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I believe exposure to the coin will be exponential when ZC is officially implemented. BUT if there are no efforts from the devs and loyals to promote this breakthrough implementation, a "popular" coin will simply copy the implementation and take the glory for its own.
Technical innovation is mandatory for success but with no media coverage it will be copied by som1 else and anc will miss it's chance to glory.
Before getting the implementation and code online for the public, a campaign should be organized to promote this upgrade.

I agree. There should be set up some bounties and a fundraising for marketing. The coin is 10 months old and don't even have a logo.

Most coins is just marketing and hype without any technical innovation or purpose other then make some btc for devs/early adopters. Anoncoin is the exact oposite.

Anyone with some ideas?

I agree, but those interested in the growth and health of the Anoncoin must invest personally.
Everyone is free to start a new project related to Anoncoin. Everyone is free to invest his time, knowledge or money in that currency, you do not need any permission to act!
I think the long-term success of a crypto-currency is its acceptance by merchants and the quantity/quality of services that are created around.

I wholeheartedly agree. Nevertheless, the developers share a small responsibility in getting things started, as not all can be done by third parties. I am sure that they are all very busy in real life, so the first step would be to delegate this authority by naming about three people to work on PR/Web issues. (JackofAll appears to be MIA; in any case more than one person is needed).

A three person PR/Web team could easily oversee a variety of projects, including:

1. Updating the web page to describe the characteristics (and history) of the coin, including a brief description of the I2P and Zerocoin implementations.

2. Moving the official chat forum to anoncoin.net.

3. Setting up a donation fund for the development of a promotional video.

4. Setting up donation funds for completion of the “in planning/development” tasks listed on the web site.

5. Organization of some form of competition (perhaps with a reward) for a new coin logo.

6. Setting up an “Anoncoin monthly update”, similar to the weekly updates that are posted on the PPC forum.

7. Publicizing the faucet, so that more will donate to it, allowing newbies to experiment with zerocoin transactions.

8. Translation of the website into Chinese (and other languages), perhaps by way of a donation fund.

Yes these are great pointers to begin with. Website definitely needs re-branding to look more appealing and to include the progress and explain what ANC is all about. And not just another crypto. Emphasizing on the true anonymity it will have after ZC implementation.
And yes it's a snowball effect. Just get the word out in an appealing way ( Facebook page, rebranded website, tip to bitcoin news websites to publish articles abt ZC implementation... ) and it will be an exponential effect.
I will work on a logo and post it soon.