Quote from: mwlarkin1 on July 27, 2014, 09:46:06 PM

My goal is to provide people with a template letter: a letter to give to local businesses asking them to start accepting Bitcoin. It's for people who want to do some grassroots marketing with local businesses - to get the word out about Bitcoin.

You say it's clearly just a bunch of spam at this point. Could you point out the spam, specifically? I'm looking for constructive criticism and ideas from the community. If we work together on this, we can make it legitimate.

Thanks,
Matt

Sure,

Based on what you wrote, the goal is to have business accepting btc, correct?

Then remove all the market volatility, and keep it simple to fit their bottom line : sales and cost of tx. Thats it.

There are currently only 2 accredited payment gateway for bitcoin: Bitpay and Coinbase. And their fees are already low. No need to talk much about price of btc etc... just talk about easy to integrate, and fees are near zero. Do tell them that Coinbase has the first $1M in tx for free, 1% after that, while Bitpay has 1% or $30 flat fee.

Think of bitcoin as email. Do mainstream ppl want to understand how emails work? and that they can have their own email servers, ....etc ? I'm sure if you pitch someone into using email you would say, sign up on Gmail, yahoo or hotmail and that they can send mails digitally in sec ....

Anyway, i think i made myself clear enough. English isnt my native language, so i hope someone can contribute in writing for you.

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Large companies like Dell, Dish, and Expedia, as well as hundreds of thousands of Mom and Pop stores are now accepting Bitcoin because this new technology saves them a lot of money! The only people who dont benefit from this system are the credit card companies and intermediaries. Before bitcoin, these corporations granted us the power of monetary transactions - but now the power is yours without their consent.

Bitcoin isnt its own currency just yet. So if you want, you can use automated merchant services like Bitpay and Coinbase to promptly convert your Bitcoin revenue into local currency for a small fee. Or you can manually use services like Localbitcoins for virtually no fee! In the end, these fees are miniscule compared to conventional merchant fees. Your business can also hold on to the Bitcoins as an investment as Bitcoin becomes more popular.

The invention of Bitcoin, much like the invention of the Internet itself, is a revolution - both economically and socially. It puts merchants and consumers in direct control of their money. You can play a vital role in this revolution simply by accepting Bitcoins at the counter. Youll save a lot of money (with little to no merchant fees) and cater to a growing population of Bitcoin enthusiasts - all while helping to spread the idea and stabilize Bitcoins true value to society for future generations. I hope youll consider this opportunity and consider accepting Bitcoin at [Business Name]. If youre interested in educating yourself or want to learn more about how you can start accepting Bitcoin, the next page has some great links to get you started.

To be more clear, all of that is irrelevant from the business's stand point of view.