Quote from: zwiggelbig on April 09, 2014, 01:15:34 PM

Quote from: phaddie on April 09, 2014, 01:11:31 PM

Quote from: Gonzodamus on April 09, 2014, 01:08:00 PM

Quote from: phaddie on April 09, 2014, 12:49:07 PM

Hey guys,

  Great job on getting that article out there. If it is welcome I have a suggestion.

  Although the article seems to have been written for a general audience (which is good), it is drastically lacking in any information about HOW to invest in the coin. Sure on this board we all know how to go about getting the coins. However if the target of this release is people external of the community you need to not only get them interested but inform them HOW to be interested.

The link to blackcoin.co is good but even there the information about HOW to invest is lacking. If we want wider adoption we need to help people invest.

Just my thoughts. I also could have missed the instruction about how to invest in blackcoin, if that is the case please disregard.

  Phad

That's my complaint in general. The press release doesn't actually say much. And it's written for a general audience, which is bad. If we're looking for a general audience, we need to offer them something, and right now we don't have anything to offer but a complicated system of investment for a currency that they can't spend. The PR blast was targeted toward finance and business sites, so should have been written catering to those folks. As it stands, it's nice that BlackCoin is putting the effort in, but people are way too hyped about a press release.

I know a lot of these folks are young, and most of these coins aren't run out of offices, but a little professionalism goes a long way. If you're writing your own release, which I assume they did by reading it, you need to research on what makes a press release successful. Otherwise, hire a firm to help out. Since they're expecting people to invest massive amounts of money, I'd say hiring PR people would have been a good idea. Right now it feels like kids playing at business and it reminds me a lot of where eSports were when they were just getting going.

  Well that was not really my point, well at least all the negative stuff you said. I was merely pointing out that there needs to be something to guide the non-crypto masses to be able to buy blackcoin easily.

  Cheers for sharing your opinion though.

  Phad

Then write the ''how to buy it'' in the comments section.

This is a great suggestion, however I actually have no idea how someone would buy this coin for USD (are any fiat for that matter). I currently mine it and but it with BTC.

Phad.