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I see how many people are trying to promote bitcoins in their own way, I am moved and decided that this year, I will play my part in the most little way possible even if I am still a new member here and to bitcoins.

It took me some time to be able to think of something that I could do that will not cost me too much money since I do not have so much of that, and also something that will not require me to talk to people directly because I can get shy.

I decided to get stickers that I intend to distribute among transporters to put in their vehicles and tricycles, and also to put them in places that people can easily see.

I will appreciate someone help preview the post so my stickers can be seen.
https://i.imgur.com/ijf9s3D.jpg

here you go... now your images are viewable by the rest of the forum :)

And what does it say on those stickers? I can't see the whole caption, but it's something along the lines of "Bitcoin can give you financial stability", which is somewhat true, but what about the other risky side that includes volatility, secure storage, crypto scams?

Perhaps it would be wise to post a link in the form of a QR code that would lead to some legitimate source of information such as https://bitcoin.org/en/ with the note that this website comes translated into various languages, which should be taken into account if it supports your language.

If you just let people know that Bitcoin exists, many will end up on that well-known website that promotes fake bitcoin, or they will become victims of some crypto scam, whether it's fake wallets, exchanges or doublers.

So sorry, I did not realize that message on the stickers is not visible here. These are better images.
https://i.imgur.com/GmsPZm5.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/85PSzCx.jpg
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This is very wise, I will try to keep this up and include a link in form of a QR code in the next set of stickers that I will demand for.

Various methods can be adopted to promote bitcoin, in my case promoting bitcoin is not possible at all. I live in a country where bitcoin is a completely government-proclaimed banned currency. I can't promote Bitcoin everywhere, but I'm not far from promoting Bitcoin, I walk the streets with the Bitcoin logo printed on my t-shirt. I will make a visiting card on Bitcoin centered around one of the upcoming festivals. And I will promote that visiting card from all my social media.

The concept of decentralization and self-custody may not be easily understood by the masses but it would be better to preach that first. You can still add the investment part while letting them know the importance of not having centralized services like banks to interfere with your funds or transactions. The suggestion of Lucius could also work for this.

Good effort bud. However the message on the stickers, I do not like it personally. If I am not familiar with bitcoin, it sounds like a scam to me. There are no currencies that can promise financial independence. We must put in a lot of effort to achieve that by starting our own business, getting a good job, and creating many sources of income. Bitcoin is a digital currency that aims to become the same as the money we use every day. What would happen if a poor person saw one of your stickers and spent all of his or her small savings to buy bitcoin? Is that person going to become financially independent? Sorry but the stickers, in my opinion, are deceptive.

Thanks for that initiative it'll really help Bitcoin spread more in your country and the awareness.
But that's incomplete information, it might be at the back of that piece of paper or flier put a link where they can search and study technical aspects of Bitcoin, just follow the link suggested above because that's very informative, especially for newbies who are curious about Bitcoin.

Not only talking about financial and gaining potential profit, but it's also very important to how they will protect themselves against fraud and scams and how to have Bitcoin in a decentralized way.  Bitcoin blockchain network has a lot of stuff to use.

No offense, but the sticker tagline is giving me scammy vibes, and that's definitely not the vibe you want people to be getting. I prefer stickers with a more interesting message such as "defund the state"(on the top of my head) and such.

It's good to let people feels good about having being introduced to bitcoin in other for them to benefit also from this financial freedom we all enjoyed in this digital currency technology era, promoting bitcoin by printing stickers isn't a bad idea because it will increase the introduction of bitcoin to many off target areas to get to know about what bitcoin is, we can also engage on other voluntary means to advertise this and be mindful not to introduce scam or other things along with the brand under bitcoin and make people regret having bitcoin introduced to them.

Nice initiative Op, it's always nice to see people trying to promote Bitcoin one way or another and I'm sure alot of people are going to see it since your intedn to place them in transport vehicles, and just as others have suggested, you should try to change the words written on the sticker to something that passes a more captivating message. Because if I should come across something like this I won't even to look at it the second time tbh.

I'm sure there are lots of people out there who already recognize Bitcoin through the news they read or through promotions like you do. Just knowing is not enough without additional knowledge on how to use it, education is needed through face-to-face socialization between you and people who want to learn more about Bitcoin. Some people want to know more about Bitcoin, but they are embarrassed to ask. Socialization will help them become closer to Bitcoin because have been equipped with basic knowledge of storing and using Bitcoin properly.

I know this step is good for spreading bitcoin promotions in your area but how come they don't know anything about bitcoin if only stickers are pasted then there is no benefit for learning it will be useless too, it's true what @Lucius said posted a link in the form of a QR code leads to learning bitcoin from the bottom at least with this effort some people will do it and know after they do the QR form on their smart phone.

Honestly, I like the sticker you made and actually I also want to make a sticker for myself and stick it on my vehicle behind it so that it can be seen from other rear vehicles.

But that's your business, however, it's always different in doing it, I hope that the level of this bitcoin promotion will increase even more.

But in my opinion it's actually true that when we have full control over our funds with decentralised concept of holding and no third party intervention then it automatically gives you financial freedom.I think @OP is somehow trying to convince people to invest in bitcoin but the main thing is whosoever get aroused by it should know all the information and try to gain knowledge about how bitcoin works in reality.

It's normal sticker with tagline saying the use of bitcoin and targetting state can be conceived in other ways also by few people which is also problem but it's just bitcoin related guidance so in my opinion this one is also good.

This is absolute nonsense and any any will see you as a scammer, BTC is not a crowd funding or network that need referral, bitcoin is an alternatives for goodness sake.

You may get mob for this because such scheme in tge name of bitcoin without proper knowledge and teaching that can give the individual financial education is a total nonsens.

Many have been deceived with this, and if care is not taken some newbies could get scam through this.

This statement is discouraging, I understand that I have not properly carried out the act I set out to do and have missed out on some important details that would have made a better more informative message, but don't just say I have done nonsense please. I have the intention to do better, so I will take all the advice I can get from this post on how best to make an effective sticker to promote bitcoins, and then reprint to stick them on places that people will see them for promotion sake.

So far, a good initiative. You are doing everything you can to adapt to Bitcoin. Truthfully, the idea isn't that bad. But it doesn't seem overly expensive to me, and it seems to work. No matter what criticism you receive, ignore it. I truly appreciate you using your own money to support Bitcoin. At least many people will learn about Bitcoin. I'm not sure, though, if the slogan is ideal. Others would offer their thoughts on that. Keep going.

Don't let some members' comments demotivate you; this is a forum where many people are working to advance Bitcoin, so our personalities won't always match. Instead, show courage because that is the only way you can pick up new skills quickly. I can see you're trying to raise Bitcoin awareness, which is why you went ahead and made those stickers. It is admirable that you are attempting to raise knowledge about Bitcoin, but you should take additional steps to ensure that the public has access to accurate information by placing some websites names on the sticker so they can get full information about  Bitcoin there.

I appreciate what you're doing and that's really a good initiative that you're doing it. But the thought of looking at it is as if we're guaranteeing the profit for everyone. You've spent your own funds printing those stickers and had the effort but I think it just needs to be modified and remove the "financial freedom" part. Other than that, you're doing a good job and people like you is what I really appreciate in making everyone be aware that bitcoin exists.

Seems not bad with your ideas how promoting bitcoin and I saw your sticker talk about Bitcoin give financial stable, correct me if wrong about your sticker words. I don't think about good words because Bitcoin can't guarantee with your financial stable after investing because have high risk when Bitcoin price going drop.

Don't give your people heaven's Wind when investing in Bitcoin, I don't said wrong with your promotion but have been realistic not talk about advantage only from Bitcoin investment but also how to make many people understood about risk and disadvantage when their money investing in Bitcoin.

Good one OP. Several members have promoted bitcoin in their region the best way they can. I applaud your initiative, it’s less expensive and will reach a larger audience. I appreciate the fact that the message was “buy and hodl bitcoins to achieve financial freedom.” This could be interpreted out of context but I think it’s a good advert strategy.
Really? How did you hear of bitcoin? I don’t see any referral link or website in the images. The slogan may not be ideal but it will certainly attract interest from the public. 
Give him a break. How much information can be shared on a sticker that will be enough to equip a newbie? Slogans are supposed to be short and catchy if they are too long the reader loses interest quickly. Anyone who’s genuinely interested will do their own research.

Sorry to ops if I sounded too harsh but the point I am trying to make is, Bitcoin if not properly thought it could lead to a scam in the sense that, since bitcoin is decentralized its services may not be publicly available in some countries due to restrictions on bitcoin so the newbiemay not have access to bitcoin in the local stores and that means the newvies will rely on onlune information, so this can lead him into falling victim to an online scam or hacks due to lack of knowledge about privacy and security.

And if the newbies don't have first information with an in-depth explanation about wallet and wallet securities they may not be able to properly manage their Bitcoin holdings.

Mazel tov OP. You are taking small steps to promote bitcoin. It is also a good idea to place the stickers on public transport vehicles. I remember some years ago seeing billboards in train stations making advert for bitcoin. What I would like to suggest is that in the next batch of stickers you print, please add a small caveat informing the public that it is a volatile asset. This will enable those who are interested know what they are getting into.

Slow down, you’re typing too fast. Your text is poorly constructed and full of typos. I can’t understand what you’re saying here. Since when did researching online become a bad thing? Isn’t bitcointalk threads and resources also online information? In your opinion I would like to know how the OP’s short bitcoin sticker will solve this problem of hacks and scam platforms.

Maybe change the message about bitcoin can give freedom since this might mislead people and think about this stickers is all about mlm then this discourage people look or even participate on what you want to show to the public. Much better if you put educational message since maybe this could attract some peoples attention to do research about it.

Really appreciate this method, it's simple and can at least introduce anyone to Bitcoin. So that makes them curious and want to know what Bitcoin is. And the spread of Bitcoin stickers will actually be wider compared to teaching directly because there might be location and time limitations. But what is certain is that whatever the method, spreading and introducing Bitcoin to people is something special. I personally still don't dare to do this or spread Bitcoin except with my family because here, crypto is still being contested.

that's a good and interesting thing, but don't just promote bitcoin profits, you have to explain all aspects of bitcoin, starting from the risks, fortunately, how to make a wallet, tell the type of wallet, how to make shipments or sales to market exchanges, and tell them about the history of bitcoin.

maybe it's too long to promote, and a better way is to navigate to a website about information about bitcoin investing and all about the history of bitcoin.

Not a bad way to promote bitcoin and crypto currencies, but just curious, why would they want to put the stickers on their "vehicles and tricycles"? I don't think they would do it without any incentive. Also, like others said, you need to change the message. People as soon as they read the message will ignore it thinking it is another ponzi scheme. For those who have never heard of crypto currencies financial freedom will  mean that they won't need to worry about money but we (those who already knows about bitcoin) know that it actually means that having control of our own money with no third parties involved.

TBH, I think that stickers will mostly grab the attention of those who are pretty aware of Bitcoin and have it already. Most people won't even notice, But I might be wrong, I don't want to discourage anyone.

you use your money for an ordinary but useful action. the matter of the message on the sticker, I don't pay attention to it. the most important thing is that people will ask questions or at least find out about Bitcoin.
I've also seen some young people where I was hanging out in a cafe and wearing t-shirts with Bitcoin themes. when more people do what you do, it will accelerate more people to know Bitcoin.

Sticking bitcoin strikers on vehicles and also attaching bitcoins to clothes is also a great way to promote bitcoin, but we also have to be active on social media and create social media accounts that focus on bitcoin and upload interesting content, we also have to actively write blogs and explaining about bitcoin, we also have to actively post our stories on washab and Facebook.

That’s great to see that these types of efforts mate. Really appreciate it. But to be honest, now a days, is someone doesn’t know about Bitcoins or crypto, it proves that either they are illiterate or they are not wealthy. I mean almost each and every wealthy person on the earth is aware of Bitcoins and they invest in it to make extra money from it. Moreover Bitcoins have became so popular that, some specific governments are trying to oppose it in order to control Bitcoins. So yes doing these type of promotions in a country where Bitcoins are illegal, might end up in legal crisis. Nevertheless OP your efforts are really needed to be praised.

Op, you have done very well I do love the concept which you presented it's very short and simple, from what I have seen so far I am not sure if someone have come to think about this concept or strategies to promote bitcoin to people.
Stickers are one of the most common thing people always come across to sees everyday by day while entering any public vehicle or any public place, such as shopping mall, workshops and eatery, beauty salons and Factories. This spread very faster without being in face to face discussion. Maybe in your next phase try to enhance it to be more better just as what @Lucius (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5436712.msg61652252#msg61652252) have suggested earlier.

Goodluck.

thank you mate for keeping the fire burning around your locality, i know is not very that easily to start up this but just have it in mind that your working for bitcoin exposure. btw, bitcoin has already given us a financial freedom, but from your sticker it says "bitcoin can give you financial freedom" this statement is not certain. i know it will cost you to make this changes maybe while printing next you can make some corrections and pick some ideas shared here.

I appreciate OP's effort, but I think it won't work. If I'm someone who doesn't know anything about bitcoin, doesn't know bitcoins good or bad, I will refuse to stick them on my vehicle and will not promote them non-profit. Promoting like this is so misleading that people think bitcoin is more of a scam than attracting other people's attention. In my opinion, if you want bitcoin to become more popular, what you should do is recommend it to everyone you know, I believe the effect will be higher.

Should OP really ignore those criticisms ? I feel like he should read em up and filter what's both good and bad from whatever been said.
It's only someone that's weak that sees positive criticisms as insults. But as you've encouraged, I'll ask add up to say that's a good one there, there's a possiblity of five people out of ten who sees that sticker's ( will definitely make little search about what Bitcoin is )

OP! Don't be scared if people mock you cause your English is bad or you're not very good at speaking fluent English in public, gather them all round and improve your ass. Those are one of the skills needed as you go, communication skills and convincing skills.

It's a good step also to learn, teaching what you've got little idea and knowledge of. I'm wishing you good luck here, abide by the rules.

It is only a small portion of us here that are into bitcoin because of its decentralized nature and maybe privacy and other such good advantages apart from investment increments. The majority of us are into bitcoin because we want to attend financial stability according to what the sticker says

That is why I always say that if bitcoin eventually becomes a stable coin majority of us will not be here. We are here because we all want to gain financial stability. So that is the same gospel that is being preached and the same mindset of get rich quick is planted to newcomers in the cryptocurrency industry

You have done a great promotion to introduce bitcoin to people around you. With that sticker, they will get curious and start looking for more information about bitcoin on the internet. Maybe you can give them your contact number so they can contact you if they have further questions about bitcoin. This is just to keep them from falling for the wrong information they find on the internet because many investment programs try to deceive people who want to make short-term profits. Keep it up @OP and hopefully, more people will get interested in bitcoin and start learning about it and investing in it.

Wouldn't this be considered vandalism? I know some users might argue that it'll still work, but the legal issues that brings up is worth mentioning. Also, the fact that I immediately think about those trump stickers, and various other climate change organisations which caused uproar by leaving these types of stickers around, probably isn't a good thing. Since, my opinion of that type of advertising isn't great.

It'd probably be better to just purchase adverts which allow advertising this sort of stuff or sort of group funding billboards. That would probably be more effective, and less irritating for people. Especially, if you're defacing equipment that you don't have permission to do so.

You have a good idea and a good motivation to spread awareness, but judging by your sticker, it is best not to put a slogan or anything? Like pure bitcoin, but with a QR code that redirects the user to the bitcoin website for them to read or a video that explains bitcoin? It appears to be another propaganda campaign for bitcoin, similar to a Ponzi scheme or something. However, your idea is great, and your initiative is commendable; and  having that sticker printed will cost you money. You can still put it on those who are willing to put it in their car, but make another version 2 of it and ask here in the forum. For sure, a lot of people here will suggest what is the best.

OP I so much cherish and appreciate your efforts in this campaign. This step  you took is a good one and it is self explanatory a bit. One can see it and do his or her own research on it to know more on bitcoin. With this sticker anybody that is digitally inclined will have no much stress to asking questions but rather do his internet surfing to getting more information not only that, anybody who sees you giving out the sticker who is interested and is curious as to why you are sharing them would want to hear from you hoping to get more information on how bitcoin works. This idea of yours is a good and nice one to work with. This is a goal we must achieve to fasten up the bitcoin adoption process in our various locality.

Your idea for Spreading information about bitcoin is smart and effective. My plan is to gift my girlfriend and every other important person in my life bitcoin on Valentine's day.

I appreciate your efforts you putting just to promote bitccoin,  you are doing a great job for giving people awareness bitcoin. You adding value to people's life. Even if it is one person that your promotion makes the person to have interest in bitcoin,  you have giving a vital information that will benefit the person in life, because bitcoin has always been a good benefit to those who have it. That one person
 Who sees how bitcoin is valuable to possess will also give awareness to other people.

This is a nice move from OP, we need more users like him.

For me the best way to promote bitcoin has been talking about it to familiars and friends, I wake up their interest in them talking about my experiences with the crypto. And some of them already invest in it and are happy with the experience. While more they know about bitcoin more they want to learn.

yes there's the risk aspect of bitcoin that should be exposed to new comers which is very necessary, but in this case I think him giving them the idea to know that there's something called bitcoin that exist over a decade now, I believe from having the knowledge of the existence of such resource for those who then develop interest they would then be exposed to the risk that also involved.  That's my thought though!

Your idea is not bad at all, but if I were you, I would have looked for a way make some money for myself through this medium as well, I want to believe you spent money to print this sticker, wouldnt be a bad idea if you try to make that money back plus maybe a little profit..

What I would have done is include a whatsapp or telegram group which people that saw the ad and are interested in buying bitcoin can join, when they join the group, I will tutor them on how to create their bitcoin wallet, give them my affiliate link where they can buy Bitcoin from, I get my little commission, I will also teach them how to withdraw and keep their bitcoin safe from Hackers and scammers, and all.

I don't know about the place you are from but if anyone definitely tries what you are saying in my area. It will certainly bring out a scam notion of what you are trying to do. People in my locality are well aware of so many various scam that have took place through group chat in social media platforms like telegram, whatsapp and so many more and couple with the fishy write up in the Stickers. I feel the slogan would have been a bit simplier but anyways its still a nice initiative and a very bold step in creating curiousity in the mind of people around your locality towards bitcoin. Welldone on your efforts

For sure there are various ways to promote this technology but the problem is to how will your invitees be able to handle the risks involved in this industry. Itis easy to persuade and convince other people but imagining them blaming you for their losses is another thing. Many people in this industry for sure experienced a friend who felt bad from investing into this technology especially during market price downfall. Not them knowing that losses will only be permanent once they sold their assets. Problem is their impression towarda this industry wherein many people believe that profit will be easily earned from investing in cryptocurrencies.

Did you click on the link that he provided? I think what is written in the stickers are also a kind of a slogan. I am sure that people will remember it once they read it whether accidentally or intentional. They will then research it randomly and that is going to be the start of their involvement in Bitcoin.

And/but What do you mean by pure Bitcoin? Only just the orange "BTC" logo? But that won't be a slogan anymore, though I like your idea of putting a QR code in the sticker. I am only not sure if this requires extra payment since the OP already said that he have a limited budget. If we really want this thing to be seen next then maybe we can donate some coins in the OP? Are you okay with that?

You have made a step to educate people to Bitcoin. Congratulations for that.
But, does people actually care with that sticker without knowing and listening what that is? It's the same as you received a poster about some kind of technology that you have never heard of before then the chance you would throw away that poster is really high and then so does people feel there.

I'm not trying to make you down or something but it'd be better if you just give them a sticker regularly and tell them about Bitcoin to educate them, that's way more meaningful than just a bunch of sticker without any follow up.

That's pretty good indeed my OP appreciates you in this regard and I like your way.
But on the other hand, you also have to look at where you live. It doesn't matter if a lot of people in your area already know about bitcoin but if not it can be a little tricky because if you say this to people who don't know anything and bitcoin is still taboo this will run the risk of being branded as a fraud of course because it's like promoting something new to they.
But it is only temporary and what you are doing is very good.

Although talking to people direct makes the OP shy, I still like the idea put together by him because personalized advertising is a good advertisement tool and it gets people's attention. If information about Bitcoin was passed like this during the early creation of BTC most of us that join the cryptocurrency investment scheme would have somehow held some portion of Bitcoin before the first halving

I like your creativity of a way of making awareness to people who are yet to understand bitcoin at all but don’t you you think “Financial freedom” phrase need detail explanation, the transport vehicle owners may decide to hang the stickers on their motorbikes and vehicles but they wouldn’t be able to explain it for the passengers especially the conductors who can’t explain to the literates ones.

I suggest you add two line of sentences about bitcoin in small fonts describing what bitcoins is all about, you can pick interesting words from bitcoin white paper and explain them in your own way that people will understand very easily and comprehend without stress.

Great job on your Bitcoin promotion! A lot of people would never go that far and take such initiatives despite believing strongly in Bitcoin. Especially if its too much work or costs any amount of money (or time). I am glad to see there still are real Bitcoiners in the world who love Bitcoin, truly.

Your contribution to Bitcoin adoption marketing will be remembered when Bitcoin becomes the one global money. And I do believe that will eventually happen. Of course it will happen much faster if we had more amazing people like you in our Bitcoin community!

Keep up the good work and update us on your progress!

People keeps supporting bitcoin and helps good with the adoption of bitcoin. More people are in the act of spreading the word about bitcoin through different means. Most were spreading through word of mouth and other means of briefing its usage and helping them own bitcoin. This is something different and surely these pamphlet will make the people to go research what is bitcoin. Atleast one out of five could get interested and turn to be an investor.

A very commendable act or move for someone who is really that supporting Bitcoin not only on the earning opportunity that it gives but also into the usage and utility that it is really giving.
We know that recognition is on the move but it would be more much faster at least if there are people who are really that widespreading some awareness even into the most simplest way.
With these stickers then for those who do have zero knowledge on what it is, will really make some curiosity on mind on what it is and would be finding out on what
it is and it would mold up in a new bitcoin or crypto supporter or enthusiast.

I thought I'm the only one who got that vibes as well the time I read what's on that sticker or whatever the OP is sharing to others.

I mean I don't have anything in my mind that can help other people learn everything about Bitcoin, but I guess the OP is sharing might lead those newbies to scammy websites than legit ones.

If you have extra funds, maybe making a tarpaulin on an area where there's many people passing by or maybe a billboard if you have more extra funds :). I'm not saying that what you are doing isn't helpful, but in that way, it will make your work less easier and at the same time, you can still share the information with other people. Nevertheless, 10 for the initiative of advertising Bitcoin in your own way.

OP, you have done a great job this year by joining the bitcoiners to spread the good information about Bitcoin and how is important to humanity in the society. I believe, this step you took this month of January will make you popular in the environment because many people are waiting to see more information about Bitcoin so that they will be part of it and enjoy the benefits attached to it. I think, many people in that community you carry out such stickers from will help you to spread the information for the government officials to be aware of Bitcoin and how it can help countries to improve in the area of economy.

Nice idea and initiative OP, even though you say that you are new here and one thing we admire is that you have a very good interest in Bitcoin, here we support the form of ideas that OP will do to broaden people's horizons and expand Bitcoin knowledge to the general public , the various methods the OP could do to introduce Bitcoin and allow everyone to adopt it , you've spent some money printing stickers about Bitcoin, good performance for getting it out to people.
And we support you for this good thing, Good luck and stay consistent.

I have a feeling what OP is trying to do is spread the image of bitcoin, to let people know that there is such a thing as bitcoin and it has the potential to bring financial freedom to everyone. But for people to really understand bitcoin properly, there must be lessons about it, and that will depend on how each person seizes the opportunity. If someone sees bitcoin logos and is curious to know more about them, they will search for them on the internet. We cannot convey everything about bitcoin with short messages, what we can only give them is the chance to know about bitcoin. It can say what OP did is the best possible thing.

I think this is a great idea, and hopefully you'll follow up with us on this, with some photos and what not of your stickers actually being put to use.  We all have to do our part to help the adoption of bitcoin, or at least we all should be, because even as great as any scientific breakthrough might be, if it doesn't catch the entire publics eye, it may not get excepted or established, especially one that goes against the "establishment"..ie governments and traditionalists.

what a sensible idea to promote bitcoin. of course the main thing to do is to start from ourselves to increase knowledge about bitcoin, and people will be interested in learning about it when they see our acquisition of bitcoin. by making a lot of money from bitcoin then they will come closer to find out what business we are doing. from there we can provide knowledge about bitcoin, so they can determine the path to be taken after knowing bitcoin, because there will be many views about bitcoin there are pros and cons, but at least we have told about bitcoin in the right way

If you have spirit of doing so then do not worry about that you are new here. Your determination is very good and actually you give us idea to promote Bitcoin in own way. In my country more than 90% are unaware of BTC and crypto. I will also try my best this year to spread awareness about BTC and decentralization. Here crypto are not regulated but good news is that talking about BTC and spreading awareness is not banned.

This is best suitable for you and this is absolutely new idea. I have not seen single vehicle who has sticker of BTC. I will try to start from my WhatsApp and Facebook status and I will put some Good quality status about BTC. Second I will also copy your idea and make some sticker in own Languages to spread this message. I hope it will work for me.

I think putting up stickers to bus stops can be very nice start to promote Bitcoin. People would definitely see it while passing by. But it doesn't directly create awareness. I think adding tiny qr code under it good informative websites about Bitcoin is awesome idea. Some members suggested it before me I see. I think we can add more visuals tho. Many stickers about Bitcoin around I see are only with Bitcoin logos and coins etc. We should probably add more about visual representation of Bitcoin's technologies etc.

If I am new and come across an introduction and then an invitation to join a telegram or whatsapp group...I will stay away from all of them, and I will say they are just trying to find scam me than trying to help me. I really like OP's idea, and we should just stop there, if they want to learn and invest in bitcoin, there are lots of ways for them to do it. I don't like creating groups, guiding them, and then making a little commission through links, it's not worth it.

I think only some people who are aware of financial freedom will be interested in bitcoin when they see bitcoin ads because now if we see many governments always try to do FUD on bitcoin and make people afraid to invest in bitcoin even though we try to promote bitcoin in the best way possible , but this will not make bitcoin adoption grow rapidly in a short time, especially as long as the government still bans bitcoin then it is unlikely that we will see that bitcoin will really be used by everyone.

This idea is different from the ones we've seen before, and it's another way to introduce bitcoin to people around where the @OP lives.
But there is a next question for me what will @OP do after this?
What if the people who got the stickers wanted a more detailed explanation of bitcoin?
@ OP needs to think of another way so people don't think it only works for some people so they can start looking for more valid information and join using bitcoin.

That's a risk with anything you recommend in life. It's probably best to be clear that it is a risky industry, and just point them to certain resources which discuss the risk, but also the benefits. Let them make the decision, but just sort of get them interested. I don't want people to go out there, and sort of sell Bitcoin as the best thing ever. Despite, what they might think, Bitcoin definitely isn't for everyone, and I would say it's a little more risky than fiat, simply because it's a lot more complex, and different for people to understand. That's without research obviously, and a little bit of tinkering around with Bitcoin.

It's not overly complex, it's just people like things simple. The simpler things are, the less risk there is generally. Potentially, even offer to teach them a little bit about it rather than just encouraging them to find out themselves. I'd still tell them to do their own research though, and to verify everything that you've taught them.

By promoting by distributing or sticking stickers that say Bitcoin is the first way to make the public curious so that further questions will arise starting from what Bitcoin is, how the benefits and disadvantages are.
Here we need more insight and knowledge and experience to explain in detail. In this context what we need is a delivery method that can get people interested.

What I worry about with such methods is that people's paradigm arises that these efforts are a mode of fraud instead of not happening. I think you're right that OP needs to make a sustained effort after this promotional effort has caught people's attention.

Nice effort. This reminds me to do something similar in my local area when I find the time.
Just a tiny detail, I think plural of Bitcoin is still Bitcoin without the s. Not sure if a real convention exists, but that's what sounds right to me.

I agree on some concerned messages though, that the stickers might arise the idea of a typical "fraud" attempt. Any kind of promise in regards of "financial independence / freedom" is always problematic. Maybe re-phrasing the whole thing with something along the lines of "Bitcoin: Time to learn about the possibilities of a decentralized, censorship-resistant store-of-value" would be more appropritate.

absolute nonsense like "any any," right?  Nonsense nonsense bla bla makes no sense unless you are probably talking sense. 
The OP is a newbie who may have had a fine little motivation in a few threads to do what he did; yeah, I can guess that. But if we should point out his errors, we should also do so with suggestions for correction and possible suggestions that can help him should he want to try that again.

OP, first, I appreciate your effort, but Bitcoin is not a get-rich-quick scheme; yeah, I've heard that before in this forum. So when creating a caption for Bitcoin, you should not write it in a way that makes some novices think it's just something that could cause their financial breakthrough. Lucius and Mk4 have given you a good glow. Add a link (QR code) and change your sticker title. IMO, something like "What do you know about Bitcoin?" then add the Lucius link.

Well, I don't know if this is a good idea. I support any undertaking and support OP's initiative, but I doubt whether these actions will be of any use. A good product doesn't need advertising, especially in the form of stickers. Personally, such things repel me, but don't attract. Whether it will work on other people is also a question. Bitcoin, as a good product, should be used and thus attract attention, and not advertised with stickers. Most people here (on bitcointalk) didn't learn about btc through stickers, right? So you need to try to promote it in a different way.

Disagree about the criticism. Under no circumstances should it be ignored. It is better to listen to criticism and try to see weaknesses in your actions for their subsequent elimination.

This is a great idea, no doubt. But is bitcoin legal in your country? It is banned where I am from, so I want to know if it is. If it's legal, then this could help the community for sure. But if not, then this might get you into troubles if the law department chooses to. We have been facing some issue here with crypto use.
And also if regular people get involved in crypto by this without proper knowledge, then they may lose their assets while investing. I will suggest you to add a QR code which will lead to more information which will help them to start as a newbie.

Here's a version I made. QR code is generated from 77QR generator (https://77qr.io/). You can find many on the internet. Feel free to add whatever link you think will help people to understand the risk and invest accordingly if they are willing to do so. Like when to buy and when to sell to get profits, or the benefits of HODLing. You can write your own article or collect from the internet.

https://i.ibb.co/1bKv3xV/GmsPZm5.jpg

Edit accordingly to your choice. In the end, it's just a suggestion. It's up to you if you like it or not.

[Note: The link in the QR code leads to an article about crypto investment's risk and how to avoid them. Not an actual suggestion to use, just for example.]

Nowadays, the internet is very developed, and everyone has a smartphone. If they want to know what bitcoin is, just search them on social media. Our job is to let people know bitcoin exists, what more could you want from the OP when he doesn't need any profit from what he did? We just need to give the idea and they can grasp it or not, it's up to them, don't ask for too much.

If people can find a trusted source to learn more about bitcoin, they are lucky because most people can make mistakes when learning bitcoin, so they can't get the benefits like others.
And even though they can use the internet properly and correctly, that doesn't mean they can find a good place to study.
This is why there needs to be ongoing action from @OP to invite them to study together to gain knowledge from people who know about bitcoin.
Maybe, in this case, @OP can find other people who are more skilled in explaining it so that people who want to learn can get explanations from people who know about bitcoin.

I do not recommend looking for information about bitcoin from social media because social media has now changed its function and is not a place to spread true information, but much of that information is wrong.
As ordinary people, they will believe what they read on the internet and will not look for more info and that's what causes a lot of people to get the wrong info about bitcoin.
On social media, their focus may shift from wanting to find out about bitcoin but instead, they will be interested in investing in projects that offer large returns in a short time.
That's why I said there should be an effort to inform or invite them to learn more about bitcoin.

OP, I can see the little you can done on spreading bitcoin awareness in your own way,which is very impressive. Next time you should be sure of what you are doing by having the knowledge of bitcoin so that you don't mislead the people.

Learning is what will improve you on bitcoin, you should read more threads in the forum and make research in google to ground you properly. Great work you did and don't get discouraged with criticism. Follow up with you have started.

I highly agree. Learning isn't only good for OP but also for him to inform the knowledge he learnt as a way also to promote crypto and bitcoin. Even if we say that we are currently in the computer age, there're still people who hasn't have any idea what crypto is, and most of them are thinking that it is a scam, that is why it is helpful for him to learn knowledge regarding crypto for him to educate and teach them what blockchain and crypto is and also their uses.

first of all, it is really nice that you are doing this with your own money without any support, this alone should be appreciated, thank you for your effort. however, it would be nice if the posters you have had a website address that explains the benefits of bitcoin and the dangers in the industry at a level that beginners can understand, so that people can directly learn what awaits them in the bitcoin world

You're great man!   Also you can use social media now for it to be seen worldwide and you can reach more and more people nowadays since most of the jobs now are digital we can promote crypto as payment for services as well, it is convenient and fast. But good job tho!  such an effort to make a things like that. That's great and will try my part to promote it as well.

You have really done well and this looks like an exceptional effort to make Bitcoin known to the world. This step is alone a great one and promoting Bitcoin with your funds means you are part of the those people that are seeking for the full adoption of Bitcoin as a payment system which is going to benefit everyone of us that are holders of Bitcoin.
I am always very happy whenever I see people talking and writing about Bitcoin which is a good way to keep telling the world that there is something they need to learn that can be of benefits to everyone.

Good step, because one in ten will surely try to Google or read some article to understand what is bitcoin. Understanding the real meaning will surely land him into our forum or somehow he will try to experiment and starts using it. Through some means we need to keep promoting bitcoin to reach the real purpose for which this is being innovated. Word of mouth spreading works more effective than any other means and what he does is something similar to word of mouth spreading.

The development of Bitcoin is still in its infancy, and too many people do not understand it, and are even afraid of embracing it in the encrypted world. On the one hand, I agree with your methods and efforts to allow more people to accept and participate in the encrypted world. On the other hand, I also admire the early participants. Their courage and cognition are worth learning from. Too many people will all participate in the middle of Bitcoin's development, that's for sure. So I hope you stick to this meaningful thing.

by putting a bitcoin sticker on public transportation with the intention that people are familiar with bitcoin, I think that's really good. but in my opinion the drawback is that even though people know the bitcoin image or the bitcoin logo, what they are worried about is they don't know the knowledge to invest in bitcoin, because they only see the bitcoin logo.

Bitcoin knowledge is vast and you cannot learn it all in a few days or invest in it in a hurry. He gave everyone a chance and it was up to them to take it or not. Like me, I know about bitcoin through a friend of mine, but my knowledge is not taught by him, but I learn everything by myself through forums, youtube...It can be said that knowledge about bitcoin is everywhere on the internet, as long as you really want to learn, nothing can make it difficult for you.

His goal was to make people aware of the existence of bitcoin and it was a success. Even if you, or I, cannot improve your own economy, don't expect a way to improve the economy of an entire community. We can only show them the opportunity and it's up to them if they can make it happen, we can't help them with that.

the stickers are very nice,
but I would suggest, it would be even more appropriate if the sticker was posted, web or link, to learn about bitcoin, so that people understand what bitcoin is and what are the benefits of investing in bitcoin, and what are the risks of investing in bitcoin.

what you do is a unique and interesting activity.

You did a good and I'm sure you are doing this to spread the bitcoin word and promote it in the place where you are living but I don't think these stickers will do any positive things however it depends on the person and the place where you are doing this, because if I personally had no knowledge about bitcoin and see these stickers I won't pay any attention and will think these are just created for advertising something which is not interesting for most of the people, Instead I suggest you to write some more words and give some more information about bitcoin which be more interesting for people.

Good initiative with you OP and those continuously learning make you more knowledge that could be used to share with other people and of course, getting curious of it they make probably change your life in an instant, this could bring a possible life changer with you or to that particular person saw the stickers, it's good too if you might add some information with it so you can guide them whenever you leave that sticker.

Appreciated your effort, because you have the initiative to introduce Bitcoin to the general public by distributing Bitcoin stickers.

Offline and manual methods like this will be very meaningful, where when you put a sticker and someone asks you can immediately answer and explain bitcoin to them. This will form an interaction that will make people more interested.

It's also a good idea, the sticker that you attach is accompanied by a barcode so that everyone can scan the barcode to find out detailed information about bitcoin.

Even if it's just a sticker, it will appeal to other people who see it and then look for detailed information.

Have to say the only stickers I've ever come across in my wanderings (apart from on shops to signal an accepting merchant) have always been neutral (no message), or even funny/non-serious (I distinctly recall the rollercaster Bitcoin person thing). Hard to spread a message without providing some kind of evidence, but I do always wonder what a person sees first when Googling. Definitely need to think about adding this forum link ;)

This is a great move and I so much love the way people are being so creative and so much innovative with everything they do and this is a greater move to Bitcoin awareness in your local community.
I guess my eyes are not failing me because I would advice that if it was possible that you add more details to your write ups so it could atleast give more details to the message you're trying to pass across, all the same Yu did a very great and excellent work and indeed I'm proud of you and this is also one of the awareness I'm also trying to pass across and I'm sure I will definitely get these Bitcoin aware gospel preacher in my local community too.

I think in the Philippines that will work best. A lot of their public vehicles can be commissioned to place stickers or banner ads in exchange for cash, and about 10-20 bucks usually do the trick. Aside from that you can also increase people's interest in bitcoin through word of mouth. I've heard there's a lot of tattle-tales in that country so we may as well use them to  increase bitcoin's reach to the masses by informing them foremost of success stories that came about from investing and working on bitcoin. All in all, no effort is small when it comes to letting people know that bitcoin is a thing.

And more importantly the place of volatility in holding, because most members of the public do not know the risk associated with bitcoin, because there are several risk factors just as you mentioned.
- bank interference which is a major setback from the true spirit of decentralization.
-the risk of sharp price movement and the place for patents while holding bitcoin as an investment.
-the level of bitcoin adoption in your locality and what the best wallet to use for long-term security.
This and many more are the facts one needs to settle with before holding bitcoin, I am glad ops is taking this step, but there is a need for adequate enlightenment before investment for effectiveness.

Stickers are basically gorilla marketing, and its not bad at all and every bit helps. If we had 1000 people all around the world doing the exact same thing, it would become a huge wide spread mainstream media news, but one person is not that much news, yet its as best as you can do.

On the other hand, if we could do more online, because crypto is an online thing, and I believe that we are going to end up with something much better when the time comes and with those online spreading of awareness we are all doing, its going to keep on growing. It's not just about price, its about how many people are involved, because the more people equals the better adoption for it and a better future.

Everybody have different method of removing bitcoin so it is left for you to understand your own mention that you used to promote bitcoin so my own understanding of promoting bitcoin is to connect people or make people to be aware of Bitcoin and knowing that you can use bitcoin to buy something for another country so therefore that is my own understanding of promoting Bitcoin in the place I came from

Another effective method for educating the public about bitcoin can be stickers. But since the majority of people don't know anything about bitcoin, your decision to distribute stickers in that manner without first briefing them about bitcoin makes not much sense to the general public.

Despite your shyness, you should have at least hinted at what they should know about bitcoin or, better still, directed them to register on this forum to learn more.

It's very admirable action from the OP who is trying hard to promote Bitcoin. But I would also agree with what you said. Because now there are many people who don't know what is Bitcoin and how it works?. So if we put a picture of Bitcoin or make festoons or stickers, it won't be the first step to educate people about bitcoin so this strategy will not be effective. But I will definitely appreciate the OP's initiative. If they can teach awareness about bitcoin with good knowledge that will be effective way for developing bitcoin to the people. Otherwise, any type of work will not be successful.

As others have said, you have to show a QR code that leads to the official website about what bitcoin is or other articles that are learning for the general public, but I don't know how the OP's steps have been, has he updated a new striker or implemented other methods but with make it easier for the general public then it will be a useful thing for those who are certainly interested in bitcoin.

That's a great step to signal them to go to this forum to find out more but if they are still nervous then there are still some outside platforms who still teach bitcoin easily in a way to understand it, here only to discuss and learn even in doing it when they already know the basics.

Kudos to you for taking proactive steps in promoting Bitcoin. Yes, I think stickers are a good idea to boost Bitcoin. It's a marketing that will stick (ha!) for a long time and can raise more visibility amongst the public. It also encourages people to be curious about and search about it more, that soon it will be commonplace to use and talk about Bitcoin in everyday life. Moreover, it's also cheap to produce and you can even be creative on how to catch people's attention through your designs.

Promoting Bitcoin is a good thing, but is not in hurry ways,  we know very well that some countries banned Bitcoin but their are ways, two of my friends are now in Bitcoin investments because of me, they don't see me going to work or searching for work and my parents too are not rich to send me money like that but I'm still  buying what I like to buy, so one of them ask me hey, which work are doing,? after he asked me that question, he pleaded back,  and  said we know you are not working even your parents too, don't have enough money send for you, but have money to spend for whatever thing you like, are going to work for night? and  I answered him, I'm in crypto investment, Bitcoin investments, and he ask me what is Bitcoin? And I told that Bitcoin is made to transfer in the internet. And digital currency was intended to provide an alternative payment system. and show him how invest, impact some knowledge for I told him how to invest I explain many things for him even the risk involved how to understand the market. The next day, him and the other friend came to me again I tried my best for them and I ask them to join the forum, and a website to learn more.

Although it is obvious that op has the intention to promote Bitcoin but it is just unfortunate that he did not put the actual word that would be more convincing to people on the sticker based on your opinion. How I wish I could see the image because the image is not visible on my browser yet but I will try as much to see how the image could be visible here so I could understand what op is trying to pass. Promoting Bitcoin is a good idea but if we do that in a wrong way then it can be so annoying and could pass wrong massage to the public.

I don't need to promote it. It's just me and my savings

It is indeed a very good initiative for you. You did this to get better at Bitcoin but your plan isn't bad. I appreciate all the money you spend to get people into bitcoin. Because of your work maybe people who don't know about Bitcoin at all will be interested to know and know. A lot of people will ignore this promotional edit of yours and make enough effort to gain knowledge and research about Bitcoin. When people see the sticker you're promoting, they'll ask you about Bitcoin and specifically seek your help to gain knowledge. You can continue this series specifically and increase the number of Bitcoin adopters in your area with your promotional campaign.

Wow, that is great job by creating something like this for awareness of Bitcoin to keep on spreading across the globe and have more strong community, which is few years to come government will be accept bitcoin as a means of payment to the civil servants.

I actually have no clues what the message OP is trying to pass across as it is not clear from my end here what the sticker is all about but i believe for OP to have done such, he has the good intentions of passing across the bitcoin good news to the masses through a better and convenient for them to understand how the process works. Irrespective of how he has done it, he has done a good job by advertising and promoting bitcoin in his locality despite the fact that he is also new to the system.

This idea of yours to OP sounds weird as well "defund the state" telling them such does not seems clear you know. All reasoning are likely not the same. We have no clues where OP is from to be telling him to use such headings do you not think that alone would likely scare them away if they see the choice of words of that nature?  Your location and OPs location varies likewise the way words send signals and meanings coupled with the reasoning of the people over there which we can not tell.

you spend money to be part of promotion? what would be the benefits of this from you ? sorry but i need to ask because you also mentioned that you have much money ,so why spend when you need that money to be your investment .
though I love your initiative because the world really needs this now .
we have tom spread bitcoin so the market will grow more and the adoption will happen sooner.
but we have to mate, because how can we help the improvement and the growth
if we will deny our capacity to bring it there?

Stickers move faster than we can express; it's a crucial medium for disseminating critical information to individuals in order to educate them on bitcoin. Bitcoin promotion necessitates distributed tasks, either online or offline, with the goal of reaching as many people as possible, which is the primary goal of OP. He obtained profitable expertise with a backup promotional approach that will broaden his understanding of bitcoin. The promotion of bitcoin is done verbally in order to raise awareness of cryptocurrency. The project has been in operation for a decade and it still startled me to see people labelling it a hoax; they are most likely unaware of a reputable initiative.