A night out pitching bitcoin. (story and thoughts)

[hypersonic1]

So I ordered around 100 flyers to pass to friends family and the public about resources and information regarding bitcoin.

Finding the demographic:

I went to my local fair to hand them out and the reactions are very interesting.

In the late Generation X to early millennial crowd. None of them really know about bitcoin. When I start explaining it to them they get even ,more lost haha.

Younger people and business owners were the most receptive.(business owners like a good pitch)

I'm not sexist, but found that women were the most clueless. (I'm sure this would be very different at a different venue or on a college campus)

There were also some holdouts interestingly who are in the "it's a fad" crowd.

very interesting viewpoints. I was pitching the freebitco faucet by flyer. (not including a link because that's not what i'm here for.)

because this was a family event I had to pay attention to how i approached families and couples more than say a rock concert or sporting event.

I think I managed to hand out 20 flyers in an hour out of 100.

Personal thoughts:
If I could I would love to set up a table with screens and a laptop to demonstrate how easy and free it is to get involved with bitcoin. My personal buy in at the moment is just a little too high.

Signing up people on the spot and transferring them say $1-5 worth of bitcoin would get the ball rolling faster and the discussions would become longer.

I usually never have a problem in intimate settings such as a bar or small gathering.

Discussion:
Do you or have you done such a thing?
what are your experiences?
Where do you find the most receptive places are to go?
comments/ advice.

Cheers.

[GreenBits]

Good effort here, but you could be a bit more efficient with the targets.

consider, your target demographic, according to current adoption in the States, would be age 16-39 white males with an above average technological familiarity. family venue? probably not full of these. you might want to try a technology convention, a comic con, something that would attract the young male techophile. you may not want to drive adoption in this demographic, but time has shown this is the demographic that is most willing to adopt.

you are right about the booth. solicitations are more authoritative when the solicited approaches the solicitor; hence you want to catch the eye with a display, really attention grabbing sign, or something else wacky or interesting that will have people actually approach you and request information. you could dress up like a giant banana, it doesnt matter. the goal is capturing the audiences attention, so you can present your information.

 

[The Sceptical Chymist]

Interesting that you would do this.  I'm curious as to what your motivation is.  I view bitcoin more as an investment, an asset, and less so as a revolutionary currency.   I wouldn't try to proselytize as if bitcoin was a religion or something.   Frankly, the bitcoin supporters are numerous enough to have pushed the price up to $4300, and that's good enough for me.

You should have taken a video.  I'm not disparaging you for doing it, and it would have been nice to see your efforts and people's reactions.  Props to you.

The gender breakdown doesn't surprise me.  You've seen what this forum is like--95% male at least. 

[GreenBits]

Interesting that you would do this.  I'm curious as to what your motivation is.  I view bitcoin more as an investment, an asset, and less so as a revolutionary currency.   I wouldn't try to proselytize as if bitcoin was a religion or something.   Frankly, the bitcoin supporters are numerous enough to have pushed the price up to $4300, and that's good enough for me.

You should have taken a video.  I'm not disparaging you for doing it, and it would have been nice to see your efforts and people's reactions.  Props to you.

The gender breakdown doesn't surprise me.  You've seen what this forum is like--95% male at least. 

Dude, seriously, if you do this again, you really should generate media from this (pictures, video). Agree with Pharm, no way in hell you would catch me doing this (im an ass) although I respect your gangster for putting up the effort, you are a better man than me in this. If you get preachy (cold sales techniques) you will scare/turn off/make suspicious the majority of the people you encounter. You will go so much father preaching the gospel to your close friends and family; they will take your investment pitch (because that is what you are making, essentially, to strangers) as sincere

If you do make pictures, Reddit it, you may be rewarded for your efforts. If a guy can hold up a sign and make the value of my car in donations, then dammit, you should glean some kind of value from this, LOL.

[HabBear]

Great work, guy!

THIS IS HOW WE INCREASE ADOPTION!

I love that you were having conversations with people, as much as possible, so the interaction was more than just handing out a flyer. Can you share your flyer with us so we others among us may be able to do the same thing in our communities?

Your ideas for improvements are great. Helping people sign up for a wallet is exactly the next step needed. Once they know how easy it is you'll spark any curiosity they have.

[jseverson]

I'm curious, what motivated you to do this? I mean, I know getting the user base up will likely mean an increase in value, but this just seems like a hassle to me. I'm not downplaying your efforts, it's just that I personally would not go out of my way to do anything of the sort. People like you are definitely an asset to the community.

If you really want to spread word about it though, I read something on reddit a while back. There was this guy that had multiple litecoin wallets printed on individual calling cards with small amounts of coins. I would imagine people would be more receptive towards this. You could tell them they can buy a can of soda with that, and if they're interested, they should get their own wallet or something. It's going to cost a few bucks though lol.

[hypersonic1]

Good morning! Loving the responses.

I totally agree about the demographic. but it's also a cultural thing, many women don't get ahead with technology so why keep up on it. Iv'e seen the opposite in many situations however. (college campuses, conventions, etc)

I'm am altruistic man, and i'm trying to spread the word of bitcoin because there are ways to get it for free that will also benefit me. By giving people access to a simple faucet, or system that accrues interest. even if it sat therefore eternity they are essentially helping them selves, me and everyone else. I'll include a photo of my flyer for the faucet.



it's amazing what a little experience in Photoshop, splash pages, and selling technique will do.

I made the flyer in Photoshop formatted specifically for vista print. I think it gets to the point without killing the reader. There is a back side with my spam email, I also offer 10 percent back to anyone who participates with my personal commission. So i'm offering them a lot under my wing. if I know them I give them the amount needed to accrue interest. The purpose of this post wasn't to make a referral link btw.

I have a product that sells itself. it's literal free money, a service to themselves and the community. Combined with a stand I think this would have a muuuch higher success rate.

Someone said to post on reddit for some props? god if I had a sponsor I could get this off the ground within a week in several spots. I also pitch this on several levels and media outlets. One of my friends already has like $50 in bitcoin atm.

There is noting to lose.

P.S. I'm handing out the psd if you would like to market in your area. IM me with a way to get it to you.

[n4poleon]

Man, incorporate memes on your flyers maybe. In that way, it adds the attractiveness. Giving out few Sats would definitely demonstrate how the system works. Good luck man!

[Opquar]

Not to nitpick, but your flyer is more about the faucet than Bitcoin itself. It does raise awareness though, so I wish you luck. It kind of looks like a full blown advertisement though, so I can see why people do not respond too eagerly.

[hypersonic1]

Not to nitpick, but your flyer is more about the faucet than Bitcoin itself. It does raise awareness though, so I wish you luck. It kind of looks like a full blown advertisement though, so I can see why people do not respond too eagerly.

Remember that everything I talk about has to be bitcoin, if I don't prove what it is, the flyer means nothing. That said, of course it's about the faucet. it's the easiest way to get involved. You don't need to invest or risk your money. it takes less than 5 minutes, and finally you can simply watch it grow if you want too. It's the best entry platform of all worlds. That's why i chose it. If I thought coinbase was the easiest way, i would pitch that....but it isn't, can be frustrating and requires sensitive information to get into the game. With any faucet but especially this one you win by basically signing up. This is calculated. It's also easier to describe in a conversations than mining and high level language. So frankly YOU find a better way to get people involved in bit coin without literally handing them wallets that they might throw away. This really is the best of all worlds and on top of that I get a small bump that doesn't take away from anyone else which i also give back to them XD.

The truth is no matter what you do, it's still pitching, it's still going to look like an advertisement and it's still something new that people may not be comfortable with. I just put it all up front and offer a pleasant conversation.