currency is to spread the word in your day by day, you know, friends, coworkers, family et etc...

another good way to advertise it is at the social networks, i do it everyday :P

but yes, i think that bitcoin should have more ways to advertise it.

I know him since im indonesian also :o
But i didn't expect a person like him to actually care about Bitcoin at all ;)
Let's hope the number of people who use bitcoin will rise with him advertising about it
Thanks mate :)

really? nice to meet you by the way,
as we know that Radit is most active user on twitter and facebook, he always tweet everything,everytime, every minute, sometimes there was funny tweet and sometimes there was useless to and guess what? it always gonna be a trend,even world wide, Imagine if Radit sell his own stuff and get 50% off with bitcoin transaction only, how many people from 11 Million followers on twitter would be going to use bitcoin.

I've already done this, and got heavily criticized by loved ones and friends... friends didn't really see how it could be accepted by big businesses and used globally like we all on here would like to see, and my family... well.. let's just say that they are very southern and very religious.  A new global currency to them means the "rapture" is coming and they think that if this succeeds and I'm a part of it, then something "bad"(?) is going to happen to me. Lol, so I'm done with trying to influence people face to face that cryptos are the way to go.

make bitcoin startup( then promote bitcoin) to be main sponsor of the biggest football club that huge fans around the world like real madrid or barcelona or manchester United,
so ithink their fanbase will also try to know what bitcoin is?

That would take hundreds of million dollars to do, I would think... Plus, who would fund this?  There is no way there could be some sort of civil fund raiser amongst bitcoiners to raise this kind of loot.

yeah the problem is that funded, haha i think some chines exchange like OKcoin or HUobi have that fund, if they want make bigger ekspansion,

if not main sponsor,just be a second or third sponsor, hahaa LOL

I dont think we need to advertise and make it too commercial because if our selfish government comes into picture it will change the entire scenario of trading .They will ban all the websites trading bitcoins and we should pay bloody takes to government for transactions.This is just an example many such factors would emerge if btc's become more commercial .We do want a lot of users but only underground! Small and happy family .

In some cases, yeah I mean you're right.. But the reality is, is that we can't buy much stuff with bitcoins as it is right now. So even if the price/purchasing power sky rockets, in reality if we want to take advantage of that, we would have to sell our bitcoins to get fiat. And everyone knows that when people are selling out there coins, that means a downward price for bitcoins. But if we use bitcoins to purchase anything we want, and use them for day to day type stuff.. Then it would mean the economy of Bitcoin is getting stronger and bitcoins don't enter the exchange sites.

I think changetip is the best way of advertising bitcoin.
Who agrees with me

Ask the people you pay to accept bitcoin. So gradually more vendors will know about bitcoin and some of them may accept bitcoin in the future.

For me personally, I get to argue that my handmade crafts were taxed at some point because of the taxes on the yarn, threading needles, gems, chains, paint, clay and crotchet needles and so on. Plus hard labor used for one handmade item. Same concept could be applied for other people that make different products. I don't know if that was ever argued with the currency of the US dollar, but somebody should argue it.

Then we might never have to worry about taxes too often. Hopefully.

Bitcoin is not about not to pay taxes.


Are colored letters helpful for advertising of a a NSFW web service of a Cam Girl?

BTCitcoin Accepted Here (http://vkcams.com/madlensmit)

Oh Vika. You and your ideas. =^ ___ ^=

We don't need that though. We need ways of branching out moreso than finding colorful text that could potentially hurt peoples' eyes. X__X

Well, at least I know Vika and I are the only confirmed women here...-sigh- We need more women taking bitcoins. Nerdy men love cam girls like Vika.

Women would probably boost the economy, especially those who loves to shop things online as it will produce a new market for bitcoins. My girl loves the idea of bitcoin and she sometimes use it for buying things online. Last Monday, she bought some honey on a local dealer here who accepts bitcoin. :D

i want a bumpersticker for my compagny van

i was thinking  when i redo the letterwork on my van to incorporate the mentioning of accepting btc as payment aswell
it's on my designtable but it's comming

You might want a cute handmade sweater with the bitcoin symbol on it this winter season!

that actually sounds awsome! maybe something my mom could do ^^

Tell me, where can I get these sweaters that you speak of? And a picture, please?

I agree that we need to advertise bitcoin unless it is known to each and every human being on this planet.Recently I created a group about bitcoin on Facebook and all my friends started asking me what bitcoin is?many even joined the group and showing interest in bitcoin.Its all about spreading a word you have a best innovation of the century now let everyone know about it

I don't quite agree with you there. Awareness about bitcoin should be passed on, but not as a ad propaganda. You need to give people the service they want to utilize,
rather than just talk about something they can't find use of. Remember when silk road started ? Just give people something they can use , and interest will follow.
[I'm not saying we need black markets to promote bitcoin, i'm just using it as an example]

You can get them from me, but I'm still making them.  ^____^

I think it's good you are spreading awareness.  Most people that have negative opinions of bitcoin just don't know anything about it.  When smart people learn about it, they become interested.

If the price rises a lot, it will cause media mania, more people will know bitcoin. If some of them start using bitcoin, that is very good.

But for the price rises a lot, first people will need to put lot of money into BTC and more people will have to know about BTC.

It is circular

actually no, i think bitcoin will defend by itself, news media are interested in bitcoin and forwarding any interesting bitcoin events
so its enough advertised :)

Wherever we buy stuff if there would be something like a bitcoin logo.
Or a statement that we accept bitcoin that would be better to advertise the bitcoin.
When people see this they would be curios and probably join to the bitcoin world.

How old is she? I wouldn't suggest that, only because if it became a booming business (which it will), she would retire from working on that sooner than I would. I'm only 23. 24 this November.

Got a lot of kick in me.

Fear not! I offer a sweet 50% off to other people wanting to sell my merchandise for their own little businesses and make a killing profit. I might purposely discontinue the merchandise in two years to make the merchandise rare and even more profitable. And because it's handmade, there's no way to 100% duplicate it perfectly. I'm the only one with the technique.

If you're ever interested when I post the pictures, don't be afraid to send an email to do business! I love retailers!

i feel like bitcoin is already getting fairly popular even without advertising because it is just so great. "great things don't need advertising"

That's not true.

If I handmade a vase out of pure gold and roses and leave it to sit in my basement, it is worthless because I didn't post it.

Posting it is advertisement.

Not really, don't make your judgement depending in the community here in this forum, many people out don't know anything about this forum , and even about Bitcoin currency. Bitcoin still need advertising in my opinion

Lots of great things need advertising and benefit tremendously from it. Here's a partial list of well-known products/services which spend millons on advertising. They wouldn't do it if it wasn't necessary, or at least didn't help:

MasterCard
Bank of America (or any national bank)
iPhone
Mac
Any airline
Any vehicle
4G networks

Yes, there are some products that take off with little to no advertising. Those are statistical outliers and are not normal (congrats to them, though).

The point is that everyone knows what a car is, where to go to get airline tickets, or where to go to get a financial product/service. And even then millions are spent to promote what everyone already knows about.

How much more does a superior product/service that hardly anyone knows about (Bitcoin) need marketing?

It is popular yes & no.
Many people till now don't know what is bitcoin and how it works and the majority won't get a chance to know it without our intervention.
I hope that every bitcointalk.org member put the bitcoin video in his YouTube or share his story about btc.
If anyone is a member of another forum he could definitely ask there if they ever heard about bitcoin... etc

Like that we will have more and more users and btc will be widely accepted  :)

Bitcoin needs some positive attention in the media, that's the best kind of advertising you could have.
If the price doubles again, than we would see a lot more adoption.

There is no such thing as small advertisement.
We should keep talking about it over internet, real life, etc.
We may also need some strong firms to use bitcoin in couple of their services (like spotify etc.)

Price up, media exposure up, adoption up, more price up. I just want the price to increase gradually. No more than 5% a month.

A little while back, people were really pushing the idea of getting Uber to start allowing drivers to accept bitcoin payments.  I think this will be a huge push for advertisement, because (drunk) people might want to know what the QR codes are for and what they are supposed to do with it... Maybe not though... Most people who use Uber are drunk to the point of being very talkative with the driver or about to throw up in their center console.

Well, I disagree. Great things do need advertising nowadays and we all know that.

Just name one thing which is great and we know it without advertising. I mean a human-made thing not one of the bounties of Nature of course.

If we do not advertise bitcoin, the adoption will be slower.So we have to work hard to promote bitcoin and use it.

If we do not educate people about bitcoin, advertising would be worthless.. We need to make the image of bitcoin more fun or entertaining + advertise it's pros. :D

using bitcoin by investing it in such services could be good tool to advertise it as well
i think that the best method to advertise bitcoin is just investing in the great sites which support the bitcoin as payment processor

The education comes with the advertisement, so it isn't a concern.

Yes, Yes, Yes, cant agree more with what you're saying. This would help bitcoin to gain its popularity.

i believe it,bitcoin need more ways to more popular and many people use it.

So how are you going to help make that happen?

Making popular would be the good this for all commodities as well to make believe on the real usage of bitcoin. I believe if the price of bitcoin hit a new high, that news itself a good advertisement for bitcoin to make it more and more popular with in over night time period.

I agree that we should combine both, advertisement and education to make Bitcoin more popular.

I think there should be t-shirts with something like this:

Do you know that one Bitcoin is selling for $270?

I like your thinking.  But the problem is Bitcoin price changes.  Are we going to be constantly buying shirts based the price?  That could get rather expensive.  It is really tough to advertise Bitcoin but I do agree we need more ways to do it.

No. That's bragging. We don't want to come off egotistical or arrogant.

Let's let our greatness speak for itself. Also going off of what that other user mentioned, bitcoins fluxuate from one price to another. We don't want a fixed price.

Nope. Not hard at all. We just need time to hone our material.

Okay, great.  :) That was just my suggestion how to attract people to learn about Bitcoin. If you have more intelligent ideas, well, that's great, I don't want to come off egotistical or arrogant either.  :)

But I still think we can use t-shirts with writings only I'd change the writing to:

Do you know that one Bitcoin is selling for over $200 now?

i dont know how much advertising is going to help out. the thing that will draw people in is a rapid and steady rise in price. we can do this with something like the willy bot or be patient (and honest) and let the adoption cycle continue like it has been all along. nothing sells success like success.

No t-shirt should be saying anything about price....

Besides, I'm the only one that's making fashion merchandise here. I suggest everyone else should come up with their own ideas and stop trying to take other people's ideas...think about it. If you do what everyone else is doing, that's automatic competition. You want to put out a product or service that is 100% different. Something that's never been suggested or done before.

For example: I am also sculpting handmade bitcoin Gangster chains soon. Never been done, and will sell pretty quickly. Come up with your own plan, please.

Lol, it's always good to have some kind of competition in the market, and it's pretty inevitable if there is a company or a person making a good amount of profit off an idea, there will competition to face soon enough.. no one is going to allow you to have the market all to your self.  What you are asking is to have a monopoly on the "bitcoin clothes" area, so you can jack up the prices whenever you want, and say "I'm the only person doing this, so if you want said product, you must buy from me."

Also, lol at "Gangster bitcoin chains"...

 

You know you are selling to a bunch of nerds right? If there are people genuinely interested in getting "Gangster chains" for their bitcoin collection, at the most it will probably be two or three people, and those people will only probably buy one...

Who said it's for you people? It's for everyone outside of bitcointalk so I can help make Bitcoin appeal to people other than nerds. If you want this currency to grow, think outside the box.

Also, competition is not good at all. It keeps you from putting food on the table if the next person makes better items or sells at lower prices than you do. You will constantly be forced to drop your prices until you are giving your items away for practically nothing.

Also, people won't purchase anything they think is unreasonably priced, whether or not you're the only one making the item.


In short: Do your own thing. Stop trying to be like everyone else. I brought something to the table that was different from what the rest of you bring, so it made me stand out. Be yourself, and you will make it.  "Being ourselves make us famous". Thank you Farrah Abraham. Your song had a bad tune to it, but speaks the truth.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h53AzPEdku0

But if they don't know about Bitcoin, then how would they even know the price is increasing.....

I think educating people about the advantages of bitxoin and the fun side of bitcoin is greater than introducing them directly to the price of a bitcoin. Well, the price will be forgotten once theyxrealize or once they knew how the denomination of bitcoin works.

I'm glad you feel the same way!

This is gonna be off topic, but can I please quote what you said about the logo turning gold in my other thread please?

That could be a good idea to start with , so make sure it's something beautiful and fun so they get it on the first place , I'd like to hear more about the Bitcointalk and YouTube channel idea , What are you planning to add there ?
It's never enough to advertise bitcoin ,  just couple of days ago . Ukraine trying to convince their citizens to use some other payment methods that reserve the user protection and that kind of things and india should also adopt this feature

My question is who is going to fund this sort of thing.  Will it be community funded,and if so who is going to manage it.  A lot of these steps need to take place in order to have some success at advertising.

I think TV is still very powerful actually. In the future, we could make a TV advertisement of Bitcoin. I would help getting it out there. Paypal has a TV advertisement and they are marketing Paypal as some new cool way to pay with a smartphone... they know the big B is out there. But its still too soon to worry about advertisement, we must perfect the software first.

Advertisement is very hard. Bitcoin is not a product, not everyone would be interested to try something out of their comfort zone. Most ads displayed are about everyday stuff. Bitcoin would be a currency that is not backed by anything and not everyone would take the risk and try it out.

Well tell the victims of bank bailouts if how much their money was backed by "something".
Bitcoin is backed by math, it's the price that can fluctuate, but you will never lose the BTC on your wallet. To the contrary, you can lose the money you have in your bank because it's not really yours.

Since there not a single company that owns the bitcoin,
It should be funded normally by third parties that use bitcoin.
Like coinbase, other exchanges and other services that accept bitcoin as a payment method.

It would be an initiative or a voluntary work since there are no central hubs in bitcoin in which we could ask money for this kind of advertisement. It would be a community effort since it is us, the community who will benefit from this if it nets us positive results.

I've tried to make most of my friends believers of bitcoin, but select few understand what it actually stands for.

The others will come later to you to learn about bitcoin.
This is good action and the results are pretty good in your case.
I think putting some stickers on the cars will make people curious about bitcoin.

My guess would be that we no longer need governments, But it's going to take way more than 10 years for that to happen. Governments are centralized institutions after all.

Bitcoins Have become an awesome mode of payment in today's life, but how will people know about it without advertising? It's a known thing that to get more consumers, you need to advertise your product, similarly btc needs some more advertising, especially in places where btc is still used rarely

we can do it via integration in the biggest platform out there, like youtube facebook and google

if you come up with a tipping project, integrated for youtube facebook etc...it would be a win situation

Well i really hope someone has the skills to make bitcoin youtube get more attention,would be great someone make something and talk a bit about bitcoin,but how can someone do or say something that will attract attention ?
One thing i know with the openbazar ready and hot trading i guess will be the time to bring attention into bitcoin beneficts .

It's very hard to advertise decentralized thing like Bitcoin is. Why? Well advertising is expensive and someone needs to pay for it and getting people to pay for things when you are decentralized is much harder than it seems.

I would rather invest the money that we allocate for possible advertising into a development. We need a strong and robust product that delivers promised. If we have this, people will come to us in my opinion.

In my honest belief, great concepts eventually advertise themselves. People see it, take it and spread the word.

We just have to change our total approach to reach a wider audience. I don't know how much time we have left to do that though.

Since there is no central institution to profit from such advertisement, since everybody would profit from it partialy - weather they invested in advertisement or not.
But rest assured - bitcoin with it's structure and constantly progressing services will make public and followers for themselves.

Great concepts (slowly but surely) advertise themselves. Sometimes it can have a domino effect. You tell one person, then they tell another, then those people tell several others, and so on. Of course greater opportunities for larger advertising will be needed, but we can't just jump from step A to step Z in a night without the proper funding. We will gradually obtain the funding through patience and vigorous work. We just have to plan, work hard, take our time and believe in our concepts and hone them to the best of our abilities.

Our time will come if we just stop doubting ourselves, and just believe.

Have to agree with this point - no matter how big you are until you're the market leader (or have a monopoly) you can always try and reach more people. For Bitcoin as a currency - it'd just need to get to the point where everyone would use it, once that happens you wouldn't need to advertise anymore. It's just like any other currency - you never see anyone advertise for the USD.

I think that are very few they which don't agree with the fact that needed more advertising to make bitcoin more known. The "why" are to many but the example of Coca Cola (which is a world giant) is one of the most significant.

So i think that the problem which must be discussed could be another: "how to make true that"? In which way is possible to make possible the work of this "tool"? Coca Cola has its owners which work for their pockets. Bitcoin has only its followers which are everyone for itself and God for everyone. In other words the million dollar question is: How to make possible the advertising of bitcoin?

Maybe Bitcoin Foundation can play a decisive role in this direction.... But what we can do to move it?

Yes! Bitcoin needs alot more exposure for it to take off and be widely accepted as a alternative payment method. Advertisements does this fairly well.

20% of total word population is too much zencomp.
In 2011 google says that the world population is 7 Billion.
If 1,400,000,000 people know about bitcoin then bitcoin is soo much popular.

There is a must to we advertise bitcoin at radio,at tv at magazines ,we need some advertising company that makes some fund to advertisement with community,meaning all should donate something ,and when the pot reach the minimum to advertise it should be done,but who to trust our bitcoins to make it advance.Coca cola makes their announcements to childs,you may see they are targeting childs..... new costumers..... only focus into them these .

I think is the best way to advertise the bitcoin is in comercial televisions world wide. Explain what is bitcoin comercial something like that can understand by people...

Would be great to see some promotion on tv ,but who would pay for that?Tv comercial is a fortune,and the return can be nothing or lower then expected,besides maybe some tv wont accept talk about bitcoin since they got ads from goverment that will go against them.

You just have to relax, and take it step by step to make enough money to contribute to that kind of advertisement. It takes millions, but you cannot make a million overnight. I wish you could, but you can't.

Cryptography is something very new for an average joe. You're not going to convince someone to use BTC if you say it, most wouldn't bother to find out more about it. Most would still trust fiat more than Bitcoin because they have been using it for a long time.

Yes people are not willing to switch over to new things in the case of financial system. They feel secure with their traditional instruments and concepts.
The big advertising of bitcoin must be it's own price hike. The price increase will make bitcoin more popular on it's own promotions by hitting in news.

But the price won't grow without more adopters and we can't reach more adopters without advertising.

Okay, okay  :) I was just trying to help you here. I'm not going to make fashion merchandise with BTC symbols or with BTC-related  writings. I thought you were asking for ideas and I proposed one. If you want to make everything by yourself, then please forgive my intrusion.

The suggestion is clear, but the question would be who?
Because bitcoin has no ceo, no company representatives etc.
I think the best way is when third parties advertise for their service in bitcoin.

we surely need more ways of advertising as without it the community wouldnt grow

I think we are all in agreement that yes Bitcoin needs more advertising.  The problem is who is going to fund the advertising, who is going to make sure the advertising goes into the correct direction.  The question should be, how do we get Bitcoin more advertising, not if we believe it should have more.

Financial problems are affecting worldwide,soo may be the run away from some people that has their savings,and dont wanna them be frozen,like what happened at Greece ,the government and banks control the money in and out.

There is many methods to advertise Bitcoin, i think the best method is talking about Bitcoin with our relatives not only online but also offline, this can help to make Bitcoin known as real currency, used and exchanged with fiat easily..Bitcoin without doubt need more support

You mean like TV adverts that Visa and Mastercard run ?

I am not sure that traditional advertising is what would work for popularising bitcoin.
Besides who would be doing that ?
Visa & Paypal are companies, Bitcoin is a decentralised network.

I believe it needs time.
After all, nobody's been ever advertising gold as a store of value, but it has done pretty well.
Since bitcoin is digital, we shouldn't need to wait few centuries, as it was the case with gold :)

Well, by advertising Bitcoin in general, every third party involved benefits. Similarly, by buying Bitcoin, you are somewhat "investing" in every third party that has something to do with Bitcoin at once. Everything that benefits Bitcoin benefits everyone that is involved with it, that's another thing that makes it such a great thing to hold in your portfolio.

Everything in this world needs some promotions to reach mass. So, bitcoin must need more advertising to make it as main stream of payments. Long back heard making bitcoin advertisements as smart-money or digital-money would attract more people.

Correct.
Bitcoin is a network, so it benefits from the network effect.
The more people invest in it, the more people trade it, the more people accept it as a payment, the more people use it to make transfers, the more it grows.

you do realise that an average TV show gets viewed by only a few million.. and thats by people actually tuning in to watch it because they have interest in the show..

so the cheap way to advertise it is not commercial TV. because the cost per viewer is pretty crappy.
things like youtube, vine, etc are better and literally free methods to get seen by millions of people.

but with that said. the content of the advert is more important about the expense of its production, or the expense of its implimentation.

we do not want crappy investment options that sound like ponzi's. we dont want technical seminars that blow peoples minds so much they lose interest because they simply cant take in the info in one go.

it needs to be a simple, short applepay/paypal style advert that is short and sweet that links people to the deeper information about how to professionally/properly get bitcoin and use it.

i think before arguing about who will publish the advert. or who will script the advert.. we need to concentrate on bitcoins infrustructure to actually get bitcoin user friendly.

it needs to be 'grandma friendly' where there is a way that even people living in the countryside/outback can get bitcoin, and can actually use it..
then and only then should it be advertised to the masses..

anyone disagreeing with that doesnt care about bitcoin, but just wants a price jump so they can jump back to fiat.. and thus should be ignored.

I like the idea, but who should organise it and fund it ?

Everyone involved in bitcoin will benefit, but we do not have a single body which is responsible for such things.
Should we hope that the likes of Gemini will do it ?

But as you said, there is no one clearly benefiting from advertise bitcoin. Say: if Coinbase or Kraken suddenly start promoting itself with TV spots who will benefit?
It is like you don't see a general PC gear commercials or TV spots how internet is awesome...

Sure taking advantage of youtube to make the publicity would be the cheapest way but who will try to do something that will atract others to see,we would need some comercial very funny or something very stupid,the most comercials use those and a huge sucess.

I'm the unofficial queen of stupidity and funniness.

DUN DUN DDUUUUNNNN

funny girl to the rescue! =^_____^= Just give me some time though. I'm focusing on my crafts.

if advertise with youtube, targets are the common people?
they probably would not be interested in bitcoin

yes i think bitcoin needed it
advertising such as socialization, we started advertising in the city news, might be interested

Teach them how to drive a car. Consumers will drive adoption, not merchants. Merchants follow consumers.

Once you have taught consumers that they can trust Bitcoin, understand it, not be terrified of it, be conned by it then you have your golden moment.

I really think there has been too little focus on getting Bitcoin into people's hands. As nutty as 21 may seem, their idea behind it was solid, execution probably sucked. You need people to earn Bitcoin easily and without drama, no exchanges and screwing around. They just want a wallet, hand over a little bit of Fiat safely (10USD) and try it out.

Many things need to happen to drive bitcoin forward that are not mutually exclusive:

They include:
- more involvement from the institutional investors
- reliable and trustworthy exchanges, with cheap and quick transfers of fiat money
- simple, secure and cheap ways to use bitcoins to make payments and transfers.

i found out like any car company needs adverts and in this case its into the use of Bitcoin per companies and post a sign and besides that the spread of the wrod that bitcoin its money soo its digital good to have trade and save and the good idea sells but needs a bit more adverts not just into the internet but companies acepted like its beeing doing into europe well btc still on the rise

I have a slogan for this: 'Rent a car cheaper with bitcoin'
This would be a good advertisement for car or taxi companies.
And time by time the result will be given and i think more people will use bitcoin.

I don't like this idea. :c

Well whoever believes that Bitcoin needs more advertising will like this very much:

http://cointelegraph.com/news/115491/bitcoin-awareness-campaign-launches-across-major-us-cities?ref=45

Best marketing is always p2p marketing,just share interesting news about btc on social media,ifsomebody is interested in try to explain and answer his questions It isalways the best when real person talk to real person

I think that since newegg implemented the bitcoin payment method,
The price has started to be increased, hope i am right.
Otherwise if amazon ebay and other big e-commerce companies will implement there would be a good advertisement for bitcoin.

yeah you right, bitcoin payment method it is helpful to the promotion
hey Amazon seems have been using bitcoin as a payment method right ?

Bitcoin's reputation will only grow more positive as it gains traction in the next few years.

Amazon does not currently accepct bitcoin directly on their website, but you can buy Amazon products with bitcoins using a service like purse dot io
this is their official thread, check this out
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=307922.0

i think if amazon used bitcoin officially,that would be a great promotion for bitcoin

It will eventually happen.
I think if they offered it on their products that are not performing too well like the kindle or services for their Fire network, then people would accept them more. Bitcoin adaptation for those would peak the interest of the more tech savvy people having a more viable option to buy them over Apple products and services.

The advertising isn't needed. Adoption comes with ease of use. BTC just isn't easy enough to use. If grandma can't use it, it doesn't need to be marketed.

Yes, we need a lot of advertising about bitcoin.

I need to agree. Without advertisements we can not get a huge community for bitcoin. Bitcoin would be more successful if it reaches to more people. Same way bitcoin will value more if more adoption of bitcoin is done in each and every business.

I bet that your grandma cannot use even the smartphone or the computer. That's doesn't mean that bitcoin is not easy to use. I find its use less complicated then the previous ones mentioned in the first sentence. That's first. The second have to do again with the same subjects. The smartphone and the computers are much more known than bitcoin and yet are innumerable the ways of advertising made to those. So, why not the same strategy for bitcoin?

May i know how did you learned about the bitcoin?
If there is no advertisement then bitcoin would be dead.
Scan a QRcode and send money isn't it is for your grandma..

Advertising is difficult when it comes to a service/payment method/currency. People are willing to buy things thats advertised on TV because they have seen it lots of times and know it works. An average joe would think of Bitcoin as a ponzi when they see it somewhere if it is advertised as having low fees.

I am not sure about your part in bold if the average joe will see in the publicity made to the bitcoin even that the value of it is waited to be very high in the future (with the needed warnings) and the the fact that it is accepted by Microsoft and Dell to buy their products. Then even from to many other - more or less known merchants - in all the world. Then reading the info about it offered about it only by Wikipedia. Then all the other info about it that can be found in internet (if will do a simple search),

If the average joe will be lazy and will not have the desire to do all the above things, I think that it can be even only the first publicity which can make him curious about bitcoin and to try it.

I think the way to go is not to advertise bitcoin itself, but what you can do with it and the benefits it brings: quick and cheap remittances, etc.

Many people here firmly believe that bitcoin price will increase ove the next years, but it is not something that could be advertised, if you want to avoid the accusations of running a ponzi scheme.

I'm thinking of buying a gpu on Newegg this December using bitcoins. Though the prices are somewhat higher than other deals, it is a nice thing since I'd be buying with bitcoins.

Well bitcoin as itself does not have any budget for advertisement.
But the third companies that work with bitcoin they can do that.
Because they advertise their services and at the same time that they are accepting bitcoin.

Yes indeed it needs more advertising done to help the word out .... from where im leaving now, only a few techy persons know about bitcoin at all which is not really good when considering it has been around 2009 and yet many don't have any idea about it ... it would be really nice a generous guy invest in a bitcoin commercial which would help many to look into bitcoin but the price would be really high

Apparently it is happening already (look at Mickeyb post above).

What I think we need most of all is more services based on bitcoins.
When these service providers will advertise, they will be promoting bitcoin at the same time.

advertising is quite expensive, so the question of who will advertise bitcoin, and who pays the bills advertise?
satoshi nakamoto ?  ???

It's more important to create the demand for Bitcoin, the fact is people seem not that interested in Bitcoin, Because they don't need it, most payment methods is enough for them.

any bitcoin company in the consumer business.

when they advertise their service, they are promoting bitoin at the same time.

I think bitcoin is popular enough and it's marketing is great already. But the problem is we can see as bitcoin always have a problem ( ex : being hack etc ) so that's why bitcoin can't being popular as the other investment stuff like : gold etc

As we know that bitcoin is decentralized which is bitcoin has no central control and central managament like other payment procesor i.e paypal, so who will advertise bitcoin? of course us,its totally free all we have to do just spread bitcoin to everyone, just tell them about bitcoin, but to advertise on advertising company i think its the role of owner service or company which related with bitcoin

no, it isn't its market cap is a tiny drop in the water, when we reach the range of 100B-1T you can start talking about a good market cap

I think that bitcoin definitely needs more advertising. More people need to know about bitcoin and I think one of the ways that people can do this is for shops to start accepting bitcoin. More people will see the signs saying 'Bitcoin accepted here' and realise that bitcoin is the future.

There is no need to spread bitcoin around. Those who need to know already know. But they just dont want to risk at bitcoin.

First of all I dont know bitcoin from the start. I didnt even see it in ads or anything. Even in social media or newspaper. I dont have a clue what it is. It is from a friend that told me what it is. I guess that is how bitcoin could really be advertised and explanation can be done also through telling it personally. To clarify and get them excited through this currency.

Certainly the word of mouth is the best way to spread the knowledge about bitcoin, but we need more to get it on the next level.
As I said before, I don't think that simple advertising would be of much help here - what we need are more innovative ways to use bitcoins that people will want to use, because it will solve existing problems, be that high costs, time to process or complexity of use.

I think the best way would be to make the University of Bitcoin in order to provide college degrees related to it. This will help people gain interest on it and help in Bitcoin's mass adoption. Just my thoughts.  ::)

Too costly, and no a cost efficient result. This is a good idea, for education purposes to create new bitcoin scientists, but not good for marketing.

It's far easier with billboards, internet advertising campaigns, and telling news agencies to write bitcoin articles.

Bitcoin SCIENTISTS?

Lol. As if Bitcoin is a chemical equation.

yeah no central managament in bitcoin, so we are the one who will advertise bitcoin
I haven't heard of the company related to bitcoin which bitcoin advertises and willing to spend money for advertise bitcoin,
I know they advertise for just their own products

Today guys i ordered a bitcoin sticker.
I am thinking to put that on my laptop and that would be a good advertisement?
Maybe in the near future a phone case with a bitcoin logo would be good.

There are alot of scams around Bitcoin, and really, most people really just don't understand it in general. People won't use something they don't understand. I try to explain it everytime i'm asked.

Bitcoin could do more pr and advertising it would help people new to BTC to learn something about it and maybe even adopt it.

My cute merchandise for Bitcoin is on sale if you'd like to be so nice as to take a look. ^_____^

It's in the OP. Much love and hugs for your support, of course! It'll help advertise the currency for whoever wears them.

Yes they are some sort of spreading bitcoin awareness to public. I too strongly believe that more promotion are must needed for bitcoin to eveolve itself to be a global currency in near future. For that we must look for some sort of advertisement in anyway we can do is most preferable.

maybe donated some bits for disaster victims, in addition to helping a fellow human being, is also a good advertising for bitcoin

I think one of the best advertising method is to have each and every bitcoin users to play the role of ambassador. I remember reading one of the thread here in this forum about how an individual rather than telling how good bitcoin is, might as well show his/her friends how to use it and how it can function like a real currency. It's like action speaks louder than words.

Just make a Bitcoin movie with famous celebrities, like Robert Downey Jr or Will Smith, or maybe even Harrison Ford (lol) Then they would use Bitcoin in the movie to pay for stuff like food or other goods. People would then become curious about it and would want to know more about Bitcoin. Just my opinion.  ::)

I believe that more promotions and advertising are  most important for both bitcoin and it's community's growth. Making movie are short film with the famous celebrities must be a good idea to make bitcoin more popular. When bitcoin get promoted we can simply expect the more price appreciation of bitcoin.

That is what happened to me. My friend told me and explained everything rather than reading it and not understanding it. The reading will be next if he found out how great a bitcoin is.

The question is, who are going to pay for their talent fees? ;D It will attract a massive interest from people. Even a cameo appearance of someone prominent in bitcoin using bitcoins in one of their movies would produce a positive effect. :)

Make a love history like TWILIGHT and make bitcoin being the name of someone and ,well some information about how it works,doesnt need to be a star,bitcoin.
.Could make some advertisments with childs ,saying ,mom i wanna bitcoins to save you 10% into my laptop or simething to childs .

There is no need to make bitcoin movie. We can pay for movie makers to let the characters in the movie spend bitcoin in several occasions. We also need some national TV advertisement.

The question is who would pay for it ?
Perhaps we need to get some crowd-funding thing going ?

Yes, I do believe that we need more ways of advertising bitcoins currency. I think so because it's a good and effective method to tell people about the bitcoins currency and its uses, about it's simplicity, about it's easiness.
Advertising is the best way to tell anyone about anything and so I Think advertising bitcoins is as necessary as doing improvements in it.
There are some methods which I think can be used for it. Like
Using referral programs-- people who refer and referred person get some bitcoins for it.. creating some more 24x7 forums like bitcointalk.org for people's help and doubts about it. And, advertising or placing ads over internet.

We definitely will need to mostly focus on creating an effective way to make Bitcoin close to impossible to utilize in terms of scam, theft or illegal practice while still holding onto the anonymity aspects of Bitcoin.

Does anyone have any ideas on that?

I dont think we need too much organized advertising. Just use it so Bitcoin grow and advertise it self.

If people don't know about it, how are they going to use it?

no

Well, Bitcoin is decentralised so you just advertise your Bitcoin-related bussiness and here you go. That is best what comunity can do and it is on auto pilot. Did you ever see any advertising campaign for us$ or euro? I dont think so. It is on service owners to advertise. Or maybe you personaly can throw some coins and make campaign for Bitcoin, cause that you can do.

Yes we need. Most of people watches the stupid box and we need to reach them, or their stupidity will cost them...

I think we need positive media coverage more than anything!
But yes advertising does help :)

There is a BITFILM FESTIVAL touring many cities around the globe right now, screening 8 movies about Bitcoin
maybe let your friends and family know so then can check it out and learn more about it

http://cointelegraph.com/news/115594/voting-begins-for-2015s-bitfilm-festival

Look at the usage rate, it's always increasing, we don't really need advertisement.

https://blockchain.info/charts/n-transactions

Of course you get the ups and down peaks but you can clearly see the mean says UP. Once it clicks in within the mainstream it will start growing faster.

PROMOTION! That too on a bigger scale is what we need. We need to educate people and raise awareness that not all people dealing in BTCs are culprits of crime. My best bet is to promote among the younger generations, especially teens, as they are more ready to accept and adopt a radical and new concept. Let the mainstream media pipe their horn.

Personally i think we need to start promoting Bitcoins in real life more now. Web promotion is good but still restricted to some extent. A real-life promotion strategy will create a bigger impact and seems much more legit to newbies, and thus more trusted.

We need more usage when people buying things with bitcoin, not just peer to peer transactions.

I guess we need some kind of announcement at youtube and we community share it on social medias being facebook,whatapp or any other thing,we need to make the people get curious about it.

The biggest concern is finding the amount of funding for such a project.

She said she was working on that, but never actually gave any time frame to that. I would hope that she is serious about doing that soon. Maybe before the year is over, because we cannot afford to waste anymore time.

It drops, which is the issue. From here, we only want it to rise. Never drop.

Bitcoin is still the minority's game. We still need more exposure. IMO the most importances is that more bitcoin related startups are offering more service to us and get the ppl get used to using bitcoin.

i think spreadin the word bitcoins with friend is enough .. if everyone gets up and takes pledge to promote this awesome currency then am sure 90% of people by 2025 will be using bitcoins instead of local currency

We need to be at two markets one is the games and the other is porn both of them mooves milions.Make a youtube videos funny would attract new costumers into bitcoin,but that should be made as series ,dont show all about bitcoin ,just a part ,to make people search more about it.

hi knowhow

I made a Youtube video just like described, a little funny to attract new people, but not showing all about Bitcoin, but just enough to make people search more about it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDcNkggCXRQ

is that kind of what you meant?

The most practical way of introducing Bitcoin to the masses is by people using Bitcoin on TV or movies. It does give the audience an idea on how convenient it is. Since TV advertisments are mostly heavily regulated by the government, it is unlikely for any advertisment on Bitcoin to be displayed on national TV.

i'm not sure about directly advertising bitcoin, I think adoption through integration in services/apps the public is already using would be effective. preferably shielding the user from seeing bitcoin addresses

Bitcoin is fine.  Don't worry too much about it.  But if you have good ideas to advertise Bitcoin, by all means, go ahead.

That is true but people are more influenced by famous actors or sports person, So if the bitcoins is promoted by this people than it would have a great impact on the mindsets of the people, and it will work positively and would go in the favor of bitcoins, So if the bitcoins is advertised by this famous people then it would be more popular I guess.

Too much television this days. International cable channels could help and some on movies. Just like McDonald's on Spiderman. Even if they dont really need to put that advetisement in that scene they still do it. Just for ads purposes and that they can tell people they are rich and can pay ads even in a blockbuster movie.

Well its a funny video about bitcoin ,in the cenario you named Nakamoto as a father of bitcoin were funny but i mean the video should have nothing more then 1 minute ,the big announcements on tv last something like that.

Her ideas are in the middle stage. Almost there though. We discuss them daily.

Thanks knowhow

Not really, lower money velocity = higher price

But

Lower money velocity = lower demand for it.


Sot its kinda mixed, depends if the traders actually trade it between eachother for goods and services or just dump them for altcoins or fiat.

Yeah, I think we need to do more advertising for Bitcoin. Cos I don't see many people around me that know Bitcoin
I've tried to gradually introducing Bitcoin to my friends, but I'm still a little hesitant to do so. Because I'm afraid they can't accept it and instead mocking me.

Good and cheap BTC advertising through Internet is not so easy to make  :) Especially nowadays, when Internet is full of Web surfers and many thousands of ads  ;D

I honestly believe the brick and mortar merchants where I live should be aware of Bitcoins and try to accept them. Majority of them still receive funds majorly in cash rather than debit cards or credit cards, so they're barely affected by any credit card fees that they'll have to pay. But, since I'v noticed many virtual forms of mobile payment are emerging here, adding Bitcoin to their list of accepting payments would be worthy. So I believe some conference or campaigns to encourage them to accept Bitcoins would be worthwhile.

They probably will accept it if you take time to explain the benefits. So many benefits are available.

I think bitcoin really need advertising, in my area just me know about bitcoin,
they are also active on the internet but don't know about bitcoin ???
thats why need advertising

people know about it alright, mass adoption has been dropped off on the doorstep

yes i believe it,we need more effort to make bitcoin more popular and acceptable in every country..

Talk to them about Bitcoin then. Nobody will if you won't.

Exactly, same is the scenario in my country that no one is aware about the bitcoins, and that is the problem we all are facing when it comes to bitcoins, we want that every one should be aware and start using it then only bitcoins can get into the mainstream and we need to promote bitcoins in the positive way via internet or social media.

So then why not start yourself to advertise Bitcoin? The easiest is by word of mouth. Organize a meetup or do some presentations.
Their is always a simple and easy possibility to support Bitcoin.

ITs really not that easy to explain BTC to anyone who isn't involve in online shops. Just by the fact that BTC's value changes from time to time, thier minds will go upside down thinking if its value will fall down. They don't want their money to be stocked as they need to invest it again for store supply.

Need advertising that attracts the users the fact that they can earn money, this is brings interest for people because the rest is not interesting things that does not make money.

they don't see the reason to shift...yet fiat is still strong for them

some people are willing to pay more in fees, because they feel more secure with it

i think there is the need to put an emphasis on the fact that bitcoin can save you money every time you spend it compared to fiat

Bitcoin gets free press everyday, from the mainstream press, to the blogosphere, to the internet radio stations telling everyone the world is going to end, to Greek and Spanish politicians, Russian bankers, Chinese news agencies.

Literally everyone is involved in Bitcoin on a global level, it's getting the press it needs. Nobody knows how to sell Bitcoin better than Bitcoin!

I agree with this. We just need to give some time to Bitcoin to mature enough. Also, we need to give the world time to wrap Bitcoin around their minds and to learn to trust it and see the real benefits of using this blockchain technology!

Yes this will take time. People don't like changes, especially the changes involving their finances.

I have never seen people make advertisement for any kind of money

Money's value comes from people's willingness to use it to exchange other things. Most of the people today trust government issued money because they either don't understand how fiat money works or they feel secure when some large entity is "orally backing" it

Some people who understand how fiat money works would select other types of currency like gold or bitcoin. But to understand how modern fiat money works is not an easy task, I don't think any average Joe would reach this level of understanding without years of research and thinking

Majority of the people join bitcoin community to make a quick buck, but to get rich quick is also a promise of bitcoin (in a worldwide QE environment), so they can learn about how fiat money works when they are making quick profit  8)

Yes, certainly. Bitcoin is spreading, but not at a very fast pace. It is used more and more in online payments and shopping and I feel as if we need to encourage this to enable bitcoin to grow further.

I'm sure that bitcoin should be advertised more, but not with traditional media. Word-of-mouth marketing, famous bloggers, youtube channels and etc. I guess that leader of opinion is the most powerful channel of communication in this case (blogs, articles and videos about how they use bitcoins and why its worth it)

But this is good change. No one is going to fight financial freedom.

I agree. Although many people know about Bitcoin by now, IMO still most of them don't.

But it's not so easy to find a new ways of advertisement. Worth a try though.

My friend and I are actually trying to make more promotion opportunities. We're almost there.

Bitcoin itself should not be advertised, only bitcoin related services should, because if you are to advertise bitcoin it would just make it resemble some ponzi scheme.
With the financial freedom bitcoin offers, there's no need for promotion, if people want it , they will find it themselves. Anyways - who would profit from promoting it ?
On the other hand, services are something else, and are the way for bitcoin to get exposure and services get customers, so it's a win-win situation.

ok.. here is an idea..

we all know that there is a $4 spread between the different exchanges (1%).. so lets use it. as we all know, most payment processors do.

for instance. lets say:
bitstamp: $335/btc
bitfinex: $339/btc

now.. when a retailer is being told about bitcoin..
they are told if they usually sell an item for (make things simple) $336.. they display a QR code for 1BTC.. and that 1BTC is converted to $336.. at btc average akin to bitstamp
no fee, no cost.. job done. everyone is happy

but now is the clever part..
instead of bitpay getting $4 by secretly selling on bitfinex, even though they displayed a bitcoin average more akin to bitstamp.. that $4 goes to a customer loyalty pot.. not for bitcoin users.. but for regular fiat customers with a fiat loyalty card

its given to customers who do not use bitcoin so that way regular customers get a bit of bitcoin to gather up, and spend later.. whilst slowly learning about bitcoin.

the greater thing is that this loyalty card system not only streamlines bitcoin acceptance. but also help businesses create loyalty because they are giving out free money to customers, at no cost to the merchant.

It's not a bad idea - but the problem I see is that the cost is actually taken on by the middleman (in this case Bitpay). They too are running a business and are unlikely to share the same idea that Bitcoin should be promoted given that it negatively affects their bottom line. Promoting Bitcoin is always a problem - because who is willing to fund such promotion (consumers don't want to do it, business don't want to lose profit). If only there was an actual representative body that wasn't completely incompetent and useless *cough cough*.

While my viewpoint is quite controversial on this subject ----------

I feel that the traditional system must come to bitcoin, not the other way around.

My view is not popular since it may take a long time, has no guarantee of success, and kind of 'negates' all the money being invested by vc into btc.


Still I think this the best couse


Szabo's concept on btc taking on a role of 'gold' vs. those who want to buy cups of coffee are far the best path. 

Alt coins like ltc and others can handle these smaller transactions much better.

well there it is , think about it long and hard,  if you are not a gold digger looking for instant gratification I hope you find it sound as I

I'd like to look it at like that as well. Bitcoin would be the primary currency of the future and several altcoins would be secondary. Many payment processors would have exchanges built in them. So you can pay with whatever altcoin you prefer and the merchant gets his payment in bitcoin or whatever altcoin he prefers. As in advertising bitcoin I think that we all play a role in that by spreading the word in real life. Most of us cannot afford big billboard ads, so I guess spreading the word will have to do at the moment. The companies whose primary source of income is bitcoin related stuff should take the responsibility into their own hands and promote bitcoin on a wider scale.

we started advertising with google ads
I often see gambling sites(cryptogames.io) on the Google ads
I think it's a great idea

who will pay me to advertise this? haha LOL
I've done every day in facebook, I don't do advertising to the extreme, because I don't get paid for it

Actually I believe we must somekinda reach children with bitcoins. Think how Disney sells products to kids (erm I mean their parents)
Toys for bitcoins earned from video game may be even enough. Just imagine it! Lil boys will farm mmos all the way.

You won't get paid for obvious reasons, to make people more aware of Bitcoin. Your reward is the higher price that you will benefit from in the very long term. Helping the community isn't a job, it's something we do out of love for Bitcoin.

The program of loyalty should be good but maybe another waste of funds to bring new costumers into bitcoin world,but maybe could work .Bitcoin needs some funny ads on youtube that are free and the cost will be very small to produce something related to bitcoin,but the thing is that those ads should be no longer then 1 minute and be very clear.
Like a family into the street and someone call them to eat,and pay the account with bitcoin,something like these would impact and bring attencion.(QUESTIONS would be made what the hell is bitcoin ,is possible to pay with it ? these questions should make people search)

Bitcoin would make it so easy for Kids to be able to send and receive money without the need for a bank account. With Bitcoin, you don't need to provide your personal information, such as ID, your legal age, etc So this is an advantage, which makes Bitcoin accessible for anyone in the world. I think that movie companies like Pixar should make movies that would encourage the use of Bitcoins to kids. Would you imagine Woody or Buzz Lightyear (from Toy Story) using Bitcoins?  ::)

Haha, I couldn't. I could imagine "Professor" from The Power Puff Girls using it. You know, since he's making 10 year old anti-aging girls out of chemicals in his lab without a city authorized permit.

difficult to do that, if not paid, perhaps it is also perceived by others,
Let other people or products related to the bitcoin that conduct to advertising LOL :P

yes i believe that.
i think the best ways to advertising bitcoin is by using social media, and dont forget to tell what have you achieved from bitcoin  :P

I think Advertising is basic tricking people into buying something that they don't really need. The best thing for Bitcoin is always a simple and easy possibility to support our needs. :)

Do you occupy any social media for advertising the currency?

advertising has an element of informing as well which is important for Bitcoin mass adoption

1. a 30second tv advert cannot squeze in enough informative details to be of use, beyond looking like an apple pay app
2. a banner may be seen as just one of them binary options scams floating about.
3. until people can buy food, clothing and toilet paper. bitcoin is not ready for consumer mass adoption.

we need to concentrate on getting merchants onboard first. afterall thats what applepay done. merchants first, users second. mass merchants third, mass adoption forth..

we are nowhere near forth

yeah agree almost everyone has social media,
what we pay Facebook for advertising?

Nope, we need advertising
with advertising we can introduce our products, so that they know, it will be able to accelerate the adoption of the bitcoin to the society

true, if it does not use advertising, the growth of new members in the bitcoin will be slow,
so we need advertising

I agree with the merchants part first before consumer adoption. Ironically merchants won't adopt Bitcoin unless there's a demand and consumers won't use Bitcoin unless there are places to use it. this creates a self defeating cycle. we need some sort of catalyst to kickstart this growth of not we will not get anywhere.

I don't know about adoption in other countries but in Singapore it's pretty damn low, people still view it as a Ponzi scheme.

on another note, I think that we need to create some incentive to use Bitcoin like what PayPal did with offering free money for referrals etc. the problem is that Bitcoin is decentralised so who's gonna come up with the money? last I heard coin base has such an offer, I think we need more of it

we was do that dude,
advertising with the game, it is very effective for children,
example: flapper coin, coin hopper, this is good advertising
game and also introduced bitcoin to the public

Exactly, social media is the best way to promote bitcoins, as people are much more active on social media they won't watch their tv but they would be very much involved in social media so the promotions should be made in the best possible way to promote bitcoins and if it is done by some well know personality then it would add cherry to the cake.

Yeah, I'm contacting Michelle Obama on social media right now lol.

although advertise on social media if not the right target, I think it would be useless?
if you are advertising in the wrong people, they maybe ignored

The question is what exactly do you want to advertise ?

Just bitcoin as an asset to buy and hold, like gold or diamonds ?
Bitcoins as a way to pay for stuff, like Paypal does ?
Bitcoin trading, like the equity and forex brokers do ?
Some kind of bitcoin-based service, like sending money abroad ?

As i think we need not to advertise bitcoin in more ways as almost many of the best ways are in use so why to spend money for more advertisement.
According to the qualities of bitcoin it is getting self advertised.

yeah like that, bitcoin can use for everything
we can pay bills with bitcoin, we can trading with bitcoin, we can invest with bitcoin, and many others :D

Nope i think bitcoin can not self advertised ?

we should advertise it, how people can know about the gold, if nothing advertise it?

Yes, thank you.

spending bitcoins actively is the best way of advertising for sure. but giving readings to make people aware of the endless possibilities of bitcoin is also more than helpful.

more ?

i never seen an ad for Bitcoin anywhere in my life..

so how about "start" instead of more ?

Maybe we could spread the word of Bitcoin by making a commercial and stream it live whenever it is on a TV channel or YouTube. The commercial's purpose would be to attract people's attention by introducing a better way of payment than using standard payment methods such as Visa, Mastercard or even fiat money. I think this would really get Bitcoin towards mass adoption.  ::)

Yes I think we do

We could use more ads on the street and on tv

There are already a bunch of ads online so why not offline?

there was one with the greece drama i remember it was show on tv the symbol of bitcoin(a bit hidden), or they whole crysis was basically and AD itself

In this case, shouldn't we leave it up to the providers of these services to advertise themselves ?

Bitcoins must have someone handling its image as big companies,how much milions does bitcoins has invested into it?I dont believe that the devs arent worry to spread the world about bitcoin ,making the value go up and put bitcoin at the same place as currency and paypal and others services.But as i said cant be nothing very long ,they need to be curious about bitcoin,some ads with 1 month running ,and only showing a bit all weeks,soo people will start to think what the hell is that,cammon dont let me curious,i need to watch all weeks to see what it is.

Patience, sir. Surely, we will find a way.

We cannot because Bitcoin is an open project.

The actual creators are MIA.

yeah correct spending bitcoins besides making prices rise, is also for advertising

you have never seen it? when you see the site in google, maybe you will see the google ads, I've seen ads from gambling sites bitcoin?
it includes advertising

yeah true, we can try to offline advertising, try to introduce to the community such as street banners?

really? you haveant seen a btc ad? before i was introduce in btc im already seeing the symbol of (BTC) which at first
didnt pay attention about it but then i stumbled upon a faucet that has a symbol of btc and says you can earn real money with btc.
so i dont know about you maybe youre not paying much attention about btc ad.

Yeaha lot of advertising bitcoin, even I know the first bitcoin of the television,
what you haven't heard the ad bitcoin? its bulshit ?

Yes we need more advertising to bitcoin, still money people on internet dont know about bitcoin  ???

yes ,there is a great need of the advertisements of bitcoins .
because with the advertisment of bitcoins the use of bitcouns will  increase ,and the more use of bitcoins will results into the increases the value of bitcoines .
i have also advertise the value of bitcoins through my personal site and Facebook .
according to my thinking this is a great idea for the advertisement of bitcoins

yes very good if social media for advertising, imagine if all members advertise bitcoin
This will be very good for bitcoin in future

yeah advertise bitcoin for more members
more member = more demand
more demand = price will be raise

you just need merchants to adopt bitcoin

for example amazon adopting bitcoin would count as advertisement, which will bring more people into play

if people don't use bitcoin so much is because there are no one big, accepting them, so merchants need to do the first step

Yes but how likely is it that amazon would accept Bitcoin?
Not that much it seems. So we have to look for other ways to gain more users.
I hope Open Bazaar can help here out a bit in the mid to long run.

i beleve that,all of us must do that way,we need more ways of advertising Bitcoin currency,we need more than milion people to use bitcoin,we build the future,it include future payment,future currency,and future technology.
start to advertise or mention it to your frind or your family is the easiest way.

I would suggest eBay over Amazon.

they need the support for the government, they need to have a regulated payment system, this is the reason why they are not accepting it

besides that the 1MB limit will significantly limiting all the customers thta may begin to use bitcoin if amazon will enter in play

Openbazaar will definitely help and we need to keep working on solutions like this and keep concentrating on ourselves.

I am also sure that one day Amazon will adopt Bitcoin. It's just a matter of time!

I don't think we really need to go out do the advertising for bitcoins to attract more users. But if more and more businesses start accepting bitcoins as a payment option then surely many people come to know bitcoins but as of now bitcoins are more limited to gambling activities so common people may not be interested buy even though they are aware of bitcoins.

This is not wrong but education is much better than advertising it.

can you show me some screenshot of it?
I personally never received any bitcoin related ads from google in my entire life of browsing ::)
What website is it coming from ?

arent there some big companies accepting Bitcoin? was it dell or smth

If bitcoin starts sponsoring a big soccer team in Europe,that would greatly increase it's exposure.

Well in exposure yes, but would those sponsor make the interest into bitcoin be bigger then the current one?I mean some may search about what it is but it cant keep anonymous for the most,usual football publicity is related to something you already know.I believe with some good youtube ads we will achieve the online people and later can do those ads into tv,but well governments will maybe restrict them or fight against it soo or later bitcoin will boom.

That the best idea i heard today.

However I don't think the bitcoin foundation has that kind of budget. They have to pay at least 20M+ to sponsor a club like Barca or AC Milan

bitpay already tried that with american football last year... it didnt really gain much fame... so they dropped it this year

https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/bitcoin-st-petersburg-bowl-first-college-football-game-sponsored-cryptocurrency/

the problem is not about advertising.. its about bitcoin usage once people start thinking about bitcoin..
afterall there is no point wasting money on advertising if the viewers cannot buy beer or toilet roll with it from their local 7eleven.

and thats why europe doesnt bother advertising Euro's in america.. or why america doesnt advertise Dollars in britain...
so will all you "we need to advertise" fanboys. look passed the 15 minutes of fame and orgasms you will have from seeing the advert. and think about the non-bitcoin people who will see the advert for the first time. and what uses they will see of benefit..

remember 99% of people are not investors, and they wont spend money unless its on something useful.. so concentrate on bitcoins usefulness to common people before thinking of advertising bitcoin

I found out about bitcoin from advertisement. I knew absolutely nothing about bitcoin at that point,and i started researching it and found out how to get involved and i am still learning about bitcoin day by day. The less people know about bitcoin,the less usefull bitcoin will be,it's kind of a catch 22. With exposure,people will get curious about it and gain followings....  Advertisement is not THE solution,but it is part of the solution in order for bitcoin to become what we all want it to be. Just like you say we are "advertisement" fanboys,I can say you are a "usefulness" fanboy...  but I won't. What's funny is for that superbowl game bitcoin was accepted for ticket and concession sales at the game as part of the sponsorship, and the sponsorship itself was also paid for using bitcoin. So not only did they do advertisement,they also showed the usefulness of what could be done with bitcoin. And also besides north america,i am pretty sure that nobody else cares about that "bowl"  You can't compare European soccer to that.

I think that we need a lot more than just advertising to make people aware of it. Theirs so many more ways to promote and make people aware of Bitcoin but it is down to that area and the people in that town who choice to use it. Not everyone knows of it or understands it fully enough to use or think it is a scam.  You can advertise it all you want but hats like pissing in the wind if people will do anything to use. In time it will get to a point more are using it but still comes to the point of the big factor, "What If" Block chain is massive and needs to be shrunk and that does put people off and look to using 3rd party wallets, still then comes a risk of how secure it is.

wow a Bitcoin advertisement in real life? Who sponsored it?

As i saw make advertisement into any team wont result in any impact into bitcoin interest or value,the advertisements must be done online,and be funny those will bring new costumers into bitcoin.Spending thousands to show word bitcoin isnt the way ,we need some announce funny and short cant be above 1 minute and can be realeased once a week soo till they know full bitcoin they will search about it,i hope with openbazar the interest will change .

I guess awareness about Bitcoin will naturally increase once you have multiple bitcoin companies and they start advertising. It doesn't have to be the Bitcoin foundation (equivalent of America advertising dollars).
If there are telecom companies advertising, it is a positive for the advantages of mobile telephony as a whole.
In the same way, once there are multiple competing companies in the cryptospace and they start spending on advertising, Bitcoin will benefit.

They could start with a few local clubs and go from there. Certain things have to start out small to reach their full potential. I think that if bitcoin would start sponsoring a soccer team, more people would be aware, like parents at their kids football club on a Saturday.

I do think that all we need to do for now is creating awareness about this digital currency so that people stop viewing it as a method used by only criminals. Being able to inform the society on some of the key benefits of bitcoin will help boost the acceptance rate. In doing that also will make the government see the potential that Bitcoins have when it comes to running the economy.   believe it is better we create awareness and in itself do the marketing.

I believe that as more options of advertising digital currency we have the better. Currently, there is a lot of advertisement, but its not enough. We need to get to every side of the social scale in advertising bitcoin and this is still not done!

Even with the bitcoin being promoted heavily online,the interest of the people isnt getting inside bitcoin because we all know that there are a lot risks involved into it,knowing that its potencial is amazing and unlimited but well if there is no fresh money into bitcoin we will see it loosing value on the next years instead growing.

That's true, we need more and more people to be a part of bitcoin community and if the adoption level goes high we can expect a bit of price stability in the future, but bitcoins needs a great level of promotion at the initial stage, if the promotions are done in the best way then only it can create a positive impact on the mindsets of the people.

yes but the problem is bitcoin is not a company, it is a currency. Do you see USD sponsored on ronaldo jersey  ?

microsoft started accepting BTC, but it wasn't as dramatised as I thought it would be  ::) ::)

If it weren't for the first Galker and Slashdot articles I never would have heard of Bitcoin. Isn't that advertising?

Yes Dell accepts bitcoins as payment. Never tried it though, I'm not much of a fan of Dell, didn't have a good expierence with the laptop I bought from them.

To get back on topic, I do believe we need more ways of advertising, we need it more out in the real world and not just online. There could be advertisements on billboards and such.

Because when Microsoft started to adopt bitcoin there wasn't any news or press releases about it ::)
Now imagine if Microsoft goes to Technology expo and announces that they will use Bitcoin, it would be a different story ;)
And they only accept USA citizens :(

yes  , there is a great need of advertising the bitcoins .
there are less way to earn bitcoins like through jobs at office.
with the advertisement of bitcoins the user of bitcoins will increase and with the increase in the number of user the value of bitcoins also increase.
so i think there is a more needs for the advertisement of bitcoins.

I think these Black Fridays are a huge thing: I have some friends who started asking me info about BTC. I see more and more interested people around.
I think that's good

Yes, absolutely! IMO Bitcoin has too many bad news! Many ppl heard about it but still don't bother to step in. What we need is that more Bitcoin related services are coming out, cater our needs and provide unique utility to our life comparing with our traditional money systems. They have incentives to promote their services and Bitcoin, raise the awareness. Ppl know how they can use it for good cause and start to accept it.

Bitcoin is growing slowly and bringing new costumers into it ,but well because there is no a huge and effective promotion besides the people present at it and some banners online ,we are mooving up.If someone able to make advertisements with 1 minute showing something new ,todays the promotions are fast and the message arrives everyone the more stupid or without sense will be reminded always.

Yes good promotions can make a huge difference, TV advertisement or social networking sites can make a huge difference, or even if there is small article in newspaper can have a impact on the people, So the efforts should be made that bitcoins is promoted in the best possible way.

Yes it is good idea in advertising,,  and it great advertising bitcoin, its help you to get more money, easy paybills etc :)

Wow that is fantastic. Maybe such events are what bitcoin needs. I remember doge got pretty good coverage when it sponsored that nascar driver

Yes, we need more ways for introduce bitcoin to public, as we know bitcoin is known by small group right know.. But we can start from our family, friends and your neighbor start to tell about what bitcoin is.

With family and friends they love to see football and some programs into the tv then listening anyone of use saying welcome to bitcoin and the full control of your money.