Quote from: cityglut on February 06, 2014, 10:39:58 PM

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Quote from: cityglut on February 06, 2014, 07:19:38 PM

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Quote from: cityglut on February 06, 2014, 06:24:37 PM

The Counterparty Team is looking to pay someone to do marketing

We have been contacted by several members of the community who are interested in helping out with Counterparty's marketing. It seems to us incongruous with Counterparty's 'project principles' to choose somebody without first telling the entire community that we are looking to pay someone to do PR for Counterparty. For now, we will be paying our marketer month-to-month (in XCP and BTC). We will start considering people now, and will stop considering them within three days (i.e. by to February 9); we will make our decision within seven days (i.e. by February 13), but reserve the right to decide
any time before then.

Here is a summary of what you should provide:

Your CV: What is your experience in marketing (especially in finance), both in- and outside of the crypto community? Have you done marketing work for any other cryptocurrencies? If so, describe in detail what you helped them achieve, and provide a reference who can confirm your
listed contributions.
Your connections: Whom do you know in- and outside of the crypto community who would be valuable in Counterparty's marketing efforts? Please provide enough evidence of your relationship with him or her, so that we can determine whether this relationship may be profitable.
Your angle: If you had the position of marketing lead for Counterparty, what aspect(s) of Counterparty would you emphasize?
Your plan: Please provide a very thorough marketing plan for the 30 days after you are hired, including a list of 'milestones' and a 'timeline'. Your timeline should split up the 30 day period into four or five pieces, so that your timeline will essentially consist of an approximately week-by-week plans. We of course understand that there are things which are out of your control, and that consequently your cannot guarantee the precision of your marketing plan up to one week; nevertheless, we would like plans to err on the side of being overly-rigorous.

Applicants are expected to have a strong grasp of Counterparty's functionality, and will be asked to demonstrate it, as we believe marketing a protocol you are not familiar with is untenable.

Please PM me, cityglut, if you are interested in applying for the position, and I will provide you with an email address to which you may send your application.

That's great. May I ask which what funds will you pay him?

We thought a lot about whether marketing could be done via bounties, but we concluded that this would quickly become unmanageable, as a real marketing push would require an absurd number of bounties. Since the marketer will essentially be salaried, community contributions are harder to incorporate into our funding plan, as they are impossible to determine beforehand. The Counterparty team, then, will be paying whomever we select regardless, but if community members are interested in donating, they can send BTC and XCP to this address: 1CWq53K95AZVkCPGGW7eEwivBvNzGVGH94

Since all the previous donations go to the bounty related to the GUI client, does that mean that you plan to pay him out of our own pocket (minus the new donations)?

Yes.

Wow, this is awesome. Other projects seem tasteless compare to that attitude.

You guy rocks.